Driving Mr. Yogi
May 5, 2012 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
In the recently released book, Driving Mr. Yogi by Harvey Araton, the front seat is occupied ably by Yogi Berra and Ron Guidry, but the back seat is filled with the Pantheon of modern day Yankee heroes. Characteristically, George Steibrenner spills over into the front and tries to take the wheel. But Yogi Berra is too much […]
Just How Good was Bert Blyleven?
January 10, 2011 by Michael Hoban · 3 Comments
Bert Blyleven is in the Hall of Fame at last!! It took fourteen years on the ballot to do it but the writers finally saw the light. This was a true victory for sabermetrics – as recognized in the following clip from the Associated Press. “The great curveballer won 287 games, threw 60 shutouts and […]
“It Didn’t Look Like They Wanted To Come Out And Beat Us”
September 2, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · 1 Comment
I think the title of this post says it all.  When a player on the opposing team questions the desire, there’s little else to say about the 2010 Cardinals. That was Geoff Blum’s quote to MLB.com after yesterday’s game.  “It didn’t look like they wanted to come out and beat us at all.”  We talked about […]
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 […]
