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My favorite Dean story was when Dizzy threw a 1 hitter in the first game of a doubleheader. His brother Paul (Daffy) threw a no hitter in the night cap. Afterwards Dizzy said that if he had known Paul was going to throw a no-no he would have as well. Ha!
Jesus Baez will not be the Cardinals SS unless Masyn Winn turns into Pete Kozma. Please tell me that isn’t going to happen.
Baez needs to learn 3B if he wants to bring his bat to STL.
It is easy to go down a rabbit hole with advanced stats. They serve a purpose of drilling under the surface that might reveal information that could be beneficial. Other times they seem like a way for someone to justify their job or pretend how smart they are.
I have noticed a lot of television broadcasts now show Avg, HR, RBI, and OPS. I like that approach. It maintains the traditional stats but including OPS gives us more information and valuable information.
Pitching stats should do the same. I still think the W-L record of starters can be relevant but supporting info like ERA, WHIP, and Avg against really tells the story.
Liberatore currently is 5-14. Is that an accurate portrayal of his season? yes I think it is because his ERA and Avg against are really bad. A more interesting comparison would be McGreevy and Leahy. McGreevy is 7-9 while Leahy is 10-4 but their ERA, WHIP, and Avg against are very similar. The deciding factor is probably Leahy gets more run support. My next question is why does he get more run support. I am surprised someone hasn’t come up with a way to measure why that is. Is it really random?
Some of my most enjoyable evenings in the winter are watching old Youtube clips of Vince Lombardi. His quotes and antics are priceless. Hank Stram too. Those two were truly gems. One of the most iconic pics from Super Bowl I is Len Dawson sitting in the lockeroom during halftime smoking a cigarette. That is something you wouldn’t see today.
As a long time Chiefs fan we still owe the mighty Pack. Hopefully they will have a Super Bowl rematch someday.
The Dodgers recently recalled Josue De Paula from Tulsa to the big league club when they put Ohtani on the IL. I would think that will weaken the Drillers and help Springfield.
If they are going to be following the Milwaukee model then the bulk of talent will be from within but there is no doubt that some external reinforcements will be needed. It will probably be from both trades and free agency. I could see them splurging for one significant free agent but not multiple.
LOL. You’ve been clamoring for a rebuild for years. The Cardinals finally enter one, and you want it over with.
They did need to do a rebuild. Mo’s way sucked because we were stuck in mediocrity with a weak farm.
I think brighter days are ahead but that doesn’t mean it is enjoyable to watch the team lose. Now if Bloom decides to turn this rebuild into a perpetual rebuild then I will be the first to decry it. We need to be looking at 2028 as the year to be a contender, not 2030.
CIF, you pose an interesting question regarding who to root for in October. Once the Cardinals season is over my interest in the playoffs is very diminished, however, if forced to choose I would probably pull for the Brewers this year and there are a couple of reasons for that.
First of all I know it is somewhat sacrilegious to root for a division rival. I get that. I mean if the Cubs were playing against the Russians I would have to reluctantly side with the Rooskies.
But the Brewers have a style of play to be admired. They are gritty and play a lot of small ball with good defense, good pitching, good base running, and timely hitting. And they don’t have a lot of big name, high priced all stars either. They kind of remind me of a Whitey Herzog team. I also suspect that Dewitt and Bloom like their model although probably wouldn’t say so publicly.
The other reason is that the Brewers winning the World Series would make Manfred look like a fool as if he needs any help. His kamikaze mission of salary cap or bust needs to be derailed.
The only professional sport that doesn’t worry about parity? Does that make sense?
That really isn’t true. The CBT was designed to increase parity. They just didn’t make the penalties tough enough. That could be corrected if both sides keep their heads but instead it appears MLB is going to drive off a cliff.
A winning culture is nice but if it produces no championships then its really for nothing. The braves were once like that but they only won one.
I wouldn’t say it is for nothing. 29 teams end their season disappointed but that doesn’t mean all 29 were a failure.
Filling up your stadium most nights is good for businesss. Going to the playoffs each year is something us Cardinal fans took for granted but not anymore. We have won one playoff series in the last decade. I would like to win another playoff series someday.
If there is one team in MLB who really does have a winning culture it is Milwaukee. They lose star players each year, lose their star manager to the rival Cubs, and lose their star PBO to the Mets but they just keep winning with a bunch of scrappy no name guys.Their culture is one the Cardinals should try to emulate.
I loved the Brewers recent three game sweep of the Cubs. Each game was excruciating for the north siders as they are now scrapping for a wild card spot.
Brewers beat the Cubs today 4-3 in Milwaukee to increase their lead to 8 games in the NLC. It is always a good day when the north siders lose.
For whatever reason Blaze Jordan just doesn’t excite me much. I would like to see the team acquire a veteran one year stopgap (maybe Ryan McMahon) to share 3B with Saggese in 2027 then see what Baez can do in 2028.
Baez has little chance of being the starting SS or 2B in STL in the next several years so his chance lies with how he can do at 3B. We seem to talk a lot about his bat but can he play 3B? I would assume he can but we need to find out.
We also have to consider that Saggese is having a heck of an audition this September for more playing time next year, presumably at 3B.
I don’t forsee any serious playoff run by our team with three weeks to go. We can’t seem to sustain enough momentum. We look like an 80 or 81 win club which is fine for a rebuilding year. I would feel better about our chances if all of our remaining games were on the road. We just don’t play well at Busch.
If I were Ollie I would instruct all the players to wear their caps slightly askew throughout the game tonight just to see the reaction, if any, that draws from officialdom. At the very least it would piss off Eddings royally.
On the din-din front, I’m afraid I have bad news. Abandoning all French-hood this evening we went with cheeseburgers and potato chips followed by vanilla ice cream and raspberries.
Finally, let’s not let these cellar-dwelling Denverites get away with any excessive offense. Let them have the occasional single but no more.
CIF, that is one of the best posts I have seen on this boaard in a long time. I wholehartedly agree on the hat idea and I applaud you for being rebellious in your current locale and going with the burgers.
Herrera already DH’s around 5 days a week and catches 2 days a week so it wouldn’t be any different than that except his non-DH days would be at 1B instead of behind the plate.
Another option would be to stop referring to Herrera as a catcher and just treat him as the DH/1B he really is. Actually I don’t know if he has ever had much time at 1B but he should. He could spell Burly occassionally when facing tough lefties and then DH the rest of the time.
I don’t know what the rule is on how a player is supposed to wear his hat but if Rincon was doing it wrong I would think the umpire could have said something in a more subtle way or said something to the catcher instead of making a spectacle of it and making an a** of himself. Maybe Manfred and his goons could look into that instead of beating their head into the wall over a salary cap.
There has been speculation in recent years that One Cardinal Way, the new luxury apartment tower, and Ballpark Village have changed the wind currents around the stadium and have suppressed home runs.
Tough news for Dobbins. I hope he can make it back before the end of next season.
I wonder if the Cardinals will give Graceffo a shot at the rotation next year like they did with Leahy this year.
Saggese is really hitting right now. Might as well go with the hot hand and let him play 3B for awhile. Of course with JJ and Winn both out he is the only viable SS we have. I think Winn is supposed to be back soon.
What is it about LA? The Clippers just got hammered for violating the NBA salary cap by steering money to one of it’s star players off the books. Their owner and top front office are suspended for a year, the team is fined $30 Million, and they lose their number one draft pick for five consecutive years. Ouch!