Hunt and Peck: Links of the Week

Hello ya’ll! Greetings from Tybee Beach, Georgia! I am running a little low on time, and my WiFi connection currently looks like this:

But I will grind this out, overcome adversity and some other third cliche... Go about it the right way.

When you drive five hours of a fourteen-hour trek, you have a lot of time to think, especially when that trek is in the dead of night. Around 3:30am, I had a lot of things on my mind. I am not sure how coherent they are because I haven’t slept in about 36 hours and counting… Some brief thoughts in this stream-of-consciousness type post.

This driving thing isn’t so bad; I actually like driving at night; Better turn on the Cardinals game; Sorry, Sis, I just want to hear the score – haha, sucker, Mike Shannon is back; DEER! ; I cannot believe I haven’t seen that many deer yet; I cannot believer KMOX is so clear here; WOOHOO JON JAY DOUBLE; ROSIE WHAT THE HECK; WHAT THE HECK; WHAT THE HECK; NOOOO I turned too early – stupid GPS; Adam Wainwright is from Georgia; I wonder what is up with Wainwright; that charity thing he is doing is really co- NOOOO I turned too early AGAIN! ; Semi-truck – get away from me, why are you going 75 mph anyway you behemoth? ; Why is there so much construction, this road is immaculate, how is it not done? ; DID I JUST TURN TOO EARLY AGAIN?!?!?!; Someone else is going to have to drive before I break the GPS.

Scene.

what else is going on in baseball…

• Billy Beane and the Oakland A’s have really exceeded expectations. – Five Thirty Eight
• Jayson Werth needs to slow it down. – Hardball Talk
• Stephen Strasburg closes in on 200 strikeouts. - MLB
• This is a very interesting story about how someone was able to create a lie about a player gambling on baseball that got serious attention. - Sports Illustrated
• Jose Fernandez and recovery. - Fox Sports
• This... I have no words. - SBNation

what the cardinals are up to…

• How series is the number six for the Cards? You tell me. - Fungoes
• Matheny is plumb tired of what he calls "cheap shots" at his coaches. - STLToday
• The Cardinals are getting frustrated. - STLToday
• Pretty sure that is some sort of ancient proverb.
  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Cardinals">@Cardinals</a> You can&#39;t bunt your way out of an offensive rut.</p>&mdash; Drew Silva (@drewsilv) <a href="https://twitter.com/drewsilv/statuses/499696039981359104">August 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

NOW THINE ENEMY

The nl central

• Russell Martin chases down some pigeons. – Cut4
• Standings
  

  Milwaukee Brewers	67	55	.549	-
  St. Louis Cardinals	64	56	.533	2.0
  Pittsburgh Pirates	64	57	.529	2.5
  Cincinnati Reds	60	61	.496	6.5
  Chicago Cubs	52	68	.433	14.0

The san diego padres

• fink previewed the Padres for us. Awww, thanks fink! - Viva el Birdos
• Check out Gaslamp Ball for more Padres stuff! - Gaslamp Ball

Viva el Stuff

• In the fanposts, johnjf125 discusses the 2013 Cardinals and how they set the 2014 Cardinals up for failure. - VIva el Birdos
• dr. howl discusses the best lineup of all time. What do you think? Agree? - Viva el Birdos
• The sick, twisted, and warped minds of Catapults and Finkel somehow collaborated to write this, apparently there is a Twitter page. I do not know details, but my lanta... it is good. - Viva el Birdos
• Joe, with the help of Trey Wainwright, was able to submit a few questions to Adam Wainwright. And he answered them for us! Click here to learn more about Adam's charity, BigLeagueImpact.org, fantasy football, and place-kicking! - Viva el Birdos

Other Things...

• Head coach of the St. Louis Rams, Jeff Fisher, does the Ice Bucket Challenge - and challenges Matheny! - SBNation
  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Watch Jeff Fisher accept <a href="https://twitter.com/Seahawks">@Seahawks</a> HC <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteCarroll">@PeteCarroll</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonTexans">@HoustonTexans</a> GM Rick Smith’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IceBucketChallenge?src=hash">#IceBucketChallenge</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ALS?src=hash">#ALS</a>&#10;<a href="https://t.co/ffK5ICuiLa">https://t.co/ffK5ICuiLa</a></p>&mdash; St. Louis Rams (@STLouisRams) <a href="https://twitter.com/STLouisRams/statuses/499692739668099072">August 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

• Bob Ross quotes… in bed! Thanks spants for showing me this – it is my new favorite thing ever. – The Toast
• his announcment of an all-women sports talk show leave me with a few concerns, all of which Sarah Kogod eloquently addressed here. - SBNation

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