Look, it's a good deal for Cardinals too, flags fly forever, wouldn't you rather be STL in the standings? That's what it's really about.
UPDATE: Cards Acquire Holliday, page 26
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Re: UPDATE: Cards Acquire Holliday, page 26
Kevin Goldstein added to his earlier opinion (said it was an outstanding trade for the As)
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"Well kiss my grits!"C. Johny wrote:Oh and a small litte sidenote. The breaking news line on ESPN said that the Cards acquire P Holliday. Which one is it!
/me working my way through this massive good news thread
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St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday connects for a base hit off of Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher J.A. Happ in the second inning of a baseball game Friday, July 24, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)
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fixed.jim wrote:You won't hear me [expletive] and moaning about the Cardinals front office mid-season trades for white former NL players with AL Central and West teams in July to fix holes in the offense until at least November.
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He's also 5 (all singles) for his last 42.JL21 wrote:Fun fact: Colby Rasmus has started 16 of 18 games this month.
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Nice write-up on Holliday and his reaction to the trade by one of the only writers worth reading ESPN.com for, Jayson Stark:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/s ... id=4355165
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/s ... id=4355165
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And the PD's story, which has a lot of the Cardinals POV on the trade. I like everything I hear from Mo in here:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports ... enDocument
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports ... enDocument
Re: UPDATE: Cards Acquire Holliday, page 26
i kind of want to start a 'will we re-sign Holliday?' poll, but that could be a buzzkill on a great Cardinals day.
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ghostrunner wrote:And the PD's story, which has a lot of the Cardinals POV on the trade. I like everything I hear from Mo in here:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports ... enDocument
LOL, sig'd.Adam Wainwright wrote:How big of a deal to get a player like (Holliday)? It's as big as his biceps.
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Is that how power batting stats are going to be listed now: non-Bonds numbers?Cronos69 wrote:Nice write-up on Holliday and his reaction to the trade by one of the only writers worth reading ESPN.com for, Jayson Stark:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/s ... id=4355165
Also, did Albert just not make himself available all day? I haven't seen or heard any comment from him. I assume he's happy? (That's the goal, right? )