There were two returns last night that proved pivotal for the Cardinals. One was literal, the other was more metaphorical. Aledmys Diaz made his first appearance since being hit on the hand by an Andrew Cashner pitch in July and immediately proved his thumb was fine, launching a game-tying homer in his inaugural at bat. [...]
Ordinary. Average. Undistinguished. If you are trying to put into words the recent stretch of the Cardinals–indeed, it could be argued, the entire season–grabbing synonyms of mediocre isn’t the worst way of doing it. Unexceptional. Unremarkable. Lackluster. Honestly, if it wasn’t for whatever genetic trait that compels me to want to collect the entire set [...]
There are days where Sisyphus looks at the 2016 St. Louis Cardinals and says, “Man, get over the hump already!” First there was the three games over .500 barrier. How often did the club try and try to get to four up? Seemed like forever. They finally broke past that one, but now they’ve hit [...]
#CardinalDevilMagic It’s the Twitter hashtag that tries to explain some of the remarkable things that we’ve seen out of this organization over the past few years, usually in regards to almost impossible comebacks. Personally, given the fact that they share a name with one of the highest levels of the Catholic Church and the fact [...]
We sometimes think that September 2011 was this completely frantic rush toward the postseason. While it was better than most months, it still had its issues. The Downward Swing I hope all of you and yours had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Heaven knows the Cardinals sure didn’t. I said on Sunday’s Gateway to Baseball [...]
So the Cardinals win two of three in Milwaukee, albeit in closer and more exciting fashion than they should have. They look to go into Cincinnati and keep pounding away. They don’t. They wait until Pittsburgh, when they are playing a team up in caliber, to do so. Seriously, this team makes no sense at [...]
At this point in 2011, it was still hard to believe that there was going to be a postseason. But it wasn’t as inconceivable as it was a week before. Then, as now, the Cards just finished with Milwaukee and were about to play Cincy. Three Small Steps Rafael Furcal led off with a home [...]
The Cardinals went into Milwaukee, a place where they are quite happy to play, against a team that they have done quite well against, and won two out of three. Even that is a little disappointing, given the situation, but sweeps are hard. The problem is that with just a little bit less luck, they’d [...]
I don’t want to complain, because a win is a win and the Cardinals needed their victories the last couple of nights in Milwaukee. It helped them get a little more breathing room in the wild card race as Chicago has beaten Pittsburgh twice in a row as well. Everything is good here, situation normal….but [...]
We didn’t know it, but the run had begun. From this point until the end of the 2011 season, the drama would build, the excitement would take hold, and historical things were happening. Right now, it just looked like a regular part of a lost season. Taking Joy Where You Can Been a while since [...]
As referenced at the end of last night’s post, Rob Rains posted an interview with Kolten Wong on his site yesterday that got everyone talking. Even this morning, I found it tough to get the site to load as the traffic for that post was more than the site could handle. There’s a lot in [...]
Throughout this season, we’ve often made the comment that the Cardinals haven’t been able (or, if you want to cover both types, have been resistant) to do anything with momentum. Big wins are followed by lackluster losses, but there are enough wins and rallies to make you think this team still has a chance. It’s [...]
