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08.04.2008 12:32 am

Good evening from Busch Stadium; tough loss for the Cardinals… again… this time 5-4.

I tried to cover many of the second-guess situations in Monday’s column, so now I’ll dabble into another area: bad bullpens in Cardinals history.

– After Sunday’s blown…

08.02.2008 11:39 pm

Good evening from Busch Stadium…

Phillies 2 Cardinals 1….

(BTW, I like that word, larrup. I don’t think I’ve used it before).  

I hope this isn’t too boring, but I want to take a look at Braden Looper and the root cause of the…

08.01.2008 11:33 pm

Good evening from Busch; nice to be blogging it up again…

Cardinals 6 Phillies 3 …

Let’s go:

Jason Isringhausen’s first save since May 5 wasn’t a masterpiece, simply because he walked two of the six hitters he faced. To be fair to…

07.17.2008 12:32 pm

The Extra Points are on vacation, as is the author of the extra points….

I’ll be returning on July 28…

 I’ll talk to you soon …

-B

07.12.2008 4:14 pm

Good day…

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.

Rick Ankiel homered and had a big game Friday night at Pittsburgh, and the Cardinals won easily.

That seems to happen a lot. There seems to be a connection.

Ankiel produces, STL wins.  

So before Saturday’s game…

07.11.2008 1:24 pm

Good afternoon…

Just some notes, opinions and info to help tide you over until the Cardinals get underway @ Pittsburgh Friday night …

- In light of a mini-controversy ignited by comments he made in Philadelphia, manager Tony La Russa wants to clarify something: he hopes his…

07.06.2008 9:14 pm

Good evening from Busch Stadium …

- I’ll probably disappoint Cardinals fans by saying this, but I can’t complain about the inclusion of only two Cardinals on  the NL All-Star team. Moreover, I never get outraged over these matters for a simple reason: the game…

07.05.2008 10:05 pm

 Good evening from Busch Stadium…

Notes on Saturday’s Scorecard:

- What a great game, eh? Cards come back for a 5-4 win. Cubs fall to 19-26 on the road this season. I was getting text messages from friends (who are Cardinals fans)…

07.04.2008 11:35 pm

– Basically, the series opener came down to this: Cardinals hitters made it easy for Carlos Zambrano, who doesn’t require much assistance. Pitching for the first time since June 18 after being shut down with shoulder soreness, the Z needed…

07.03.2008 11:41 pm

Happy 4th of July to everyone…

The Cardinals and the Cubs begin a three-game series at Busch Stadium on Friday night, and it’s interesting to note the dramatic differences in how the Cubs have played on the road this season, compared to…