Blog: June 7-June 13, 2010
June 7, 2010. Both Pujols and Holliday are wearing new Cool Flo road helmets... Schumaker used a Gwynn-finished LS ash bat tonight, and I could see his name on the barrel... Both Hawksworth and Walters used natural ash LS bats.
June 8, 2010. Randy Winn is using a natural ash LS bat... Carpenter is back to using a black Marucci... Raffle tickets for the team's Jackie Robinson Day jerseys are now available at St. Louis-area Mobil on the Run locations. I'll share more details once I get my ticket.
June 9, 2010. In his Wednesday Web chat, Post-Dispatch writer Joe Strauss was asked why McGwire doesn't wear his #25 jersey during games. "McGwire said there is no reason other than comfort and convenience," Strauss wrote. "I asked if wearing a pullover allowed him greater anonymity to avoid knucklehead taunts. He responded that's not the reason. 'I find I'm still pretty easily recognized,' McGwire quipped." Interestingly, Mac was in full uniform tonight.
June 11, 2010. McGwire was back in full uniform tonight; here's proof... Here's a good shot of Pujols in his road Cool Flo helmet... A new batch of game-used spring training jerseys are now available on the team's Web site. Players available include Holliday, Ludwick, Carpenter, Wainwright, Freese, Schumaker and manager Tony LaRussa.
June 12, 2010. Aaron Miles was swinging a black LS M9... I guess it's time for another rant about the poor quality of the Cool Base jerseys. I understand the players love them. But, why can't Majestic find a way to make the plackets stiffer? Once again, the plackets are curling back significantly, exposing the back of the logo embroidery. Looks really bush league, don't you agree?
June 13, 2010. Pujols had his bat sawed off in his hands in the first inning, so he used a natural Marucci for his next two plate appearances. After going back to the Gwynn finish and breaking another bat, he used the natural Marucci for his last AB. Of course, I can't find photos of the natural bat. The three plate appearances with the natural bat mark the first time since April 21, 2009, that Pujols used something other than a Gwynn-finished Marucci.
