[Redbird Reveille] Two wins and a getaway
The Cards took two of three from the Wee Bears this weekend, continuing their strong play at home. Sunday was a different story at Busch III unfortunately, but we’re choosing to stay on the postitve...
View Article2009 National League Run Differential
[Ed. note - While the usual suspect around here is on vacation, we've drummed up some great guest posters to take the reins and keep our loyal readers (all three of you) entertained. Today's guest...
View ArticleIf the playoffs started today (09.29)…
NLDS St. Louis Cardinals (90-66) versus Los Angeles Dodgers (93-64) NLDS Colorado Rockies (88-68) versus Philadelphia Phillies (90-66) —– The Phillies and Dodgers continue to play similar to the Cards,...
View ArticleBaseball Bloggers Alliance: 2009 NL Rookie of the Year
[Ed. note - As a charter member of the St. Louis Cardinals chapter of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) (along with fellow UCB members C70 at the Bat, Fungoes, and Stan Musial's Stance), PH8 been...
View Article2010 BBA National League Willie Mays Award Ballot: Top Rookie
As part of the Baseball Bloggers’ Alliance’s yearly awards voting process, we hold the honor of helping choose who wins the BBA’s Willie Mays Award for the National League – the winner being recognized...
View ArticleWhere Optimism and Realism Diverge
This post has been clanking around in my head for some time, a couple of weeks now at least, just waiting for the right moment – the right time to finally put words to screen, to find what it is that...
View ArticleIf Fredi Gonzalez managed the Cardinals, and Tony La Russa the Braves…
As we all prepare for tonight’s Cards versus Astros and Phillies versus Braves games that may determine the final playoff spot in the National League, I thought it appropriate to bring a little levity...
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Talking Heads and the “Once in a Lifetime” 2011 Cardinals
Not not those talking heads. These Talking Heads. “You may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’” -David Byrne How DID we get here? If someone had gone into hibernation at the end of April and...
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My only 2011 Cardinals game: an appreciation of baseball’s lows and highs
Up until last Sept. 28, when the Cardinals won in Houston and the Braves lost in Atlanta and the National League wildcard spot completed its logic-defying defection to St. Louis, May 1, 2011, would...
View ArticleHump Day Poll – Mmmmm, Pi Day
Take Our Poll In the comments, feel free to tell us who you picked for the division winners and the wild cards…
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UCB Predictions – NL East
Edwin Jackson vs The Presidents of the United States If you look at what the Philadelphia Phillies have done in the past 5 seasons, you might be tempted to think that they are a lock for a playoff...
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Best Fans in Baseball: AL West Bracket
Who will move on from the AL West division to face the National League representatives in the final round. The Braves are the fan base beast of the NL East, the Giants took the NL West, and the NL...
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Double Hump Day Poll
Best Fans in Baseball: AL Central and AL East Brackets Word. It’s a “Double Hump Day” poll. You know what that means? Yeah. Double the hump day fun. Vote to see who joins the Braves, Cardinals,...
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Fun With Numbers, Magical Ones
Calculating the “magic number” for playoff contenders was so very simple just a few decades ago. Do the math for 2 divisions in the NL, do it for the 2 divisions in the AL, and “voila!” you were done....
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By The Numbers
153 games down and 9 to go with the Cardinals owning a 2 1/2 game lead over the Brewers for the 2nd wild card spot in the National League. Ironically, that’s exactly the same advantage that the Braves...
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