Someone somewhere once said that you can’t win them all. The Cardinals gave it a good run, but they found out the old maxim isn’t yet outdated. Let’s take a look at what happened in PNC Park this weekend. Friday (8-5 win) Hero: Kolten Wong. Three hits, including a three-run seventh inning blast that gave [...]
“You get hit, hit ’em back. You get killed, walk it off.”–Captain America, Avengers: Age of Ultron Modify that for a baseball setting and I think Cap would say, “You give up a run, get one back. You lose a game, walk it off.” That seems to be the Cardinals’ philosophy right now and it’s [...]
There comes a point when this season just defies a person to find the words to describe it. We’re pretty much there and we’re not even halfway through May yet. (That doesn’t mean, unfortunately for you, that I’m retiring this corner of the Internet until October, however.) Last night, the Cardinals were down again. Last [...]
Many of us know the Jack Buck call of Kirk Gibson‘s World Series home run in 1988. We can hear Jack saying, “I don’t believe what I just saw!” as Gibson limps around the bases. Just like with Ozzie Smith‘s “Go Crazy” home run, though, there’s a Vin Scully version of that moment. The key [...]
That probably was the most nail-biting, dramatic early-May sweep of a division rival we’ve ever seen. Let’s get right to it. Friday (2-1 win in 10) Hero: Lance Lynn. It used to be that Lynn was the guy that would win no matter how he pitched because he got plenty of run support. Then he [...]
Three days ago, Mike Matheny shook up the lineup and placed all three Matts in a row in the batting order. Who knew that close proximity would multiply their effectiveness? Now, granted, the lineup maneuvering came against a struggling, underpowered squad in the Phillies, so it’s tough to know how much weight to give the [...]
Even good things occasionally need a little shake. Before Tuesday’s game with the Phillies, Mike Matheny decided that it was time to mix up the lineup a little bit. He moved Matt Carpenter out of the leadoff spot and bunched him with the other Matts while moving Jason Heyward down to sixth. The results, well, [...]
Monday afternoon, the confirmation came that Adam Wainwright was out for the season. Monday night, it looked like his teammates were still dealing with that. Granted, it’s tough to say that the team was completely flat when dealing with Cole Hamels. There’s a reason Hamels is at the top of a lot of people’s wish [...]
For the fact that the Cardinals went 3-1 since we last got together, this is a fairly painful post to have to write. Let’s go through the rundown then we can talk about the ramifications. Thursday (4-1 win at Washington) Hero: There are some options, but I’m going with Michael Wacha. Knowing that he was [...]
For the second straight night, the Cardinals put up double digits in hits. We talked yesterday about St. Louis not getting hits at the right time and last night proved it. They scored seven runs on 11 hits instead of one run on 12. When and what kind matter. There’s no doubt that Kolten Wong [...]
Sometimes it’s more about when than what. Last night in Washington, the Cardinals tallied 12 hits. In most reasonable situations, that’s good for two to three runs at least. I had that old scoring efficiency stat that I played around with earlier in my blogging career and if I remember correctly, average was about a [...]
It was a great weekend of baseball in St. Louis, one like we’ve not seen in a little while. Then again, it was the Reds and if there’s one thing the Cards have been able to do over the past few years, it’s beat the Reds. Friday (6-1 win) Hero: Yadier Molina. Yadi only had [...]
