Eventually, you’d think these things would be old hat. I mean, when Game 6 happened, you figured it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing, an amazing occurrence that we’d tell our children about. Which was true, save maybe the once-in-a-lifetime thing. Then you get 2012 and Game 5 against the Nationals, which probably was even more improbable [...]
Hello playoffs, my old friend We’ve come to play here once again Because a vision softly creeping Of rings and joyous weeping Was a vision that was planted in our brain And still remains Within the month of playoffs This restless year we’ve only grown Stronger from the angst we’ve sown From the days of [...]
Right off the bat, I’m going to apologize for any sound issues on this one. For some reason, Kevin Reynolds‘s part recorded very softly, so I went in and tried to boost his portion. That may mean that some parts of mine are blaring and that I might have missed some of his, but hopefully [...]
If you are any sort of baseball fan that spends time on some sort of social media talking about a team, it’s almost incumbent upon you to sketch out your postseason roster at some point or another. Of course, “postseason roster” is a bit of a misnomer, as teams can change their rosters before every [...]
It’s been a while since I took up my keyboard. Between other things going on and a general weariness of writing about the same issues, I thought I’d sit out a bit and come back when the team clinched. I didn’t quite expect that to be almost the literal last moment. We’ve got four games [...]
In 2011 and 2012, the Cardinals put together an amazing September run to chase down a playoff spot. Baseball karma being what it is, now they get to know what that feels like from a different point of view. The Pittsburgh Pirates have apparently forgotten how to lose. While their schedule has been favorable, it’s [...]
Since we last spoke, the Cardinals have gone 3-1 and been able to cut four games off of their magic number. (Message to Pittsburgh: You can start losing at any time now. This 14-3 bit since St. Louis swept you at the beginning of September is getting pretty annoying to us fans that would like [...]
There was no way the St. Louis Cardinals were going to win that game. There was no good reason why they should and many reasons why they shouldn’t. It just wasn’t a game that was going to be a good outcome. Yet we are talking this morning about a magic number of 8 (worn at [...]
In the poster and press release for the current Instagram outing by the Cardinals, #BirdToTheFuture, the pitching ace for the Redbirds is billed as “Sir Adam Wainwright“. While I’ve had a chance to see the full outing and have seen why that’s the case (it’s pretty humorous), the real reason that he should have the [...]
We knew, didn’t we? If this had been a network TV show, we’d have watched the first inning, said “This is a rerun” and turned it off. It’s rare when a game can be pretty much decided after the fifth at-bat, but that was the case last night against the Brewers. I was on my [...]
Last year, the Cardinals tried something fairly unique in the realm of baseball promotion. Under the label of #Nestflix, they created their own version of the TV show The Office, inspired in large part because the actresses that played Phyllis and Pam were St. Louis natives and big Cardinal fans. They wrangled Phyllis to play [...]
After the struggles against Cincinnati, it was good to see the Cardinals come home and take care of business against one of the worst teams in the league. The sweep against Colorado was pretty necessary as well, since Pittsburgh just dropped one this weekend. With two weeks to go in the season (really? Where did 2014 [...]
