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I’ve always had a theory that, if you took a completely random non-sports fan off the street and had them walk into the stadium for an elimination game between two teams they’d never heard of, that person would still probably be able to sense the heightened atmosphere. There is an unmistakable buzz that is present for a game where the winner moves on and the loser goes home, [...]

There’s no sense in us breaking down the Cardinals and Phillies match-up by using traditional means.  That’s not why you come here.  Instead, we leverage our digital friends across the information superhighway.  One of our best buds is named “Google”.  He’s simple in nature, but smart as a tack. When we asked him to provide [...]

Game 2 on the road.  Heavily favored NL East opponent already leads the series and seems poised to snatch total control. The Cardinals fall into an early hole and overall, the feeling shared by most Cardinals fans at this point is hopelessness.  The series is basically over if they drop down 0-2. To be clear, we’re [...]

While the hysteria around the Cardinals comeback is occupying most of brain power of local sports fans, for some there still is a sliver that remains interested in the conference affiliation status of the Missouri Tigers.  It’s been a bizarre ride as Tigers fans have watched the Big 12 threaten full implosion on multiple occasions [...]

We don’t toot out own horns often.  Okay, we do that frequently.  Whatever. One area where we will not remain particularly humble is in the realm of predicting headlines that appear on the front-age of the Post-Dispatch. We’re like Nostradamus for crappy puns in the newspaper. —–

The Cardinals trailed the National League wildcard-leading Atlanta Braves by 8.5 games just three weeks ago.  Now, it’s a dead heat and they could be heading to the playoffs.  Or, they could be setting us up for the biggest tease in St. Louis baseball history (not counting JD Drew, of course). Regardless, one thing is [...]

If anyone can sympathize with what Braves fans have been going through the last month, it’s those Cardinals fans who were tuned into their near-collapse in 2006. We watched as a team looking to cruise into the playoffs suddenly spun off the road and turned a 7 game lead with two weeks to play into a .5 [...]

For most fans, Week One of the NFL season is one of the most anticipated events on the sports calendar. It’s scattered with renewed optimism, increased weekend intoxication, fresh tubes of body paint, new tailgating recipes, and the home team explaining how to cheer. Wait, what? Admittedly, St. Louis isn’t like a lot of other [...]

At 10:00 this morning, it will be an internal battle for some Cardinals fans between freakish passion and paranoid superstition. To avoid any traffic jams at the ticket window should this unexpected comeback come to fruition in a few days, the Cardinals had no real choice but to release tickets for the postseason, including the [...]

An old school city like St. Louis undoubtedly still has its share of people who scoff at social media.  The “media” isn’t social damn it, it’s Walter Cronkite telling us what happened in the world that day. As antiquated as that mindset might be in 2011, we can’t really blame anyone for hating Twitter if [...]