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The Cardinal Fan's Dilemma

Last night's results was about the worst-case scenario for those that want to see the Cards clinch the NL Central on the field.The Cubs lose, which is usually a great thing.  However, the Cardinals do as well, plus they have...  [Posted on September 24, 2009 8:09 AM]

Launching In Houston

Is there any way the Cardinals can arrange to play October facing Houston?Whatever the reason, either the ball park or just good timing, the St. Louis bats have woken up on their trip down south.  The 11 runs that the...  [Posted on September 23, 2009 8:31 AM]

Pitching, Anyone?

While there's not a whole lot to take out of this weekend, at least the offense seems to be improved.  Not necessarily to the levels of Philadelphia, though, which may haunt us in October.  Quick recap:Friday (8-1 win)Hero: Matt Holliday. ...  [Posted on July 27, 2009 8:56 AM]

Cards Provide Fireworks, Wins Over Weekend

Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Fourth of July weekend.  If you spent some of it watching the Cardinals, you weren't that disappointed.Friday, the Cardinals rallied from three runs down for only the third time this season.  Of course,...  [Posted on July 6, 2009 7:05 AM]

Finishing Up With Detroit

You take the good, you take the bad, you take 'em both and there you have a series win, a series win.What's up with Adam Wainwright getting so much run support lately?  The Cards bust out 13 for him in...  [Posted on June 19, 2009 8:48 AM]

Three Days, Two Losses, One Rainout

The problem with day games when I have other responsibilities that keep me from watching them is that the games seem like they never happened.  They are just recaps and numbers and you don't get a feel for how the...  [Posted on April 20, 2009 10:12 AM]

Cardinals Get A Win And A Controversy

It's always good to start off a series with a win.  You only have to split the next two games to take the series and it keeps the sweep in play.It's always a good night when you have to make...  [Posted on April 11, 2009 9:30 AM]

Didn't We Just Leave This Party?

Opening Day has come and gone for 2009.  Cardinal fans will be forgiven if it seemed more like a continuation of 2008 than a new beginning.As we return to another season, that means that the Heroes and Goats device returns...  [Posted on April 7, 2009 8:11 AM]

Cardinals Win One, Possibly Lose One?

There was some great news out of yesterday's ball game.  Too bad it was overshadowed, at least in part, by the news that came out afterwards.The Cardinals announced that Chris Perez was having arm troubles.  Now, when you hear "injury"...  [Posted on March 19, 2009 9:01 AM]

Splitting The Cardinal Weekend

A win and a loss this weekend.  While neither were all that dramatic, they are worth taking a look at.The best part about Saturday's game against the Braves was that it was on KSDK and those games get put on...  [Posted on March 16, 2009 9:14 AM]

Crafting Another Victory

For a spring training game, yesterday's matchup with the Boston Red Sox was a darn good pitching matchup.  Josh Beckett went for the visitors and allowed nothing over four innings.  The good news for Cardinal fans is that Chris Carpenter...  [Posted on March 13, 2009 8:47 AM]

Weekend Ups and Downs

A mixed bag this weekend.  Good stuff Saturday, but it sounds like Sunday was a doozy.Let's hit up Saturday's game against the Astros first.  Remember that I said that a good start from Joel Pineiro might get me dreaming about...  [Posted on March 9, 2009 9:07 AM]

Defeating the Dominican

Well, the biggest game of the spring has come and gone and it actually doesn't leave a mark on the record.  I'm not even sure what to call an exhibition in the middle of an exhibition season!The Cards took the...  [Posted on March 6, 2009 8:52 AM]

The Hot Corner Cardinal

As the players start their last day before games, a few news items stand out.Matthew Leach Twittered that he thought Joe Mather had the lead at third at the moment and he followed that up with a story on the...  [Posted on February 24, 2009 7:49 AM]

Dave Duncan Speaks

In another slow day in Cardinal Nation, the biggest news would be the interview Bernie Mikalsz did with Dave Duncan.  Let's look at each of Bernie's points.1) Chris Carpenter is on track.  Like Bernie says, this is the big one. ...  [Posted on February 4, 2009 8:47 AM]

Grading the Cardinals IV: The Relief Corps

Ask a Cardinal fan to name their top disappointment for 2008 and 90% of them would say “the bullpen” or some variation (occasionally profane) thereof.  (The other 10%, huge Chris Duncan fans.  Go figure.)  There aren’t a whole lot of...  [Posted on October 9, 2008 8:00 AM]

No Holiday From The Losing

Wow.  Could that weekend gone much worse?  I don't think so.  Recapping....FridayHero: Ryan Ludwick.  1-2, drove in one, scored the other.  When only two Cardinal runs get put on the board, that seems a reasonable place to look for the...  [Posted on September 2, 2008 7:55 AM]

Bouncing Back

Hope everyone enjoyed the live blog trial last night.  chet did a great job with the descriptions and general running of the whole thing.  He'll be doing that most every game, so be sure to check out his site when...  [Posted on August 14, 2008 7:47 AM]

Warming Up the Winter

I've often thought I might like to make the effort to go to the Cardinals' traditional Winter Warm-up. It's baseball talk in the winter, a chance to actually see the players and hear some news. I've never been able to...  [Posted on January 21, 2008 10:17 AM]