Jason Motte

There's always someone that gets the brunt of fan ire on the Cardinals.  For many years it was J.D. Drew.  Chris Duncan took a turn for a while.  Most recently, Colby Rasmus was the whipping boy.This season, it's Tyler...

Evidence that many members of Cardinal Nation have already jumped the proverbial shark abounds, and the perception seems greatly deviated from the reality.  The Cardinals remain a division leading team, yet they have recently played like a farm club...

Every team goes through some sort of bump in the road.  The key is to see how they react to it, if they are able to minimize the losing.  So far, that's a test the Cardinals are passing.  Two...

Carlos Beltran‘s one man show continued to amaze last night as he flirted with the cycle, but settled with two home runs, a triple and double. Unbelievably it was not enough to get the St. Louis Cardinals a victory as they fell to the Atlanta B...

There you go St. Louis Cardinals fans, the Redbirds were finally able to seal the deal on a series sweep last night with a victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. … [visit site to read more]...

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...

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...

Just watch 1 Lance Lynn start, and you’ll notice that everything works off his four-seam fastball.  That’s the one that he threw 65 times last night for 38 strikes which translates to about a 58.46% strike rate.  Considering the fact th...

Adam Wainwright won his first game of the 2012 season backed by homers from David Freese, Matt Holliday and Rafael Furcal as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-7. … [visit site to read more]...

Three days after the St. Louis Cardinals won the 2011 World Series there was a collective sigh as their long-term manager Tony La Russa announced his retirement. After sixteen years under the direction of one man, the Cardinals were now in search of...

Eventually, a night like last night was going to happen.  Closers aren't perfect, not even the best of them.  The way last night was going, I'm not sure anyone was terribly surprised at the final outcome.Even though it was old...

Jason Motte entered the ninth inning of a 2-1 Cardinals lead and walked off the mound the losing pitcher after giving up a two-run single to former Cardinal Joe Mather. The Chicago Cubs did what no other team was successful at doing so far this seaso...