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December - 2010

The Serious Starter
The Mysterious Case of Skip Schumaker, Likely 2011 Bounceback Hitter
The Jack Morris Awards: Edgar Renteria
My Cardinals Christmas Wish: One Third Basemen to Play Them All
a visit from boog
A final airing of 2010's grievance
Christmas Eve Eve Thread
Christmas Again.
The Rest of the NL Central
Good News and Bad News: Watching Zack Greinke All Year
The One Where The Robot Forgot It Was Sunday
the party of minor things to do
The St. Louis Cardinals and MemphisBench: Morning Thread
The week in St. Louis Cardinals reruns
The Nephilim Are On The Earth in These Days: Cliff Lee and a Chat Thread
Cliff Lee and Gerald Laird
Brendan Ryan: Play it again, Ernie
Brendan Ryan was traded overflow
Brendan Ryan traded to Mariners for Maikel Cleto
Disparate thoughts: BRyan, Albert, Carpenter, etc.
instant boog karma is going to get you
Colby Rasmus tricks and weird splits
All Tony Rasmus Wants For Christmas Is Your Attention: Morning Thread
Carl Crawford is very rich
Just One More Thing
Backup Catcherz Z-ve Morzing Thread
Tuesday Morning Thread
Jayson Werth puns are unavoidable
Puma eats Fat Elvis and everyone Riots
St. Louis Cardinals Sign Lance Berkman To A One Year, $8 Million Deal
who am i?
Hustle Fixation: A Play in One Act
Hot Stove League Updates: Friday Morning Thread
Ryan Theriot: Know Your Scrappy Middle Infielder
The Further Discussion of All Things Thread

November - 2010

To a backup catcher, signing elsewhere
Javier Vazquez: Rotation filler thins out
is derek jeter smoking crack?
open thread
Black Friday Notes: It's better when there are good deals
The Thanksgiving Eve Openish Thread
Albert Pujols, Joey Votto, and the MVP
The Cardinals' Rule 5 Machinations
Party Hardy
you are the weakest link. goodbye!
Baseball's playoff envy
Juan Uribe and upgrading-by-volume
Thursday Morning and Possibly Afternoon Open Thread
Movement On Many Fronts
NEWSFLASH WESTBROOK SIGNS 2Y + OPTION WITH CARDINALS STOP
Understanding dFAWARP: A Primer
St. Louis Cardinals attempt to upgrade middle infield while not spinning
In which the Robot comes to collect
at long last, the hot stove
National League Silver Slugger fails to provoke animosity in anybody
Brendan Ryan, Gold Gloves, Tsuyoshi Nishioka
Gloves, Gold and Otherwise
The Orlando Hudson question
Exit Bat Gagnozzi, Enter Allen Jay
A Giants Blogger Post-World Series
manager longevity
Let the Albert Pujols contract non-negotiations begin
A Joe Mather lament and one more pitching choice
A Quick Question For a Wednesday
Hot Stove League Starting Pitchers: Other Peoples' Lohse
World Series object lesson: Players having good years

October - 2010

Odds & Ends
all hallows eve eve
The other shortstops, or the wizard's apprentices
World Series Game Two Open Thread
The World Series
Dave Duncan and Mark McGwire
The World Series really doesn't start until Wednesday?
It's almost November; It must be time for the World Series!
how did our projections do?
Another look at the Middling Infield
The NLCS: A very hasty look; a paean to Tim Lincecum; an emergency open thread
Lessons To Be Learned and Lived
Tony La Russa has been managing the St. Louis Cardinals since Carlos Martinez was four
TonyWatch 2010 Ends
Let's talk about the Cardinals' coaching staff (and how great Andy Pettitte's PED apology must have been)
TonyWatch2010 Nears Its End?
TonyWatch2010!
An AFL update and an ALCS open thread
Hot Stove League! Minor League Waivers Edition!
Defense and winning championships, but mostly defense
St. Louis Cardinals Newsbreakers: A Public Service
Middle Infielders, Playoffs, The Social Network
the infield
Roy Halladay pitches a no-hitter; Evan MacLane pitched for the Cardinals
Playoff Triple-Header Open Thread
100 questions (more or less) for derrick goold
Top Five: Good Things to Take from the 2010 Season
baseball new year
Mainly I'm just excited about this Brendan Ryan play

