Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Nov 23, 2009, 8:15 am
1. Cardinal Player of the Year Matt Holliday Albert Pujols Brendan Ryan Write-in: __________ Is it really necessary for me to write this one up?  Mang raked again this season, carried the team thro...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Nov 5, 2009, 11:40 am
This one fell into my lap, and who am I to not to jump at the chance to get everyone’s feelings… The Monday (10.26) night Radio Show was just the start, and the UCB crew takes a lot of pr...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Nov 4, 2009, 7:49 pm
Join Josh and I tonight for another UCB Radio broadcast over at Blog Talk Radio, 9:30pm Central Time. Tonight we’ll be chatting with Cardinals pitcher P.J. Walters. Call in at 929.646.1758, li...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 29, 2009, 2:11 pm
Join us for another Special Edition of the UCB Radio podcast with Josh Squatrito, Batavia Muckdogs Reliever of the Year and St. Louis Cardinals Rookie Reliever of the Year, tonight at 5 pm CST! No...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 26, 2009, 2:40 pm
St. Louis Cardinals team president Bill DeWitt III will be the special guest on a Monday evening edition of the UCB Radio Hour podcast tonight. Join us, along with Dan of C70 at the Bat and Mike of S...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 23, 2009, 8:03 pm
Today’s post took much longer than I planned for two reasons. The first is related to the Cardinals but the second, is well, not even close. For those that know me, my love for movies is nearly ...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 23, 2009, 2:30 pm
Once again the United Cardinal Bloggers are undertaking our fall Roundtable discussions via e-mail. Josh will be moderating a discussion on a question of his own in a few days, so keep an eye out for...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 22, 2009, 4:15 pm
As Josh mentioned yesterday, we are embarking upon a month-long (or so) series of report cards for the 2009 Cardinals, and he kicked it off with his grades at the catcher position yesterday. Now it&#...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 21, 2009, 10:57 pm
Josh and I were scheduled for a half-hour UCB Radio show tonight. So naturally, with some help from Daniel over at C70 at the Bat, we managed to turn it into an hour plus. Topics focused on, well, A...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 21, 2009, 4:30 pm
Let’s take a look at the Week 6 results. Scoreboard Cards def. DT58, 80-34 Pujols def. Sunday, 81-77 Dave def. Vice Squad, 104-91 HorseShoes def. Eighth, 110-104 Cellmate def. Sarge, 103-9...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 21, 2009, 12:30 pm
Fancy that, one year ago Cardinal fans (or at least, yours truly) were concerning themselves about a contract extension for Albert Pujols. We raised the question about when to approach Pujols and wit...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 21, 2009, 9:06 am
How fitting is it that nearly all candidates to take home the top pitcher of the year award have the Molina boys to thank in some way. CC has Jose and last year’s winner, Tim Linecum, plays catc...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 20, 2009, 12:30 pm
File this one under “can’t make this stuff up.” 4 comments | Categories: Fun
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 20, 2009, 8:33 am
Much like in high school, I prefer to take the high road when it comes to October rumors in baseball. PH8 scribes shared a laugh last night when I sent this article and of course it has a Chicago byl...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 19, 2009, 9:05 pm
First, Derek Zumsteg of USS Mariner, a great blog devoted to following (shocking I know) the Seattle Mariners, has developed a “2nd Guesser” app for the iPhone. Those of you who watch the...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 15, 2009, 6:53 pm
We’re back today with another vote in the 2009 BBA Awards.  This time around we carry one of the official Rookie of the Year votes for the St. Louis Cardinals chapter of the BBA. Many Cardinal...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 15, 2009, 9:15 am
There was an excellent letter to the editor at STLToday.com yesterday that I felt obliged to share with you, not only because I think it’s a fitting tribute to this past season’s Cardinal ...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 13, 2009, 9:10 pm
Now that we’re into week 5 of the NFL season and baseball is *ahem* a spectator sport at this point, here is an update on the Pitchers Hit Eighth Fantasy Football League to date: CARDINALS DIVI...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 12, 2009, 7:03 pm
As is the case with subjective voting for subjective awards such as these, it is inevitable that those doing the voting have their own opinion of what the criteria for winning said award should be and...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 8, 2009, 5:30 pm
Cards at Dodgers again – let’s root the Birds on to victory tonight! NLDS Game 2 – Cards vs Dodgers No comment | Categories: Live Blog, NL Division Series
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 8, 2009, 4:11 pm
In the handful of hours since the Cardinals lost Game One of the NLDS to the Dodgers, the realization has set in that the Dodgers didn’t play much (if any) better than the hometown club. Sure, ...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 8, 2009, 12:04 am
... ;– The Baseball Analysts collectively choose the Dodgers to win the series, four analysts to two, after bantering about bullpens, ... Thoughts blog. The Times appears to give the Dodgers...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Oct 1, 2009, 9:25 am
