ryan ludwick Stories - McCovey Chronicles
Giants/Cardinals Series Preview
There's a certain kind of symmetry in the Braves leaving and the Cardinals arriving. For years -- decades, even -- it was the Braves who stayed competitive, no matter what freaky roster changes they needed to make. My favorite Braves move was Brian McCann's call up. Oh, we'll just take this...
cashing in
the cards won last night 11-3 to even their may record at 10-10. their slump with runners in scoring position seems to have run its course: wo RISPw RISPR/GW-L may 7-16 .299 .163 3.5 2-8 may 17-21 .316 .377 7.0 4-1 they went went 8 for 16 with RISP last night,...
300 blows
short post today; i’ave got another busy travel week, and another early a.m. departure (behind the wheel this time). for those of you who went to bed at a decent hour, the cardinals won 8-2 last night behind 4 home runs --- 2 by pujols, 1 by ludwick, and 1 by (who else?) cesar izturis....
Five Things I Don't Understand About the NL Central
1. Why aren't the Brewers hitting? It's been a tough couple of months for the Brewers. They lost Yovani Gallardo, Eric Gagne has been a disaster, and they're not scoring runs. Ryan Braun has been very good the last ten days or so, but he's the first of the Brewers' core of young hitters to really...
fuzzy math
if the cards had gotten competent bullpenning, some of you are saying, they’d be 5-2 on the current road trip and playing for a series win tonight, instead of 3-4 and needing a win to break even on the trip. that’s true as far as it goes --- but it’s also true that the cards very...
busted inside
too bad they couldn’t cash in that bit of luck in the 7th inning, ie the bases-loaded single that hit the baserunner; you don’t get many gifts like that in a season. if it goes through, the reds probably go ahead by 3 or 4 and the game’s over. alas, the LOB curse that...
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