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Time to re-balance our portfolio
by lefty fan on Jun 20, 2008 4:38 PM EDT
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In the investment world, it's necessary to re-balance your portfolio from time to time. The same is now true for the Cardinal roster. There are several underperforming "funds" that are wasting our teams chances to win. Let's look at who I think are the biggest offenders.
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Albert's elbow
by lefty fan on Jan 24, 2008 10:23 AM EST
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After reading about Albert Pujols' appearance at the Winter Warmup on Monday, I have been suprised by the lack of comments posted here about his elbow condition. On one hand, Albert's elbow has been a problem for several years. On the other, when you see the names Dr. James Andrews and Albert Pujols in the same sentence it raises an eyebrow. As erik pointed out in a comment earlier this week, he can't straighten his arm.
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7 things not to do this offseason
by lefty fan on Sep 19, 2007 2:16 PM EDT
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It's not exactly the deadly sins, but here are things I don't want to see the Cardinals do in this critical offseason.
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Would you want to take Jocketty's job?
by lefty fan on Jun 29, 2007 3:40 PM EDT
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Even the most optimistic Cardinal fan would have to admit that this season might be over. Our boys have fought hard at times this year, but barring a miracle even greater than the 2006 WS run, we are done. With this thought in mind, I started to sketch our 2008 payroll/roster. This exercise didn't exactly fill me with confidence.
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Will we ever see an evolution in pitching mechanics?
by lefty fan on Jun 13, 2007 2:23 PM EDT
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I stumbled across what I thought was an intersting article about the former pitcher Mike Marshall and his pitching research center in Florida. Here is the link:
There doesn't seem to be any video of the motion they describe, but it did get me thinking about what changes may or may not evolve in the future. Take a look at Marshall's stats at the bottom of the article. As a RELIEF pitcher in 1974 he logged 208 innings in 106 appearances with a 2.42 ERA! I know the game has changed and I'm not saying that Marshall has the answer to pitching durability, but I wonder how much time and money MLB teams spend on studying/teaching pitching mechanics. My perception is that pitchers were more durable 30+ years ago, but has anyone seen a statistical study comparing the generations? Maybe Walt needs to send some scouts down there and find us some arms!
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Charting Randy Keisler
by lefty fan on Apr 25, 2007 11:59 AM EDT
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Not that too many people are concerned about the exploits of Randy Keisler given the Cardinals many problems, but I have been tracking Keisler's starts for the VEB pitch charting project. Let's hope Carpenter is back in a couple of weeks, but in the meantime here are my observations of Randy's 2 starts.
Pitching lines in first 2 starts:
4/10 (PIT) 6.0 IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 1 BB, 3K
4/18 (SF) 5.0 IP, 6H, 4R, 3ER, 3 BB, 2K
Interestingly enough, each game went 12 innings with the Cards winning 3-2 in Pittsburgh and losing 6-5 in San Fran. Keisler gave us a chance to win each game, but is he anything more than a stop-gap, AAAA starter? Let's take a closer look.
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