Cardinals Keep Milwaukee Decent

Always good when you can beat the Brewers so they don't start removing clothing on the field.  I don't think there's anything in baseball (not counting Chicago) that riles Cards fans up more than that whole untucking of the jerseys thing.

Yesterday's Hero probably had to be Nick Stavinoha for driving in two of the three Cardinal runs, though you could make a case for Jason LaRue and his game-winning RBI or Todd Wellemeyer and his strong start as well, though Wellemeyer wasn't able to get through the sixth.  Stavinoha is really starting to become an asset to the team.  We discussed this on the UCB Radio Hour last night, and the more I think about it, I'd expect Stavinoha to stay up when Ryan Ludwick is activated tomorrow, with Khalil Greene hitting the DL.

The Goat from yesterday is pretty obvious as well.  It has to be one of the worst games Albert Pujols has ever had.  Two strikeouts and an error?  You just don't see that very often.  Apparently Pujols is human, no matter what ESPN might say.

Columnist Bernie Mikalsz says that the task for John Mozeliak is a tough one, trying to make a deal to get offense into this lineup.  When I read the headline, I thought that Bernie was going to get into the fact that it takes two to trade, that other GMs may try to hold him up knowing what the need is.

Instead, Bernie takes shots at his favorite foils, Bill DeWitt and Jeff Luhnow.  He states that DeWitt won't increase payroll and Luhnow won't let prospects be traded.  Never mind that neither of these stand up when you look back to even just this past postseason, when the Cards dealt two prospects to the Padres for Khalil Greene and took on his salary.

I worry more that Mozeliak's not developed the reputation or the contacts to make a solid trade.  He's done well on the trades he's actually made, but he's dealt with San Diego twice and Toronto and Atlanta once.  I'm sure he'll be able to make a successful deal, but I'd worry about that before I'd worry about the other two.

Speaking of our GM, you can chat with him this afternoon at the official site.  I'm sure there won't be much more than "we are looking at all our options" and "I can't talk about specific players", but at least he's getting out and interacting with the fans.

Off day for the Cards today before heading to San Francisco for the weekend.