Wait ‘til next year!
Such is the annual cry of Chicago Cubs fans, but with their own post-season hopes slipping away, St. Louis Cardinals followers may soon be joining them.
For as long as I have been tracking spring training schedule information, I am quite sure this is the earliest I have seen anything available for the next spring. A partial 2011 schedule of games has been released by the Atlanta Braves, reports springtrainingonline.com.
The tentative Braves schedule includes three games with the Cardinals. St. Louis will visit Champion Stadium at the Disney complex in Orlando on Wednesday-Thursday, March 9-10 and the Braves will come to Jupiter’s Roger Dean Stadium on Friday, March 18.
For those planning Disney World trips, a six-month notice isn’t really all that far into the future.
As every year, I will continue to fill in the table below all winter long. Game schedules will become available first, with broadcast information typically trickling in later.
St. Louis Cardinals, spring training schedule, 2011
| Day | Date | Home | Visitor | Time (ET) | Radio | GD Audio | XM | TV | MLB Netwk |
| Thursday | 3-Mar | ||||||||
| Friday | 4-Mar | ||||||||
| Saturday | 5-Mar | ||||||||
| Sunday | 6-Mar | ||||||||
| Monday | 7-Mar | ||||||||
| Tuesday | 8-Mar | ||||||||
| Wednesday | 9-Mar | ATL | STL | TBD | |||||
| Thursday | 10-Mar | ATL | STL | TBD | |||||
| Friday | 11-Mar | ||||||||
| Saturday | 12-Mar | ||||||||
| Sunday | 13-Mar | ||||||||
| Monday | 14-Mar | ||||||||
| Tuesday | 15-Mar | ||||||||
| Wednesday | 16-Mar | ||||||||
| Thursday | 17-Mar | ||||||||
| Friday | 18-Mar | STL | ATL | TBD | |||||
| Saturday | 19-Mar | ||||||||
| Sunday | 20-Mar | ||||||||
| Monday | 21-Mar | ||||||||
| Tuesday | 22-Mar | ||||||||
| Wednesday | 23-Mar | ||||||||
| Thursday | 24-Mar | ||||||||
| Friday | 25-Mar | ||||||||
| Saturday | 26-Mar | ||||||||
| Sunday | 27-Mar | ||||||||
| Monday | 28-Mar | ||||||||
| Tuesday | 29-Mar | ||||||||
| Wednesday | 30-Mar |
In addition, on Tuesday night, MLB.com announced their 2011 regular-season schedules. First games are on March 31.
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There will be a winter ahead. In many places, snow and tundra. A fog of white will blot out the memory of the dismal end to the 2010 season.
We will awaken refreshed by spring 2011. Happy to look forward to a fine new season during which we shall sweep the Cubs, 18 games to zero. Happy times it will be.
The shuffle in Luhnow’s domain is all very interesting, and must be aimed at fixing something that Mo thinks is broke. Otherwise, why fix it? The question is what exactly was broke? My understanding is that Luhnow will continue in charge of player acquisition. I am unclear about his role in player development going forward compared to what it has been.
Great questions, bb.
Why do it? Vuch has been doing a good job running the minors. He earns the rewward of a promotion.
Its a corporate reshuffle that does not mean much. Vuch used to report to Luhnow. Now he will report to Mo. Mo and Luhnow get along, so what’s the substantive difference? None.
Its a critical job deciding where to invest money in amateur talent. Luhnow can focus on this, since he knows Vuch will do the job.
This shuffle is not like when DeWitt had to give the heave-ho to Bruce Manno.
Feliz is better than anything we had. So there is nobody that can play adaquate major league third base and hit .240. After seeing Craig, Mather and Stav, it was decided that Winn was better. Miles was better than Greene. No starter at Memphis plus Ludwick was as good as Westbrook and no Ludwick. Not surprising since MacDougal is better than anybody at Memphis.
We keep trying to give Greene a job and he keeps giving it back. Contrast with Jay who took a job that wasn’t open.
We have better at Memphis than McDougal, but Mo and TLR decided to let them toil away training at AAA. So be it.
Westbrook is an accomplished ML pitcher making $10MM, so no we do not have a bunch of guys like him parked on standby at memphis.
Winn is best for the role of pinch-hitter and backup CF. Hes a switch-hitter and can defend CF. Craig may be back next year.
The Cards wanted Greene to play SS everyday, whereas Miles fit the role of pinch-hitter and part-time.
None of these topics have any relevance to giving Vuch a promotion. Unlike Manno, Vuch made the tandem pitching rotations work in the low minors.
Jake is pitching like a $10M guy tonight.
Maybe Lynn will be next year’s Garcia.
Jumbo, regarding post #4, check out the press release I posted on the home page of the main site. It states that Vuch will work “under the direction of Luhnow.”
Luhnow’s era has yet to produce an impact player from outside the US. The Cards have shown they can build a ladder for Latin kids, by getting Solano up to Memphis; this is an improvement, but they now have to groom bigger talent. Starlin Castro whizzed up through the Cubs system, while ancient mariner Amaury Cazana has toiled for the Cards. Maybe Oscar Tavares can be the vanguard of change, unlike bonus babe Ryde Rodriquez.
Restarting the overseas programs from zero has taken time. Several pitchers hold great promise. Avendano and Matias come to mind. We’ll have to see how they pan out.