Albert Pujols did not break Brad Lidge. And that makes his home run even better.
Breaking Brad: The great lie of Albert Pujols’s legendary 2005 NLCS home run, and why we should stop telling it
The statistical case for (and the emotional case against) signing Albert Pujols
Thursday's news that Albert Pujols, the greatest living St. Louis Cardinal, was designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Angels invited a whole host of emotions. Pujols, in the final year of a ten-year contract which lured the long-time Cardinal to Anaheim in the Fall of 2011, is by any measure a shell of his…
The folly of the beanball war
Even if beanballs weren't dangerous, they are an inherently losing baseball move
Oh hey, another reason to hate the three-batter minimum rule
Over the last several years, Major League Baseball has worked hard to expedite its games, and in and of itself, I'm glad they're doing this. Baseball games do take too long, and unlike the spikes in game time which happened at the turn of last century, it's not because there's this sudden offensive explosion. This…
Nolan Arenado is what he is
Following his go-ahead home run in the eighth inning of his first game at Busch Stadium, Nolan Arenado was annointed as a superhero. Sure, St. Louis Cardinals fans would have been excited had John Nogowski or whoever else hit the home run, but because it came off the bat of Nolan Arenado, a player deemed…
Matt Carpenter is out to make all of the haters repent
Last night, Matt Carpenter hit his first home run of the 2021 season for the St. Louis Cardinals, and admittedly, it was a pretty weird experience. It wasn't an especially game-significant home run--besides the offensive explosion of the fifth inning rendering it moot, it only bumped up the Cardinals' win probability from 77% to 89%.…
On Nolan Arenado’s curtain call, since I guess we’re worrying about curtain calls now
On Thursday, Nolan Arenado hit a go-ahead two-run home run in his first home game as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. As often happens at Busch Stadium, the roaring crowd demanded that Arenado, following his return to the Cardinals' dugout, hop back out and salute the crowd. He did, the crowd got excited…
I guess this is happening–a borderline reckless 2021 MLB preview
Today is Opening Day in Major League Baseball, a day which the league will happily tell you should be a holiday, and a day which I will happily tell Major League Baseball should be on a weekend if they want us all to watch baseball all day. The good news is that, unlike last season,…
Why the Milwaukee Brewers are the biggest threat to the 2021 St. Louis Cardinals
Despite the Cardinals acquiring the bigger name, the Milwaukee Brewers had the best off-season in the National League Central
The end of the road
A look ahead to a season in which we inevitably look back.
St. Louis Bullpen 