We talked earlier in the month about the Cardinals struggling to get over their high-water mark for the season, three games over .500. Then it happened, in the midst of a glorious run that saw them go seven games up on break-even. We’ve seen sweeps of the Pirates and the Cubs, a five game winning [...]
I know, I know, you can’t predict baseball. There’s a whole Twitter account based on that. Still, there used to be at least a general expectation on Cardinal games. For instance, last year you were pretty sure that it’d be a low-scoring, well-pitched game by the Redbirds. In past years, it was that the MV3 [...]
On June 7, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Cardinals. The following night, the Redbirds returned the favor and won the next night as well. Since then, for St. Louis it’s been sweep or be swept. They cleaned out the Pirates, were whisked away by the Astros and Rangers, then took care of the Cubs (as [...]
The good thing about West Coast games is that, when everything goes south at the end, you are usually tired enough to go to sleep and not dwell on it. Though, perhaps, last night’s game was frustrating enough to keep you tossing and turning while spending your mental time berating the in-name closer of the [...]
A Mariners-Cardinals series is still a pretty interesting novelty. The two teams last played in 2013 in Busch Stadium, where the Cardinals took the series 2-1. You have to go all the way back to 2002, just a few days before the terrible week that saw the losses of Jack Buck and Darryl Kile, to find [...]
Let’s be clear on one thing, for any Cub fans coming in here wanting to argue or anyone that might want examples of the “Best Fans in Baseball.” This is still the Cubs’ division to lose and cutting a deficit from 12.5 games to 9.5 games doesn’t change that much. The Cubs are still a [...]
It’s such a good thing, at least in this situation, that this Cardinals team doesn’t believe in momentum. Going into Chicago and facing the best team in baseball (and, if you believe the press clippings, one of the best teams of all time, perhaps only challenged by the 1927 Yankees), St. Louis could have seen [...]
The last time we got together, everything seemed pretty rosy. (Not necessarily Rosie, of course.) The Cardinals had won five straight games to move to seven over .500. They were in the first wild card position and while the division still was well out of reach, at least the gap wasn’t in double digits at [...]
If you’ve read this site long enough, first my apologies and second you may remember back when Houston and St. Louis had a strong rivalry going in the NL Central. Before Bud Selig’s need for perpetual interleague required a sacrificial lamb (you may be able to tell what I think of that idea), the Cardinals and [...]
What’s not to love? A weekend sweep of your closest (in the standings) divisional rival. Moving into the first wild card spot. Getting great starting pitching and a continuation of the good offense we’ve seen most of the year. I mean, if I’m paraphrasing a line from Episode I as a post title, you know [...]
It took over two months, but finally these Cardinals went where they’ve never been before this season, four games over .500. Then they went out and took the next step, albeit in pretty interesting fashion. We’ve got a three game winning streak to talk about! If this keeps up, we won’t have to debate which [...]
There is no doubt that this Cardinals season has seen more than its share of frustrations. It seems to me that there needs to be some sort of scale, of a level that you can quickly identify where you personally or the fanbase as a whole is sitting at. I mean, some things are just [...]
