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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

 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)…

– 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…

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…