The Cardinals and Cubs take the field for a weekend series at Busch tonight. It’s the 2,405 meeting between the friendly/hated rivals as the Cubbies look to get revenge on the Redbirds after a three-game sweep by St. Louis at the beginning of May. In that series the Cardinals walked off twice, including a rain-delay,…
Partying in Rickettsville: A Cardinals – Cubs series preview
(Author's note: For whatever reason, I thought this series was at Wrigley, and I wrote this preview accordingly. Take the title, for instance. I am a fool. That said, what follows is still mostly applicable to a series at Busch and I hope you enjoy it anyway.) The Chicago Cubs organization doesn't need much in…
Do the Cardinals rely too much on the home run?
On Monday, the Cardinals muscled their way to a 5-2 victory over the San Diego Padres by way of three home runs launched by José Martínez, Marcell Ozuna, and Jedd Gyorko. All five Cardinals runs scored as a result of one of these homers, which has become somewhat customary for the Birdos this season. In…
6.11.2018 Recap – Cards win as Flaherty dazzles, Martinez, Marcell & Gyorko Mash
Today, we face the Padres. Jack Flaherty vs. Jordan Lyles. Despite being much younger than Lyles, Flaherty is a much better pitcher. The Padres have eight other baseball men playing tonight, batting in a certain order. Their names, from my memory, are: Janky Hoss Hunter Renfroe Franmil Spanky Xian Shorty (Freddy) Raffy The Cardinals also…
The sordid, shocking, cautionary recent history of the San Diego Padres
In advance of our first run at the Friars, John J. Fleming wrote a great piece about a nondescript 50-year-old team in one of the most beautiful climates on earth. I'm here to tell you the rest of the story. John's absolutely right when he concludes: For half a century, the Padres have, for the…
Cardinals looking to hold up perfect record against Cincinnati: A series preview
The Cardinals are headed to Cincinnati fresh off a disappointing series against the Marlins. Can they keep their perfect record against the lowly Reds?
Bullpen Roundtable: The Cardinals’ 2018 draft
The Cardinals chose a whole lot of players in the MLB Draft, and we're offering our takes as a staff on how we thought they did.
Game Recap 6/7/18: The St. Louis Cardinals Beat the Miami Marlins!
The Cardinals face the Marlins in a series that has not exactly gone how one might have thought; to this point they have been outscored 18-7, and dropped the first two games of the series. The Cardinals look to turn things around by sending out Miles Mikolas (6-1) to face Marlins pitcher Trevor Richards (0-2)…
Evaluating the NL Central at the season’s one-third marker
Last weekend, most teams around Major League Baseball played the 54th game of their season, marking the one-third point of the year. It's easy to look at standings this early in the season and talk about "slow starts" or "small sample sizes," but the fact of the matter is, we're pretty much at the point…
Martinez, Molina return spoiled by lackluster fundamentals- a 6/5 recap
Cardinals start a three-game series with the team formely known as the Florida Marlins tonight. Martinez is back! Yadi is back! Let's have some fun! 1st Inning: Due to Fox Sports 1 hosting the game on their network, I had to drive across town to my grandfather’s home to watch the game. So I had…
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