Arizona Cardinals

By Josh Martin The win puts the Cardinals at  25-20 on the season.  It bumped us up into 2nd place, ahead of Houston and only 2 games behind the hated Cubs.  Tomorrow, we send Kyle Lohse to the hill, so I am expecting a good day for St. Louis.  Let’s take 2 out of 3 and hit the west coast on a positive note. Game # 45   Sa...

By Josh Martin Friday, the rivalry between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs resumed. For most of Cardinal Nation, it is the biggest rivalry for St. Louis. Me personally, I prefer the Cardinals/Astros rivalry. I do not enjoy the Cub games as much. I don’t like the Cubs and I love to see them lose. Well Fr...

By Josh Martin The win puts the Redbirds at 15-10 on the year, in 2nd place in the NL Central, and 1 1/2 games behind Chicago.  Tomorrow is the rubber game of the series as Kyle Lohse gets the nod for the good guys. Game # 25 Sat. April 26, 2008 Cardinals 4 Astros 3 Adam Wainwright pitched the full nine innings for S...

By Josh Martin The win puts the Cardinals at 2-1 this season and in a four way tie for first place in the NL Central, as they look to continue their success against the Nationals at home this weekend.  Braden LaVerne Looper (did you know that LaVerne was his middle name?) gets the start Friday night, followe...

By Josh Martin The win evens the Cardinals record this year at 1-1.  Tomorrow, Brad Thompson gets the start, in what should be a very wet and cold Thursday afternoon. Game # 2      4/2/08 Cardinals 8    Rockies 3 Everyone knows that the 2008 St. Louis Cardinals are a younger team than they were a year ago.  But I...

By Josh Martin The loss puts the Cardinals at 0-1 on the season. Tomorow night, the Cardinals will send hard throwing Todd Wellemeyer to the hill to face Aaron Cook. Let’s hope it is warmer, I almost froze to death tonight! Game # 1 04/01/08 Rockies 2 Cardinals 1 Opening Day Take 2 wasn’t as kind to the Cardina...

In closing, I would like to say that I will really miss Jim Edmonds. He was my favorite player to ever put on a Cardinals’ uniform. Here’s to you Jimmy. I will NEVER root against the Cardinals, but when you step into the batter’s box on July 17th in St. Louis, it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the worl...

By Josh Martin Among the many changes that the Cardinals made this past off-season, perhaps none were bigger than the acquisition of Troy Glaus to take over for Scott Rolen at the Hot Corner. Rolen’s inability to get along with Tony LaRussa made it almost a necessity for the Cardinals to deal him. The probl...

By Josh Martin January in Memphis hardly seems like baseball weather. And that is even more so the case in St. Louis. Yet every January, I make my annual trek downtown to Autozone Park in Memphis to kick off my baseball season. Yep, It’s Cardinal Caravan Time! The gang came through Memphis this past Sunday, an...

By Josh Martin This is going to be more of a rant than a post.  I am VERY close to losing what little confidence I have in the Cardinals and the “decisions” they are making.  I bit my tongue as they let Eckstein walk.  I could even see their side of the story.  But then  they grab Cesar Izturis?  And that makes the Ca...

By Josh Martin Out of those names, the ones that interest me the most are Matt Clement, Freddy Garcia, and Carlos Silva. I haven’t heard so much as a peep about Clement from any of my Cardinals’ sources, but assuming he is healthy, why not take a chance on him? Garcia and Silva I have heard discussed, and eith...

By Josh Martin Troy Percival, who enjoyed a successful comeback season with the St. Louis Cardinals last season, has signed a two year deal with the Tamp Bay Devil Rays.  The 38 year old reliever pitched in 34 games for St. Louis, and had the lowest ERA (1.80) of any pitcher on the team (not counting Scott Spiez...

By Josh Martin For more on the first game of Saturday’s double header, check out Mike Metzger’s post entitled, “Slip Sliding Away“. I agree with him, it is probably over. But the die hard in me won’t give up 100% just yet… Game # 146 09/15/07 Cubs 3 Cardinals 2 It may not be a mathematical certainty yet, but it l...

By Josh Martin The Cardinals extended their losing streak to seven games, and things won’t be getting any easier this weekend against the Cubs. Thursday afternoon, Kip Wells picked up his 17th loss of the season, allowing 5 runs on 10 hits, in just 4 2/3 innings. And while the Cardinals made it interesting...