When the good folks over at firejoemorgan.com announced that they were hanging it up, I went into a short period of mourning.
For those of you who aren't that familiar with Fire Joe Morgan, it's basically like baseball porn for people like me. Geeky, slightly stat-obsessed, and tired of hearing all the ridiculous, awful retread statements that constantly pour out of the mouths of people like Tim McCarver and, of course, FJM's namesake. Those kind of people.
maplestreetpress.comThis RFT's own Aaron Schafer is a contributing writer in this year's Maple Street Press Cardinals Annual 2009, the pre-season guide to this year's St. Louis Cardinals.Schafer, who also writes for Viva El Birdos, joins VEB founder Larry Borowski, and Deadpsin founder and Cardinal fan Will Leitch in the book. All three write on the Cardinals' outlook this year. From the publisher's description: Will Leitch on the Cardinals transition from Whiteyball to Moneyball and why all Car
Opening Day is finally here. Winter has loosened its grip on our little corner of the world (well, sort of, anyway), and spring is beginning to bloom. Our annual ritual of renewal and rebirth is a few scant moments away, after the months of waiting impatiently for it to arrive. I could give you a primer on this year's Cardinals team, complete with a hundred different acronyms being tossed around, but you've probably gotten enough of that already, both here and elsewhere. And let's face
LeitchThe St. Louis Cardinals are not going to make it past the first round of the playoffs, according to a sports blog hero and admitted Cardinal fan.Will Leitch, founder of Deadspin and now blogger emeritus for the blog that ESPN loves to hate, gave that prediction today. However, this decade alone, the Cardinals had one team destined for a championship get swept by the Red Sox, and another that hobbled into October win it all, with trophy-humping results.
Will Leitch, a man of dignity and class. Will Leitch, superhero of pithy internet writers everywhere and close, personal friend of yours truly, needs your help. And if you don't help him, I will come to your house and I will cut you, so help me god.
