At this point, I'm starting to consider myself the Dominic Leone of STLBullpen. Early in the season I did some good things and some less good things. Point is, I was brought in from the outside (Cardinals blog-o-sphere wise), was just starting to find my groove, and then just vanished for awhile. For Leone, this has been…
As a personal affront to me, the Cardinals and Cubs not only played a night game on Sunday, but also it was delayed by weather. But before this become an obnoxious diatribe about how games start too late these days, here were the starting lineups. https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1023656086694506503 https://twitter.com/Cardinals/status/1023699712774430721 8:23--John Gant throws the first pitch. Okay then!…
Game summary: The Cardinals sent 10 men to the plate in the bottom of the first and scored 6 runs. The highlight was a grand slam by Marcell Ozuna, his first homer since June 16. That was a stretch of six weeks! Stats By STATS @StatsBySTATS Jose Quintana needed 51 pitches to get through the…
Cubs vs. Cardinals. Always a fun time when these two teams get together, right? Well, I guess it's only fun if you win. The Cardinals are five-hundred, the least they can do is steal a few games from the Cubbies. Let's do this. Luke Weaver on the bump. Lineups https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1022927287983984640 https://twitter.com/Cardinals/status/1022952292595757056 Game Notes Luke Weaver…
The last several years of watching St. Louis Cardinals baseball have been built around the postseason. When you're right in the thick of a postseason run (and, in most cases, eventually reaching it to October baseball), this only makes sense. But on July 27, postseason baseball seems like a long shot. If the Cardinals sweep…
Who is your favorite St. Louis Cardinals player of the 2010s, one of the more successful decades in the history of one of baseball's most successful franchises? Mine is Jon Jay. Jon Jay was the most ordinary player I can fathom. In six seasons in St. Louis, Jay had a 107 wRC+, making him 7%…
Cardinals Baseball since the all-star break has often been exciting and even more so heart breaking. This week has been no different, with the loss Monday at the hands of Bud Norris and the lackluster offense, and the win yesterday with the fire alarm tactics of the Reds, and Fowler's big right-handed bomb. It's Flaherty's…
Thirty-three times in St. Louis Cardinals history, a pitcher making his first career start in the Major Leagues posted a Game Score of 65 or better. The third most recent time occurred on May 30, 2013, courtesy of Michael Wacha (if you don't remember this particular game--Wacha was awesome, Mitchell Boggs blew a one-run lead…
Welp, last night was a roller coaster of emotions. Let's hope for better tonight in Cincy. Lefty Austin Gomber takes the mound for the Redbirds tonight, let's see if he has similar success to Poncdeleon. Let's ride. Lineups Peraza- SS Gennett- 2B Votto- 1B Suarez- 3B Duvall- LF Ervin- RF Casali- C Bailey- P Hamilton-…
Although I gave glowing reviews to Mike Shildt's first foray into Major League managing, the weekend series against the Chicago Cubs exposed the new St. Louis Cardinals manager as susceptible to the managerial shortcomings which are common, even in the hyper-intellectual environment of 2018 Major League Baseball. Which isn't to say that I think Mike…
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