Hunt and Peck: Links of the Week

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- Viva el Birdos

What Else is Going on In Baseball...

• Cue saxophone... And now I am going to be singing this all day. - Cut4
• I have known two people who played baseball with one arm, and they were both the best players on their respective teams. Meet Pete Gray, who played in 77 games for the St. Louis Browns. - Cut4
• It is Ghostbusters night in Toledo and guess who is promoting it? His name rhymes with Smill Shmurry. (thanks flood!) - Fox Sports
• What Dave Duncan and Crash Davis don't tell you. - Fox Sports
• We applaud Matt Adams for "effing that shift", but should he be fighting it in the first place? - Sports on Earth
• Mike Matheny is the only manager to have issued a rage-less intentional walk this year. - Beyond the Box Score
• John Axford loses his job as the Indians closer. (courtesy of flood - the link, not necessarily Axford's demotion, although I am not ruling it out.) - SBNation
• Around two-thirds of the league is stuck at .500. Which teams will pull away? - Sports on Earth
• A Red Sox fan with down syndrome sings the National Anthem at Fenway and it is marvelous. (thanks flood!)- Fox Sports
• Jose Fernandez will undergo season ending elbow surgery and you are probably reacting somewhat like this. (thanks to stl ex-pat!) - SBNation; SBNation
  
  

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  JOSE!!!!
• If that sounded familiar, that's because it is. How Dan knew my iTunes playlist, I may never know... - Viva el Birdos
• By they way, voting for the All Star Game is open. Let's stuff those ballots! - MLB

What the Cardinals Are Up To...

• Psych. You thought Peter Bourjos wasn't gunna get it, didn't you? - MLB
• Bill DeWitt Jr. will be one of seven owners on a committee to find the next MLB Commissioner. - STL Today
• Wednesday's game will be postponed and played as a double header on August 30. - MLB
• Kolten Wong has been recalled! Operation Free Kolten Wong is in motion. - Viva el Birdos
• SBNation does a wonderful review of Willie McGee. - SBNation
• The summer the Cardinals won the World Series I found this video and David Freese quickly became my favorite person ever. It only got worse after the postseason. - College Humor

KNOW THINE ENEMY...

The NL Central

• Pirates closer Jason Grilli could return to the team before the end of May. - Hardball Talk
• Standings:
  

  Milwaukee Brewers	26	15	.634
  St. Louis Cardinals	21	20	.512
  Cincinnati Reds	18	21	.462
  Pittsburgh Pirates	17	23	.425
  Chicago Cubs	13	26	.333

The Atlanta Braves

• Samples of the fancy, new stadium are out and it looks quite lovely. - SBNation
• fink does his preview thing. - Viva el Birdos
• Talking Chop does a preview as well. - Talking Chop
  Just a sneak peek:
  

  (are all of their players named Matt?)

• Check out the Braves SBN blog! - Talking Chop

Viva el Stuff...

• dr. howl goes over the Redbird position players and what exactly they are doing. - Viva el Birdos
• dr. howl also gives us his projections of the Brewers. - Viva el Birdos
• Speaking of projections, stlfan gives us an update on how he is doing with his. - Viva el Birdos
• The MLB Draft is nearly here and Minor League Ball is asking for our participation in its annual mock draft. - Viva el Birdos
• We have been doing a lot of Shakespeare talk lately, so this blast from the past by tom s. features some lovely poetry by some of your favorite Cardinals. - Viva el Archives

Other Things...

• The NBA Playoffs are still underway. Right now it is the third quarter as I watch the Clippers try to hold back the Thunder and elimination. I don't think they will. The Pacers have already advanced, defeating the Wizards. The Heat have defeated the Nets and San Antonio defeated... someone. - SBNation
• The NHL Playoffs are also in full swing, although I still have sour grapes so I am not really even watching. - SBNation
• But, speaking of NHL, don't forget to vote for Blues forward T.J. Oshie for the cover of NHL 15 at this link or tweeting the hashtag #NHL15Oshie. I don't even play that game, but I just like my team to win stuff. And besides, look at that face. - Youtube; St. Louis Game Time

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