When the St. Louis Cardinals signed Dexter Fowler following a 2016 season which saw the team’s half-decade postseason streak snap, he was supposed to solidify an outfield that was hit or miss for most of the prior year. It didn’t result in the Cardinals making the playoffs. When the Cardinals acquired Marcell Ozuna, he was…
In defense of Kolten Wong: Bunter
In the National League Division Series, St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt, a manager I generally consider to be above-average and would certainly at the least include on my NL Manager of the Year ballot, made at least one managerial decision that I considered to be indefensibly poor in each game of the series. Here…
MLB doesn’t care about its attendance. You shouldn’t, either.
Last Friday, St. Louisans were presented with a rare and special opportunity. That night, the St. Louis Cardinals were going to face the Washington Nationals in Game 1 of the 2019 National League Championship Series, in a sporting event that would dominate the national sporting landscape for the night. The downside was that the temperature…
Ranking all of the hits for the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1
In the wake of the St. Louis Cardinals' offensive explosion in the first inning of Game 5 of the National League Division Series, when the team scored ten runs off the Atlanta Braves, a popular format was pervasive throughout the internet--ranking all of the big moments. It's hardly a new format but it does a…
Let’s get to know the Washington Nationals
On Wednesday night, the Washington Nationals won the first playoff series in the history of the franchise, dating back to 1969, when they were the Montreal Expos. Tonight, they will begin their quest for their second series win, this time against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Nationals just upended a 106-win Los Angeles Dodgers team…
Who should be on the NLCS roster, since the Cardinals won 13-1 yesterday
Last night, the St. Louis Cardinals won the NLDS, and also the sun rose and set. That has become the standard during the division series era. The Cardinals have now won the NLDS eleven times in my lifetime, which probably explains my obnoxiousness on the matter. But I’m greedy and I want more! So let’s…
There’s nobody in the world I want on the mound tonight more than Jack Flaherty
Nearly a decade after the most famous NLDS Game 5 in St. Louis Cardinals history, the team's 1-0 shutout of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2011, there has been plenty of myth-building to go around. One of those myths is the perception that the two starters that night, Chris Carpenter and Roy Halladay, were comparably dominant…
Brian McCann had an 89 wRC+ this season
Not unlike Yadier Molina, Brian McCann is going to sneak into Hall of Fame consideration once he retires. I don't think he's going to make it--he has a weaker narrative case than Molina by a fair amount, and this is particularly advantageous when it comes to cases that are less than extremely obvious when looking…
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…
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…
St. Louis Bullpen 