September - 2010

AAAA Players and 20 Homer Guys
The Door Out of Summer
The Pittsburgh Pirates and 2011
This Week Around SB Nation
Reflective Robot Reflects Both Light And On A Season
cubs v. cardinals, 9.25.10, or how saturday noon games kick my butt
The 2010.5 St. Louis Cardinals
Chris Carpenter and 2011 and Albert Pujols and 2012
Colby Rasmus hits, Adam Wainwright pitches, Ryan Franklin rises in my estimation
The Forest
Jake Westbrook and the 2011 Rotation
An exclusive interview with the Gods of Baseball
Septembers Spent Swooning
Dzijut Down
This Week Around SB Nation
Little things for little itches?
saturday baseball
The good news doldrums and Shelby Miller
Game 138 Open Thread: Cardinals At Braves
The 2010 Cardinals are who we thought the 2010 Cardinals were
What You Do When You Should Know Better
Colby Rasmus, Tony La Russa celebrate Labor Day by not quitting
The Brewers' Bad Rotation and Labor Day Open Thread
Talk about the Future
suck it, joe strauss
Minor League pennant races
The 2003 Cardinals, the 2010 Cardinals, and the bench
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Mozeliak, Summer School Edition

August - 2010

St. Louis Cardinals September Viewing Guide: Things to watch if you can't watch the score
Post Game Thread: The Rasmus-LaRussa Connection
Same Old Story, Well Wishes and Batted Balls
how to be dumb, vol. 2
Albert Pujols's 400th home run; the Cardinals' 400th come-from-behind loss
Game 125 Overflow Thread
Lots of bad news, mostly Cardinals-related
A Frustrating Setback. Or Maybe a Disheartening Defeat.
The grass being redder
Game 122 Overflow Thread - A Tour
First-half failures, second-half failures
This Week Around SB Nation: August 16-22
Small Picture, Rookie Pitcher, Big Picture
how to be dumb.
Pedro Feliz, Mike DeJean, and John Mozeliak
Cardinals acquire Pedro Feliz to "upgrade" "third base" "situation", scare quote supplies dangerously low
Ninth innings and third basemen
Game 118 Overflow/ Afternoon Postgame Thread
If Zack Cox ever feels overshadowed, he should give Pete Kozma a ring
Cardinals sign Zack Cox as draft deadline nears
Colby, Fastballs and Pitch FX
rosterfarianism
Dave Duncan the fascist
Post-Reds reverie; Jim Edmonds, J.D. Drew and the Hall of Very Good
Game 113 Victory and First Place Celebration Thread
Game 113 Colby Rasmus Is the **&%$%(**$$^ing Man Overflow Thread
Game 112 Overflow II
Game 112 Overflow
Brandon Phillips and little bitches, round one
The pros and cons of following the Cardinals from a four year-old cell phone
Morose Robot is Sad
(don't) wait till next year
Felipe Lopez: Instant Depth
Thursday Night Overflow
The Cardinals and Jason Motte and momentum
Jaime Garcia and The Third Base Blues
Jake Westbrook, the bullpen, and David Freese
Game 106 Overflow
Monday open thread
Leveraging Future Surplus for Present Wins

