Hunt and Peck: Michael Wacha meets Wacha

Very late last night @TheRealWacha met @MichaelWacha - and it was awesome! Cardinals">@Cardinals pic.twitter.com/tXDbUAcRf1

— Andy Cohen (@Andy) May 20, 2015

It was nice meeting and hanging out with @Andy last night ! #GoCards pic.twitter.com/AWrElHEDgx

— Randal Grichuk (@RGrich15) May 20, 2015

what else is going on in baseball...

• David Letterman is retiring. Here are his top ten baseball moments. - Cut4
• Corey Kluber's 18 strikeouts visualized in Python. - Beyond the Box Score
• The Closer is alive. - Fangraphs
• Wil Myers is on the disabled list. - Hardball Talk
• What have we learned a quarter way through the season? - Sports on Earth
• Where are these missing baseball cards? - Hauls of Shame
• The White Sox Stadium has a very unfortunately placed door handle. - SBNation
• The Marlins middle infield is good. - Fangraphs
• Bryce Harper is channeling The Babe. - Sports on Earth
• Matt Joyce was late for a game but he won't ever be again. - Sports Illustrated
• The Tigers have a good lookin' shirt. - SBNation
• Madison Bumgarner hit a dinger off Clayton Kershaw. - MLB
• Who is an All Star second baseman: Dee Gordan or Kolten Wong? - MLB
• What about third base: Todd Frazier or Matt Carpenter? - MLB
• Check out these weird baseball rules. - Cut4
• Keith Law has done his first mock draft. (Paywall) - ESPN
  He projects the Cardinals to take Nate Kirby, a left-handed pitcher from Virginia.
• Here is the draft order. - MLB
• The Major's slowest fastballs. - Sports on Earth
• Rafael Furcal has hung up his cleats. - CBSSports

what the cardinals are up to...

Congrats to @mikematheny22 on win #300. @Cardinals win #25 on season. On pace to win 110. Off to NYC! pic.twitter.com/10ywLOU0jR

— Pat Parris (@PatParrisTV) May 18, 2015

Do it Matt… pic.twitter.com/UxSPHbCsP2

— #TeamSTL (@Team_STL) May 19, 2015

Most games reaching base to start season (NL only since 1914): '86 Raines 42 '08 Pujols 42 '95 Karros 39 '15 Holliday 37 '61 Mathews 37

— Tim Trokey (@tim_trokey) May 20, 2015

Michael Wacha, 23, has a 2.13 ERA in 50 2/3 innings this season. Cardinals are 8-0 in games he's started.

— Drew Silva (@drewsilv) May 20, 2015

Check out this story of Dazzy Vance and his extraordinary effort against the Cardinals in 1925. - Retro Simba

Sabr has a new Bruce Sutter biography. - SABR

Randy Choate drew a walk... no he drew one, like he was batting and the pitcher walked him. - Cut4

THE TRIFECTA! 3 Matts Matted In on a Matt Adams 3-run homer. #saberMATTrics

— viva el birdos (@vivaelbirdos) May 21, 2015

KNOW THINE ENEMY...

the kansas city royals

• Check out this article about Salvador Perez, who doesn't seem to be taking walks (still heart u, tho, Sal). - Beyond the Box Score
• Here is an interesting fanpost scouting the Cardinals from Royals Review. I was going to say stop in and say "hi" in the comments as long as you behave, but after reading some of the comments I am going to recommend not doing that. - Royals Review
• Check out Royals Review for more Royals coverage. - Royals Review

the nl central

Since Doug Melvin mocked statheads who predicted doom for the Brewers (June 28, 2014), the Brewers have gone 45-73. He sure showed us!

— Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) May 18, 2015

Carlos Gomez hits a leadoff home run a day after getting beaned. - Hardball Talk

Will Smith was ejected from a game for having some sort of foreign substance on his arm. - MLB

The Cubs DFA Phil Coke. - Hardball Talk

Check out Kris Bryant's Chicago apartment. - YouTube

Big Data and the Pittsburgh Pirates. - The Hardball Times

Standings:

St. Louis Cardinals	27	14	.659
Chicago Cubs	23	17	.575
Cincinnati Reds	18	22	.450
Pittsburgh Pirates	18	22	.450
Milwaukee Brewers	15	27	.357

viva el stuff...

• Don't stress the Jason Heyward-for-Shelby Miller deal. Just remember these things mdred wrote. - Viva el Birdos
• Or stress about it just like johnjf125. - Viva el Birdos
• Or don't stress about us and join on for VEB day as we aim to watch Jason Heyward majestically, effortlessly soar across the field like a feather in the wind in person. Hopefully he will jack a dinger, too. - Viva el Birdos

Thank you, Fookie! Never forget: STL@PHI Gm5: Furcal leads off the game with a triple http://t.co/PBnk38D5T6

— Aaron Finkel (@Aaron_Finkel) May 19, 2015

Top 5 #MLB clubs by run diff: 1. KC +58 2. LAD +56 3. #STLCards +52 4. WSH +27 5. HOU +24

— bgh (@b_g_h) May 20, 2015

@vivaelbirdos a little late but viva el Gallo from the USVI! pic.twitter.com/ISjbxXEeXi

— thefakebnw (@thefakebnw) May 21, 2015

other things...

• Hockey. - SBNation
• Basketball. - SBNation
• Riley Curry. - SBNation

weekly scoreboard:

Monday, May 18	Cardinals	1	Mets	2	VEB Recap	AA Recap
Tuesday, May 19	Cardinals	10	Mets	2	VEB Recap	AA Recap
Wednesday, May 20	Cardinals	9	Mets	0	VEB Recap	AA Recap
Thursday, May 21	Cardinals	0	Mets	5	VEB Recap	AA Recap

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