See Ball. Hit Ball.
A few remaining tiny bits on Rasmus and his baggage:
Rasmus Sr. (whose first name is confusingly Tony) has gotten a bit of a bad rap in St. Louis for being a stage dad. LaRussa intimated that Rasmus Sr. was the reason Colby wasn't listening to Cardinal coaching. Well, Rasmus Sr. has a different theory.
“Tony kind of threw him in front of the bus for the veterans and then ridiculed him some, and then he never trusted much what they had to say. … When you do it in front of other players you kind of lose a little respect.”
He also threw in a "I'll tell you what" to Jeff Blair. This is the first Boomhauer sighting since Gibby left town.
J.D. Drew and Jim Edmonds. There’s Scott Rolen and Anthony Reyes. That's a pretty nice set of players that had issues with Tony LaRussa.
Rasmus has been called a JD Drew type, in that he is quiet and a little taciturn. Navin @eyebleaf named it JerkBall, and I'm okay with that.
I hope they aren't expecting riveting interviews from this kid, he's a bit low key. I did enjoy that he called Farrell "Mr John." You crazy redneck, you.
JPA has a mutual friend with Rasmus, Jon Jay has been JPA's best friend since childhood.
Last night's 3-2 win over the Rangers featured further evidence of the progress Brett Cecil has been making. His change up was particularly effective.
Arencibia, whose thumb appears to finally be getting better, is scorching hot. In his last 7 games, he has hit nothing but doubles and homers. He credits clearing all the thoughts out of his pretty little head.
“I was trying a little bit too hard earlier, I was trying to think about too many things at the plate,” Arencibia said. “Baseball’s hard enough; all I’ve tried to do really is clear my mind and it’s working out.”
So perhaps it's now "See ball. Hit ball."
Since July 7, Encarnacion ranks fourth in the AL with a .385 (25-for-65) average. He has doubled in four straight games. He also looks a lot looser and a lot happier. He may be the odd man out when Lawrie gets called up, but maybe he'll be traded for some nice pieces. People keep bringing up Encarnacion's tendency to get red hot in short spurts, but it's been nearly a month. Is this still a short spurt?