Hunt and Peck: Links of the Week

SCENE III. BUSCH STADIUM. CARDINALS' LOCKER ROOM.

Enter HOLLIDAY, CARPENTER, WAINWRIGHT

HOLLIDAY

What shall we do? I tire - we tire of games.

CARPENTER

If only fair Yadier were here now...

WAINWRIGHT

He would know what to say, what we should do -
Would know how to defeat the men that Brew.
[MOLINA appears in the doorway]
But, soft! What light through yonder doorway breaks?

MOLINA

I have returned to spit fire and spout rain!
Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire could terrify
more than life without beloved baseball.
That life is a hellish prison, my friends.
I tax not you, baseball, with unkindness,
You owe me no subscription. Let fall your
Horrible pleasure. Here I stand, your slave-
A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man
Aged by cruel baseball and Mike Matheny.
So now I return to help my teammates
Play to obtain the title we have sought.
You have tried your best and honorably fought
But now they'll remember why 'thou shall not'!

- Viva el Birdos

what else is going on in baseball...

• Can you tell which of these weird rules are real or fake? - SBNation
• Here is an adorable picture of Hanley Ramirez and a horrified baby. - SBNation
• The Yankees have a switch pitching minor leaguer and WHY ARE THEY HIDING HIM FROM US? - SBNation
• Joe Nathan reads mean tweets about himself. - MLB Fancave
• The Phillies pay tribute to the Taney Dragons. - Cut4
• David Price allows nine straight hits. - Fangraphs
• Elvis Andrus has finally cracked. Thanks for the link, flood! - SBNation
• The Padres name a part of Petco Park after Bud Selig. - Gaslamp Ball
• Colby Rasmus is an enigma. - Fangraphs
• Giancarlo Stanton. (thanks flood!) - Gammons Daily
• The Mets turn a triple play. - MLB
• Ryan Sandberg chats with his angry players. - The Good Phight
• Buster Olney ranks the stadiums he thinks give best baseball experience. - Viva el Birdos

what the cardinals are up to...

• Yadier Molina talks about his thumb and getting back behind the plate. - STL Baseball Weekly
• Michael Wacha goes on a rehab assignment. - Sports Illustrated
• And there is more:
  

  Mozeliak admits that if no minor league teams are alive next Friday, Wacha COULD start for Cardinals, with "piggyback" system in place.

  — Chris Hrabe (@chrabe) August 28, 2014

• AND MORE.
  

  Molina hopping in a car soon to head back to STL, says he hopes to be in the lineup Friday. Awaiting official clearance at park. #cardinals

  — Derrick Goold (@dgoold) August 29, 2014

• The Cardinals offense is stalling once again. - Cards Conclave
• Maybe Adam Wainwright just misses his other half. - Fangraphs

KNOW THINE ENEMY...

the nl central

• The Pirates parrot takes a tumble. - MLB
• Aroldis Chapman versus Javier Baez. Probably NSFW. - Fangraphs
• Joey Votto is unclutch? - Sports on Earth
• Standings
  

  Milwaukee Brewers	73	60	.549	-
  St. Louis Cardinals	71	31	.538	1.5
  Pittsburgh Pirates	69	64	.519	4.0
  Cincinnati Reds	65	69	.485	8.5
  Chicago Cubs	59	74	.444	14.0

  
  

the chicago cubs

• Anthony Rizzo smacks this moonshot in the rain for home run number 30. - MLB
• Winter is coming.
  

  2014 Cubs are the first team in history to have two players, each age 22 or younger, HR in their 1st MLB games (Baez/Soler)

  — ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) August 28, 2014

• And maybe as soon as 2015. - Just a Bit Outside
• fink does his preview thing. - Viva el Birdos
• For all things Cubs, check out BCB. - Bleed Cubbie Blue

viva el stuff...

• johnjf125 writes a collection of haikus about the Cardinals path to the World Series this year. - Viva el Birdos
• Ben Cerutti writes about a possible Lance Lynn extension. - Viva el Birdos
• Don't forget about brakenthebox's clever fundraiser. - Viva el Birdos
• Today is the last day to donate to Cardinals Care for this year's 6K! - Viva el Gallos (VEB1) or preferably donate here to Viva el Birdos 2 (VEB2)
• Friends, comrades, teammates, lend me your ears. - Viva el Archives

other things...

• The Blues unveil the new uniforms at the Ice Breaker event at Ballpark Village. - NHL
• Sam Bradford is out for the season after tearing his ACL for the second time in two years. I am really too depressed to talk about it. - ESPN
• CBS reveals the name of its newest talk show featuring a lineup of women. It is... - Awful Announcing

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