Another win by the Cardinals. A loss by the Brewers and the Rockies. Suddenly, somehow, out of all reason and logic, this Cardinals team sits 1.5 games out of the wild card. (And five out of the division, of course, in case the Brewers start winning and putting that four game set with the Cubs [...]
“Remember, when that sun is gone, that weapon will be ready to fire! But as long as there’s light, we’ve got a chance.”–Poe Dameron, The Force Awakens If we wanted to extend the Force Awakens metaphor, the Cardinals’ season is about to the point where the sky almost completely dark and Poe is making his [...]
For those that are still actively clinging to the postseason, last night didn’t do much for them. The Cardinals won, but so did the Brewers and the Cubs. (The Rockies lost, so I guess moving to 3.5 back in the wild card makes for mixed results.) For those that are just enjoying the ride the [...]
There was more hope and anticipation about the Cardinals last week than there probably had been since the beginning of the season or at least that winning streak in May. The team was 10-3 in September and within striking distance of both the division and the wildcard. Things seemed to be trending in the right [...]
There’s no way this weekend should matter. After all, the Cubs were a lock for this division, weren’t they? The reigning World Champions with a team that was just going to lay waste to the division for a number of years. Even with a good Cardinals team, things should be well settled by mid-September. And, [...]
After all the work, all the time spent since we kicked this off after the All-Star Break, the end of the Greatest Cardinal Moment Tournament is finally getting close. (Given the few folks that have voted on non-Twitter polls, you probably haven’t noticed, but hey, I appreciate those that have!) As always, let’s take a [...]
We said last week that sweeping wasn’t an easy thing, but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible. All season long, we’ve wanted the Cardinals to win the games they should win, beat the teams that are down. It’s true that the schedule has been favorable for the Redbirds as of late, but they’ve taken advantage [...]
The Cardinals returned to Busch last night and faced a pitcher that they’d pummelled just a few weeks before. They still somewhat got to Trevor Williams, but on the night they mustered five hits and four walks. (All but one of the hits came from Williams, who left with an out left to go in [...]
In most times, a 7-3 road trip that included eight games on the West Coast would be seen as a great trip and a significant accomplishment. Indeed, we should be glad the Cardinals were able to do so well on that trip away from Busch, given there well-under-.500 record when they aren’t under the Arch [...]
With the Cards having pulled within three games of the second wild card due to their somewhat improved play (and more due to Colorado’s continuing collapse), a lot of eyes were on Carlos Martinez yesterday. For all his talent, for the fact that he’s the best pitcher on the team, Martinez has had a troubling [...]
We went through all the moves of the last few days in our earlier post, but now it’s time to catch up on all the activity that’s happened on the diamond. It started out on a downer and there was a controversial loss out by the bay, but on the whole it’s been not too [...]
It’s becoming pretty clear that there’s not a huge demand for this tournament. For the second straight week, I had just seven responses to our matchup. However, we’ve got it scheduled out and even as things lag behind at a few places and the lack of interest grows here, we keep pushing on. Here’s what [...]
