Well, the first series of the season is over with, and there were certainly some things we learned about this year’s club. In no particular order, we learned that:
Albert Pujols is very good at baseball.
Our bullpen sucks.
We shouldn't expect much offense out of Yadier Molina until about June, as with his grand slam Monday, he's already reached his average HR numbers and RBI totals for two months.
Our bullpen sucks.
Matt Holliday can in fact catch fly balls.
In a real twist, Ryan Ludwick can do something good offensively in a scenario other than no outs with the Cardinals up at least five runs. This is the first recorded instance of this ever happening.
Our bullpen sucks.
Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright are very good at pitching.
Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright are not very good at hitting.
While Colby Rasmus is not in fact the greatest baseball player ever in the history of the universe, and any universes that have not been discovered yet, like we were originally told and told again, and then told one more time, even though it took him like four seasons to finally bust into the majors, he is pretty good. Of course, it's pretty easy to look good when you follow Rick Ankiel's act, and you have Ryan Ludwick batting after you.
Thinking about Rick Ankiel and Ryan Ludwick evidently makes me write extremely long run-on sentences.
Scott Rolen is still good. At baseball. Not drinking.
Our bullpen sucks.
Tony La Russa is still fully capable of making personnel decisions that leave us completely bewildered. I guess the regular starters needed a day off yesterday after an extremely taxing schedule of afternoon game, OFF DAY, night game. I've heard that he's even considering filing a grievance against the schedule makers for such a demanding first week.
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