August 06, 2004

Weren't these guys supposed to finish third?: Brian Gunn of Redbird Nation breaks down the surprise of the NL Central, the St. Louis Cardinals.

posted by rocketman to baseball at 02:10 PM - 4 comments

Most of these baseball bloggers amaze me because they are much better at writing about their teams than their city's 'sportsguys' at the local paper.

posted by jasonspaceman at 03:15 PM on August 06, 2004

I'm finding the same thing, jason. Al over at Al's Ramblings can be cranky (especially when he deviates from baseball to politics), but I love the writing he does about the Brewers. A big story that hasn't really appeared in our local news is the surge in attendance at Miller Park this year (in spite of pre-season predictions that the Sexson trade would drive fans away). Al was the first to predict we'd break 2 million in yearly attendance, and I don't think the newspapers have even touched that angle.

posted by rocketman at 04:01 PM on August 06, 2004

Here's another terrific piece on Jim Edmonds.

posted by mbd1 at 09:41 AM on August 09, 2004

I've clung to Jim Edmonds on my fantasy baseball team for 6 seasons now. Everytime I think about trading him, I have to remind myself that he's only 34 years old and that it's pretty hard to find a Gold Glove CF with +1.000OPS. I don't think he's HOF material, but he's definitely Hall of Impressive material. Throw in the fact that he makes some of prettiest highlight-reel catches in the game today, and he's easily one of my favourite players in the majors.

posted by grum@work at 10:42 AM on August 09, 2004

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