NLDS St. Louis Cardinals (90-67) versus Los Angeles Dodgers (93-65) NLDS Colorado Rockies (89-68) versus Philadelphia Phillies (91-66) —– Look familiar?  Yeah, me too. Nothing has c...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Sep 30, 2009, 11:10 pm
Without a doubt this is a list in flux, and I presume that’s the case for more folks than just yours truly. Last season’s list bore little resemblance to what it would’ve been in mi...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Sep 29, 2009, 10:24 am
NLDS St. Louis Cardinals (90-66) versus Los Angeles Dodgers (93-64) NLDS Colorado Rockies (88-68) versus Philadelphia Phillies (90-66) —– The Phillies and Dodgers continue to play sim...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Sep 23, 2009, 10:42 pm
Since I’m still fairly new to the UCB, I haven’t had the chance to comment much on the group. Everyone has been busy given the time of year (school, kids, work), but the projects are alway...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Sep 14, 2009, 6:57 pm
Who would have thought Todd Wellemeyer would be starting again, this year or ever as a Cardinal? St. Louis now puts the first losing streak in seemingly forever on the broad shoulders of the Toddalion...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Sep 7, 2009, 10:57 pm
I have been giving a lot of thought to how impressive the post All-Star run by the big club has been, and they are not alone. Memphis and Springfield secured postseason berths in quite different ways,...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Sep 4, 2009, 4:09 pm
PH8: The Pirates are closing in on their 17th straight losing season, a record for North American pro sports leagues.  What year do you expect them to reverse this unfortunate trend, and who are the ...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Sep 3, 2009, 6:59 pm
The Cardinals’ top draft pick this season, Shelby Miller, is making his first start as a professional in the Cards minor league system tonight for the Quad Cities River Bandits versus the Beloit...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Sep 3, 2009, 2:58 pm
For those of you not aware, Fox Sports Midwest has hosted live blogs/chats during many Cardinal games this season, in conjunction with their television broadcasts. The Fox Sports team and Brian Walto...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Sep 2, 2009, 8:15 am
As mentioned in the previous post, this game was joined in progress at PH8 headquarters. Following the score via the MLB At Bat app on the phone showed a rough first inning for otherwise solid Cards ...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Sep 1, 2009, 11:04 pm
While the Cardinals and Brewers were going back and forth toward putting up four runs a piece heading into the seventh inning (yes, I tuned in just in time to see Matt Holliday’s three-run jack)...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Aug 30, 2009, 1:21 pm
Just a quick note to say stop by and join the UCB Radio Fun as we watch Adam push for No. 16. Call or stop by the chat room! No comment | Categories: PHE Ramblings, UCB Radio
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Aug 29, 2009, 12:00 pm
We’ve featured the work of Batting Stance Guy here before. Of course, that was before he was BattingStanceGuy.com ™. (We think.) Well, the Guy was on the field with the Cardinals and Dodgers...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Aug 28, 2009, 7:46 pm
The revelation that Kyle Lohse is closer to returning than anyone thought has me pondering when John Smoltz should be moved to his permanent spot with St. Louis. It really has nothing to do with K-Mac...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Aug 28, 2009, 4:03 pm
Spurred on again by Baseball-Reference’s Stat of the Day blog who ran the first streak number below (6+ IP) this morning, I’ve been fiddling around with the B-R Play Index and came up with...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Aug 28, 2009, 10:54 am
The suggestion via Twitter to start up a blogger-based fantasy football league quickly turned into a PH8 loyal follower league – which is even better! So far, the following folks are on the lis...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Aug 26, 2009, 3:17 pm
Last night’s game was pretty boring huh?  Adam Wainwright and shutout baseball?  Quick game?  YAWN! Don’t fret PH8ers – we’ve got some new (and some old) links for you to p...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Aug 26, 2009, 5:53 am
After such a warm welcome, I figured out the best way to introduce myself again to the three loyal readers of PH8. I’m going to talk entirely about another person. Erin Bolen has resumed her pi...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Aug 25, 2009, 8:34 am
As the Cardinals steam toward the playoffs and Cardinal fans search for more information and news, demanding more information about their team, the challenge to keep fresh content here on the site for...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Aug 21, 2009, 10:29 am
Can’t believe it’s been this long already, and can’t believe the date slipped by even this long. It’s not one year to the day, but a couple days ago marked the anniversary of ...
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Nick W. posted an article on Pitchers Hit Eighth - Aug 20, 2009, 4:31 pm
By now you’ve surely heard from someone, or read somewhere, or looked it up yourself.  Joel Pineiro has displayed exceptional control of his pitches this season. In fact, entering his start in...
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