July - 2010

Westbrook/Ludwick Trade Overflow
Cardinals Acquire Jake Westbrook and Trade Ryan Ludwick
the deadline
Overflow Vengance
Anatomy of a Curveball
Suck In the Middle
Overflow II: Overflow harder
Entry Level Overflow
An Early Morning Chat With Friends
jay bird
This Week Around Viva El Birdos: July 19-24
in praise of intangibles
I'm looking for a Roy Oswalt news bumper that's as catchy as "Crisis in Kosovo"
Game 96: Overflow Thread
Roy Oswalt and Jaime Garcia
The Roll
Allen Craig and Blake Hawksworth: No-Doubt Home Runs, Doubtful Rotation Makeup
Game 93 overflow
Cardinals vs. Phillies preview
This Week Around VEB: July 12-18
Sunday Reading with Robot
on deadline
The opposite of shell-shock
When We Last Saw The Cardinals
Our Long National (Get It?) Nightmare is Over
All-Star Game open thread: National at American
A talk with Ozzie Smith about team chemistry and the prostate; a look at the Cardinals' newest futility meme
Home Run Derby day open thread
Futures Game Thread: World at USA, or maybe USA at World
Big Man, Big Contract, Big Production
an international incident
Duncanstein's Monster: A Play In One Act
Things We Can't Know, Things We Can
Game 84 Overflow
The Importance of Good Timing*
Good Morning! Overflow Thread
Game 82 Overflow thread
Blake Hawksworth Watch, Literal And Figurative
Let's Talk About 2009
mid-season doldrums
An offense that wasn't Hawkworthy
The Suppan Question: Trade or No Trade

June - 2010

Wednesday Afternoon Overflow
A Brief Stupid Story and Some Talk About Albert and the Sudden Realisation We Have a Day Game
One-run games: the mark of a true champion
So There's These
In Which the Robot Considers Robocide
The two-out-of-three thing and the Royals' rotation
Jaime Pitch f/x
The Late Bloomer Show
Designated Hitters
Fan Confidence Polls
Jeff Suppan Watch: short starter is at least more useful than long reliever
Razzle Dazzle
happy VEB day!
Things I will enjoy about the upcoming Athletics-Cardinals series, maybe in order
Two Left-Handers
Game 66 Overflow
Takers and Leavers
Game 65 Overflow Thread
The Last Time I Saw Benes
SB Nation St. Louis Meet-Up
Revisiting the projections
A minor morning post
a simple desultory phillipic (or how i was jeff suppan'd into submission)
April and June
Cardinals Fall Over Themselves to Sign Jeff Suppan
Dodgers v. Cardinals: [Another] Series to Forget
An Afternoon Chat
Game 59 overflow
The 2010 Draft, the 2009 Draft
MLB Draft: Cardinals Take Zack Cox, Corner Market on Line Drive-Hitting Third Basemen
Notes on the Waino and the Parra
A collection of statistics and a brief discussion of the draft
Game 56 Overflow
Cardinals Sign Randy Winn
adam and adam
Cardinals Pre-Draft Minor League Update
An Aaron Miles Fixed-Verse Spectacular
Game 54 Overflow
2010 Draft Preview Going to Eleven: Persons of Interest Three
May Powers

