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May 23, 2012
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Game 44 Open Thread, Padres at Cardinals, 23rd May 2012

Viva El Birdos ― Going for the sweepOptimism in the airJeff Suppan. Really? Current SeriesCardinals lead the series 2-0Mon 05/21 WP: Jason Motte (3 - 1) LP: Andrew Cashner (2 - 3) 4 - 3 winTue 05/22 WP: Adam... (More)
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St. Louis Cardinals Place Matt Carpenter On Disabled List, Promote Steven Hill

Viva El Birdos ― The St. Louis Cardinals placed utility man Matt Carpenter on the 15-day disabled list this afternoon with a strained oblique. To replace Carpenter on the roster, the Cardinals purchased the contract of Steven Hill from Triple A Memphis. The news was... (More)
St. Louis Cardinals Place Matt Carpenter On Disabled List, Promote Steven Hill
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A Late May Chat Thread

Viva El Birdos ― It was, to put it lightly, encouraging to see Adam Wainwright look like Adam Wainwright last night. In fact, it was better than encouraging. It was glorious.How is everyone this morning? I hope you're all doing well.I had hoped to have a draft... (More)
A Late May Chat Thread
Posted 11 hours ago
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Adam Wainwright Pitches Like Adam Wainwright, Throws Complete Game Shutout

Viva El Birdos ― Adam Wainwright picked the perfect time to show his ace form. With the Cardinals reeling after having lost multiple players to the disabled list and eight of their last eleven games, Wainwright took to the hill on Tuesday in Busch Stadium and looked... (More)
Adam Wainwright Pitches Like Adam Wainwright, Throws Complete Game Shutout
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May 22, 2012
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Padres at Cardinals Open Thread: Edinson Volquez vs. Adam Wainwright

Viva El Birdos ― Edinson Volquez nonted walnk-bunff sayns: "I might be biased, and you don't have to go along, but personally I kind of like him Adam Wainwrong."Current SeriesCardinals lead the series 1-0Mon 05/21 WP: Jason Motte (3 - 1) ... (More)
Posted 24 hours ago
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Legopiece Theater: Dugout Abbey: Albert And Dee Dee Check In

Viva El Birdos ― Legopiece Theater: Dugout Abbey: Albert And Dee Dee Check In In the latest Legopiece Theater: Dugout Abbey, Albert Pujols and Dee Dee contemplate Lance Berkman's knee injury. Also mortality. (More)
Posted 24 hours ago
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Matt Adams, Tyler Greene's Competition, and Other Good News

Viva El Birdos ― The St. Louis Cardinals are now 9-11 in May, and they've been visited by enough bad news to keep us in terrified-fantasy-baseball-owner search traffic through July. Lance Berkman is hurt, possibly severely; Carlos Beltran isn't the perfectly healthy... (More)
Matt Adams, Tyler Greene's Competition, and Other Good News
Posted 24 hours ago
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Tyler Greene Propels St. Louis Cardinals to 4-3 Victory Over San Diego Padres

Viva El Birdos ― The St. Louis Cardinals entered Monday night's series opener against the San Diego Padres in the midst of a four-game losing streak, the second such streak in the club's last ten games. The Cards appeared set to squander an excellent outing from... (More)
Tyler Greene Propels St. Louis Cardinals to 4-3 Victory Over San Diego Padres
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May 21, 2012
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Game 43: St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres, 7:15 PM CDT, May 21, 2012

Viva El Birdos ― Jaime Garcia#54 / Pitcher / St. Louis CardinalsHeight: 6-2Weight: 215Bats: LThrows: LBorn: Jul 08, 1986W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP2012 - Jaime Garcia3-28851.1602221114363.681.44Clayton Richard#33 ... (More)
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MRI Shows No ACL Tear for Lance Berkman; Slugger Will Get Second Opinion

Viva El Birdos ― Lance Berkman's season is not yet over and neither is his career. Berkman underwent a magnetic resonance image study on Monday in St. Louis. BJ Rains of Fox Sports Midwest tweets that the scan revealed a torn meniscus but not a torn anterior cruciate... (More)
MRI Shows No ACL Tear for Lance Berkman; Slugger Will Get Second Opinion
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Lance Berkman Injury: ACL Tear Suspected

Viva El Birdos ― Injury Could End Berkman's CareerThe Cardinals’ Lance Berkman left Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a knee injury and after the game he couldn’t even put weight on the leg in the clubhouse.Now, a report from Joe... (More)
Lance Berkman Injury: ACL Tear Suspected
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Are the St. Louis Cardinals Wrapping Up the Most Grueling Stretch of the 2012 Schedule?

