Welcome to the unofficial end to the first half of baseball! The All-Star break is officially underway, and the Home Run Derby is scheduled for tonight in the time-challenged state of Arizona. We now live in a world where the Red Sox have won two World Series championships in the last 7 years, the Tampa … Continue reading
Give Ryan Franklin credit for stepping up to help the team any way he can. The right-handed ex-closer has endured a horrid start to his 2011 season with multiple blown saves, loss of the closer role, and getting booed by the home town Cardinal faithful…any one of which would be enough to make several players throw … Continue reading
Per Derrick Goold tweeting from Twitter…Chris Perez has been optioned to Triple A to make room for Brad Thompson on the Cards’ Opening Day roster. Apparently the team feels they need an innings guy for long relief during the grueling, one-day-off April schedule. I agree…but not completely. Here’s my Opening Day roster if the Cards’ … Continue reading
Last night was a real treat. With the Springfield Cardinals tied for first place in the division and a handful of games to go, a pennant race atmosphere usually makes for a good ball game all on its own. Throw in Jess Todd, Springfield’s latest phenom pitcher with a 0.83 ERA in 7 games and 43.1 … Continue reading
Last night’s game was just gut-wrenching. Waino looked outstanding for 6 innings, evoking thoughts of a perfect game (if not for the near miss by Miles at second), and then allowed the Pirates to load the bases and rip our collective hearts out through our throats. As Adam said on the mound after watching Michael’s … Continue reading