July 2010
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Not typical Cardinals so far
The St. Louis Cardinals have had some highlights in 2010. They spent the first two months in first place in the National League’s Central Division, but have been trailing the Cincinnati Reds by a margin of one to three games the past couple of weeks.
The long-term signing of Matt Holliday over the winter was supposed to make this an offense that would blow opponents away. There have been...
October 2009
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That drop in adrenaline
There comes that time in most baseball seasons when the disappointment sinks in. It’s especially tough when a team make the playoffs then fails. The Cards were eliminated 20 days ago—it seems like months.
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Game 1 in L.A. was an ugly display
The Cardinals scored one run, but blew a good chance to score a lot more in the top of the first inning. When the Dodgers came back and scored two in their half of the first, the complexion of the game changed.
Chris Carpenter battled, but he didn’t have his good stuff tonight.
Quite simply, the Cards still are not hitting when it counts.
The game set a MLB postseason record for combined...
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The Barling Darling, a new arena for advertising
We have just signed a sponsorship for the Baseball-Reference.com page of Hal Smith, a Barling, Ark., native who played six years (1955-60) with the St. Louis Cardinals and was a three-time All-Star.
Mr. Smith, now 78, will appear at the Butler Center’s Legacies & Lunch program today (Oct. 7) at noon in the Darragh Room at the Central Arkansas Library System’s Main Library on Rock...
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An amazing talent
We went to a performance of “Always … Patsy Cline” at Arkansas Repertory Theater in Little Rock on Saturday.
Jessica Welch, who played Patsy, has an amazing range and a wonderful voice. Every song was a winner. The band, “the Bodocious Bobcats,” also was excellent. The actor who played Louise, the woman who befriended Cline in Houston before her 1962 death in a plane...
The good news, maybe?
Another win slipped through the Cardinals’ fingers Saturday afternoon against the Milwaukee Brewers.
The good news, I guess, is that the Dodgers and Phillies also have been twiddling their thumbs while supposedly preparing for the MLB playoffs.
Only the Rockies, officially the National League wild-card representative, as of Saturday night’s loss at Dodger Stadium, could be accused of...
Why they call him an ace
Chris Carpenter decided that turning in another near-perfect pitching performance might not be enough, so he hit a grand slam and drove in two more runs with a double to propel the St, Louis Cardinals to a 13-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. It snapped a three-game losing streak the Redbirds had suffered through since clinching the NL Central Division by defeating the Colorado Rockies on...
Joining the fray
Inspired by another Cardinals fan, I am signing up for tumblr because I just don’t have enough to do.