Monday, September 18, 2006

damn the rabid redbird curse!

i know that i haven't been posting much to this blog these days, much to the disappointment of perhaps four people, but as i have stated in previous posts, every time i post something, the cardinals lose, usually miserably.

so i stopped.

however, i can little manage to stop talking baseball at work or at home, so i'll post here just to give my friends and family a break.

i really feel badly for izzy. i have stood by the claim that he's our best option at closer despite his struggles this year, and now we're going to have to go with our second best options. the guy is a total hoosier (in the st louis sense), but he's also totally class.

nice pair of wins over los gigantes. it's also great to see that scotty rolen has refound his stroke.

chris duncan... i'm still holding out judgement, but he just shouldn't be this good. i want him to continue, of course, but i still wonder how long before he falls back to earth. nonetheless, he hits the ball so freakin' hard...

glad to see that anthony reyes is starting tonight, but i do hope they're keeping him on a short leash in terms of pitch count. i very much want to see him doing good things in our rotation next year, and if that means he needs to be pulled in the fifth, so be it.

i'm looking forward to seeing eckstein back in the lineup, though i hope he found his bat while he's been healing. it's not that i hold the concussion against him, i just want what's best for the team. gollum has filled in admirably in eck's absence, so if the options are eck at fifty percent or gollum playing his best, i'd rather see gollum out there.

on the concussion front, it seems less and less likely that we're going to pick up jimmy's option. i'm not pleased by that at all. unless he just doesn't ever recover, he's the best defensive centerfielder in the league. he's better than average at the plate (at least this year; in years past, he's been a monster), and frankly, a good redbird. assuming he recovers his balance/vision/memory, i want to see him patrolling center for at least another year.

Friday, September 08, 2006

don speizio

i haven't been posting, because i am still wary of the apparent jinx that posts to this blog make for, but i can't help getting on to mention...

speiz! three homers, two days! way to be the dangerous switch hitting veteran!

that is all.