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When it’s over… 23 Jun 2013 | 07:28 pm
When it’s over That’s the time I fall in love again -Sugar Ray If you’re still following @PitchersHit8th on Twitter, this post will come as no surprise to you, and is actually long overdue. If you...
Stacking the Draft (Part 2): Arms Race Times Two 3 Jun 2013 | 06:00 am
The excitement of Draft Day feels similar to the start of Hot Stove action with the main difference being June almost always brings promise. December typically offers highs and lows depending on the s...
Stacking the Draft (Part 1): Singing in Springfield 1 Jun 2013 | 10:01 am
As much as I enjoy the lead-up to the MLB Rule 4 Draft, the honest truth is way too much misinformation comes out in the week before Ryan Franklin represents the Cardinals. It appears picking 19th ser...
Lyons and Miller and Gast (oh my) 30 May 2013 | 05:08 pm
With Tuesday night’s impressive performance – again – Tyler Lyons (who is this guy, really?) has continued the success of Cardinal rookie starting pitchers in 2013. Leading all of baseball in 2013 wit...
Sports Illustrated cover jinxes the Cards rotation 23 May 2013 | 02:50 am
The Cardinals’ starting pitching rotation is on this week’s cover of Sports Illustrated. Well, what WAS the Cardinals’ starting pitching rotation. Two-fifths of that photo are now on the disabled list...
Cardinals proving Road Warriors 7 May 2013 | 09:52 am
As the Redbirds prepare to begin another road series, this one their first trip to Wrigley Field in 2013, they bring with them a 2013 MLB best seven-game road winning streak. By virtue of a three-game...
2013 UCB Progressive Game Blog – Cards vs Brewers – Third Inning 5 May 2013 | 02:00 am
Pitchers Hit Eighth has the distinct honor of calling the third inning action in the United Cardinal Bloggers’ 2013 Progressive Game Blog. If you’ve not seen one of these things before, here is the g...
Please stop booing Brandon Phillips 4 May 2013 | 01:04 am
Dearest Cardinals fans, I am before you today, a humble basement blogger, asking – nay, pleading – that you stop your incessant booing of Brandon Phillips when he plays at Busch III. Exhibit A: Split ...
UCB Weekend: Mo Knows Drama 1 May 2013 | 11:00 am
For the third straight season, the United Cardinal Bloggers were guests in St. Louis and in my opinion, the team may even invite us back! It is the least we can do since the win streak was snapped by ...
Re-reviewing Mitchell Boggs’ Mechanics (they seem bad) 25 Apr 2013 | 09:04 am
[ED. note - I am not a pro-fesh-un-ul scout nor do I pretend to be one. I am far from qualified to be giving advice to big-league pitchers. That said, here are some things I would consider, were I i...
