Let’s start with one of my favorite hypotheticals: your team (any sport) can field two rosters for the coming season: Roster A: all the guys you know and love/love to hate. They’re familiar. You know them. They’ll put together a competent year. They won’t win a championship. Roster B: a bunch of strangers. Didn’t come…
Alright friends, the Cardinals are playing the Rockies. Both teams are vying for playoff spots here so this game will be competitive, I promise you that. This should be a great finale, I expect great things after two rather bleak games that I last recapped. First Inning I am immediately rejuvenated at this early morning…
Last Thursday, Jon Heyman of Fancred sports reported that Joe Girardi is interested in the St. Louis Cardinals managerial position, currently occupied by interim manager Mike Shildt. Heyman's sources were Girardi's unnamed "friends," but Girardi is on record as wanting to manage again, and given that the Cardinals gig is one of the better jobs…
We've officially reached August in the rich pageant that is the 2018 St. Louis Cardinals season. Tuesday's act included one of the team's best and most likable players being traded for a really underwhelming return, along with video from last Friday's game showing a firework flying into the stands. There's a metaphor somewhere in that…
If I woke up tomorrow and were suddenly a Major League Baseball player, I think I'd play a lot like Tommy Pham. Now, the reason for this is pretty simple--I'm a terrible baseball player, even by the standards of a beer league player, and I would have no choice but to play like Tommy Pham,…
The trade deadline has come and gone. It's time to get into the dog days of summer baseball. Last night's game ended with an absolute rocket off the bat of Marcell Ozuna after a four run comeback by the Redbirds. Let's see if they can keep rolling tonight with Jack Flaherty on the mound. Lineups…
My stance on the St. Louis Cardinals, as those who read my post earlier today could probably tell, is that they should not be buyers at this trade deadline. Their chances of making the postseason are slim--not only are they several games behind a playoff spot, but there are several other teams chasing the playoff…
This is probably going to be a boring trade deadline for the St. Louis Cardinals (unless this sentence is already out of date by the time this article actually publishes, which is entirely possible). The Cardinals aren't good enough to buy and they don't have enough obvious short-term assets to acquire splashy, high-end prospects without…
Tonight, the Cardinals open a 3-game set hosting the Rockies. The Rox are in the mix for the NL West title this year, and the Cardinals are at a decision point with the non-waiver trade deadline looming. Fun fact: the Rockies just signed old friend Matt Holliday, 38, to a minor league contract. Yay Matt!…
A bunch of these series previews become redundant because the St. Louis Cardinals keep playing the same teams over and over. Particularly in the division, this is the case. Most of you know the basic construction of the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds and don't really need to be reminded, "Hey, this Joey Votto character?…
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