izzy
your stat to shoot for should be saves, not wins.
sincerely,
everyone
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
slump buster
i had a feeling encarnacion might find his stroke soon. last night was the kind of confidence booster that would do any struggling position player right: great play in the outfield, 3-4 at the plate, and every one for extra bases. ok, juan, good job. just hit two singles today, and you're starting to bring all the redbird faithful to your side.
speizio once again proves that when the pressure is off, he can perform with the best of them. (to be fair, though, our bench hasn't exactly been clutch this year.)
at the beginning of this season, i was touting 2006 as the year of yadier's bat. as yet, this hasn't been the case. shouldn't catchers have something of an advantage just based on their familiarity with the look of pitches? whatever, i'm not really complaining. continue to be a great backstop and a force to be reckoned with for baserunners, yadi, and you'll continue to be one of my favorite cardinals.
just two more days until my first trip to new busch...
speizio once again proves that when the pressure is off, he can perform with the best of them. (to be fair, though, our bench hasn't exactly been clutch this year.)
at the beginning of this season, i was touting 2006 as the year of yadier's bat. as yet, this hasn't been the case. shouldn't catchers have something of an advantage just based on their familiarity with the look of pitches? whatever, i'm not really complaining. continue to be a great backstop and a force to be reckoned with for baserunners, yadi, and you'll continue to be one of my favorite cardinals.
just two more days until my first trip to new busch...
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
welcome to thunderdome (i mean, the cardblogosphere)
[hopefully, this doesn't post twice]
g here (aka geronimo, aka gthedamned). i've been blogging for a few years now, but it's finally time for me to devote a whole space to one of my passions, namely cardinals baseball. for those of you looking for another metric for your fantasy league team, this blog is not for you. in fact, i will probably shy away from stats a lot more than other baseball blogs. i can only keep a few numbers going in my head at a time, so while i know that john gall is currently batting .397 in aaa, i can't remember what albert's average is. i don't consider this to be a problem, as that information is available elsewhere.
now, for my first post...
dear god, what's scott rolen gotta do to score a run? two doubles inches away from being homers, and how many times has he been left on after great efforts at the plate in the last few games? scott is still underappreciated, by cards fans and the rest of the league alike. the fact that he is hitting like this after last season's collision with a mountain in/from korea is a testament to how great this guy is. even if eckstein is officially our second best hitter right now, let's show scott rolen some love. he's one of the hardest working players in baseball, and therefore a perfect cardinal.
i won't say anything about sir albert, so as not to throw a jinx his way.
juancarnacion might be showing some signs of life (maybe). (i bloody well hope so).
i had to pass up tickets to the game last night because my son is only two weeks old, and i'm already leaving him alone with my wife on friday to go to the game (as part of her x-mas present four-pack). it hurt like being knifed in the belly.
g here (aka geronimo, aka gthedamned). i've been blogging for a few years now, but it's finally time for me to devote a whole space to one of my passions, namely cardinals baseball. for those of you looking for another metric for your fantasy league team, this blog is not for you. in fact, i will probably shy away from stats a lot more than other baseball blogs. i can only keep a few numbers going in my head at a time, so while i know that john gall is currently batting .397 in aaa, i can't remember what albert's average is. i don't consider this to be a problem, as that information is available elsewhere.
now, for my first post...
dear god, what's scott rolen gotta do to score a run? two doubles inches away from being homers, and how many times has he been left on after great efforts at the plate in the last few games? scott is still underappreciated, by cards fans and the rest of the league alike. the fact that he is hitting like this after last season's collision with a mountain in/from korea is a testament to how great this guy is. even if eckstein is officially our second best hitter right now, let's show scott rolen some love. he's one of the hardest working players in baseball, and therefore a perfect cardinal.
i won't say anything about sir albert, so as not to throw a jinx his way.
juancarnacion might be showing some signs of life (maybe). (i bloody well hope so).
i had to pass up tickets to the game last night because my son is only two weeks old, and i'm already leaving him alone with my wife on friday to go to the game (as part of her x-mas present four-pack). it hurt like being knifed in the belly.
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