May - 2010

Game 52 Overflow
Adam Ottavino's debut and OH MY GOD HOW DID WE GET SHUT OUT BY CARLOS SLIVA?!
Carlos Silva?!? Get Otta Here!
roster moves
Albert Pujols and scary months
Overnight Overflow
State of the Mistakes
Surgery in the cards for Kyle Lohse. Motocross surgery.
The Cardinals should consider scoring a run in the course of this overflow thread Overflow Thread
2010 Draft Preview Number Ten: Movers and Shakers
Game 46 Open Thread: Cardinals at Padres
Field Notes on The Good Padres
Weekend Update
The Dismantling of a Rotation
in which i go medieval on your ass
Holliday, Weekend
Jaime Garcia, Hawksworthiness
Game 41 Overflow
2010 Draft Preview Chapter Nine: In Which There Will be Talk of Strategery
Game 40 Overflow
Finding it in your heart to forgive Kyle Lohse: A Self-Help Manual
Seeing Red, not Enjoying It
Game 38 - St. Louis @ Cincinnati
At Least Joe Mather Made Good Contact and Wore High Socks Overflow Thread
game 37 - cards v. reds
a return to form
Cardinals at Reds Overflow Thread
Exit Astros, Thankfully, Enter Reds, No-Thankfully
Bad Series, Bad Hops, etc.
Game 34 Overflow
2010 Draft Preview Episode 8: Persons of Interest no. 2
Much better than the previous thread overflow thread
centiquid overflow - game 34 - 5.11.10
Astros, Again
May Days
Hit for your Mother, we beg
saturday open thread
Game 30 Overflow
Viva El Birdos Sellout League: The Month that Was
Holliday, far away to stay
More Penny Puns and Kyle, Low: A Play in One Act
The Cinco de Mayo Chat Thread
Game 27 Overflow II
Dead Ball Era Overflow Thread
The Jaime Garcia Show
Super Noha Overflow Thread
The Good News Weekend
sunday day game overflow
Game 25 Open Thread - Cinci @ StL 1:15pm
postgame thread
game thread - reds v. cards - game 24 - 5.1.10
may day; anybody wearing red today is a communist.
Game 23 Overmaflow

April - 2010

Game 23 Rain Delay
The Splits
Game 22 Open Thread: Atlanta Braves @ St. Louis Cardinals
Jaime Garcia and Brendan Ryan
Game 21 Overflow Thread
2010 Draft Preview part Sieben: The Arms Race, High School Edition
Game 20 Overflow Thread
Ryan Howard signs enormous deal, apologizes to Cardinals fans
Colby Rasmus is Awesome Overflow Thread
They can't hit, but neither can they
Postgame Overflow Thread
St. Louis @ San Francisco: Game 18 Open Thread
Romanticizing the Present with the Past
Game 17 Overflow
early season offensive check-in
Game 16 Overflow
The Ex-Cardinals
Two Aces
Overflow #2 Game 15
Game 15 Overflow
2010 Draft Preview part Six: Various Positions 2
Game 14 overflow
hacking and chasing
Game 13 Overflow
Adam Wainwright Day
Game Twelve Overflow
Open Thread: Mets at Cardinals 18 April 2010
Three games later, the Cardinals are 0-1
Extra innings overflow #3: Position players pitching to relief pitchers
Extra innings overflow #2: Cards. vs. Mets
Mets v. Cardinals overflow thread
mets v. cardinals, game 11 - april 17, 2010
head-to-head matchups: giants v. cards
Overflow Thread: Mets at Cardinals
Duncan is to contact as McGwire is to dingers
Game Nine Open Thread: Astros at Cardinals 15th April 2010
The Dave Duncan Method; a visit from the ghost of Rob Dibble
Game Eight Overflow
2010 Draft Preview part 5: Persons of Interest
bryan anderson day!
The Good-News Home Opener
home opener overflow - game 7
Chris Carpenter's peculiar way of pitching badly
Game 6 Overflow Thread
game 6 open thread - stl @ mil
Sunday Notes: Catching Up on Box Scores
Overflow Thread Game 5
head-to-head matchups - rockies v. cards
Game 4 Overflow
Guest Post: Bullpen Security: A False Sense of, or, the Need for a Blanket
The New New Colby Rasmus
Game 2 Overflow Thread
2010 Draft Preview pt. 4 - Swinging for the Fences
Format testing
Cardinals 11, Reds 6; 162-0 still within reach
St. Louis Cardinals Preview 2010: October in April
St. Louis Cardinals Preview 2010: Summer in April
7th inning stretch overflow thread
St. Louis Cardinals Preview 2010: May in April
St. Louis Cardinals Preview 2010: April in April
Easter Sunday Open Thread
head-to-head matchups - braves v. cardinals
Cardinals at Twins: Exhibition Game Open Thread
April Fools, Notes

