UCB Game Blog: Pre-Game

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Cardinals 5, Cubs 3 (11): The Seventh Inning
Published 5/3/2008 by Pip at Fungoes
[ed. note: This post is the seventh installment of the United Cardinal Bloggers progressive game blog. See also the sixth inning and eighth inning. Our entry is dedicated to the memory of Buzz Bissinger. May he rest in peace.] Coming off his worst (45 FIGS) and longest (33 batters faced, 124 pitches) outing of the season, in which he yielded three home runs, Adam Wainwright kept the ball in the park and walks to a minimum. After the first two batters of the seventh, TLR pulled the Cardinal ace in a decision that appeared to have been based on what ...

Quick Hits: UCB, Scouting, Garcia
Published 5/3/2008 by Kujo at Rockin' the Red
... game last night. I was almost pining for a safety squeeze with Miles on third and Skip at bat, but obviously letting him Skip hit was the better choice. From the looks of it, this is going to be a great series. The Cards and Cubs are two pretty evenly matched teams right now. The historic United Cardinals Bloggers "progressive dinner" blogging project is today, and I'll be taking up the sixth inning. You can read more about the project here. Cardinal70 has the pre-game post up as well. Both the Angels and the Braves are scouting the Cards, ...

Getting ready for historic UCB game posts
Published 5/3/2008 by Deaner at Cardinal Nation Globe
I'm getting pretty darn excited for today's UCB project. C70 has the pre-game post up. Here's the complete rundown of who will be covering each inning: ...

United Cardinal Blogger Project - Cubs vs Cardinals
Published 5/3/2008 by Mike (noreply@blogger.com) at Stan Musial's Stance
Our pregame prep for this game can be found over at C70 at the Bat . Thanks Dan, Hi everybody, and a veeeery pleasant good afternoon wherever you may be; welcome to today's game between the 17-12 Cubs, and the 19-11 Cardinals. St. Louis enters today's game in first place in the National League Central, leading Chicago by 1.5 games. The Cardinals fast start over the first 30 games of the season is surprising, given the uncertain nature of their pitching rotation coming out of spring training and the significant changes to their everyday lineup from last year. What's more ...

UCB: 6th Inning Coverage
Published 5/3/2008 by Kujo at Rockin' the Red
It's time for Rockin' the Red's coverage of the 6th inning of today's Cards-Cubs game, brought to you by the United Cardinals Bloggers. ...

UCB Game Blog - Third Inning
Published 5/3/2008 by Mike at Mike On The Cards
... Today’s game against the Chicago Cubs is being collectively covered by ten different Cardinal blogs in a unique project from the UCB group.  Find the pre-game notes over at C70 at the Bat.   ...

Quick Hits: UCB, Parisi, Walks
Published 5/5/2008 by Kujo at Rockin' the Red
In case you missed it, the United Cardinals Bloggers progressive blog covered Saturday's game and went pretty smoothly for the most part. It was a pretty cool idea; I just wish we had a better game to write about... but... ...