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I loved watching Eck’s unique delivery. Sidearm is rare enough, but he also took the ball out of his glove much earlier in his motion than most pitchers; the ball was visible to everyone for longer, in his bare hand. It looks a bit odd but cool. Speaking of cool, I liked the long hair, too.
Carmella Bing'd out....working super vision right ups.....major league dugout....bull pen....🙋♀️🙇♀️🤷♀️🙅♀️🤦♀️🙎♀️🙍♀️🙆♀️💁♀️👩🏾🎓👩🏽🎓👩🏿🎓👩🎓👩🏻🎓class-less degrees....When last time somebody got a 4 year degree....?👰🏿♀️👰🏾♀️👰♀️👰🏼♀️👰🏻♀️
Lots of MiLB clubs are doing/have done "alternate on-field identities" this year. This looks like lots and lots of fun. Often they feature an iconic local food, like the Akron Sauerkraut Balls, Hartford Bouncing Pickles, Charleston Boiled Peanuts, Erie Pepperoni Balls, Maine Bean Suppahs, and yeah, the Springfield Cashew Chicken. (A local Chinese chef, David Leong, invented the dish in the 1960s, ask anyone in Springfield! It's like fried boneless chicken, brown gravy, with rice, garnished with cashew nuts and chopped green onion.) . . . Other alt MiLB identities include Negro Leagues team names, Hispanic names, and lots of other throwback and other identities. Fort Wayne became the Daisies to honor the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Triple-A Iowa became the "Iowa Caucuses." www.milb.com/news/surveying-2023-team-alternate-identities
Yes. There's no point in the Cardinals, like, "giving up" on this season. They likely won't reach the postseason, but we want to see them continue to move up in the standings. We also want to see the younger players continue to hone their skills and raise their stats.
Peanut butter on a burger? It's a treasured tradition in Sedalia, Missouri, where the Wheel Inn drive-in, at the intersection of Highways 50 and 65, built its fame on "the original guberburger." It was a thin steakburger ("smashburger") with a peanut butter topping, lettuce, tomato, and salad dressing (Miracle Whip), but no cheese. Served with Soozie-Q (curly) fries. They served guberburgers from 1946 until about 2014, when the intersection was widened and the historic drive-in, a local landmark, was demolished. Gone but not forgotten! Don't knock it til you've tried it.
Cards need to sell. Problem is who you really have with value? Goldey, Nado, Walker, and gorman. Probably about it. I'd trade Goldey. And trade a couple o.f. for some bull pen dudes.
Man this month has been hard to watch. Here in Central Missouri we usually have the Royals to kind of enjoy during the few times when the Cardinals are struggling, but . . . ugghhh. So, how much of the Cardinals' 2023 struggles (especially regarding pitching) might be attributable to the loss of Yadi, the pitcher-whisperer? And/or on the effects of new pitching/hitting coaches? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.
Today's relief pitchers are most specialists. They may come in to face only one or two batters. In Eck's time, pitchers would throw multiple innings in relief. Much different. I'm not saying anything negative about their roles today or of yesteryear. I'm just saying how things change.
