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NL Central: The Most Interesting Division Race In Baseball

Normally, the first parts of August are spent with contenders testing out their new trade acquisitions. Fading teams fade further, dominant teams dominate, and the rest sit there in limbo. For the NL Central, that was anything but...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 337 reads 1 comments
The Week Ahead: Yet Another Test For The Cardinals

At this point in the season, every game matters. It's like the NFL in that once you get past week 10, you cannot lose more than once if you want to be a real contender. It's do or die time...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 235 reads 2 comments
Michael Phelps: The Feel Good Story For America

About a month ago, I asked bleacher creatures if Michael Phelps was the greatest Olympic Story in history. As the Olympics begin to draw to a close, and the swimmers finally hang up the speedos ...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 781 reads 2 comments
Can the St. Louis Cardinals Make The Playoffs?

Well here they sit. The real dog days of summer are here. The Cardinals are winning, yet they appear to still be slipping in the NL Central Standings. It becomes a simple question of realism...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 430 reads 1 comments
Cardinals/Cubs, One Of Sports' Best Rivalries Renewed

As the St. Louis Cardinals roll into Wrigley Field to face off against the powerful Chicago Cubs, one of baseball's best rivalries will be brought back to the center stage of play...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 229 reads 1 comments
For St. Louis Cardinals, Monday Was the Most Important Day of The Second Half

As Cardinals fans got the first opportunity to venture out after 7:05 PM last night, for the first time in 18 jam-packed, emotional days, the organization that has seen anything and everything for the last three weeks got to breathe...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 370 reads 0 comments
Nationals-Rockies: Tim Redding Steadies After Rocky First as Washington Rolls

The Washington Nationals swaggered into Coors Field on Monday after a three-game sweep of the struggling, last-place Cincinnati Reds. It was their first sweep since taking the also struggling Seattle Mariners in mid-June...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 227 reads 0 comments
The Future Is Now: Why the Nationals Needed To Win Now For 2009

After a rather surprising weekend in Washington, the Nationals are a brand new ballclub. No, they are not suddenly in contention. No, this season is not on a positive note yet. No, they haven't solved the problems of the first half...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 221 reads 1 comments
Joe Mather: Is This Kid for Real?

Coming off a red-hot week for the St. Louis Cardinals, rookie Joe Mather has been the talk of the town. Since July 25th he has batted ...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 320 reads 4 comments
Skid Marks: The Plight Of the Washington Nationals Continues

A nine game skid, culminating in the little league-esq display put on at Nationals Park last night to end July. The Washington Nationals are in the middle of a nine game losing streak, still exhibiting the worst record in Major League Baseball...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 78 reads 0 comments
St. Louis Cardinals' Week in Review: Looking Ahead To Brotherly Love

Well, here they sit. Five games out of first place, winning four of their last six, and looking like a team that still deserves to be in playoff contention...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 255 reads 0 comments
Sin Of Ommission: Did the Cardinals Blow The Save on This One?

Well here we sit. One hour from the official trade deadline. With the Rockies coming out and saying Fuentes is no longer on the market, and the Orioles GM saying they will be sitting tight, the ...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 166 reads 2 comments
Manny Ramirez a Marlin? Why This Deal Is Good for the Fish

As nothing but the commissioner's office's approval looms ahead of the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Florida Marlins, the question turns from "who" to "why"...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 265 reads 0 comments
Ken Griffey Jr. to the Chicago White Sox? Why?

News this morning is saying that the longtime St. Louis Cardinals GM, and now Cincinnati Reds GM, Walt Jocketty has agreed to a deal to give up their Hall of Fame veteran Ken Griffey Junior in exchange for...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 472 reads 2 comments
Watch Out NL Central: Albert's Back

Not to state the obvious, but with the return of Phat Albert, the Cardinals are like a post coma-victim looking at the world for the first time in years...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 176 reads 0 comments
Open Mic: Beach Volleyball—More Fun for Regular People

Beach volleyball is still a sport many Olympic "purists" scoff at. How can this sport clearly meant to be played between guys trying to show off and girls in bikinis possibly be something competitive on the world stage? Easy: it's fun...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 355 reads 0 comments
Michael Phelps: The Best Olympic Story the World Has Ever Seen?

