July 13, 2007 was a long time ago. Kids born then can get their driver’s license today. We used the phrase “avoid it like the plague” without any sort of real-life context. Tobey McGwire was still Spider-Man. Only five Harry Potter movies existed. The Clone Wars was still a year away from hitting TV screens. [...]
Last time we got together in space (unlike at the other spot) we discussed that perhaps the worst was over. A new month, a day off to reset after a tough trip, and things had to be looking up. It seemed like things really couldn’t get worse. The Cardinals are four games into a winless [...]
So If I was superstitious or egotistical, I’d say that the Cardinals terrible work in 2023 was my fault. After all, once the season started my ability to watch the Cardinals went away, since I dropped DirecTV Stream and I’m in the blackout area for MLB.tv. I’ve also written one entire post for this season, [...]
Conventional wisdom coming into this season said that the Cardinals were going to resemble the 2004 squad–remarkable depth in the lineup, a very good back of the bullpen, and fair-to-good rest of the staff. There were going to be nights when the pitching staff couldn’t cut it but the offense would cover them. This might [...]
If there is one thing baseball is good at, it’s tradition. (OK, so that point could be debated with the changes over the last few years.) Tradition around here states that the beginning of the season means that it’s time for Playing Pepper! This is the fifteenth season–a decade and a half!–of the series that [...]
If there is one thing baseball is good at, it’s tradition. (OK, so that point could be debated with the changes over the last few years.) Tradition around here states that the beginning of the season means that it’s time for Playing Pepper! This is the fifteenth season–a decade and a half!–of the series that [...]
If there is one thing baseball is good at, it’s tradition. (OK, so that point could be debated with the changes over the last few years.) Tradition around here states that the beginning of the season means that it’s time for Playing Pepper! This is the fifteenth season–a decade and a half!–of the series that [...]
If there is one thing baseball is good at, it’s tradition. (OK, so that point could be debated with the changes over the last few years.) Tradition around here states that the beginning of the season means that it’s time for Playing Pepper! This is the fifteenth season–a decade and a half!–of the series that [...]
If there is one thing baseball is good at, it’s tradition. (OK, so that point could be debated with the changes over the last few years.) Tradition around here states that the beginning of the season means that it’s time for Playing Pepper! This is the fifteenth season–a decade and a half!–of the series that [...]
If there is one thing baseball is good at, it’s tradition. (OK, so that point could be debated with the changes over the last few years.) Tradition around here states that the beginning of the season means that it’s time for Playing Pepper! This is the fifteenth season–a decade and a half!–of the series that [...]
If there is one thing baseball is good at, it’s tradition. (OK, so that point could be debated with the changes over the last few years.) Tradition around here states that the beginning of the season means that it’s time for Playing Pepper! This is the fifteenth season–a decade and a half!–of the series that [...]
If there is one thing baseball is good at, it’s tradition. (OK, so that point could be debated with the changes over the last few years.) Tradition around here states that the beginning of the season means that it’s time for Playing Pepper! This is the fifteenth season–a decade and a half!–of the series that [...]
