Still Just Spring Training
At least there was a reason. Brad Penny was one of the most intriguing names brought into St. Louis during the offseason. A lot of us were interested to see what this guy, who had been a very...
View ArticleSplitting the Weekend
Two games, one win. The Cards finally broke the seal on the win column this weekend. Â After falling Saturday in extra innings to Florida, they were able to get a win against the Marlins on Sunday. Â...
View ArticleWalter Johnson in Weiser, Idaho in 1907
A few weeks ago I came across a book from the mid-’90s called Boise Baseball: the First 125 Years, by Arthur A. Hart. In one of the early chapters, Hart talks about Walter Johnson’s time spent...
View ArticleStrasburg In Harrisburg: “When You Hear the Moos, You Know What to Doâ€
Yesterday I heard Stephen Strasburg throw eight pitches. By the time I realized I could listen to the game on the Internet and got myself connected, it was the top of the third inning in Harrisburg....
View ArticleDisaster Start
So far the Cardinals have played two games in Arizona. Â The differences could not be more stark. Monday night, it was vintage 2010 Cardinals. Â Brad Penny allowed a couple of runs in the first, then...
View ArticleParity Exists, But Injuries and Player Losses Make the Challenges Tougher
Parity appears extremely strong three weeks into the Atlantic League season with every team within two games of the division lead, but the challenge to managers and player personnel bosses to keep it...
View ArticleAre the Astros Really This Bad?
Anyone who saw the first two games of the Cincinnati series last week and the Washington game on Monday would obviously answer yes. The Astros are on a pace to lose 108 games this year after never...
View ArticleCardinals Continue To Roll
What’s been the most encouraging thing during this current Cardinal winning streak is that they keep winning in different ways. Â The first couple of games, they slugged. Â They’ve had good pitching...
View ArticleCan Dan Haren be the game-changer the Angels need?
The Angels swooped in to acquire one of MLB's best in Dan Haren. Seamheads writer Jess K. Coleman wonders if he can he the season-changer that the Angels need.
View ArticleSweeping Our Cares Away
Earlier this year, the Cardinals took the first two games from the Toronto Blue Jays on the road and sent out Adam Wainwright to complete the sweep. Â Wainwright, though, had one of his rare off games...
View ArticleSigh-Inducing
Just when you start to believe in this team, to think that they’ve finally found that gas pedal on the team car, they stomp on the brakes. Â A four game winning streak to get into first place? Â Let’s...
View ArticleWhich Closer Will Be Key to Winning It All? Julio, Williamson, Warden in the Mix
It has been a few years now since Jorge Julio and Scott Williamson were prominent major league closers, and it is total conjecture whether either can get back to that level in a major way since they...
View ArticleCardinals Keep Destroying Hope
I wonder if any of his old friends in Cincinnati have called Adam Dunn and said thanks for the help. Since his home run on Saturday, the Cards have scored a total of two runs in 31 innings. Â Since...
View ArticleReichert Vs. Yan Gives Atlantic a Major League Pairing
This is one of those abundant times when record-shattering performances, solid season-long attendance, and the playoffs collide for attention, but the postseason has to take center stage because it is...
View ArticleYankees Need a Back-Up in Ivan Nova
As the New York Yankees thrust towards the playoffs, with a magic number of three as of this writing, some postseason roster decisions still loom––large. At this point, the concern for theÂ...
View ArticleBurnett Does Not Fit on Yanks ALDS Roster
With the postseason set to begin on Wednesday, the Yankees announced their roster for the American League Division series against the Twins. As expected, AJ Burnett is on the roster––although he...
View ArticleHow About Those Pirates…
The Pittsburgh Pirates endured another losing season in 2010 (18th straight and counting), fired yet another field manager in John Russell, tied the 1963 New York Mets for the worst road record for a...
View ArticleThey Are Two Stepping in Texas
There is dancing in Texas tonight. Â The Texas Rangers played the best two teams in the American League and beat them both in convincing fashion to win the first American League Championship for the...
View ArticleThe Last Game in Town
Sept. 30, 1971. Seventy years and 10,851 games into the story of American League baseball in the nation’s capital, the Senators, 38 games out of first place on the last day of the season, faced the...
View ArticleTake Me Back to Texas, Please!
Josh Hamilton said he could smell the early voting on Proposition 19 wafting in from the San Francisco bleachers all night long. What was I thinking? Juan Uribe hasn’t played like this in years. Edgar...
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