So no Home Run Derby title for our own Matt Holliday but all is not lost. He wasn’t one of those losers to get nothing over the wall…and he got more than one (well played Chris”Why Am  I Here?” Young). In Matty H. just missed the cut to the next round by 2 jacks. Despite his early exit, at least Holliday can hang is hat on having the single longest bomb of the night at 497 feet.

One time we threw a tennis ball all the way over our house.

Totals from ESPN.com/MLB

Its been confirmed through a few sources that it is in fact the Matt Holliday tweeting at twitter.com/mattholliday7.

Not only that, but after reading over his stream of “tweets” we can say Matt Holliday seems pretty cool. Below is a sampling of some of his best mind droppings.

Matt Holiday’s thoughts on…

Turkey Bacon:

not sure turkey bacon has earned the right to be called bacon, maybe breakfast turkey strips

Brett Favre:

qb no no, roll right throw back left to middle

Former football players getting fat: [Editor's Note: Watched this and thought the same thing.]

Duece is enjoying the retirement gumbo a little to much

And lastly, the offseason:

On my way to workout with trainer, trying to pump myself up. Ready for spring training! ST is way easier than offseason workouts

Follow Holliday at mattholliday7 and while you are at it, follow us at punchingkitty!

He’s going to be around for 7 years, so we might as well dig in here and get to the real question: How’s Matt Holiday’s wife looking?

Verdict: Eh.  Not bad.

Evidence:

After meeting on a blind date in 1998 and getting engaged a year later, Matt and Leslee now have two boys age 5 and 2.

She looks pretty cute.  She’s no Mrs. Heidi (Mark) DeRosa (ahem), but not too shabby either.

Approved!  Kick off  your shoes Mrs. H and make yourself at home!

Of course Rolen was supposed to be around for a long time too.  How’d that end up again?

Dear Holliday family -

You’re not really new here per se, but I’m sure with Matt’s impending free agency  you really didn’t want to spread out and settle in.  After that big contract though, its time to spread out and learn about your new home!  Don’t be fooled though.  St. Louis can be a tricky and complicated place…

Allow us to help you with a set of 10 rules to live by.

1. Always always always run to first base, even when you are totally out.
2. If you ever drive west so far that don’t see gay or black people anymore, you’ve gone past 270.  Turn around.
3. Try the Imo’s.  Even if you don’t like it, say you do.
4. The Zoo here is free.  Pretty sweet.
5. Just to be clear, it wasn’t just last season.  Every year most of the fans at the ballpark will have hairy backs yet still wear sleeveless shirts.
6. Keep this map we made you on you to find out where and where NOT to go. (Circles are good)
7. When we get bad storms in the spring, don’t even bother trying to watch a show on Fox.  Dave Murray breaks in to programming every 5 minutes pitching a weather vane.  He loves that stuff.
8. If you could be the designated driver for the Cardinals, that would help us out a lot!
9. Try the toasted ravioli and get used to it….its everywhere.
10. I would just ignore Illinois completely.

…maybe its because he’s not sporting a beard.  Just saying.

Photo Credit: STLToday

Just a few links on the news of the Cardinals trade for Matt Holiday:

MLBTradeRumors.com: Cardinals Acquire Matt Holliday

Cardinals Daspora: BREAKING: Matt Holliday Traded To Cardinals!

ESPN.com: Sources: Holliday deal is done

Viva El Birdos: Cardinals Acquire Matt Holliday in exchange for Brett Wallace, Clay Mortensen, Shane Peterson

MLBlogs: Cardinals Acquire Holliday

If I’m missing some, add it in the comments!