From the Betting Window, 5/21/19: Blues-Sharks Game 6, Plus Runs Galore in Texas
025 San Jose Sharks at 026 St. Louis Blues, 7:00 p.m. CT Since starting FTBW again last month, this will be my first posted hockey play. Regular readers know that…
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From the Betting Window, 5/16/19: Redemption Day
Monday 5/15/19 Betting Picks & Results: Yankees Team Total Over 5.5 -110 = LOSS (-1.10 units) Mets’ Moneyline +145 = LOSS (-1.0 units) Mets’ Team Total Over 3.5 -105 =…
A Week from Trade Deadline, Cardinals Need to Make Moves
Major League Baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline is a week away, and the Cardinals’ haves and needs are agonizingly clear. It’s doubtful that John Mozeliak and Mike Girsch will be able…
Other Teams’ Trades Have Put the Cardinals Behind the NL Pack, but They Can Still Deal
The big question surrounding the mediocre Cardinals has been “should they be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline?” On the Bernie Miklasz show last week, club chairman Bill DeWitt…
Thursday Pick Six: Wacha’s Opportunity Is Intriguing; Doug Armstrong’s Deadline Dilemma
A stream of consciousness on local and national sports headlines. In wake of Alex Reyes’ season-ending injury, some Cardinal fans… …have offered reminders of what happened when Adam Wainwright suffered…
Cards’ Five Keys to Beating Dodgers in NLDS
So after all of the ups and downs of the regular season, after injuries, trades, Major League injuries and disappointments, minor-league call-ups, and enough calls for Mike Matheny and John…
Matheny’s Chance to Grow Up as Manager
At the beginning of this baseball season, the Cardinals thought their top six starting pitchers were Adam Wainwright, Michael Wacha, Shelby Miller, Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly and the injured Jaime…
Cardinals Can’t Away from Pittsburgh Soon Enough
I will be glad when the Cardinals finish their weekend series against Pittsburgh. This edition of the Redbirds simply has difficulty against teams with winning records. Not too long ago,…
Cardinals’ Recent Starting Pitching Sending a Red Alert
I’m not alarmed by the Cardinals losing six of their last eight games. That’s going to happen, even to World Series champions at times. Even the 1998 Yankees, who won…
St. Louis Hurlers Strong-Arming NL Competition
Had Shelby Miller and Adam Wainwright done what they did over the weekend to the Houston Astros, it would have still been impressive. The fact that they did it against…