There’s a little company over in Illinois that bottles it in glass and sweetens it only with natural sugar, rather than the corn syrup so common in most soft drinks. It’s wonderful.

And yes, I am, in fact, a beverage geek, in addition to all the other different types of geek that I am. It really is rather painful being me.

where they used to bottle in glass. It was a Thursday night tradition to head over there to a little greasy spoon and have a “Slaw Burger, Fries, and a Bottle of Ski” (yes this is the place that gave the Kentucky Headhunters that combination after a gig). Good times.

Found out ski has a new website and they’re changing the cans.

also here’s a link to my old high school teacher’s webpage devoted to ski. he has a ridiculous collection of old ski stuff and he’s halarious. he was a chemistry teacher and once let me and a friend do one of our projects on the differences in sugar content found in cans, bottles, and from the fountain. we didnt really get anywhere with it but we drank a lot of ski and got to hang out in the lab during study hall

…is Lake Water and Heroin.

so is Derosa on the 15 day, or are you just speculating?

Whatever the problem is, the radio broadcasts are virtually unlistenable these days, and it badly hurts me to say that. Some of my best memories are of the Cardinals on the radio at Clearwater Lake as a child, with Jack Buck telling me all I needed to know about the world. Sadly, I think those days are dead and gone.

They have been at the top and bottom of every hour since broadcasting began. It used to be strictly enforced by the FCC that every station had to give a legal station ID (call letters immediately followed by the city – no “in” no “from” no nothing between KTRS and St. Louis) between two minutes before and after the top and bottom of the hour. In the 80s the FCC cut the requirement to top of the hour only, but baseball networks still tend to do it… at least STL, KC, and Milwaukee do (what can I say.. I love Uecker).

As far as the promos… they go way back too.. always been a part of radio (legendary Burma Shave days). As far as frequency increases, I’m not sure. But I can say that that’s another 99.99 for Cardinals Care from American Equity Mortgage.

The only possible good I see from Glaus this season is if the Cards manage to flip him to an AL club as a DH. I’m sorry, but when a guy can’t throw 90 ft. after five months of rehab, I just tend to be a bit skeptical of playing him at third base.

Out of sight since opening day, third baseman Troy Glaus is headed to the team’s minor-league facility in Jupiter, Fla., to begin working out under the supervision of the team’s training staff and, according to club officials, could be within two weeks of going on a rehab assignment.

Why doesn’t this fill me with the warm glow of hope? Is it the reference to Glaus working out “under the supervision of the team’s training staff” or that, “according to club officials,” Glaus could be within two weeks of going on a rehab assignment? These references have boded ill in the past and I’m going to reserve judgment until Glaus is back at third base every day, firing balls across the infield to Albert Pujols in a way that does not instill the fear that Pujols will be maimed if he continues to field throws from said third baseman.

Big time.

And you think this is McRae’s fault? Especially considering they all hit amazingly last year?

I’d put forth the notion that our “core” is the problem this season. One of its members hasn’t played a game. And the OF has been horrendous. I think that is the problem. The only way that I see for us to make the playoffs is for Glaus to come back at full health and to play like Glaus. Watching Scott Rolen post-shoulder injury makes me less than hopeful on that point. The other ingredient would be for Ryan Ludwick to find his lost swing.

going on Thursday. ‘Cept it’s agains Welley, so I think tonight is our best chance to avoid the sweep.

He accepts, you’ve got one of the best utility players in MLB on a one-year deal. He doesn’t, draft pick city. Win win.

but as mentioned in the main thread yesterday he has a reasonable shot at being a type A. Maybe it’s actually an outside shot…

A rec for you, sir.

both of the above?

Express concern about signing Miller. Express pleasant surprise at signing Mateo. Gnash teeth over De Rosa “tweak”.

Go Cards! Etc.

Buy: Eduardo Sanchez

Sell: Hmm. give me a moment.

