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With a few of the St. Louis Cardinals starting pitchers battling fatigue, injury, youth and/or a protected number of innings…seems like a no-brainer to go to a 6 man rotation right? Here is why I say yes it makes perfect sense. The Cardinals had a legit 6 starters ready for big league pitching when spring…

I was thinking about this topic after the news of the Milwaukee Brewer’s campaign to get their cather Jonathan Lucroy to the All-Star game instead of Yadier Molina. I started looking into the subject to see if there was a valid point for Lucroy over Molina. Obviously I am completely bias towards Molina. However, I…

Okay, I know I’ve been beating this thing to a pulp about Jon Jay and Peter Bourjos. But, I just couldn’t help but revisit the situation after the last few weeks and after I read an excellent article over at Cards Conclave: http://www.cardsconclave.com/2014/06/18/true-jon-jay/ After reading the article, here were my thoughts: The real problem is we’re…

Fun fact and favorite memory about Tony Gwynn: I saw hit number 2,999 in St. Louis at Busch Stadium. The same night Mark McGwire hit HRs number 500 & 501 of his career. I believe there were 7-8 of us that went and had numbers painted on our chests for 500 & 3,000.  While my…