Editor's note: With the use of the "Tomahawk Chop", a popular chant among Atlanta Braves fans, once again a hot button issue in Major League Baseball, I have asked two long-time online opinion columnists, Nathan Eckert and Bob Sheffer, to contribute their takes on the matter.--JF Nathan Eckert I am a lifelong fan of the…
It’s time for Matt Carpenter to start for the Cardinals
Long-term, I haven't given up on Harrison Bader. Bader is an inner-circle candidate for best defensive center fielder in baseball, and center field is a position where if you're the best fielder at it, you can get away with more than a few shortcomings at the plate. An OPS+ of 80 is considered pretty lackluster…
Six observations from all this Ronald Acuna business
In the wake of last night’s chaotic mess of a baseball game, culminating in a 7-6 victory for the St. Louis Cardinals over the Atlanta Braves, no player has garnered more attention than Ronald Acuna Jr., the young Braves superstar who managed three hits for seven total bases, an additional walk to lead off the…
A quick primer on how to root against the Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves, occasionally known as the Atlanta Barves, are a baseball team that has some nice things to them. They are the franchise which saw most of the career of Hank Aaron, one of the most noble and gentlemanly superstars in baseball history. They currently have a mostly likable roster of players with a…
The ten players I most want to see win a title for the Cardinals
Man, the Major League Baseball playoffs are awesome. The hockey team I've been watching choke every Spring my entire life just won the Stanley Cup four months ago. The title of "greatest sports championship of 2019" is already decided. And yet this doesn't dull my excitement for what's about to happen. It's only been four…
A look ahead at the Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves won 97 games in 2019. When the St. Louis Cardinals won this many games in 2013, it was considered a sign of a team that was dominant (and also historically lucky with runners in scoring position, but that’s a separate matter). When the Braves did it, it makes them an afterthought compared…
A preview of the 2019 MLB postseason
Tonight, the Major League Baseball playoffs begin with the National League Wild Card Game, a Game which will not include the St. Louis Cardinals, who won the National League Central division. In case you hadn’t heard. For any Cardinals fan, those particular games are going to be the highlights, the times where you schedule your…
The St. Louis Bullpen Show–Episode 1: The NLDS Preview
In this first episode of The St. Louis Bullpen Show, John Fleming and Alex Turpin submit their suggested rosters for the Cardinals' NLDS battle with the Atlanta Braves (8:48), look back at the last time the Cardinals and Braves squared off in the postseason (50:11), preview the opponents and the eventual series results (55:12), and…
Constructing a playoff roster for the Cardinals against the Braves in the NLDS
On the final day of the 2019 regular season, the St. Louis Cardinals destroyed the Chicago Cubs 9-0 to clinch their first division title and playoff berth since 2015. Because of this, the Cardinals have earned a berth in the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves. And while the Braves may not be…
The Cardinals should destroy the Cubs (again)
The last weekend of the 2016 season for the St. Louis Cardinals will always be remembered for two things: a three-day era of good feelings towards outgoing (like, leaving, not extroverted) left fielder Matt Holliday and it being the last stand for the early 2010s Cardinals mini-dynasty. And it came during a series in which…
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