This off-season, here in St. Louis, we all felt like winners. However, in every statistical category, there exist winners and losers. Without the presence of losers, there would be no winners, relatively speaking. Hat tip to fans in San Diego, New York, and Detroit. Being able to celebrate our first World Series since 1982 was a marvelous experience.

However, in the past 14 days of Opening Week baseball and once again observing the beast that is the St. Louis Cardinals fan, I have come to realize the undeniable truth behind the winner/lose paradigm. Even within a cumulative group of "winners", there exists a subsection of underprivileged and disadvantaged flunkies. For every Albert Pujols, there are a few JD Drew's . For every Jesse Katsopolis , there are a few Kimmy Gibbler's . It's the nature of the beast.

Additionally, amongst our collective group of Cardinal fans with ridiculous tattoos - there exists winners and losers. Our experienced group of redneck tattoo observers classifies the following tattoo as "JD Drew-ish". So much promise and planning...but when all comes to fruition, we're left staring at a regretful mess of what-could-have-been.

Well, it probably seemed like a good idea on paper. Actually, I'm not sure how a Cardinals logo wrapped in a lifebuoy seemed like a good idea. Scratch that.