RED ALERT!!!

Dear Cardinals fans,

Things are not looking good in Cardinal town. This team is aweful and it doesn't look like it's going to get any better. I don't know what to write, we are already 9 games behind, our offense looks about 5 years older, and the pitching is anemic. Good night, I'm going to drown my tears in a couple beers.

HELP!!!

Well blogsters,

We're only 2.75 games through the 2007 season, and I'd be lying if I didn't say that I'm a bit worried about this year's club. Our offense will come around, but our pitching is SUSPECT AT BEST! With Carpenter already missing his next start, we are left with a group of pitchers who collectively have only a few more MLB wins than I do. Tony, if you're reading, I'll take the ball this weekend, just shoot a response to this post and I'll catch the next train South. I won't even ask you to pay my fare. I am willing to accept Budweiser and easy drinking Budweiser Select in leiu of cash. Think about it.

LaRussa on Rogers

OK, so everyone reading this knows that Kenny Rogers had pine tar on his pitching hand last night...in addition to two other times in the post season. I think the question in everyone's mind was "Why is LaRussa not busting this guy?"

Not sure if you have read it or not, but check out this article on stltoday.com. I'm sure it was a nice welcoming present to Busch for the entire Tigers team.

La Russa on Rogers: 'I don't believe it was dirt'

Here's my take.

I think Tony did exactly the right thing, and I would love nothing more than for this to go 6 games only to have the Cardinals kick the shit out of Rogers to win it all! If Tony has Rogers ejected after 1 inning, he would have been done for the series. But I can just here it now..."The only reason the Cardinals won is because Kenny Rogers was kicked out!" Sorry for the bad news Cubs fans, but you won't be able to use that one!

We've got the ace starting tomorrow night, with Suppan to follow. If we do it at home...great. If not, let's take 2 out of 3, and make the seat of Kenny Rogers' pants brown on Saturday night. The media will have no question what that will be...clearly he will have shit all over himself!

Yadier vs. Todd Jones

I personally couldn't believe that LaRussa let Yadier bat against Jones in the top of the 9th last night. By all accounts Yadier was one of the worst hitting position players in baseball this year. While he has come up huge in the playoffs the fact remains that he is probably not a very good hitter. Plus conventional baseball wisdom would suggest that a lefty should bat against Jones. Below I pulled Jones splits for the year and it looks like righties fair better against him in every offensive category.

Todd Jones 2006 splits:

SPLIT	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	BAA	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. Left	106	28	1	1	1	14	7	1	14	0	0	.264	.313	.321	.634
vs. Right	148	42	6	3	3	16	4	2	14	0	0	.284	.312	.426	.737

Even with these splits Duncan had to be a better option than Molina. The only rational for not pulling out Yadier is that you don't want to mess with his confidence. I'd take a 2-0 lead with a deflated Tigers team over a slightly less confident Yadier Molina.

Sedgwick's Pics from Saturday

Does anyone have some pics from Sedgwick's on Saturday or Sunday that we could post on the website. We still get a lot of emails about where to watch Cardinals games and if we could post some pics of what Sedgwick's looks like on game days we could probably convince the non-believers.

Thanks
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World Series!!!

Sedgwicks has been rockin'!! Here is the World Series schedule:


Gm 1 - STL @ DET - Sat, Oct. 21 - 6:30 pm

Gm 2 - STL @ DET - Sun, Oct. 22 - 6:30 pm

Gm 3 - DET @ STL- Tue, Oct. 24 - 7 pm

Gm 4 - DET @ STL- Wed, Oct. 25 - 7 pm

Gm 5* - DET @ STL- Thu, Oct. 26 - 7 pm

Gm 6* - STL @ DET - Sat, Oct. 28 - 6:30 pm

Gm 7* - STL @ DET - Sun, Oct. 29 - 6:30 pm


Let's bring it home!!!!

Cards NLCS = Sedgwicks!!

Alright...3rd year in a row. We'll see everyone at Sedgwicks!!

$15 buckets of Bud and Bud Light during the game throughout the series!

Here is the schedule:

Gm 1 - STL @ NYM - Wed, Oct. 11 - 7 pm

Gm 2 - STL @ NYM - Thu, Oct. 12 - 7 pm

Gm 3 - NYM @ STL - Sat, Oct. 14 - 3 pm

Gm 4 - NYM @ STL - Sun, Oct. 15 - 6:30 pm

Gm 5* - NYM @ STL - Mon, Oct. 16 - 7 pm

Gm 6* - STL @ NYM - Wed, Oct. 18 - 3 pm -- 7 pm if ALCS is over

Gm 7* - STL @ NYM - Thu, Oct. 19 - 7 pm


Go Cards!!

Pennant Race

Alright, we are officially in a pennant race now! Houston took it to us over the weekend, and now it's time to see what kind of a playoff atmosphere the new Busch will provide. I hope to see nothing but a sea of red in that ballpark tonight.

This being said, I'll be calling Sedgwick's today to see if they will put together any drink specials for games this week/weekend, and possibly for all playoff games. The manager we knew from the last two years is no longer at the bar, so we need to make sure the deal will be the same this year. I'll keep everyone posted. If you know any more about this, or have other suggestions, please post a response.

If all goes well, we could see a preview of our first round matchup over the next three days. Go Cards!

It's All Coming Together

Get ready for the ride everyone. I think the Cards are starting to put it together for the final stretch run. We haven't been in a pennant race for 3 years, and maybe this is exactly what we need to warm up for the playoffs.

Preston Wilson has been a clutch pickup and has stepped in nicely while Edmonds has been down. Even if Edmonds comes back, Wilson will be a huge force off the bench...or even vice versa if Edmonds isn't healthy enough for the starting role. Also, CBS Sportsline is even including Chris Duncan's name in the mix for Rookie of the Year. It's a long shot, and I don't see it happening, but it really does recognize what a good job he has done stepping in this year.

I know we still have some unanswered questions on the pitching staff, but I think the offense is coming together nicely. Clutch hits and come from behind wins are a great sign!

I say it's about time we get a few Game of the Weeks in for the final month of the regular season!