Cardinals Keep Destroying Hope

September 1, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment

I wonder if any of his old friends in Cincinnati have called Adam Dunn and said thanks for the help. Since his home run on Saturday, the Cards have scored a total of two runs in 31 innings. Â Since that moment, this team his hitting .152 against staffs that are on second-division teams. Â Since that […]

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Gaining On The Off Day

July 27, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment

The Cardinals hit the Big Apple yesterday. Â They saw the sites (Ryan Franklin went to the Statue of Liberty with his family, according to the official Cardinal Twitter feed),Â made some appearances (more on Albert Pujols in a bit) and picked up a half-game on the Reds when Milwaukee beat them 3-2. Â In other words, just […]

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Subtle Shifts

March 19, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment

While no major news came out of Jupiter yesterday, there were a couple of things that could have an impact on the season to come. First, the Cards returned Ben Jukich to the Reds. Â For a Rule V guy, he didn’t get a lot of looks in camp, only getting two innings in one game. […]

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One Day Away

February 16, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment

Pitchers and catchers “officially” report tomorrow.Â In actuality, almost the entire team is already in Jupiter or doing prep work before getting there.Â Still, sitting here with 19 degree temperatures outside this morning, waking up to read about spring training is just about glorious.Â There’s magic in “pitchers and catchers report.” I believe that Brad […]

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