Viva El Birdos ― The Cardinals lost 6-5 to the Dodgers in Chavez Ravine last night on Sunday Night Baseball. The game was the final one of the club's five-game west coast swing. It started at 7:05 PM CDT and did not get done until late in the evening for folks in... (More)
Are the St. Louis Cardinals Wrapping Up the Most Grueling Stretch of the 2012 Schedule?
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May 20, 2012
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Cardinals at Dodgers Open Thread

Viva El Birdos ― Current Series3 game series vs Dodgers @ Dodger StadiumSt. Louis CardinalsViva El Birdos@ Los Angeles DodgersTrue Blue LAFriday, May 18, 2012, 10:10 PM EDT Dodger StadiumLance Lynn vs Ted Lilly Clear. Winds blowing out to center... (More)
Posted 3 days ago
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An Ultimate Cardinals Record Book Excerpt for Your Viewing Pleasure

Viva El Birdos ― The robot is attending a human wedding this week, which means I am your Sunday host. Except I am also away from internet access. Luckily, I've been meaning to plug my book one final time (probably), so this all matches up perfectly. To thank all of... (More)
Posted 3 days ago
May 19, 2012
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game 40: STL @ LAD - 5.19.12; westbrook v. kershaw

Viva El Birdos ― clayton kershawERA - 2.22FIP - 3.10xFIP - 3.06SIERA - 3.16K% - 23.0%BB% - 5.9%GB - 47.5%-------------------jake westbrookERA - 2.35FIP - 3.16xFIP - 3.33SIERA - 3.43K% - 15.3%BB% - 6.4%GB% - 59.0%-----------clay kershaw is a great pitcher. his ERA... (More)
game 40: STL @ LAD - 5.19.12; westbrook v. kershaw
Posted 4 days ago
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in search of the value in LOOGys

Viva El Birdos ― the release this week of JC Romero prompted me to think harder about an issue that has long perplexed me - why major league baseball continues to endorse the role of the LOOGy far in excess of what could possibly make sense.just as a usage note, all... (More)
in search of the value in LOOGys
Posted 4 days ago
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Cardinals vs. Dodgers Open Thread: Lance Lynn at Ted Lilly

Viva El Birdos ― Current Series3 game series vs Dodgers @ Dodger StadiumSt. Louis CardinalsViva El Birdos @ Los Angeles DodgersTrue Blue LAFriday, May 18, 2012, 10:10 PM EDT Dodger StadiumLance Lynn vs Ted Lilly Clear. Winds blowing out to right... (More)
Posted 4 days ago
May 18, 2012
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The St. Louis Cardinals Run Out of Breathing Room

Viva El Birdos ― Here, so far as I can tell, is a list of positions for which the St. Louis Cardinals have lost their primary candidate in the last week or so, starting with the one that makes me least depressed:Backup LOOGY. I actually am a little sad about this,... (More)
The St. Louis Cardinals Run Out of Breathing Room
Posted 5 days ago
May 17, 2012
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St. Louis Cardinals' Errors & Walks Aid & Abet San Francisco Giants' Victory

Viva El Birdos ― The St. Louis Cardinals lost to the San Francisco Giants on Thursday afternoon in a game as ugly as the "bad tuxedos" the players wore from the hotel to the Giant's ballpark on this getaway day. The Cardinals aided and abetted the Giants' scoring of... (More)
St. Louis Cardinals' Errors & Walks Aid & Abet San Francisco Giants' Victory
Posted 6 days ago
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Belated Game Thread: St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants, May 17, 2012

Viva El Birdos ― A belated game thread for this afternoon's game. Is it too early to call it a rally thread? (More)
Belated Game Thread: St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants, May 17, 2012
Posted 6 days ago
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The St. Louis Cardinals Need All That Depth We Were Bragging About

