Hunt and Peck: Alex Rodriguez hit a dinger

ATTENTION, INTERNET: A-Rod hits first homer since Sept, 2013 http://t.co/SzVaHlQKZr pic.twitter.com/dCjuCWpivl

— CBS Sports MLB (@CBSSportsMLB) April 10, 2015

what else is going on baseball...

• Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens were not on some teams' "Franchise Four" lists, but maybe there are reasons. - SBNation
• If you are an ESPN Insider you can look at this list of MLB's most indispensable players. If you are not, like me, you can look at the first one on the list. - ESPN
• This is an excerpt from the book Doc Ellis in the Country of Baseball by Donald Hall. - Deadspin
• Jason Grilli will be the Braves closer. - Hardball Talk

• Four years ago, MLB players voted Athletics?src=hash">#Athletics uniforms as worst in majors. Gotta question their esthetic judgment. http://t.co/320uCX5w7d

  — robneyer (@robneyer) April 7, 2015

• Calcaterra just completely rips on bad sports journalism and I just hope he never reads the idiotic stuff I post. (He is totally right on, though.) - Hardball Talk
• If you are panicking about your Ace's bad debut, you shouldn't be (yet, at least). - Sports Illustrated
• Yasmany Tomas has some off season weight loss goals. - MLB
• Adrian Gonzalez is on pace to hit ALL OF THE HOMERUNS. - Cut4
• Adrian Beltre hit another homerun from his knee. - SBNation
• Our good friend and nefarious hand-shaker, Joe Kelly, should come off the DL soon. - Hardball Talk
• Evan Gattis has struck out in eight straight PAs. - Hardball Talk
• Albert Pujols hits a dinger. - Viva el Birdos

what the cardinals are up to...

• Matheny says Choate is "valuable weapon". - STLToday

• I will be wearing my Cardinals hat to the Reds game tomorrow ...

  — EzekielElliott#⃣1⃣5⃣ (@EzekielElliott) April 7, 2015

• Cardinals Opening Day includes: moments of silence for Taveras and Burwell; Willie McGee first pitch to Ozzie Smith.

  — Matt Sebek (@MattSebek) April 9, 2015

• Adam Wainwright will start the home opener. - MLB
• Kevin Siegrist is feeling good after some mechanical changes. - MLB

• Ight. RT @JoeFrisaro Florida State League opening night. #STLCards top prospect Alex Reyes' first pitch was clocked at 100 mph.

  — Drew Silva (@drewsilv) April 9, 2015

• In 4th Alex Reyes fastball clocked 101 mph by at least one scout #stlcards @MLBPipeline

  — Joe Frisaro (@JoeFrisaro) April 9, 2015

• @buffa82 Lynn and his agent had no interest in signing over free agent years. Cardinals wanted to get a couple before paying big money.

  — Derrick Goold (@dgoold) April 10, 2015

KNOW THINE ENEMY...

the nl central

• He may be a Brewer, but he is still a Scooter and those socks are fresh.
  

  Feel like @lil_scooter93 would dig this. RT @FlyByKnite: Epic sock game, @Sgennett2. pic.twitter.com/cP5nDW50Av

  — David Naylor (@ProfCedar) April 6, 2015

• Oh... oh Cubs. - Deadspin
• Very sad news out of Chicago as Cubs prospect Javier Baez takes a leave of absence to mourn the passing of his sister. - Bleed Cubbie Blue
• Standings:
  

  Reds	3	0	1.000
  Cubs	1	1	.500
  Cardinals	1	1	.500
  Brewers	0	3	.000
  Pirates	0	3	.000

viva el stuff...

other things...

• This exists and it is remarkable. - LEGO
• The Blues own the Central! - St. Louis Game Time

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