Archive for the ‘St. Louis Cardinals’ Category

The Significance of Superbowl Sunday

I’m sure there are some of you who are getting together with friends, getting the wings and pizza and cokes ready for the party you are going to have tonight watching the Superbowl. Others, I know, don’t care anything about the Superbowl. Maybe your team isn’t in it and you’re bitter. Maybe you don’t like [...]

February 5, 2012  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  3 Comments

What were you thinking, Cardinals?

Cardinals GM John Mozeliak woke up yesterday with a huge hole in his lineup but with his pockets unexpectedly full. Or was it unexpected? Some people are speculating that the Cardinals never intended to keep Pujols, knowing that the long term contract he wanted would devastate the team in the long run. That’s why they [...]

December 9, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  No Comments

What were you thinking, Albert?

Cardinal Nation is a sad, heartbroken place today. Albert Pujols, centerpiece of the St. Louis Cardinals for the past 11 years, face of the franchise and, in many ways, the city, has chosen to leave St. Louis and the only team he has ever played for to go to southern California and play instead for [...]

December 8, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  7 Comments

Cardinals choose new Manager

What kind of manager do you choose to replace an outgoing Hall-of-Fame caliber manager? Tony LaRussa ended his 33 year managing career three days after winning the World Series for the third time. He leaves the game in third place in career wins and as one of the most respected (and reviled, by some) managers [...]

November 13, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  No Comments

World Series 2011: What we learned

What good would any sporting event, even one as important as the World Series, be if you couldn’t learn something from it? Why, then it would only be something to watch – something to relish or to curse, something to lift your spirits or crush your soul. Good thing for us, then, that there are [...]

October 29, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals, Top 4  No Comments

Cardinals Win!!

After an improbable ending to the regular season that saw the St. Louis Cardinals qualify for the playoffs on the last day, after an improbable postseason that saw the Wild Card team beat the heavily favored Phillies and then follow with beating the heavily favored Brewers to get to the World Series, after an unbelievably [...]

October 28, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  No Comments

Cards win in 11; series goes to Game 7

No (live) rally squirrels were spotted, but given the events of Game 6 they must have been nearby. What started out as an ugly game with the Cardinals committing three errors and the Rangers – or Michael Young more specifically – accounting for two, somehow turned into one of the most exciting and memorable World [...]

October 28, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  No Comments

Delayed Gratification

Used to be it had to actually rain to postpone a game, but these days a messy sky will do the trick. It’s not a terribly bad decision. If you start the game and the weather comes in, the two starting pitchers will probably not be able continue (depending on how long the delay is) [...]

October 26, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  No Comments

Rangers take control; lead 3-2

For the Texas Rangers, the magic number is now 1, and for St. Louis, the number that will haunt them is 12. Twelve runners left on base. Cardinals hitters batted 1-12 with runners in scoring position. With numbers like that, even Chris Carpenter’s excellent effort wouldn’t be enough to get the Cardinals the win. CJ [...]

October 24, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  No Comments

Tied at 2

Derek Holland frustrated Cardinals hitters, as did umpire Kulpa’s strike zone, and the Texas Rangers only needed Josh Hamilton’s RBI double in the first inning to beat the St. Louis Cardinals to tie the series at 2 games apiece. David Freese saw his hitting streak come to an end after 13 consecutive games, and Albert [...]

October 23, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  No Comments