Viva El Birdos ― Carlos Beltran's intermittently sore knee suggests a few things about this St. Louis Cardinals team:1. The Cardinals are going to play their veteran hitters a lot like they play their high school pitchers, which should make for plenty of day-to-day... (More)
The St. Louis Cardinals Need All That Depth We Were Bragging About
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Game 37 Open Thread, Cardinals at Giants, 16th May 2012

Viva El Birdos ― A pair of leftiesJaime, keep it togetherRoad wins are neededCurrent Series2 game series vs Giants @ AT&T ParkSt. Louis CardinalsViva El Birdos@ San Francisco GiantsMcCovey ChroniclesWednesday, May 16, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT AT&T ParkJaime Garcia vs ... (More)
Posted 7 days ago
May 16, 2012
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2012 Draft Preview the Ocho: Persons of Interest

Viva El Birdos ― I'm writing this Tuesday afternoon, while watching our dear Cardinals struggle to fend off the continued advances of the Chicago Cubs, who have just tied up the game again. Booo, says I. Boo.Anyhow, writing this from the past, I have no foreknowledge... (More)
2012 Draft Preview the Ocho: Persons of Interest
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May 15, 2012
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Still More Words about the St. Louis Cardinals

Viva El Birdos ― Hey, you—potential St. Louis Cardinals content consumer! There's been some good stuff going on at SB Nation St. Louis and in our own FanPosts section, which can be read at this link in a kind of shadow-blog format with its own RSS feed. Here,... (More)
Still More Words about the St. Louis Cardinals
Posted 8 days ago
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Cubs at Cardinals Open Thread: Paul Maholm vs. Kyle Lohse

Viva El Birdos ― "Hey Paul Maholm,why so solemn?""Wherever I roams,they still say Pat Mahomes."Current SeriesCubs lead the series 1-0Mon 05/14 WP: Shawn Camp (2 - 1) SV: Rafael Dolis LP: Mitchell Boggs (0 - 1) ... (More)
Posted 8 days ago
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St. Louis Cardinals Injury Update: Jon Jay to Disabled List; Shane Robinson Recalled

Viva El Birdos ― After today's starting lineup was announced with Skip Schumaker in center field, the St. Louis Cardinals announced that starting center fielder Jon Jay would be heading to the disabled list due to continued pain from the shoulder he separated during... (More)
St. Louis Cardinals Injury Update: Jon Jay to Disabled List; Shane Robinson Recalled
Posted 8 days ago
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The St. Louis Cardinals Can't Win All The Regressing

Viva El Birdos ― You Can't Win Them All or Luck Evens Out, Eventually aren't quite sabermetrically appropriate phrases, but there's something more satisfying about them than the idea of things regressing to the mean. I think it's because there's an element of moral... (More)
The St. Louis Cardinals Can't Win All The Regressing
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With 6-4 Loss To Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals Drop Fourth In A Row

Viva El Birdos ― The Chicago Cubs swamped the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Monday night. The Cubs landed 22 runners on base by hit, walk, and St. Louis error. Despite only plating 6 of their baserunners, the Cubs managed to defeat the Cardinals 6-4 in the... (More)
With 6-4 Loss To Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals Drop Fourth In A Row
Posted 8 days ago
May 14, 2012
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Game 35: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, May 14, 2012, 6:05 CDT

Viva El Birdos ― Jake Westbrook#35 / Pitcher / St. Louis CardinalsHeight: 6-3Weight: 215Bats: RThrows: RBorn: Sep 29, 1977W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP2012 - Jake Westbrook4-26641.034108110271.761.07Ryan Dempster#46 ... (More)
Game 35: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, May 14, 2012, 6:05 CDT
Posted 9 days ago
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With Romero Gone, Who Will The St. Louis Cardinals Have Pitch To The Left-Handed Batters?

Viva El Birdos ― Earlier today, the St. Louis Cardinals announced that they had unconditionally released veteran left-handed reliever J.C. Romero. Taking Romero's spot in the bullpen will be right-hander Eduardo Sanchez, who has apparently showed enough improvement... (More)
With Romero Gone, Who Will The St. Louis Cardinals Have Pitch To The Left-Handed Batters?
Posted 9 days ago

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