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Author: Mike Bauer

Mizzou alum, sports fan, all-around idiot.

Posted on March 30, 2022March 29, 2022 by Mike Bauer · 1 Comment

The 2022 St. Louis Cardinals Are Better Than You Think

With the Major League Baseball owners’ lockout officially in the rearview mirror of the baseball world, and Opening Day now just over a week away, the St. Louis Cardinals enter the 2022 season in a familiar place. Coming off of their third consecutive playoff appearance and second straight 90+ win campaign in seasons where Covid…

Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 by Mike Bauer · 2 Comments

The St. Louis Cardinals Aren’t Living in Reality

Two years ago, I wrote a post on this blog about the increasingly obvious culture problem within the St. Louis Cardinals. At the time, the Cardinals were an organization that seemed lost in every sense of the word. They weren’t a particularly exciting team, they were coming off of three straight Octobers without postseason baseball…

Posted on June 14, 2020June 13, 2020 by Mike Bauer · 1 Comment

The Summer of ’98 Made Me a Baseball Fan

The first baseball game I ever attended was on September 5, 1998. I was 6 years old at the time, and went to the ballpark with my dad to see the hometown St. Louis Cardinals take on his favorite team growing up, the Cincinnati Reds. I’m sure my dad was secretly hoping I would become…

Posted on July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 by Mike Bauer · 1 Comment

The St. Louis Cardinals Have a Culture Problem

Eight years after his free agent departure for Anaheim, Albert Pujols made his much-anticipated return to Busch Stadium this past month, and the homecoming was everything all of us could’ve hoped for.  Every time Pujols stepped into the batter’s box, he was greeted with a long and loud standing ovation. When he dug in with…

Posted on March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 by Mike Bauer · 1 Comment

Ranking the Cardinals’ Worst Free Agent Signings of the Last 20 Years

As we documented earlier this week, the St. Louis Cardinals have made some very good free agent deals over the last two decades. But they've also made some very, very bad moves. Today, we are going to rank those moves from the most terrible to the not-nearly-as-terrible-but-still-quite-terrible.  As a reminder, we will only be looking…

Posted on March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 by Mike Bauer · 1 Comment

Ranking the Cardinals’ Best Free Agent Signings of the Last 20 Years

If you’ve been near a TV or internet browser in the past few days, you know that Bryce Harper has signed an enormous deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, thus ending any pipe dreams of Harper suiting up for the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals could still sign Dallas Keuchel (as this blog has previously advocated)…

Posted on February 1, 2019January 31, 2019 by Mike Bauer

Don’t Overthink it: Bryce Harper and the Cardinals are an Obvious Fit

I’ve actually been sitting on the idea for this article since the St. Louis Cardinals acquired elite first baseman Paul Goldschmidt just before the Winter Meetings. My point was a pretty simple one: despite the addition of Goldschmidt, the Cardinals should still aggressively pursue Bryce Harper in free agency. He would perfectly fill an area…

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 by Mike Bauer · 2 Comments

John Mozeliak Has Been Fine. Now, He Needs to be Better.

October baseball is upon us once again, and for the third consecutive season, the St. Louis Cardinals are not involved. This is only the second time since the late 90s that the Cardinals have gone three straight years without a postseason berth, so it's understandable why some fans are getting a little impatient. And for…

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Mike Bauer

9/26/18 Recap: Cardinals Stumble to 2-1 Loss at Worst Possible Time

Heading into the final week of the regular season the St. Louis Cardinals had the luxury of controlling their own playoff destiny. If they simply took care of their own business in these remaining six games, they wouldn't have to worry about what anyone else did. But after two devastating losses to the Milwaukee Brewers…

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Mike Bauer

9/19/18 Recap: Cardinals Drop Way Too Early Series Finale to Braves 7-3

Today, the St. Louis Cardinals played the Atlanta Braves in a game that began at 11:10 a.m. St. Louis time. Normally, I'm all for daytime baseball if it's on a weekend or a day when I have no prior commitments, but...today is Wednesday. I can't really watch baseball at my job, especially when the game…

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