As the Cards turn, Part 2 – and Homestand Highlights too
It’s been over 10 years since I used the “As the Cards turn” theme, but these last few weeks of the season have been a soap opera with almost too many storylines to follow. The Cardinals signed...
View ArticleA June swoon
The Cardinals played pretty well in May, despite the circumstances with injuries and with the controversy surrounding Willson Contreas. They completed a 5-1 road trip. They won 2 out of 3 of the...
View Article2023 Cardinals Blogger Event Report, Part 2
As promised, here is part 2 of the 2023 Cardinals Blogger Event Report. The next question was asked. From an off-field perspective, where does the club stand as far as the TV broadcast situation? The...
View ArticleBe better than this, plus Homestand Highlights
The first part of this title is unusual, to be sure. It has a dual meaning. Let me explain. The first meaning is the Cards-Cubs London Series. The Cardinals and their fans had high hopes going into...
View ArticleThis is not the team you’re looking for – but also Homestand Highlights
The Cardinals won the National League Central pennant in 2022 for the first time since 2019. We Cardinals fans had high hopes for the 2023 season. We hoped that the momentum from 2022 would carry over...
View ArticleBullpen blues – and Homestand Highlights too
The Cardinals won today’s game with the Diamondbacks 11-7, but it shouldn’t have been that close of a score. The Cards hit 5 home runs today (Nolan “Stormin” Gorman amazingly hit 2), but the bullpen...
View ArticleHope is gone – but Homestand Highlights too
It’s mid-August, and I have given up hope on the Cardinals making the playoffs this season. There have been some bright spots, like the sweet front row tickets I was gifted for the August 6 game next...
View ArticleLosing in more ways than one (and Homestand Highlights)
It’s gone from bad to worse since the last time I wrote, which was two weeks ago. Adam Wainwright still hasn’t gotten his 199th win. The banged-up Birds now on the IL include Lars Nootbaar (hit in the...
View ArticleIf at first you don’t succeed . . . and Homestand Highlights too
Congratulations to Adam Wainwright on (finally!) getting his 199th win. Like the old saying goes, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try again. It’s a...
View ArticleAn end of an era and the end of a season
Sunday is the end of what seems like a very long season, but it is also the end of an era, for Sunday marks the last time Adam Wainwright will be in a Cardinals uniform at an actual baseball game....
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