On one side stands the St. Louis Cardinals holding onto a center fielder who had come to the Majors and surpassed his level of hype tenfold but had gone through a recent spat of injuries and had just one more year after the current one of remaining club control. On another side stands a starting…
John Mozeliak has been very successful as general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. He deserves a lot of credit for his past. This doesn't mean he should be a part of the organization's future.
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…
Whitey Herzog: 1931-2024
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…
There is a relatively early episode of Family Guy (based on the fact that I have seen and remember it) where the Griffin family is offered one of two gifts (I think for sitting through a timeshare presentation? I promise I'm not trying to seem too cool for Family Guy, a show that had plenty…
The acquisition of Brandon Crawford by the St. Louis Cardinals is simultaneously the funniest possible transaction and a completely defensible one. Acquiring a thirty-seven year-old, a fifth acquisition this off-season of a player who was born in the 1980s, is a deeply funny way of leaning into their own bit, and bringing in a guy…
Huh.
On Wednesday afternoon, news broke that the greatest coach in the history of college football was retiring. On Thursday morning, news broke that the greatest coach in the history of professional football was retiring (or possibly being retired, but he will no longer be coaching regardless). These are not stories related to the St. Louis…
The St. Louis Cardinals had a mediocre starting rotation in 2023 and four of the six pitchers who started the most games for the team last season were no longer on the team by the time free agency started--Jack Flaherty and Jordan Montgomery were dealt at the trade deadline, Adam Wainwright retired, and Dakota Hudson…
St. Louis Bullpen 