The Cardinals (22-16) played their sloppiest game of the year (hopefully the entire year), failing spectacularly on almost every possible front as they dropped the second of a two-game set 7-5 to the San Francisco Giants. Continue Reading »
GAME 38: Unworthy Of A Champion
GAME 37: San Francisco Feat
Several recent negative trends were corrected on a cool night at AT&T Park in San Francisco, as the Cardinals (22-15) beat the San Francisco Giants 4-1 in the first game of their West Coast swing. Continue Reading »
Jaime Garcia And Mental Toughness – A Statistical Approach
As viewed by the naked eye, most Cardinal fans agree that Jaime Garcia has the mental and emotional toughness of lukewarm Jell-O. We’ve seen it too many times: a call goes against him, he pouts, and subsequently gives up runs. His OCD breakdowns are already legend; imperceptible fluctuations in the barometer could send Garcia into a death spiral of self-doubt and concern. Starts are missed because Garcia slept in sheets with a low thread count. Garcia considers suicide whenever the hotel serves him orange juice with fewer than 97 fragments of pulp. Continue Reading »
GAME 36: Last Minute Rescue
After blowing lead after lead for three hours, a two-out walk-off single by Yadier Molina sent one of the largest crowds of the year (45,000) home happy as the Cardinals (21-15) overcame their arch-rival Cubs and ended their losing streak with a dramatic 7-6 win. Continue Reading »
GAME 35: Tossed In The Dempster
Jake Westbrook was hammered more often than an alcoholic college chick, while Westbrook’s teammates struggled to come through with crucial hits against Ryan Dempster as the Cardinals (20-15) lost an infuriating and extremely careless game to the Cubs 6-4. Continue Reading »
The Return Of Eduardo Sanchez
In a move reminiscent of last spring’s release of Ryan Franklin and Miguel Batista, John Mozeliak today hacked off the gangrenous limb known as J.C. Romero. Although Cardinal fans assumed Mozeliak made the move based on the fact that Romero failed to retire any hitter he faced, the truth is that Mozeliak released Romero because Romero’s eyebrows were causing a grotesque distraction in the clubhouse. Continue Reading »
GAME 34: Disappointed Mothers
In honor of Mother’s Day, the Cardinals gave away a David Freese bobblehead, North Star ice cream, and an entire series against the Atlanta Braves. Lance Lynn‘s first troubled start and some truly awful at-bats with runners in scoring position led to a disappointing 7-4 loss to the Braves in front of a packed and raucous Busch Stadium. Continue Reading »
GAME 33: Beached
Adam Wainwright endured his second-worst start of the season (there’s no topping his opening day nightmare), while the Cardinal offense hit a brick wall known as Brandon Beachy. Despite some late noise, the Cardinals (20-13) lost the game and the series to the Braves with a 7-2 loss at Busch. Continue Reading »
GAME 32: Tony’s Tenacity
In his tribute to Tony La Russa, Adam Wainwright said that TLR taught them tenacity. The Cardinals turned around and showed that, battling the Atlanta Braves into the twelfth inning before finally losing 9-7 before a packed house of fans and dignitaries at Busch Stadium. Continue Reading »
Looking back at the TLR era
La Russa and his right hand man Dave Duncan holding the 2011 World Series trophy on Opening day of 2012. (Photo Credit: UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
Since tonight is a special night in St. Louis, honoring future hall of fame manager Tony La Russa by retiring his number. I think there would be no better time than to reminisce on the good and the bad of the long 16 years that La Russa managed the St. Louis Cardinals: Continue Reading »
GAME 31: Sugary Sweep
Two solid teams battled desperately for eight tough innings, but the Cardinals (20-11) reached their twentieth win by ripping into the Diamondbacks’ bullpen with a convincing 7-2 win and a sweep over Arizona. Continue Reading »
What Should Happen To Lance Lynn?
Even Steve Austin is no match for Lance Lynn this year.
One of the most exciting pitching-related stories of the new baseball season is the emergence of Lance Lynn as a potential top-of-the-rotation starter. Lynn leads the National League in victories (6), is third in ERA (1.40), and has the fifth-lowest batting average against in the league. He is also leading baseball in a seldom-used stat known as HFI (Most Hair Follicles Per Inch Of Skin).
Nobody expected such brilliance and domination from Lynn when he took over for an injured Chris Carpenter, and Lynn’s contribution has been a large part of the difference in the Cardinals’ fast start. So what happens to our strike-throwing Sasquatch when Carpenter eventually returns from the Land Of Undefined Nerve Conditions? Continue Reading »
GAME 30: Belted
Jake Westbrook tossed seven brilliant shutout innings like the Cy Young winner he isn’t, while Carlos Beltran drove in all of the runs with two huge homers early as the Cardinals (19-11) cruised to a 6-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Continue Reading »
GAME 29: Back To Back To Back To Back
In a performance reminiscient of the bombing run they went on in Arizona in 2011, the Cardinals (18-11) ignited in the desert heat and decimated Joe Saunders and the Diamondbacks behind yet another brilliant start from rising star Lance Lynn. Despite some scary moments from the bullpen, the Cards whipped the D-Backs 9-6. Continue Reading »
GAME 28: The Grass Is Greener
The long ball returned to support a masterful Adam Wainwright, as the Cardinals (17-11) salvaged the third game of a lost series 8-1 against the Houston Astros. Continue Reading »
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