One thing that we’ve said over and over about this year’s version of the Cardinals (and, indeed, many other years as well) is that they seem to be allergic to momentum. Big wins never spark long winning streaks. Thankfully, it goes both ways. A day after completely not showing up, the Cardinals gave an early [...]
When last we got together, the Cardinals were in a three-way tie for the wild card (either of them) and while they had some challenges ahead, they were nothing that a team going to October shouldn’t be able to handle. Instead, St. Louis has lost three of four and while you could fashion some explanations [...]
There was a train of thought, completely sound, that the Cardinals had to sweep the Rockies to keep their wild card chances legitimate. They weren’t quite able to do that (sweeps are hard, especially for this team who hasn’t swept a three game series since the four-gamer against the Padres in mid-July and again failed [...]
A young hero, pressed into difficult situations, becoming the backbone of an uprising. No, I’m for once not talking about The Force Awakens, I’m talking about the Cardinals’ Rey(es). Before we get there, though, we need to look at the other two games of the series. Friday (8-2 loss) Hero: Matt Carpenter, I guess. Carp had [...]
Given the last couple of games, you’d be forgiven if you came to the conclusion that the answer to that question is “no”. At a time when wins are paramount, it’s seemed at times that the club is just going through the motions. While we might not want to, we probably should talk about the [...]
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 [...]
