I ran across this article in the Post-Dispatch a few days ago. First off, I would like to say that I was really surprised to hear that Mike Shannon is 74 years old. I am sure that if I really sat down and thought about it, I could get close to that number if you [...]
A tribute and a proposal – Stan the Man
The news of Stan Musial’s death has yet to fully sink in. For me, as for many other Cardinal fans, it brings back a flood of emotions, and I’m not too manly to admit it – even tears. In the midst of corralling my nieces and nephews during babysitting night, I happened to catch the [...]
2012 Cardinal Blogger Awards
Tonight, the annual Cardinal Blogger Awards will be announced on the UCB Radio Hour. Although I am very late, I wanted to submit my post with my votes. There are 9 awards for actual St. Louis Cardinals, and 9 awards for Cardinal bloggers. Award 1: Player of the Year Nominees: Allen Craig, Matt Holliday, Yadier [...]
Mo Knows
Behind that stoic, wire-framed face perched in the owner’s box, you can bet John Mozeliak is grinning ear to ear when the cameras aren’t on him. How could he not? After all his St. Louis Cardinals lost, they are a game away from another World Series birth. Pretty incredible. You know the storyline, but just [...]
The Golden Age of Cardinal Baseball – Never Give Up
Somewhere between the euphoria of Friday night’s unbelievable NLDS Game 5 victory over Washington and tonight’s start of the NLCS against San Fransisco, I wanted to get some thoughts down about not only the 2012 Cardinals, but about the 2000-2012 Cardinals. When you watch as a fan, you are always rooting for that next win, [...]
Bird’s Eye View – Cardinals and Cubs September 21-23 “All Eyez on Me”
Hello friends. I have been tasked to write up our Bird’s Eye View preview for the United Cardinals Bloggers. These are typically emailed, but I wanted to put this up on my blog since such a big series. You can get other series preview’s by filling out the follwing form. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERCZGpsRVFFMGpEdUFBYU92LUdERmc6MQ#gid=0 St. Louis Cardinals (80-70) [...]
New Test for Matheny
The Cardinals have certainly put their fans on a roller coaster ride over the last couple of weeks. They started off their crucial 10-game road trip with a bang, winning 3 of the first 4 games. Then they lost the next four by a run differential of 32-1 before splitting the final two games in [...]
Deja Vu?
Good morning, it has been a while. Hope everyone is well. I am concerned about the St. Louis Cardinals…and my, what a difference a few days can make. Monday night, the Cardinals were sitting on top of the world. They had just swept Houston, took 2 out of 3 in Cincy, and won the first [...]
Three Left Handed Relievers?
In what was initially believed to be a quiet trade deadline market surrounding apprehension around the new CBA and the new wild-card play in game, has gotten pretty active in the last couple of days. Some big names including Hanley Ramirez, Wandy Rodriguez, Ichiro, and top pitching prospect Jacob Turner have already been moved. Ryan [...]
Wake up call received?
The Cardinals headed into the All Star Break with a lot of positives. The bullpen had stabilized, the starting rotation pitching outstanding, and the offense coming to life. With six games against the Reds and Brewers to start the second half, momentum was building and things looking up. The team was finally getting healthy and [...]