Baseball Yakker

Rookies have always been given a hard time in baseball, particularly by their own teammates. After being called up to the show for the first time, rookies are subject to jokes, pranks and teasing. Many of them have promising careers in ahead of them, and if they make good on expectations, a pie-in-the-face as well.
Jaime [...]

Way back in 1910, Franklin Pierce Adams wrote a poem entitled “Baseball’s Sad Lexicon”. It described the somber moment in which opposing players fell victim to the Chicago Cubs’ double play team. It became an immediate hit, and has since gone down in baseball lore.
Today, the poem is better known as ‘Tinker to Evers to [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals wrapped up their final spring training game on Thursday, but unfortunately, there was no present inside.
It’s been nearly a month since the Cardinals started the 2010 Grapefruit League, and since then, the team has completed their spring schedule, winning 14 exhibition games and losing 13, including a loss in St. Louis’ [...]

Neither the St. Louis Cardinals or their opponent the Washington Nationals, are in the hunt for the Grapefruit League pennant anymore, but that’s certainly not a priority. Nevertheless, with the season only a mere 5 days away, both teams are trying to play the best ball they can.
But when the Cardinals and Nationals squared off [...]

With 2 runs in the 1st inning, the St. Louis Cardinals held on to an early lead to beat the Cincinnati Reds, 5-3, in a game that the Cardinals were missing Chris Carpenter, who recently went back on the disabled list.
Instead, Brad Thompson started the game on the hill for the Cardinals and save the [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals and the San Fransisco Giants began a four game series yesterday as they played the first game of the series and, unluckily for the Cardinals, the Giants pulled out on top, as they beat the Cardinals 5-1.
The Giants began their lead in the first inning, when they scored the first run [...]

It has been nearly a month and a half since the St. Louis Cardinals begin Spring Training, but after a 5-2 loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday, the Cardinals have officially completed Grapefruit and Spring Training play. Let’s recap what has taken place this spring:
Spring Record: After a less than par offseason, Cardinals [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, who had each won one game apiece in the series, finished off a three game series last night at Busch Stadium with the Cardinals coming out on top, 5-3.
After losing the to the Cubs to night before, the Cardinals came out of the gate strong, scoring 4 [...]

Alright, so spring training is half way through and opening day is just around the corner, which means its time once again to do predictions –just for fun. I will try to predict four different things: (1) The St. Louis Cardinals opening day lineup and roster, (2) which players will the the triple crown categories [...]