Today’s Blog Post Rained Out…

May 04, 2009 | Clark | Comments 2

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Today's blog post rained out.

Just kidding – or am I?  It was a disappoint not to be able to watch Cardinals baseball yesterday as I was doing the weekend Lowes thing saturday.  It was also disappointing to miss Colby’s first homerun, but life will go on.  The club was great on the road trip taking four of six.

The bullpen seems to be taking shape now after a rocky start.  Joe Strauss wrote a nice piece today – Cards bullpen settles in – that gets in-depth and offers some nice qoutes from Dave Duncan.  The article notes Miller is definetely a lefty specialist, Reyes is a jack of all trades and that the closer responsibilities are just too much for Motte and Perez right now.  At this point, who cares if Franklin keeps pitching the way he is.

The interesting new puzzle piece that is Blaine Boyer seems intriguing.  I finally got to see him pitch the other night and was surprised by his arm.  The can get after it with the fastball and he did have a nice curve.  His ERA is 14 something, but he’s only pitched 5 innings.  Joe’s article really diggs into how Duncan has worked with Blaine to adjust a few things and now he’s throwing with confidence and purpose.

I feel sorry for the next pitching coach in St. Louis.  I just don’t think fans realize what Duncan means to this team and this organization.  Clone him now!  Tony is doing a nice job as well – had to throw something in there for the LaRussa haters.

I’m looking forward to the Philly game tonight – especially now the Lohse is going to pitch.  I had the sudden sick feeling yesterday when I heard Lohse wasn’t going to start, but the reasoning made sense.  I believe these are the only two games this year that I won’t be rooting for local Ryan Howard.

I’m also can’t wait to see what Boggs does with his last start.  I don’t know why, but he reminds me of Dan Haren.  The Cards couldn’t catch lightning in a bottle twice – could they?

Clark

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