The Frustration Continues
August 16, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment
Remember when I said that Cardinal fans should caution against getting too high off of that Cincinnati series? Â Unfortunately, this 2010 team is becoming predictably frustrating. Â Let’s look at the series. Friday (6-3 win) Hero:Â Albert Pujols. Â Three hits, including a home run, and scored three runs. Â AP pretty much did it all. Goat:Â Brendan Ryan. Â Not […]
Sweeping Our Cares Away
August 12, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment
Earlier this year, the Cardinals took the first two games from the Toronto Blue Jays on the road and sent out Adam Wainwright to complete the sweep.  Wainwright, though, had one of his rare off games and the Cards weren’t able to use the brooms. This time, though, Wainwright was able to seal the deal and […]
Sweep Incomplete
June 17, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment
Busy couple of nights at the ballpark, with most of the focus on the bump in the middle. First off, the Jeff Suppan return tour kicked off in a manner that didn’t shock me too much, though I will admit I didn’t think it’d be that strong. Â You had a guy that’d made some adjustments, […]
Card Shuffling Proves Effective
June 15, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment
The big news prior to yesterday’s game was the fancy new lineup that Tony La Russa was running out there. Â Matt Holliday was hitting second, Ryan Ludwick was hitting fourth and, to the great joy of some, the pitcher was hitting eighth. Now, it’s hard to know if the lineup switcheroo was at all to […]
Desert Mirage
June 14, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment
The Cardinals won the first game in Arizona, but that was just the oasis in the losing streak. Â A quick recap: Friday (5-2 win) Hero: Brendan Ryan. Â He’s still not found himself at the plate entirely, slipping back around .200, and a home run was about the most unlikely thing that could have happened in […]