Remember Dan Poncedeleon? He's a 26-year-old Cardinals AAA pitcher who has made national sports headlines precisely once in the past two seasons. Last May, Dan took a scorching comebacker off his noggin that nearly killed him and put him in the hospital for an extended stay with a traumatic brain injury. His progress back has…
Two newest NL Central managers square off at Great American Ball Park: A series preview
If you would have asked me to do a NL Central mangers power ranking before the start of the 2018 baseball season, it would have gone something like this: Joe Madden Craig Counsell Clint Hurdle Mike Matheny Bryan Price This sort of arbitrary exercise comes with a lot of qualifiers, but I've always been of…
Cardinals lose finale, series to Cubs- a 7/22 recap
It's the final game of a five game series against the North Siders from Chicago. The Cardinals won games two and four, the Cubs won game one and three. Miles Mikolas takes the mound for the Redbirds with Jose Quintana starting for the Cubbies. Should be a fun one from Wrigley! Let's play ball! Lineups…
7/19/18 Recap: Cardinals Slop Themselves Vs. Cubs, Lose 9-6
The Cardinals begin their second half with a key five game series against the Cubs. This is a critical juncture in the season for the Cardinals as it could not only dramatically affect their playoff hopes, but affect the general direction of the organization going forward for years to come with the trade deadline…
Welp, this sucks- a 7/14 recap
It’s game two of a three game series between the Reds and Cardinals in hot and humid St. Louis. Jack Flaherty takes on Luis Castillo. It was a rough night for the Redbirds last night, we will see if they can turn things around this Saturday afternoon. Lineups https://twitter.com/Cardinals/status/1018185892630892544 https://twitter.com/Reds/status/1018163602157686784 Game Notes MATT CARPENTER hits…
Yadier Molina belongs in the Hall of Fame, I think
Only seven percent (18) of the 255 players in the Baseball Hall of Fame are catchers, a number that exceeds only that of third baseman (17). It's not entirely clear why so few third baseman have made the Hall but that's not the case when it comes to catchers. For non-pitchers, the most efficient path…
Yadier Molina made the All Star Game on reputation… and that’s OK
Yadier Molina's numbers may not be the best, but his reputation is more than qualified for the 2018 All Star Game
7/11/18 Recap: Cardinals Shut Out by White Sox, Everything is Bad Again
As the St. Louis Cardinals deal with the fallout of another embarrassing clubhouse story (in case you missed it, Mike Matheny has reportedly been allowing Bud Norris to harass and/or haze his younger teammates in the name of "accountability" or something), there's still a game to play tonight, and a chance to end the day…
DEXTER FOWLER AND KOLTEN WONG HOMER IN THE SAME GAME. HELL. YEAH. – a 7/10 recap
The Cardinals are in their third and final city of a nine-game road trip that has had it's ups and downs. Freshly named All-Star Miles Mikolas takes the mound for St. Louis as the head into the Southside of Chicago for a two game series. It's Cardinals-White Sox tonight from Guaranteed Rate Field (blah). Let's…
All-Star Update: Yadi replaces Buster Posey on NL Squad, #VoteCarp
Yesterday we gave you a roundup of the Cardinals' contribution(s?) to the NL All-Star team that will take on the DH-loving junior circuit squad a week from today. There has been a significant upgrade since then at the backup to the backup catcher position. As I told you yesterday: Kind of surprising omission: Despite an…
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