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…
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…
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…
At this point in the year, the St. Louis Cardinals will take any series win they can find as they try to scratch and claw their way into the postseason. Taking 2 of 3 from a divisional foe is certainly better than the alternative. Still, the nature of today's 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates…
I’ll be honest: when the St. Louis Cardinals named Mike Shildt interim manager following Mike Matheny’s firing in July, I didn’t really give much thought to the long-term implications of the move. I figured that Shildt would get the team to the end of the season with no playoffs, Bill DeWitt would thank him for…
Fresh off two of their most frustrating losses of the year, the St. Louis Cardinals needed to get back on track tonight in game two of their series with the Washington Nationals. It took a little longer than this blogger would've liked, but tonight went a lot better than the last few games, as the…
Despite facing a reeling Pittsburgh Pirates team with a chance to gain some separation in the wild card race, the St. Louis Cardinals managed just five hits on the night were shut out tonight for the first time since July 11. Miles Mikolas got off to a rough start that was aided in part by…
Sweeps are hard to come by in Major League Baseball. Sweeps are even harder to come by in the heat of August against teams jockeying for playoff position. But that's exactly what the St. Louis Cardinals did tonight with a thrilling 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tonight, fans were treated to a showcase…
When the St. Louis Cardinals fired Mike Matheny on July 14, they were 47-46, 7.5 games out of first place in the NL Central and 4.5 games out of the wild card. The team looked lost, lackluster, and headed for another October out of the playoffs. Fast forward to tonight's 4-2 win over the Washington…
Matt Carpenter continued to dominate everything in sight, Yadier Molina drove in three runs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 7-1 on Wednesday night for yet another series win. Mike Shildt's insistence on batting Yadi second paid off in the first inning when Molina hit a solo home run to left field…
