The Cardinals started out opening up the season with a three game series with the NL Champion Colorado Rockies and over all the played pretty well. Wainwright looked good in the opener that got rained out. The next day we wouldn't figure out Kip Wells for some reason and lost but then went on to win the next two games beating Aaron Cook and Ubaldo Jiminez. We outscored them 12-5 in the series and Brad Thompson and Todd Wellemeyer got the wins. I also have a feeling that Rick Ankiel has the possibility of being a real special player. His defense is above average and so is his arm. He's quick to turn on pitches and has shown so far that he has some decent pop in his bat. Ludwick had a great game in game two of the series and even Skip Schumaker showed his ability to play left field with a good diving catch and by nailing Todd Helton at home in the rubber game.
There is a lot of baseball left to play this season but it's hard not to be at least a little optimistic in the way that they played this first series. If the opener wouldn't have been rained out, we would have swept the Rockies most likely. With Mark Mulder coming back in May and Carp after the break, who knows what this team is capable of. I'd give the Cardinals in the opening series against the Rox an B+
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