Dynasty. The single word turns sports fans faster than DUIs, betting, manslaughter, or steroids. The sports fans around the world, particularly American ones, hate dynasties...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 3,801 reads 4 comments
Cubs/Brewers, Who Would the Cards Prefer To Win? Go Brew Crew

So this week brings the Chicago Cubs into Wisconsin to face the recently surging Milwaukee Brewers. This is a series that the entire National League seems to be keeping an eye on...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 301 reads 4 comments
Jason Isringhausen Headed Back to Closer Role For the Cardinals

Well it's official. Jason Isringhausen will re-assume the closer's role from the struggling Ryan Franklin in a move more out of desperation than anything else to get this Cardinals bullpen back on track...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 226 reads 0 comments
Where do the Nationals go from Here?

A picture is worth a thousand words. The picture above, of Nationals skipper, Manny Acta, seems to sum up the entire season for the Nationals to this point. Disappointment. 19 games out of first place...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 279 reads 0 comments
Weekend In Review: Sloppy Shea

What a weekend in Queens the Cardinals had. While it was still a lost series, more disappointment for the bullpen, and was the middle of one of the harder roadtrips of the season, not all was lost on the Redbirds at Shea Stadium this weekend...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 124 reads 1 comments
Why the St. Louis Cardinals Are Still Playoff Bound

Well, the grumblings out of Cardinal Nation have begun. The bullpen isn't deep enough to hold the rest of the season together. The offense is too streaky. The leadership on the team is missing...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 308 reads 0 comments
Who Cares Anymore? Going Beyond the Red Sox/Yankees for This Week in Baseball

I'm going to go out on a limb and speak for the rest of baseball (excluding ESPN and Fox Sports). But who cares about the Yankees/Red Sox series right now? Nothing ever seems to change in this division...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 527 reads 29 comments
The Most Underappreciated Redbirds of 2008

This season, most of the focus on this Cardinal team has been in one of three directions. 1) Lack of pitching out of the Cardinals bullpen. 2) The amount of injuries on the squad. 3) Offensive Production...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 128 reads 1 comments
MLB Needs a Remedy For Maple Bats, Now

When umpire Brian O'Nora was hit with the shard of a maple bat, the eyes of the baseball world really opened up. What's going on with the wooden bats that major leaguers have come to know and ...

Written by Peter Laclede about about 1 year ago 490 reads 4 comments

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Peter Laclede Article Archive

NL Central: The Most Interesting Division Race In Baseball

The Week Ahead: Yet Another Test For The Cardinals

Michael Phelps: The Feel Good Story For America

Can the St. Louis Cardinals Make The Playoffs?

Cardinals/Cubs, One Of Sports' Best Rivalries Renewed

For St. Louis Cardinals, Monday Was the Most Important Day of The Second Half

Nationals-Rockies: Tim Redding Steadies After Rocky First as Washington Rolls

The Future Is Now: Why the Nationals Needed To Win Now For 2009

Joe Mather: Is This Kid for Real?

Skid Marks: The Plight Of the Washington Nationals Continues

St. Louis Cardinals' Week in Review: Looking Ahead To Brotherly Love

Sin Of Ommission: Did the Cardinals Blow The Save on This One?

Manny Ramirez a Marlin? Why This Deal Is Good for the Fish

Ken Griffey Jr. to the Chicago White Sox? Why?

Watch Out NL Central: Albert's Back

Open Mic: Beach Volleyball—More Fun for Regular People

Michael Phelps: The Best Olympic Story the World Has Ever Seen?

Cubs/Brewers, Who Would the Cards Prefer To Win? Go Brew Crew

Jason Isringhausen Headed Back to Closer Role For the Cardinals

Where do the Nationals go from Here?

Weekend In Review: Sloppy Shea

Why the St. Louis Cardinals Are Still Playoff Bound

Who Cares Anymore? Going Beyond the Red Sox/Yankees for This Week in Baseball

The Most Underappreciated Redbirds of 2008

MLB Needs a Remedy For Maple Bats, Now

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