Unsurprisingly, a Keith Olbermann tweet decidedly not intended to heap praise upon Harrison Bader nearly triggered a full-fledged virtual riot of the thin-skinned BFiB with poor critical reading skills. Olbermann came across as an opportunistic bully selectively picking on someone he almost certainly knows is a defensive standout. After all, we can be reasonably sure [...]
Opponent: Montreal Expos Location: Busch Stadium End of day Sammy Sosa total: 66 End of day Ken Griffey Jr. total: 55 A season that started with a bang was down to its final day. It had been a long time since Mark McGwire started off the 1998 season with a grand slam against the Dodgers. The year had [...]
Museum Artifacts enhanced with AR Technology will bring Cardinals History to Life ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 27, 2018– The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum is debuting an augmented reality experience for select artifacts throughout the museum. Fans will enjoy an enhanced trip through Cardinals History in the museum by using this unique [...]
You are probably going to hear a lot of talk about Adolis Garcia‘s pinch-running stint last night as metaphor for the second half of the Cardinals’ season. That’s because it’s about as apt as anything baseball can throw at you. In the eighth inning, with two outs, Matt Carpenter drew his second walk of the [...]
Opponent: Montreal Expos Location: Busch Stadium End of day Sammy Sosa total: 66 End of day Ken Griffey Jr. total: 55 The Cardinals were well out of any playoff picture and had already clinched a winning season, so normally the last couple of games would have been exhibitions to rest starters or a chance for the hometown fans [...]
Before we recorded Gateway on Sunday night, Tara and I were talking and I mentioned that it’s been a long time since the Cardinals played their way out of a playoff position they held going into the last week of the season. They’ve stolen some spots late–we all remember the most notable one of those–and [...]
Before play started on Monday evening, Fangraphs gave the Cardinals nearly a four-in-five chance of making the playoffs as one of the Wild Card teams. It made sense to start thinking about who the Cardinals should start in the one-game playoff, even if making it to the Wild Card game wasn’t a sure thing. Then [...]
Home run #: 66 Date: September 25 Opponent: Montreal Expos Location: Busch Stadium Pitcher: Shayne Bennett Score: 2-2 Inning: 5 Outs: 2 Runners on: 1 Distance: 375 feet End of day Sammy Sosa total: 66 End of day Ken Griffey Jr. total: 55 One of the most vivid recollections I have from the home run race is just how short the span [...]
The legendary advice from pitching coaches is “Throw strikes. Babe Ruth is dead.” (In the mid-00s I personally modified it to “Throw strikes–Ruth is dead and McGwire’s retired.”) It’s advice that, if heeded last night, might have had the Cardinals still comfortably in the playoff picture rather than hanging by their fingernails as they are [...]
Possible Tiebreaker Game Set for Monday, October 1 at Busch Stadium ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 24, 2018– In the event the Cardinals finish the 2018 regular season tied for a Postseason berth, a tiebreaker game will be held at Busch Stadium on Monday, October 1. Tiebreaker game tickets start at just $10 and will go [...]
That’s what we always want, right? We want the Cardinals to be playing the last couple of weeks in September with something on the line that’s not just playing time or trying out the new guys. We don’t want to see that E next to their name in the magic number column. You want to [...]
Isn’t this the scenario we ask for, Cardinal fans? Throughout the topsy-turvy summer, the season comes down to its final week with playoff participation still in the balance. One week to determine everything. The schedule makers seem to anticipate the drama years in advance. St. Louis will go for a sweep this afternoon while the Rockies [...]
