SB Nation User Blog: TheRiot Police

A View from the Nest

TheRiot Police — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:50:57 -0000

A View from the Nest

A STL view of our recent struggles.....enjoy or not.

Fukudome taps his old hitting coach for help this last offseason

TheRiot Police — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:41:59 -0000

Fukudome taps his old hitting coach for help this last offseason

Interesting thing I saw in the article alluded to Fukudome having elbow issues last year and it affecting his mechanics.

No current plan for more night games

TheRiot Police — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:43:44 -0000

No current plan for more night games

I read this story and I am always flabbergasted why the people of the surrounding community don't want to see the Cubs Organization and the Cubs Brand grow.

Cardinals' Ballpark Village

TheRiot Police — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:51:48 -0000

Cardinals' Ballpark Village

As a local, I want this ballpark village to happen so that the game day experience is better but as a Cubs fan I love that this patch of earth has turned into a punchline.

Selig wants to deflect Steriod Blame

TheRiot Police — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:34:10 -0000

Selig wants to deflect Steriod Blame

IMO, this further proves Selig's inablity to be a good leader. Any good leader knows not to start pointing fingers/laying blame on other people for things that happened under his or her watch. It serves no real purpose and It is only going to further undermine their credibility with the people that they are trying to lead/inspire.

His simple statement should have been: I take responsibility for not doing a better job of getting this issue under control prior to it steamrolling out of control. As the leader of MLB and for our fans, it is my responsibilty to ensure that all 30 teams put a quality product on the field within the rules of baseball and the laws of the United States. I failed that principle and for that I truly apologize. I hope that our recent testing and continued efforts to improve that testing will help to restore the image of MLB in the eyes of its fans and its employees.

Cubs Convention Attendees

TheRiot Police — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:45:31 -0000

Cubs Convention Attendees

Still no Aramis. Other than that, the usually cast of characters.

Oops...A Cubs Tattoo with a little bit of Cards mixed in

TheRiot Police — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:06:38 -0000

Oops...A Cubs Tattoo with a little bit of Cards mixed in

How mad would you be..

Selig...a look back

TheRiot Police — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:40:53 -0000

Selig...a look back

While trying to confirm Selig's annual Salary, I ran across this article. It is an interesting read...especially the top ten things facing Selig back in 1998.

FYI...I heard and confirmed that Selig's annual Salary was 14mil in 07. That is just crazy considering the level of leadership/skill he brings to that position.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/17932177

The White Rat's Alternative WS Site Proposal

TheRiot Police — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:12:28 -0000

The White Rat's Alternative WS Site Proposal

Interesting Concept on building a site just for the WS.

The Edmonds Article from the STL Post Dispatch

TheRiot Police — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:53:24 -0000

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/3C80A0DA342907268625747C000907E1?OpenDocument

Article takes about his feelings on returning to STL, his exit out of STL, etc...

Decent article nothing earth shattering....

Nice quote on his feelings for his new teammates

"Guys on this team are not what I expected," Edmonds said. "This is a respectful club. Everybody's been really good to me"

The one nugget that I did not know was prior to his trade to San Diego, the cardinals supposedly had worked a deal to trade him to the White Sox and he turned it down.