It’s nice to know that, no matter how frustrating this team gets, how demoralizing some of their play is, they still have the capacity for exciting flourishes that can get you all warm and fuzzy again. There was only one way anyone besides Adam Wainwright could get the Hero for last night’s game. After all, Wainwright [...]
Where do you begin? How many corners can a team turn before it catches its own tail? How many false starts to do you get before you think maybe the engine isn’t going to catch? I guess the optimist says that you have to wear down the wall before you can break through, but how [...]
It’s that time of year again. The rosters have been announced and now we start talking about snubs, surprises and who will be playing in Minnesota for this year’s All-Star Game. And, in all of that hubbub, you are almost guaranteed to hear some of the following: “Man, the fans messed it up here.” “The [...]
If you are going to have another game where the bats don’t generate much, it’s very good to have Adam Wainwright on the mound to make sure what they do generate is enough. I’d hate to imagine where this team would be without its ace pitcher. He’s won two 1-0 games this season, plus a [...]
It seems like shutouts used to be rare, one of those semi-unique things that you noted when they happened. Now, it seems like at least twice a week we see one. The only question is whether the Cardinals are doing the blanking or being blanked. Last night was the latter, unfortunately. It didn’t have to [...]
The Cardinals went into Los Angeles with a little bit of offensive momentum. They then scored fewer runs in four games (four) than they did in their lowest scoring game in the Rockies (five). Obviously, they faced a very good pitching staff. The Dodgers have the third best team ERA in baseball, after all, and [...]
The Cardinal offense awoke during their three day stint in the Rockies. Totals of eight, five, and nine were enough to inflate the moribund offensive numbers we’ve seen out of this club for much of the season. The question was, would the bats follow when they left the thin air of Denver? The initial verdict: [...]
It’s too bad the Cardinals can’t hit in Coors Field all the time. Of course, how much of that is the field and how much of that is the Colorado pitching staff is hard to measure, but whatever the case, the bats were working these last three games. Wednesday’s game was the highest scoring of [...]
OK, we’re still a couple of hours from first pitch, but the Cardinals made things official by purchasing the contract of Marco Gonzales. That was the only expected thing that was in the press release announcing the moves. The rest of them have me scratching my head a bit, so let’s talk this out and [...]
Last night was one of the craziest games of the season. Sadly, the result was all too familiar. A laboring pitcher who is taken out for injury concerns. A rally from down three, only to see that lead evaporate. Numerous reviews. A ball almost hitting the runner. A runner scoring from second on a grounder. [...]
There’s no figuring this team out. The quicker we come to and stay with this conclusion, the better. We’ll be a happier, better adjusted fan base. Because as soon as we think the Cards have “turned a corner” they slip back into their old ways. As soon as we throw up our hands and wonder [...]
First off, it was another incredible UCB Weekend. The Cards went above and beyond, as they so often do, and I’ll have a post (replete with pictures) about all of that sometime this week. You’ve seen some of the info we got from John Mozeliak on this site already and I’m betting there will be [...]
