The 10.5: Busch Stadium, old Cardinals, Ozzie Smith and strikeouts
Busch Stadium Listening to the broadcast last Friday, someone in the booth made a casual reference to Busch III, which, of course, is the...
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Alex Crisafulli
- Jul 10, 2018
- 3 min
Checking back in on Matt Carpenter's production vs LHP
In February, based on a comment in the 2018 Baseball Prospectus Annual, I wrote about Matt Carpenter's 2017 numbers versus left-handed...
Alex Crisafulli
- Jul 6, 2018
- 1 min
BotB Shorts: Luke Weaver perfect game, pros and cons
Pros: I have never watched a perfect game from start to finish. It would be the first perfect game since Félix Hernández threw one in...
Alex Crisafulli
- Jul 5, 2018
- 5 min
The difference between the Cardinals and the Cubs
I was driving home on Monday from a mini-vacation with my family when my phone started buzzing with Twitter alerts to the point that it...
Alex Crisafulli
- Jun 23, 2018
- 3 min
Play Index: Jack Flaherty is striking out a lot of batters edition
Jack Flaherty struck out 13 Brewers last night in seven innings plus of one-hit, one-run ball. The Cardinals still lost, of course,...
Alex Crisafulli
- Jun 21, 2018
- 2 min
What is going on with this anti-Cubs t-shirt?
The Cardinals are not in a good place right now. Losers of six of eight, and with those six losses running the gamut from blowouts to...
Alex Crisafulli
- Jun 15, 2018
- 3 min
The 10.5: A special Red Schoendienst edition
Cardinals constant and legend Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst died a little over one week ago at the age of 95. He was the oldest living...
Alex Crisafulli
- Jun 11, 2018
- 6 min
The dumbest moments from a 2018 Cardinals preview
I write the Cardinals season preview every year for the baseball blog Banished to the Pen. It's the one thing I look most forward to...
Alex Crisafulli
- Jun 9, 2018
- 1 min
BotB Shorts: I was watching the Cardinals game but now I'm watching Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
I was watching the Cardinals game earlier, which is never a bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Especially when they are playing the...
Alex Crisafulli
- Jun 3, 2018
- 2 min
An ode to Michael Wacha
The 2013 St. Louis Cardinals team is remembered for a lot of things. Hitting .330 with runners in scoring position, an...
Alex Crisafulli
- Jun 1, 2018
- 5 min
The 10.5: The Rizzo slide, Alex Reyes, Mr. Cardinals
The Rizzo slide As you surely know by now, a couple of days ago Anthony Rizzo stirred up controversy when he made contact with Pirates...
Alex Crisafulli
- May 29, 2018
- 2 min
Play Index: Teams aren't trying to steal on the Cardinals, but... edition
Opponents have only attempted to steal 19 times against the Cardinals in 2018. That is tied for the fewest in the league with the Angels....
Alex Crisafulli
- May 24, 2018
- 2 min
BotB Shorts: The juiced ball cost the Cardinals the 2015 World Series
(Actually, probably not, but let's not worry about that right now.) You may have already heard, but Rob Arthur, Harry Pavlidis, and the...
Alex Crisafulli
- May 22, 2018
- 2 min
When did Cardinals pitchers last have such great back-to-back starts?
The Cardinals bullpen in 2018 has been pretty bad. We don't want to name names, but as a collective group they rank in the bottom third...
Alex Crisafulli
- May 20, 2018
- 2 min
BotB Shorts: Red Schoendienst really is the ultimate Cardinal
So this is sort of cool. If you were watching yesterday's game - in which case, peace be with you - you probably saw the team honor the...
Alex Crisafulli
- May 19, 2018
- 2 min
Play Index: Francisco Peña was a triple away from the cycle edition
Francisco Peña hit a single, double, and a home run in his first three plate appearances in last night's 12-4 romp over the Phillies. It...
Alex Crisafulli
- May 18, 2018
- 3 min
The 10.5: Ricky Horton, the '87 Cardinals, and Piscotty's heartfelt home run
During Wednesday's win in Minnesota, Cardinals announcer Ricky Horton bemoaned the fact that Mike Matheny removed starter Mike Mikolas...
Alex Crisafulli
- May 17, 2018
- 4 min
The Cardinals aren't taking advantage of hitter's counts
During Tuesday night's game, in what I believe was his second plate appearance, Marcell Ozuna quickly found himself in an 0-2 count...
Alex Crisafulli
- May 10, 2018
- 4 min
The Cardinals should stop trying to steal bases
In the bottom of the 2nd inning during Tuesday's uninspiring loss to the Twins, Greg Garcia drew a walk and moments later was thrown out...
Alex Crisafulli
- May 3, 2018
- 5 min
The 10.5: Former Cardinals play with their eyes closed, Carlos MartÃnez dominates
This is the second edition of the 10.5. For an explanation of the series, you can read the introduction to the first post here. Carlos...
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