Jake Westbrook

The Cardinals got to see an old friend last night.  Then they showed him why he was an old friend and not a current one.I think it was key that the Cards were able to bounce back from that...

  It was a terrible week for the Good Guys.  Yep, our beloved Redbirds really stank up the joint. The starting pitching has been faltering, as has the bullpen.  The much vaunted defense at times looked like the Keystone Cops.  The offense has...

I'm sure there was something good about the Cardinals trip to Los Angeles this weekend.  However, it might have been limited to hearing Vin Scully on the call because, otherwise, this was like checking into Hotel California--as much as they...

On Monday, May 3, 2010, the Cardinals beat the Phillies and finished the day five games up on their nearest competitors in the NL Central.  Jamie Garcia won that game and stood at 3-1 with a 1.13 ERA.  Chris...

Did anyone get the license plate of that truck?After finishing up their first sweep of 2012, the Cardinals then faced Atlanta and wound up being swept for the first time this season as well.  Save for Friday night's game,...

  Indeed, the limitations of the 25 man roster impose certain constraints on the Cardinals that some teams do not have.  The Cardinals legitimately have greater than 25 players who have to varying degrees earned spots on the roster and potentia...

For the second time in two weeks, Carlos Beltran collected two homers in the same game. This time he accounted for all six St. Louis Cardinals runs in a 6-1 victory. Beltran’s effort combined with Jake Westbrook‘s seven shutout innings ma...

There was no post yesterday because I had to travel out of town to do some work at a client's office.  Said client also reads this blog from time to time and gently teased about the title of the...

Carlos Beltran homered in his first two at-bats, including a grand slam, matching his career high with six RBI, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Arizona 6-1 on Tuesday night, handing the Diamondbacks their fourth loss in a row.

Lance Lynn was once again excellent in five innings of shutout ball en route to his Major League leading sixth win of the season. He had little trouble getting offensive backing from his teammates who launched a total of five home runs in a 9-6 Cardi...

After 126 games, 77 starts, 49 relief appearances and 472 innings in the majors, Neil Keefe still isn't sure what Phil Hughes is.

I'd say that I took a personal vow not to write again until the Cards won a game, but we all know better than that.  A rough patch for the Cards did clear up yesterday, which makes getting back...