Moving On

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a site called Blogs by Fans. I thought it was another blog clearinghouse, much like the Bloggapedia, Blog Catalog, etc. buttons that I have on the site. There was a place for submissions, so I gave them a link to this blog.

Turns out that it is a little more than a clearinghouse. It’s a blog network and they’ve asked me to join them. After a good bit of thought, I’ve agreed.

So, starting tomorrow, you should be able to find me at www.cardinal70.com. Change your bookmarks accordingly! It’s a new design, a new location, but basically the same writing. I’ll leave this blog up so you can find anything I might have written in the past, but the archives are also going to be transfered to the new site.

Ironically, it’s probably the only way this blog can be compared to VEB. Larry wrote a blog called Curveblog for about eight months before moving to the SB Nation network and becoming Viva El Birdos. I’ve been writing for about seven months and now I’m moving to a blog network. Like I said, though, the comparisons end there!

I hope you’ll follow me over to the new site and let me know what you think of it. Thanks for reading!

Cardinal NRIs

Matthew Leach has posted the spring-training non-roster invitees.  (Hat tip: Future Redbirds)

Looks like there will be some fun names to follow, especially for those that make it down to Florida to watch the games.  Colby Rasmus will be there.  David Freese, the player we received for Jim Edmonds, will be there.  Jamie Garcia, Chris Perez and P.J. Walters will be there.

Looking forward to seeing how some of these prospects due against MLB-level players (or as much as you can tell in spring training).

Spanning the Globe, AL Style

Yesterday, we took a tour around the National League. Today, let’s hit the junior circuit.

Spanning the Globe, NL Style

One of the great things about having XM radio is being able to hear other teams’ broadcasts, getting a general idea of what the fans in that market are thinking about (plus, of course, all the great voices!) Thanks to the internet, we can do that daily. The next couple of days, we’ll take a look at each team that doesn’t play in St. Louis. I’ll have a blog link and a newspaper link, with a little discussion tossed in there as well. Blogs, for the most part, come from the team lists at striketwo.net.

And, without further adieu, let’s look around the National League:

Blogger’s Block

Really tough to figure out a good post for a day like today.  The Warm-up is over, so the news flood is over.  We’ve talked about most of the facets of the ‘08 team already.  Which means, when you can’t figure out what to say, find people that can (and do it better than you do anyway.)

Good discussion of what to do about Jason Isringhausen over at VEB today.  I think most of us have just naturally assumed that Izzy would be let go at the end of the season so that the Cardinals could get the draft picks.  But with him saying he’d like to stay in St. Louis, that’s not a slam dunk move.  I like to see the home town guys stick around, but I don’t know if keeping him will be worth the price tag, especially if that keeps us from making a bigger move in the free agent market next year.

Also, the All-Time Cardinal Team Simulation is going on over there.  You can use this handy-dandy page to keep up with the results and find links to the writeups.

Deaner faces a big dilemma, one that comes to most of us in fandom.  Help the man decide what to do about his cap.

There were some unhappy fans due to Albert Pujols’s lack of interaction in his autograph line during the Warm-up.  Tom at CardinalsGM asks if players owe the fans some niceness in those situations.

There’s always plenty to read at Future Redbirds.  Erik has gone back and done a retro review of Yadier Molina’s minor league numbers inspired by Molina’s new contract.   Kujo examines Molina as well over at Rockin’ the Red.

Dan at Get Up, Baby! hits a few of the highlights from the past week.

Mike didn’t take kindly to the news that Hal McRae would be wearing #15 this year.  I can’t say that I blame him, unless it is supposed to be some sort of honoring-the-player thing.

I’ve added a couple of new blogs to the rolls.  I Bleed Cardinal Red and View From the Cheap Seats.  Check them out when you’ve got the time.

Tomorrow, we’ll see what some non-Cardinal blogs are talking about, so if you have a favorite baseball blog you want to lift up, post it in the comments and I’ll take a look.