The New York Mets were concerned with the health of closer Bobby Parnell, but they weren’t expecting that he could be out for 12-14 months. Parnell has a partial tear of his UCL, which could mean Tommy John Surgery. Parnell had surgery last season on a herniated disk in his back; the team was planning…
St. Louis Cardinals Homestand Highlights: 07/04/2011 St. Louis (July 4, 2011) – The Cardinals return to Busch Stadium from a six-game interleague road trip that took the team to Baltimore (3-0) for the first time in the regular season and down to Tampa Bay (1-2) for just the second meeting between the teams at Tropicana…
2011 MLB Draft Signing Matrix Here is 85% Sports MLB Draft Signing Matrix. It’s broken into 2 parts. The first table shows the picks, the amount they signed for, slot for that pick, and the difference between the signing and slot. If anyone has information I’m missing (a signing, slot value, etc), let me know…
Last week, I was going to write a eulogy for the Cardinals when they got eliminated, but then I caught the second part of Ken Burns’ “The Tenth Inning” and decided against the eulogy. Rather than focusing on the negative for the season, I was reminded of why I love baseball. The strategy. The stats….
Here is the first of my ballots for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance – the Connie Mack Award for best manager. For the award, I first eliminated managers who didn’t manage for a full season. I do that for 2 reasons: first, if you are fired, you don’t really deserve the award. Secondly, if you are…
The St. Louis Cardinals did the obvious on Wednesday; they exercised their $16MM club option on star Albert Pujols. They also announced that Trever Miller’s option had vested during the season, guaranteeing the pitcher $2MM. $16MM for Pujols is an absolute steal, which the Cardinals are aware of. My gut is telling me that the…
Rarely have there been 2 players to win Comeback Player of the Year that are this similar. Tim Hudson of the Atlanta Braves and Francisco Liriano of the Minnesota Twins both won the award this year. The similarities are they both came back from Tommy John Surgery – Hudson had the procedure in 2008 and…
Tim McCarver is headlining the ballot for the Ford C. Frick Award, which is for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the Hall of Fame. He is joined by active broadcasters Eric Nadel and Dave Van Horne. The other nominees are Dizzy Dean, Tom Cheek, Graham McNamee, Bill King, Ned Martin, Rene Cardenas, and Jacques Doucet….
Philadelphia Phillies ace Roy Halladay started the post season in style; he no hit the Cincinnati Reds in game 1 of their NLDS matchup. Halladay missed a perfect game by giving up a walk in the 5th to Jay Bruce. This is the second no hitter Halladay has thrown this year and the first post-season…
Welcome to the first of many editions of “Riding the Pine” First off, I just wanted to give a little background on myself. I am a life-long Cardinals fan. I will try not to be biased, but I’m not guaranteeing anything. I am a huge fan of the game in general. My goal of this…
