A Funny Thing Happened on Waino’s Goodbye Tour
The greatest thing about sports is its unpredictability. A young player stepping to the fore and becoming a superstar, like Albert Pujols did in 2001, or a hardworking yet pedestrian…
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90 Wins Might Not Be Enough for the Cards to Play in October
Since the Cardinals fired Mike Matheny and hired Mike Shildt as manager, I’ve figured 90 wins (a tall task, considering what Shildt took over), would be enough to get them…
Cardinals Need to Focus on a Playoff Run and Avoid Scoreboard Watching
The Cardinals amazing run since Mike Shildt took over as manager lifted them into a wildcard spot with a win on Saturday night, but a Sunday loss to the Brewers…
How Whitey Herzog’s Cardinals Won Before the Analytics Revolution
With the Dodgers, whose GM Farhan Zaidi has degrees from MIT and Cal, and the Astros led by GM Jeff Luhnow (Penn and Northwestern), advancing to the World Series, the…
The Four Keys to the Cardinals’ Success So Far in 2015
The Cardinals took 3-of-4 from the Dodgers, their biggest threat in the National League, over the weekend. The only Redbird defeat came at the hands of the incomparable Clayton Kershaw on…
Wainwright to Kershaw “I’m Taking Cy Young Away From You.”
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/147439690″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright has apparently been texting Clayton Kershaw, telling the Dodgers pitcher he’s planning on taking the Cy young Award away…