I’ll go with Allen Craig. Not because I think he’s been awful, but only because I see absolutely no way he’s in the plans for the future.

And I’m going with the buy thing as players I didn’t like before but do now. Henley and Descalso are two huge risers, but I was already on both bandwagons, so…

Hawksworth just makes me sad; I saw him a couple times coming up, and he was just wicked. P.J. Walters has crazy movement, but I’m just not sure what kind of pitcher the kid’s going to be. Meh.

But I do like Mort a lot. Tough debut, yes, but if not for the throwing error, he might have actually gotten out of it with one or even no runs scoring. Great movement.

But I’ve liked what I’ve seen from Mitchell Boggs. He goes after hitters and doesn’t seen apprehensive or scared like some rookie pitchers we’ve seen lately. He’s getting pounded in AAA though.. head scratcher.

PJ Walters looked good at times… most against guys named Alfonso Soriano. He’s a guy I think could benefit from Dave Duncan’s School of Pitch to Contact.

Nonetheless, this is in response to IA Card.

And this is why.

Really, from about mid-October through New Year, I am one of the happiest people you’ll ever meet.

is my Christmas.

You can make it about so many different, and equally wonderful, things. It’s about food and harvest, friends and family, drinking booze, and being thankful for all of our blessings. I also love that it’s on a Thursday every year, and for most of us (okay, me) means a four-day weekend. I appreciate consistency from my major Holidays.

It’s the bee’s knee’s.

It’s the fireworks. He peed on me once, but it was my fault. We were on the back porch and there were some neighbors shooting off fireworks that were going over our house. The cat was freaked out, but being that asshole that I am, wouldn’t let him go back inside. Instead, I thought, “I’ll just hold him and that will make him a little less uneasy about the fireworks.”

Yeah, that ended up with me having warm cat piss run down my leg………

I need to think these ideas out before I act upon them sometimes…….

If he does, he’s a top fifteen prospect next year. (Bold prediction time)

what happens to a 2nd baseman who can’t stick at 2nd base?

……um…..I’m about to answer my question as I just started wondering what time the cubbies play today…..

Mostly, I will freely admit, to qualify for the giveaway thing. I honestly have the hardest time caring about the AS Game. It’s weird, but the ASG may be the one and only thing in baseball that I don’t much care about.

Although I am wicked stoked that I got press credentials for it.

I’ve probably had every combination with fried chicken you can imagine. My favourite to date is Hodak’s with a tiger blood snow cone.

They are saying…. we really traded DeRosa for a guy who can’t throw stikes or even cover first base???

and its not like any of the Cardinals’ hitters not named Pujols did much better. Though I’m starting to wonder if the bad offense is attributable to some highly contagious airborne virus (that Puols has a natural immunity to). That, or Busch III was built on old Indian burial grounds.

Considering how many teams were in on DeRosa, you have to expect the Cards overpaid for him fairly significantly. It gets ugly in a hurry when there’s a bunch of bidders.

I think at least one of Todd/ Samuel are on there, maybe both.

I shouldn’t say such things; it’s unbecoming, it is. No matter how awful the personalities, it’s never alright to wish harm on people.

Sadly, I don’t think anyone is going to offer me a radio gig anytime soon. But oh, if they would…

If only to torture us internets know it alls.

The list to replace him I think goes Jose Oquendo, Pop Warner, and then outside the org.

Maybe Hammer Maloney.

Skip is an everyday player, and needs to be treated like one, I think.

You may be right about Tony, right now. The thing is, even when presented with the fully healthy version of this team, he still made these bizarre, awful decisions, which has likely caused us all to view the current crises as a bit more his fault than they really should be.

As for me, I still can’t forget watching Ankiel play center over Rasmus for the first month of the season. (Then again, we did win more when Ankiel was in center… No! Don’t give him any ideas!)

Probably for something that is not for profit, it would be. But MLB can get pissy about that type of thing.