As Cardinals fans prepare to put the 2017 to bed over the next 11 days, we’ll all be looking for a unique talking point to call our own during casual conversation.
A short sentence or two that let’s people know that A) we’re disappointed in the season and B) we know what went wrong.
Between wrapping up the youth soccer season, soaking in the last warm days of the year, hayrides, haunted houses, trick-or-treating, football games and fall breaks, we’re all going to have to see each other.
Probably a lot.
So we can’t be blaming the same people/things for the Cardinals now annual tradition of not making the playoffs, right?
Jesus Ortiz of the Post-Dispatch is putting a claim in on the ‘why are you surprised, bruh?’ corner.
https://twitter.com/PD_sports/status/910357518089621504
And while that was a good one, it doesn’t mean you can’t have you own unique angle on why the Cardinals have regressed from World Series runners-up in ’13 to…
https://twitter.com/b_hoffman11/status/909798287091339264
Some ideas:
1. Blame Matheny
“How many games did the Cards finish out of the Wild Card? Yeah, thanks Matheny.”
Supporting Tweet:
https://twitter.com/StlWinn/status/910318925275172865
2. Blame the Brett Cecil signing
“How much is left on Brett Cecil’s contract? 22 million?! And we trust this front office to get it fixed this off-season with free-agents?
Supporting Tweet:
Having a hard time believing that Brett Cecil just blew a Cards lead.
— Asim (Rhymes with "Possum") Raza (@asraza) September 20, 2017
3. Blame the Reds
“Dude, you know that the Cardinals have a losing record against the Reds this year? They’re 20 games under .500! If they’d taken care of business against a bad team, they’d be a Wild Card.”
Supporting Tweet:
Something about @Sgennett2 against this team, in this jersey… 🤔 pic.twitter.com/nBoqBbm2W9
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) September 20, 2017
4. Blame Jhonny Peralta
“If those 21 games JP played were given to Paul DeJong – oh, man. Cards would still be playing AND we’d have a Rookie of the Year.”
Supporting Tweet:
Still an astonishing stat to me:#StlCards were 8-23 with Jhonny Peralta on the active roster.
64-44 with him on DL and post-DFA.
— Parlay Stooge (@Tyree901) September 7, 2017
5. Blame Mo
“Wish Mozeliak wouldn’t have decided to take a day-long nap at the trading deadline.”
Supporting Tweet:
https://twitter.com/DrunkRedbirdFan/status/903013127494803456
6. Blame the Cubs
“Listen, it’s not the Cardinals fault the Cubs tanked for 108 years to stockpile all this talent…”
Supporting Tweet:
Bernie: Joe Maddon and the Cubs have succeeded in intimidating Mike Matheny and the Cardinals … https://t.co/AstJ7rnnJn
— Bernie Miklasz (@miklasz) September 18, 2017
7. Blame Carlos Martinez
“Not an ace, yo. Not an ace.”
Supporting Tweet:
POLL: After today, do you think Carlos Martinez is an "Ace"?
— cards rant (@CardinalsRant_) September 15, 2017
8. Blame Tommy Pham’s Effort
“Pham, man. That dude hustles. If the rest of the team played as hard as him, we’d be in 1st place. He showed us how REAL players go to work.”
Supporting Tweet:
If your kids want to be like one Birds player, have them watch Tommy Pham. Heart, hustle, and takes nothing for granted. He's a leader!
— Alex Pellmann (@Pellmann_Birds4) July 20, 2017
9. Blame Cardinals Fans
“3 million again this year. The Cardinals don’t have any incentive to change if we’re going to come out no matter what.”
Supporting Tweet:
The Cardinals have surpassed 3 million fans for the 14th straight season https://t.co/57MElqSZAW #stlcards
— rBluesCardsFC (@rBluesCardsFC) September 10, 2017
Or you can be more DIY and put-together your own blame-which. That could be fun.
Whatever route you want to go down, though, just make sure to check with a few close confidantes before rolling it out in wide release.
Nothing is more embarrassing than agreeing on the direction that the Cardinals should be headed in 2018!
Photo: Stick PNG
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