Years ago, young men went out west searching for gold, riches, and glory beyond measure. The 2018 Cardinals? Yeah, they understand that. When you have a West Coast swing this late in the season, it doesn’t always bode that well for your chances. Add to the time lag and different rhythms for your body the [...]
With the changes in the Conclave roster, it seemed a good time to let you, our readers, know a little bit more about the guys that you are reading, whether they are coming over from The Redbird Daily or have been a part of the Conclave for a while. So I (Daniel Shoptaw, also known [...]
After three games, it feels like the Cardinals and Phillies are teams that are very much alike. We saw three one-run games, all of which had lead changes and neither team getting up more than a couple and not for long. We had an extra-inning game, a game that was blown in the eighth and [...]
On a scale from Attack of the Clones to The Empire Strikes Back, last night’s Cardinals/Padres game was much more The Phantom Menace than A New Hope. I’d say it was like The Force Awakens, a bit of a repeat and hitting the same beats as what has gone before, but I liked TFA. (Of [...]
Tickets on Sale Now for Fredbird’s Garage Sale, Y98’s Courtney & Company Night & Transplant Awareness Day ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 10, 2018– The St. Louis Cardinals have announced the addition of three theme events to the 2018 Theme Ticket calendar. Fredbird has been doing some spring cleaning and found some items in the [...]
When the Star Wars publishing line was revived in the early ’90s, the first three books written by Timothy Zahn quickly became known as the Thrawn trilogy after the villian it introduced, Grand Admiral Thrawn. Thrawn was an Imperial strategist and tactician who gained psychological insight from studying the art of a species. Art was a [...]
After three games last year, the Cardinals sat at 1-2 and were one game off the early NL Central pace. After some significant changes this offseason, the new-look Cardinals….sit at 1-2 and are two games out, since Milwaukee started off with a sweep of the Padres. Now, as we all know, you can’t draw many [...]
When the story about Kolten Wong taking yoga classes came out, my immediate reaction–as you are probably not surprised–was to recall this Dilbert cartoon. (And by recall, I mean look over my monitor at work where it is taped.) So what if Kolten took along some of his friends to this class led by a [...]
OK, I can’t actually start this post without confirming my Star Wars credentials. I know that the line that this post title is a takeoff on doesn’t actually exist. I can quote you the scene from The Empire Strikes Back with the surrounding context. I know Vader says, “No, I am your father.” However, it’s [...]
Let’s continue our look at the best Cardinal-centric follows on Twitter as determined by those that got tired enough of listening to me beg for input that they filled out a form. If you missed it, our first batch, from #76 to #97, ran here. All the details about the project are there as well, [...]
If you are an optimistic sort, the series loss to the Padres wasn’t necessarily a season-killer. After all, when folks looked at this homestand, there was the idea that the Cardinals really needed to go at least 4-2 and with a sweep of the Rays, the Cards would have made that mark. So all they [...]
Right now, it feels like .500 is the Death Star and the Cardinals are the X-wings trying to take it down. Maybe one time a talented, gifted ship will sneak in and blow it up, but right now the Empire of Even keeps swatting away challengers. Two games, one win, one loss, against a team [...]
