http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ The Birdwatch en-us dan_mccue@yahoo.com 2007-11-01T11:21:04-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001233.html I decided it was time to dust off the cobwebs over here. (VEB's 300-character minimum on diaries had something to do with it too. :-0 ) I figured with my screen name, I had to make some comment about the... 1233@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ General Baseball 2007-11-01T11:21:04-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001232.html I've been neglecting the blog for the better part of three months; I apologize. The Cards are terrible, and between a job and new girlfriend I haven't had much time. Plus I think I set my goals too high for... 1232@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ MO Boiler 2007-08-08T17:06:03-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001231.html The turnover in baseball these days is at its highest rate it's ever been - taking the Cards as an example, we don't have but five guys who were on the roster before Yadier Molina was called up almost three... 1231@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ Players 2007-05-24T23:48:56-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001230.html So much has happened since I last posted... I'm going to have to do bullets. • Josh Hancock. Wow. There isn't anything I can say about the guy that hasn't been said already, but I'll probably do it anyway. The... 1230@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ Players 2007-05-06T12:11:10-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001228.html Don't ask me why I ended up doing something like this last Saturday night - I wasn't in a very good mood that morning, I guess. I felt like I needed to get out of town for a bit. Whatever... 1228@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ General Baseball 2007-04-18T19:07:21-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001227.html Mr. Pujols has come out of his slump, at least temporarily, hitting two home runs (one in the first inning off of Ben Sheets) in today's afternoon tilt against the Brewers. Albert raised his OPS - granted, it's early in... 1227@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ Players 2007-04-15T22:25:52-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001226.html It's hard to believe Minute Maid Park/Enron Field is in its eighth season, but it's true. And despite the fact that in my head, it's a house of horrors for the Cards, they've managed to post a 30-28 regular... 1226@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ General Baseball 2007-04-15T17:50:04-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001225.html Sunday, April 15 marks the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, an event that changed baseball history - and American history as a whole. Jackie was an incredible athlete - one who lettered in four sports... 1225@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ General Baseball 2007-04-12T23:44:21-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001223.html Adam Wainwright will long be remembered as the man who threw the final pitch of the 2006 World Series, striking out Brandon Inge for the win in Game 5, a victory for the ages, yadda yadda yadda. That's all... 1223@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ Players 2007-04-04T23:51:26-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001224.html Go to Google Maps. Type this in: 65 Eagle Fork Lane, 63362 Click Satellite. Sweet. (thanks Mike)... 1224@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ 2007-04-04T19:53:57-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001222.html Propitious omen or mere coincidence? To celebrate Opening Day I bought a pack of Topps 2007 baseball cards today, and look who was in there. Apparently there's a lot of dreck in the Topps 2007 set, like 100 cards... 1222@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ 2007-04-01T19:01:35-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001219.html Before I get into the meat of this post, I have to state that I have never seen Anthony Reyes smile. Not once. Even on his Topps baseball card from last season - a non-action shot, mind you -... 1219@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ Players 2007-03-25T21:10:45-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001221.html So, yeah, everyone's heard about it by now. And plenty of people, both inside and outside of Cardinal Nation have put in their two cents on the matter. But I implore you, the loyal readers of The Birdwatch: what... 1221@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ Managers 2007-03-23T16:41:06-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001220.html ...Mark Prior and Kerry Wood on the disabled list. Seriously, hasn't that happened every year since 2003? It's up for debate as to the cause of these injuries, but I'm in the camp that all those 120+ pitch outings back... 1220@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ Links 2007-03-21T08:28:07-06:00 http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/001218.html Photo courtesy Rick Bowmer, AP Way back in the early days of The Birdwatch, I took on the challenge of projecting the performance of the Cards' 2005 starting outfield based on their ten most similar players from baseball-reference.com. Those... 1218@http://www.thebirdwatch.com/ Players 2007-03-14T12:12:26-06:00