We are at least half a decade removed from the peak of people hating the St. Louis Cardinals. Also, the Cardinals were better from 2011 through 2015 than they were from 2016 through 2020. I wonder if the two are related. Probably not. They probably just managed to overcome the objectively bad and evil things…
A St. Louis Cardinals fan guide to the 2019 World Series
Some people don't watch baseball after the St. Louis Cardinals are eliminated from championship contention. That's fine. You're allowed. I am not one of those people, and many of you reading this are not one of those people. But after you spend an entire season being almost singularly devoted to one specific baseball team, it…
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…
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…
If Wrigley Field isn’t a dump, why is Addison Russell eventually going to be sent there?
Four years ago, everything was looking up for the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs, who in 2014 had won just 73 games, improved by 24 games in 2015. While their 97-win season was only good enough to finish in third place in the National League Central, the Cubs vanquished the 98-win, second-place Pittsburgh Pirates in the…
SMASH THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS INTO A MILLION PIECES–a series preview
I find series previews to be simultaneously timely and unnecessary, and I've always had an uneasy relationship with writing them. I don't think that's that much to be said about matchups, and particularly once the season has developed, any fan who cares enough to read a series preview knows generally what the St. Louis Cardinals…
The Cardinals are facing the Giants and honestly what could possibly go wrong? A series preview
In the 1987, the St. Louis Cardinals faced the San Francisco Giants in the National League Championship Series, and in seven games, they emerged victorious. This is surely a treasured memory for Cardinals fans who remember it, particularly given how the other three postseason series featuring the Cardinals and Giants have gone. In 2002, 2012,…
Cardinals face off with rebuilt Braves: a series preview
When I was a kid, the Atlanta Braves were a juggernaut. Yes, they only won one World Series during that time, and I don't even remember it (it is the most recent World Series I do not remember at all), but every year, they were in contention. In 1990, the Braves finished in last place,…
The five greatest moments of the Cardinals owning the Dodgers: a series preview
The Los Angeles Dodgers have had a relatively shaky season in 2018 (if you're looking for an actual analysis of the 2018 Dodgers, I did it a few weeks ago), but they are generally a very successful franchise. They haven't won a World Series in thirty years but they have, with only sporadic intermissions, been…
A musical look at the Detroit Tigers–a series preview
This weekend, the St. Louis Cardinals will play three games against the Detroit Tigers, a team they have not played since 2015, when the Tigers won two of three games at Busch Stadium. I attended the Saturday and Sunday games. In one of the games, the Tigers needed extra innings for Peak David Price to…
St. Louis Bullpen 