Fresh off two of their most frustrating losses of the year, the St. Louis Cardinals needed to get back on track tonight in game two of their series with the Washington Nationals. It took a little longer than this blogger would've liked, but tonight went a lot better than the last few games, as the…
Belated Recap 9/3/18: Walks, Bryce Harper conspire to ruin perfectly acceptable ballgame
As my mom always says, better late than never... After stumbling to drop the last two games of our homestand, losing our third consecutive series against the Reds and our first overall series since July, the Cardinals needed to get off on the right foot in Washington, D.C. against the formerly formidable Nationals. The pitching…
Adam Wainwright deserves a chance to start
The idea that a baseball player is entitled to anything beyond the salary which he has been promised from a baseball team has never been a notion that made much sense to me. And I say this as somebody who is generally fiercely pro-labor: when Adam Wainwright signed his current five-year, $97.5 million contract which…
Let’s not talk about this afternoon’s game
Normally, we post a recap to St. Louis Cardinals games on this website. For whatever reason, today's game just kind of slipped through the cracks. It's probably for the best.
Natitude! Sunglasses! A Cardinals-Nationals series preview
It's the end of the Washington Nationals' pseudo-dynastic hold on the NL East as we know it and I feel...partially guilty on behalf of the St. Louis Cardinals. The beginning of this run, whether we truly grasped it at the time, was in 2009, when the Nationals drafted San Diego State starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg…
Cardinals lose stupid baseball game against Reds
I want a holiday in the sun, and this fine Sunday is a De Facto Saturday. I want to see some history, in the form of a franchise-record 11th consecutive series victory. These are Sex Pistols references. The St. Louis Cardinals are playing the Cincinnati Reds at Busch Stadium and I am going to let…
Cardinals Can’t Muster Any Offense in 4-0 Loss to Reds
The Cardinals enter play today very much in the hunt, both for the Division and the Wild Card. Going 8-2 in their last 10 games hasn't allowed the team to gain much ground, however; the Cubs have also gone 8-2, while the Brewers have gone 7-3. The Cardinals are four games back of the division…
Whiteyball vs. The Big Red Machine–a Cardinals/Reds preview
Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto is back, but despite the Reds offense suddenly looking a lot more competent ahead of this weekend's series against the St. Louis Cardinals, this ain't exactly The Big Red Machine. The Big Red Machine, the nickname given to the Cincinnati Reds (particularly its offense) in the 1970s, peaked in…
8/30/18 Recap: Gant Does It All, Cards Win 10th Straight Series
The Cards play the Pirates in an ultimate showdown of pitchers entering the game with ERA's of 3.56. We shall see who will win tonight's ERA wars. Tonight you have O'Neill, Bader, and Martinez in the outfield, while Carpenter, Dejong, G. Garcia, and Adams line the infield. A win will keep the streak of series'…
Matt Carpenter and the coexistence of the old school and new school
Aesthetically, Matt Carpenter has checked every possible box for the label of "fan favorite" for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is a classic overachiever--he was drafted in the 13th round at age 23 out of Texas Christian University, signing for a famously low bonus of $1,000 (this has much more to do with his lack…
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