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Preparing The Ground

Are you ready to see Matt Holliday walk?That seems to be the thrust of today's story at the Post-Dispatch. Some of the verbal dancing we've come to expect from ownership makes a return, as they ...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 3 days ago 10 reads 0 comments
Decisions Made

The Cardinals announced yesterday evening that they had made their arbitration decisions. As expected by almost everyone, they tendered arbitration to Matt Holliday, Joel Pineiro and Mark DeRosa, while allowing Troy Glaus to leave without strings...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 5 days ago 1 reads 0 comments
Arbitration Day for Cardinals

I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe holiday weekend. Now the calendar has turned, the weather has chilled, and the hot stove is starting to be warmed...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 6 days ago 1 reads 0 comments
A Time Of Thanks

Cardinal Nation breathed a bit of a sigh of relief yesterday as Albert Pujols won his well-deserved third MVP. Pujols not only didn't lose the award, but he was one of the rare unanimous selections in NL history...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 12 days ago 1 reads 0 comments
More Thoughts On The Cy Young

If you've not seen them, my selections for the Cardinal Bloggers Awards are below. The votes are coming in from across the blogosphere and we should have some results maybe this weekend...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 17 days ago 38 reads 0 comments
My 2009 Cardinal Blogger Award Ballot

For the third straight year, the United Cardinal Bloggers are voting on the Cardinal Blogger Awards. (It's probably best that we do it, instead of having the Dodger bloggers vote for the CBA...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 18 days ago 3 reads 0 comments
Cy Not In The Cards

(OK, I'm sure that'll be a headline used by just about everyone. Nobody's ever said I was creative.)The news is out, and Tim Lincecum won another Cy Young, beating out Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 18 days ago 1 reads 0 comments
Big Day In Cardinal Nation

Today's the day that Cardinal fans have been anticipating since the end of the season. We knew that Colby Rasmus wasn't going to get the Rookie of the Year award...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 18 days ago 34 reads 0 comments
Not Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

News continues to be a slow and very small trickle at this time of year, so I was a little surprised to see an interesting story on the Post-Dispatch website this morning. According to John Mozeliak, Jason Bay is not a priority...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 19 days ago 2 reads 0 comments
Still Marking Time

The dead period continues, as a few rumors might trickle out during this period before the official start to free agency but not much else. Just a slow time for a baseball fan...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 21 days ago 46 reads 0 comments
Cardinal Baseball Talk

We had a good conversation last night with Matthew Leach, Cardinal beat writer for MLB.com, on the United Cardinal Bloggers Radio Hour. The major topics were hashed out and Matthew brought some interesting thoughts into the mix...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 25 days ago 5 reads 0 comments
The Beginning of Everything

The general managers get together starting today in Chicago. While this is a preview of the big "winter meetings" that will be held next month in Indianapolis, there's not expected to be much of a ripple made in the offseason pond from this gathering...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 28 days ago 30 reads 0 comments
2009 Cardinal Blogger Awards Nominations

For the third consecutive year, the members of the United Cardinal Bloggers will be voting on various aspects of this past season so as to bestow the Cardinal Blogger Awards...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 29 days ago 4 reads 0 comments
Twigs For The Stove

First off, congratulations to the Yankees. I'm not a Yankee hater, due to their tradition mainly. I'm not big on the fact that they spent so much and won, but when you look at how often they ...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about about 1 month ago 39 reads 0 comments
UCB Roundtable: Final Question

So sorry for the lack of posting. Between a crazy schedule at work and a lack of Cardinal news, there's just not been anything to put up.Last month, the United Cardinal Bloggers did their annual roundtable at the end of the season...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about about 1 month ago 19 reads 2 comments
Continuing Reaction

The ripples from Monday's press conference are still rolling around Cardinal Nation. Without Mark McGwire there to answer questions, the reverberations may continue for quite some time.The latest two questions in the UCB Roundtable dealt with McGwire...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about about 1 month ago 1 reads 0 comments
Big News On Many Fronts

For an offseason weekend with a team already out of the playoffs, there have been some seismic shakes going on in St. Louis...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about about 1 month ago 17 reads 0 comments
News In A Newsless Void

As you know, there aren't many things going on right now that are Cardinal related. So you have to pick out the small nuggets that are around and blow them up into talkable topics. Thankfully, I'm a blogger...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about about 1 month ago 12 reads 0 comments
BBA Ballot: National League MVP

I never knew.MVP voting has always been interesting to me, nice to see who wins, interesting to see what the rationale for the voters was (if they share). Beyond that, though, I'd never given it a lot of thought...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about about 1 month ago 16 reads 0 comments
Back In The Saddle

Been a while, hasn't it? I've been out of the office, been busy with the Baseball Bloggers Alliance award work, and there's not been just a ton of Cardinal news to talk about. There are a few stories today, though, that I thought I'd touch on...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about about 1 month ago 13 reads 0 comments
BBA: 2009 National League ROY Ballot

You've heard me mention before the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. It's a group of bloggers (now 86 strong across all but two major league teams--tough to find Oakland and Texas bloggers interested) ...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about about 1 month ago 19 reads 0 comments
Chopping Wood For The Hot Stove

It's a cold, rainy morning here in Arkansas, which finely matches the mood of Cardinal Nation after the quick exit from the postseason. There's this kind of limbo that goes on when your team is out of the playoffs early...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about about 1 month ago 1 reads 0 comments
The Quiet of No Baseball

This is the way the season ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.How fitting was it that Rick Ankiel was the last out--and a strikeout at that. Rick's promise, just like that exhilarating promise of August, never quite came to fruition...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about about 1 month ago 30 reads 0 comments
This Wasn't In The Script

OK, wait a minute. Back up. Let's look at this again, because something isn't going quite as planned.You are telling me that the Cardinals lost BOTH games that Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright ...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about about 1 month ago 20 reads 0 comments
Postseason Playing Pepper: Los Angeles Dodgers (Part II)

If you were reading this blog before this season started, you may remember a series I did called "Playing Pepper", where I asked five questions of a blogger covering each major league team...

Written by Daniel Shoptaw about 2 months ago 12 reads 0 comments

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Daniel Shoptaw Article Archive

Preparing The Ground

Decisions Made

Arbitration Day for Cardinals

A Time Of Thanks

More Thoughts On The Cy Young

My 2009 Cardinal Blogger Award Ballot

Cy Not In The Cards

Big Day In Cardinal Nation

Not Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

Still Marking Time

Cardinal Baseball Talk

The Beginning of Everything

2009 Cardinal Blogger Awards Nominations

Twigs For The Stove

UCB Roundtable: Final Question

Continuing Reaction

Big News On Many Fronts

News In A Newsless Void

BBA Ballot: National League MVP

Back In The Saddle

BBA: 2009 National League ROY Ballot

Chopping Wood For The Hot Stove

The Quiet of No Baseball

This Wasn't In The Script

Postseason Playing Pepper: Los Angeles Dodgers (Part II)

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