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WAR Graph Wednesday: The Center Fielders
I believe I’m about to embark on what some around St. Louis might call heresy. Still reading? Ok, then let’s continue… Today’s WAR Graphs compare the most recent Cardinal center fielders of...
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Monday’s Not-so-deep Thoughts
Rather than focus on just one topic, I’m giving in to my less focused side and tossing a bunch of thoughts against the perverbial wall to see what sticks. The end result is a shotgun splatter pattern...
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No Angry Birds?
Cardinals vs Reds. Chris Carpenter vs Johnny Cueto. The July 4th game had all the media hype of a WWE event. What did fans see? A pitcher’s duel that ended 1-0. Nobody got accidentally brushed...
View ArticleDevil’s Advocate – Rasmus vs Jay
Before the haters out there get too excited, this isn’t really about pitting the two against one another. Instead, the point of this post is to try to explain why Jon Jay has such a positive...
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Odds and Ends – The Housekeeping Post
Image via Wikipedia I’ve got an ever-growing number of items floating around the ole desk here that I need to get resolved, so as such, here’s one big catch-all post to take care of them… Trade...
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Unfiltered & Decaffeinated
The Cardinals have spent most of this season playing with house money, and they know it. The $8M they bet on Lance Berkman may have been the best signing of last offseason in terms of risk/reward. A...
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It’s a Bit Early for Gloating
For any of you ready to pop champagne corks to celebrate the way the Rasmus trade has worked out, it’s just a bit early for gloating. Trades involving young players like Colby Rasmus, Edwin Jackson,...
View ArticleWhere Optimism and Realism Diverge
This post has been clanking around in my head for some time, a couple of weeks now at least, just waiting for the right moment – the right time to finally put words to screen, to find what it is that...
View ArticleThe people or things responsible for the Cardinals missing the playoffs
Let’s just dispense with the pleasantries and list them all here, shall we? This way, Cards fans have a repository to come back to game after game, without having to continue to come up with new...
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Talking Heads and the “Once in a Lifetime” 2011 Cardinals
Not not those talking heads. These Talking Heads. “You may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’” -David Byrne How DID we get here? If someone had gone into hibernation at the end of April and...
View ArticleJohn Mozeliak doubles up
It’s been said more than once, by more than one person, Cardinals fan or not: The Colby Rasmus trade was an all-in move for the 2011 Cards. All of sports has adopted the strategic poker move as a...
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Cardinals and Brewers 1982 and 2011 Roster Mashups
Image via Wikipedia Back in January of last year, we made a “mashup” of the Cardinal teams of 2000 and 2010 – choosing the best player seasons of each year and combining them to form one...
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Fool’s Friday: CBA = Crazy 11′s
Dennis did a much better job describing the fun earlier right here, so I get the easy job! Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine getting to take part in something so cool as the CBA’s when this all...
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Letter gives some insight into Mike Matheny, coach and manager
Image by Jared Kelly via Flickr The question has been asked since the day he was hired. “What kind of manager is Mike Matheny going to be?” It was asked of the players, the existing coaching staff, and...
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It’s Not Easy Being Greene
TPG Perhaps no Cardinals player receives more scrutiny day in, day out for performances in small sample sizes than Tyler Greene. Greene has no shortage of detractors who have watched him struggle...
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