March - 2010

Cards/Nats Official Game Thread, 31st March 2010
Only so many people can be in the best shape of their lives
Fifth Starters
Twist Beginnings
head-to-head matchups - phillies v. cardinals
Fantasy Update: maintaining a balance
Jaime Garcia the presumptive fifth starter, again
Yadier Molina slowed down, somehow, by oblique injury
2010 Draft Preview Pt. 3: Various Positions
Two Relievers
Rehearsing the Albert Pujols deal
Penny Pitch f/x!
happy boogday!
Friday Notes
Sign Ben Shee—Rich Har—John Smo—
Offday Reset.
More Cuts: A Reality Pilot
Colby Rasmus and Dues-Paying
the ballad of willard brown
Fantasy Update
Two starters we'll be seeing three years from now
1999 and 2009
2010 Draft Preview Part Two - College Lefties
The Frightening Lineup
CBSSports.com and SB Nation: Your Chance to Destroy Me at Fantasy Baseball
Bench Warming
Sunday open thread
spring is here! spring is here! life is skittles, and life is beer!
Game One: At least it was baseball
March 4 Open Thread: Cardinals! Mets! Baseball!
2010 Draft Preview, Part One
Tuesday Notes
Lineup Insurance

February - 2010

More Sunday notes
st. louis and the negro leagues
Cardinals make a deal with Felipe Lopez
light pimping
This Year's Baseball Prospectus and the Cardinals
The Baron's Big Ass Listomania Post
Joe Mather and February and March Players
Trading for a Very Specific Kind of Shortstop
Sunday notes
a brief social history of african-american baseball
Friday Morning Open Thread
Spring Training Storylines
The Pitchers and Catchers Report Day Celebratory Talkathon Thread
Pitchers and Catchers and Reporting
The Best Shape of My Life Effect, or, the nearest alternate universe to our own is one in which David Freese can drive.
Viva El WAR (Pitchers, part 1)
open thread
Friday Notes
The Brendan Ryan Talk, or, Please, You Should Have a Seat
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Mozeliak, Trois
Two Schus, Three Ghosts
Kyle McClellan, Starter
Viva El WAR (Part 1: Hitters)
the other other st. louis ballclub.
David Freese Projection Results: The Average Players
Community Projection and Discussion: David Freese
Spring Surprises, Circa 2010
Spring Training Types
Top-End Talent

January - 2010

Sunday Open Thread
you know me blog: stories of an unnamed pitcher
The St. Louis Lineup and ZiPS
The Memphis Rotation and ZiPS
The NL Central Offseason Revue Pt. 5: Blue Steel Buccaneers
Rich Hill signs with Cardinals, promises to be the best center fielder he can be
Scott Rolen as George Sisler
Missouri's Highest Peaks: Cardinals at their Greatest
Sunday ramblings: stats, scouts and sample size
the dregs of the off-season
Joel Pineiro and Rick Ankiel: An Ex-Cardinal Spectacular
After-hours delight overflow thread
Our Rasmus
The NL Central Offseason Revue Pt. 4: Algonquin for The Good Land
Community Projection and Discussion: Colby Rasmus
Where those last dollars go
a confession; and problems of value
Unconventional and conventional relievers
Notes: or, the last time I mention Mark McGwire, at least this week
NL Central Offseason Revue Pt. 3: The Houston Artificial Grass Substitutes
Mark McGwire Talks, in Sufficient Detail, about the Past
Mark McGwire Admits to Steroid Use
Aroldis Chapman and low-hanging fruit updates
Salaries and WAR and stuff
the last pennies in the jar
The Viva El Birdos Hall of Fame Farrago 2010: Results
The Ten-Millionaires Club
Community Guidelines Refresher 2010
Matt Holliday as a player
Seven Years of Holliday (A Stretch)
HOF Thread
Matt Holliday! Five hours later
holliday signs.
Viva El Birdos Hall of Fame Community Vote
The H Word
What's left to be done, without using the H-word
Sunday notes
down the stretch

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