A Not-So-Easy Two
By Matthew Mahaffey Two baseball happenings this week led to healthy doses of optimism and glad-handing throughout much of the establishment. The recent change in the formatting of MLB’s playoffs has...
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Stiffness and Bulges: How Serious is Chris Carpenters Latest Neck Ailment?
By Matthew Mahaffey The St. Louis Cardinals hit a small pothole compared with 2011’s spring training crater. Chris Carpenter will possibly, even probably, miss his opening day start due to a bulging...
View Article1984: Sports Reminds us of the Power of the Individual
By Matthew Mahaffey It was a week of sports dominated by the Final Four, and rightfully so. The games were mostly tight contests, with the not-so-close ones dominated by the most athletic team since...
View ArticleBernie Miklasz – The Paul Ryan of Cardinals Coverage
By Matthew Mahaffey A favorite article this time of year is the “what have we learned after opening weekend” article. I have fun reading these, because they are about baseball and baseball is...
View ArticleTom Henke vs Bruce Sutter: Context is Everything
By Matthew Mahaffey In the early 1990s a couple of well-respected, but not too well-known Californian musicians, both part of the same band, finally started earning a modicum of recognition for their...
View ArticleOld School: Did Cole Hamels Get Off Light for His Actions?
By Matthew Mahaffey While the validity of Cole Hamels’ suspension can be debated, I think everyone can agree that his idea of fessing to his actions was not the brightest. Imagine if Ron Artest had...
View ArticleBlinded By the Bryce: Bryce Harper vs Mike Trout Hits the Main Stage
by Matthew Mahaffey What is the most valued non-pitcher position in baseball? There is no perfect order, but an accepted one – and oft used – would be C-SS-CF-2B-3B-RF-1B-LF. Some would argue that SS...
View ArticleReality Check: St. Louis Cardinals Should Move While They Still Have Leverage
By Matthew Mahhafey The Cardinals have reached the point in the season which will inevitably also come for the Orioles, Dodgers, and Indians, but probably not the Rangers – a reality check. No one...
View ArticlePick and Role: Giving MLB Teams Back Control of the Draft
By Matthew Mahaffey The worldwide leader in sports ran a good article last week about reforming college basketball by eliminating the foul out. The premise of the approach was “if there is a problem,...
View ArticleBaltimore Orioles: Surreally for Real
By Matthew Mahaffey With more than a third of the season behind us, caution now begins to give way to evaluation. Small sample size is still a usable and needed control, but so are the statistics we...
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