Tag Archives: St. Louis Cardinals
Around the Bases: Yankees acquire Vazquez, Capps to Cubs or Nats, and more
Yankees acquire Vazquez from Braves The New York Yankees have decided to beef up the back end of their rotation by adding a former face to the franchise. The Yankees sent outfielder Melky Cabrera to the Atlanta Braves’ for starter Javier Vazquez and righty Boone Logan. The Yankees also received prospects Mike Dunn and Arodys [...]
Kevin Roberts’ 2009 NFL Power Rankings: Week 2
1. New England Patriots (1-0) Sure, luck had something to do with it, but Tom Brady’s clutch 4th quarter play showed us all what we needed to see. This offense is slowly getting back to where it needs to be. 2. Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0) Picked up right where they left off: Playing great defense and [...]
Matt Gentile’s NFL Power Rankings: Pre-Week 1 Edition
1. Pittsburgh Steelers: Basically the same team that went to the Super Bowl in the 2008 season. Yes, they didn’t have to beat the Patriots to get to the top of the AFC, but the Steelers are defending champs and are number one in my book. 2. New England Patriots: Tom Brady returns to an [...]
Kevin Roberts’ NFL Power Rankings: Pre-Week 1 Edition
While the talk of the league is Tom Brady and his knee, there are still plenty of storylines to get tripped up in, causing us all to lose focus of a core issue: The Pittsburgh Steelers are still the NFL champions, and nothing has changed to make us think it will end differently in 2009. [...]
Cardinals’ pitching leading the way? Sounds crazy, but it’s true
Most of the attention devoted to the St. Louis Cardinals revolves around Albert Pujols, and since his trade, Matt Holliday, but the Cardinals are making a push for the NL’s best record thanks to their arms. The Cardinals completed a 20-6 August with a 2-1 win over the Washington Nationals yesterday, and along with opening [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Yankees hold steady at the top, Cardinals charging hard
There’s no change at the top from last week’s MLB Power Rankings to this week’s, but the results of last week have forced a little shakeup from the second spot on down. 1. New York Yankees (82-48) Their midweek series loss to the Rangers was just their second series loss in the second half and [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Rockies rising to the occasion
We’re edging towards the final month of baseball’s regular season, and though a few division title races are starting to look done and dusted, a couple of divisions are still very much up for grabs, and so are the wild card spots in both the American League and National League. There are some changes from [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Yankees hold steady at top spot
Sincerest apologies about not posting the power rankings for the last couple of weeks, but I’ve been a little sidetracked. But, I’m back at it this week, though instead of the 1-30 through as I did previously, I’ve condensed it to a top 10. 1. New York Yankees (74-44) It’s Christmas in August for Yankees [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Yankees edge closer to top spot
Yes yes, these are late once again, which means I’m going sans comments this week, but I will say that I’m still scratching my head as to how the Mariners contrived to look so horrible against the Indians at home after winning three of four in Cleveland just a week prior. 1. Los Angeles Dodgers [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Split enough to keep Dodgers on top
This week’s MLB power rankings are a little on the late side, but here they are. Just for the purposes of clarification, the rankings and records are reflective of the action through Sunday. 1. Los Angeles Dodgers (58-34) Dropped the first two at home against the Astros but rebounded to take the last two. L.A. [...]
