Blog: May 31-June 6, 2010
May 31, 2010. The team wore its 2010 Stars and Stripes cap today, and I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised by how nice it looked... Matt Holliday made the switch to the Cool Flo batting helmet today. He joins Molina as the only two wearing the vented lid... Allen Craig rejoined the team today. He used a Gwynn-finished Marucci during his pinch-hitting appearance.
June 1, 2010. Albert Pujols is the latest convert to the Cool Flo helmet, donning one for tonight's game. Now that he, Holliday and Molina are all wearing Cool Flo, it'll be interesting to see how quickly it spreads to the rest of the team... Aaron Miles is back with the team, wearing his familiar #12 and swinging his usual unfinished ash LS... With McGwire on paternity leave, assistant hitting coach Mike Aldrete has permission to be on the bench in uniform. But, instead of wearing his #61 jersey, he's wearing a red sweatshirt ala Mac. Debating whether I should add Aldrete to the official uniform number roster.
June 2, 2010. One of last season's Stars and Stripes caps is being auctioned on the team's Web site -- the cap Matt Holliday wore on 9/11 after the trade to St. Louis. And it's signed... Still waiting on the Civil Rights Game jerseys to be auctioned... If you're considering this Pujols jersey (which has been offered before), note the number on the front is 5 inches tall (per the LOA). It should be a shade less than 4 inches tall... The game Saturday vs. Milwaukee will be a jersey-off-the-back affair. I checked today -- only SRO tix are available.
June 4, 2010. Nothing new in tonight's game.
June 5, 2010. Randy Winn joined the Cards today and is wearing #44. Guess that means Jason Isringhausen's old number is no longer on the "untouchable" list... Winn used a black LS M9... Skip Schumaker was swinging a flame-finished LS ash bat. Don't often see Skip using LS... Adam Ottavino also used a flame-finished LS ash.
June 6, 2010. Aaron Miles typically uses a natural ash LS, but tonight he was swinging a LS M9 with a Gwynn finish... A young boy was struck by Albert Pujols' line drive home run during the game, but the fan two seats to his right ended up with the ball. When Pujols was in the clubhouse after the homer, he saw ESPN's cameras on the crying child. Shortly after that, the boy was spotted in the stands with a signed Pujols bat. Details here.
