The Other Fifteen » St. Louis Cardinals http://www.theotherfifteen.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:11:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 MO-FAIL! http://www.theotherfifteen.com/2009/10/mo-fail/ http://www.theotherfifteen.com/2009/10/mo-fail/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:57:47 +0000 jhitts http://www.theotherfifteen.com/?p=1829 holliday

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It must suck to be from Missouri today. Glad I only live here and get to revel in their misery.

Also, it rained ALL EFFING DAY, without stop, across the entire state. This surely was an Omen?

]]> http://www.theotherfifteen.com/2009/10/mo-fail/feed/ 1 Remember When… http://www.theotherfifteen.com/2009/07/remember-when/ http://www.theotherfifteen.com/2009/07/remember-when/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:32:47 +0000 Jeremy Hawn http://www.theotherfifteen.com/?p=879 So after I digested the Cardinals trade for Matt Holliday, I started thinking of the last time the Cardinals were contenders back in the 2005 and 2006 seasons.  And, just like everyone else, there is one specific moment that comes to mind when I think of those teams and, more specificaly, every time I think of Albert Pujols.  So let’s take a minute to remember the defining moment in Pujols’ career, an athletic feat so severe in it’s impact that it altered another athlete’s career for two years afterwards.

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Thanks to ChrisOleary.com, Fark.com, and VivaEl Birdos.com for some of these pics/gifs.

]]> http://www.theotherfifteen.com/2009/07/remember-when/feed/ 0 Cards to Pujols: Good Enough for Ya? http://www.theotherfifteen.com/2009/07/cards-to-pujols-good-enough-for-ya/ http://www.theotherfifteen.com/2009/07/cards-to-pujols-good-enough-for-ya/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:26:56 +0000 Jeremy Hawn http://www.theotherfifteen.com/?p=869 I'm pretty sure I know who just farted.

I'm pretty sure I know who just farted.

The Cardinals won the Matt Holliday sweepstakes, much to the chagrin of every other team in the tight NL Central.  They traded a good 3B prospect, an outfielder, and a pitcher for the former MVP candidate.  So what are the implications of this trade?  Find out after the jump.

First, my Cubbies are done for 2009.  Not only did we out-think ourselves in the off-season, but we got outmaneuvered during the season.  Now Mark DeRosa is a Cardinal (AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!), along with the best hitter on the trade market.  And we’re stuck with Milton Bradley as our albatross.  Way to go, Hendry.  The Cards can hoist their pennant right now if they want.  They already had the two best pitchers in the division in Carpenter and Wainwright, and now they have the two best hitters as well.  Their outfield looked ok before, and now it looks loaded with four genuine starters that will have to split time.  And now that DeRosa is healthy, their lineup as a whole looks great.  It will probably look like this:

1. Schumaker  2. Rasmus  3. Pujols  4. Holliday  5. Ludwick  6. DeRosa  7. Molina  8. Ryan/Lugo  9. pitcher; with Ankiel mixed in.

Secondly, the Cardinals just proved to Albert Pujols that they are committed to winning and that he should stay put when his contract is up.  I’m not sure this is the best move for that, or is even necessary though.  The Cards can, and have, won during his tenure (see 2006 World Series).  And the 3B prospect that they traded is pretty sick supposedly.  I’m not sure why he would want to force their hand to make a deal that only gives them a half season of Matt Holiday.  But that’s mitigated by two things: One, they genuinely have a shot at the World Series this season now, running away with the division and just topping the Phils in pitching while barely trailing them in hitting.  And two, if they somehow retain Holliday after this year, though there’s little chance of the Cardinals being able to pay him what he can get on the open market, they will contend for the next several years.

Thanks for making this trade happen, God. What? GM John Mozeliak made the trade? Oh. Well thanks anyway.

Thanks for making this trade happen, God. What? GM John Mozeliak made the trade? Oh. Well thanks anyway.

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