I thought that Game 3 was going to be the most frustrating game in the series. Instead, let’s move Game 3 to aggravating so that Game 5 can have its rightful place in the frustrating spotlight. Going up against one of the best pitchers out there, the Cardinals load the bases with nobody out. Cardinal [...]
For those of you that might be more recent readers of this fine establishment, this blog is also a part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. Which is probably a good thing since, like the United Cardinal Bloggers, that is one of my brainchildren. The BBA is designed to help bloggers interact and collaborate with each [...]
Detroit in 1968. Kansas City in 1985. Atlanta in 1996. San Francisco in 2012. As nice as a 3-1 lead is, if there is any team that realizes that it’s not completely the safe haven it’s made out to be, it’s St. Louis. (I can’t help but to hear the title being said by Princess [...]
How often did we see it this season? A great game or a couple of nice games followed up by a stinker, the momentum of a late comeback killed by the next day’s starting pitcher. That was the standard of the season (and, you could argue, the last few seasons) and it showed up in [...]
First off, let me stipulate that the Cardinals are exactly where they want to be. They are in a situation that most of us didn’t expect to actually occur, sweeping the two games in Busch started by Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw. A split would have been a good thing for St. Louis. A 2-0 [...]
As you know, I get a number of books sent to me for review. Instant Baseball, however, is the first one that perhaps my family enjoyed even more than I did. Brad Mangin, a professional baseball photographer based out of the Bay Area, got hooked on shooting with his iPhone 4S and using the Instagram [...]
Right now, in the current issue of Sports Illustrated, there’s an article discussing the possibility of clutch hitting. I’m only partway through it, but the magazine is open on my table to the picture of a Cardinal batter in mid-swing. I don’t have to tell you that the batter is Carlos Beltran. Forget clutch hitting, [...]
We have to do this again? After the tension and excitement of the NLDS, it seems like there should be more time to decompress and figure out exactly what we have going here. Instead, the Cardinals and Dodgers dive right back into things tonight, playing two games in less than 24 hours. We’ll have an [...]
As you all know, I’m a huge Star Wars fan. Which means, sometimes, that I see the events of real life through the prism of a galaxy far, far away. For instance, you remember in Return of the Jedi when our heroes are captured and about to be fed to the ravenous Sarlacc. Thinking about [...]
Today’s game is rated TV-MA. Viewer discretion is advised. Persons with a history of high blood pressure, heart palpitations, irregular heartbeat or other heart issues are advised to consider watching it on delay or following the game via other methods. Consult your doctor to see if you are healthy enough to watch Game 5. We [...]
I’ve said before that I think Mike Matheny is one of the luckiest managers out there. Oftentimes a move is made and it either does or should backfire, only to see the players bail him out with a great defensive play or a batter coming through in an unlikely scenario. While there is some credit [...]
As many of us were afraid of when the Cardinals lost Game 2, they go into Game 4 knowing that they have to win the last two to advance in the series. The momentum, the crowd, the story, all those are in the favor of the Pirates. And yet, Sunday’s game didn’t go quite according [...]
