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For the real ones
Just testing something here... If I created this post correctly, it is the first post in the history of Ess Tee El bull pen dot com that is targeted to e-mail subscribers. So thanks for subscribing! I am increasingly convinced that social media is...not a "dying" form, but not an optimal one for spreading the…
The grift that keeps on taking
As hopelessly addicted to watching sports as I am, I can sometimes overlook the fact that there are thousands of people in St. Louis and the St. Louis area that do not care about sports or the local sports teams in particular. There are some exhausting types who might ask if there is a sportsball…
A Review: “Hey Y’all”, the debut album from Adam Wainwright
Yesterday, for the first time since 2005, Adam Wainwright was not donning a St. Louis Cardinals uniform at the Cardinals' home opener. After nearly two decades in St. Louis, the native Georgian has moved from his Hall of Very Good career as a Major League Baseball pitcher to new work, one a relatively conventional post-playing…
The most significant Cardinals season in generations
The day was September 27, 1959, and the St. Louis Cardinals finished their season with a doubleheader sweep of the San Francisco Giants. By this point, neither the Giants nor Cardinals, though armed with baseball legends like Willie Mays and Stan Musial, were contending for the National League pennant, but 19,477 fans flocked to what…
The MLB Playoffs are whatever you make of them
In 2023, the Milwaukee Brewers won 92 regular season games, which gave them the fifth-best record in Major League Baseball. Finishing ahead of Milwaukee in the standings were, respectively, the 99-win Tampa Bay Rays, the 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers, the 101-win Baltimore Orioles, and the 104-win Atlanta Braves. And with the MLB postseason field reduced…
The 2023 MLB postseason rootability rankings (for a Cardinals fan)
Like most people who read this website, I am a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. But I am also a fan of baseball, and when the MLB postseason hits, that still matters to me independent of the presence or absence of my favorite baseball team. But despite the lack of Cardinals, I do still…
Sports gambling in Missouri should be a legitimate question with legitimate concerns
Last week, the Missouri legislature rejected measures to legalize sports gambling in the state. Entering 2023, sports gambling was legal in 36 states plus Washington D.C., and there is a spot, the East St. Louis, IL venue now known as DraftKings at Casino Queen, which is a seven minute drive, thirteen minute MetroLink ride, or…
10 things to do in the St. Louis area this summer other than watching this stupid baseball team
Yesterday, the St. Louis Cardinals won their first baseball game in their last nine. This is a thing that, no matter how bad you think the Cardinals are going to get, is going to happen from time to time. I am asking, not out of a sense of negativity but out of a sense of…
What happened in Oakland can happen anywhere
In 1989, Oakland Athletics home games were attended by 2,667,225 people--in the American League, only the Toronto Blue Jays, who were opening up their brand new stadium then known as SkyDome, turned more fans through the turnstiles. Entering the 1990s, Oakland was not only packing fans into their stadium, but they were loading up with…
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