Quote of the Day
“Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn’t even the best catcher on my street!” Joe Garagiola Sr., on growing up with neighbor Yogi Berra
Please Stop Insulting Our Intelligence
I’ve stayed away from writing about the whole Albert Pujols situation, partly because it makes me so angry, and partly because I didn’t think it deserved any more attention. But, I’ve gotten angrier, and writing is cathartic, so… It would be really nice if Albert, and his wife Deidre, would stop insulting the Cardinals fans’ [...]
Quote of the Day
“So I guess in the end, Anaheim traded the Rams to St. Louis for a baseball icon to be named later.” Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Albert Pujols’ departure from the Cardinals
Bernie: The ‘perfect’ team takes a bow
The Cardinals staged their final, precious rally of 2011 on Sunday, this one in the form of a victory lap in downtown St. Louis. It truly was a parade for the people, as the best team in baseball merrily celebrated with the best fans in baseball. Less than 48 hours after clinching the 11th World [...]
Bittersweet
The end of the baseball season, even an amazing season like the one the Cardinals had, is bittersweet. There were so many great moments this year–victories, comebacks, and great plays. So many great players–Cards vets like Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina, other vets new to the Cards organization like Lance Berkman and Rafael Furcal, young players just [...]
Quote of the Day
This is how I’m feeling after the amazing end to the Cardinals baseball season: “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” Rogers Hornsby
It’s All About the Numbers
11 in ’11! That’s been a rally cry around here this fall. The Cards, going for their 11th World Series title in 2011. They had to (improbably) win 11 games in the playoffs to do it. And the truly decisive, memorable moment of this Fall Classic came in the 11th inning of game six, in [...]
We Are (Still) Cardinal Nation
I took a picture of the children on Opening Day in their Cardinals finery, so I thought I’d share another picture from today, what (sadly) must be the last day of the 2011 MLB season. We’ve added a few stuffed animals, (Stan Musial Build a Bears from a promotional day at the ballpark, plus the [...]
More October Legends
I was excited to see a new “Legends are Born in October” commercial for this year’s MLB postseason. Enjoy!
