Perfect day for an off day, right?
Just let us all kind of sit back and soak in all the good vibes that are swirling around everything and anything Cardinals related.
The #STLCards have lost one home game in June. It is about to be June 28. Take a moment to let that sink in.
— Jenifer Langosch (@LangoschMLB) June 28, 2015
The #STLCards have lost just 8 games by more than 2 runs. No other team has fewer than 14 such losses this season
— Ryan M. Spaeder (@theaceofspaeder) June 29, 2015
How good is Cardinals pitching so far this season? When STL offense scores at least 2 runs in a game, team record is 49-12. Crazy.
— Bernie Miklasz (@miklasz) June 28, 2015
Endless awesome Tweets are abounding. But if you’re in the mood for something a little more meaty, then here’s a couple articles that I ran across that you might be interested in…
From Vice Sports: “Watching Yadier Molina, Baseball’s Secret Genius”
For the most part, Molina does without the tricks other catchers sometimes use, the tap of the dirt before a high fastball or the shift inside and then out before the pitch’s release. He seems at times to practice a kind of telekinesis, as if the pitcher needs only to let go of the ball and Molina will make it go where it needs to. But, again, we are in the realm of “it seems.” We can’t fully know it by watching him do it, but watching Molina work is so commanding and bracing and different that we can’t help but see something.
From The Guardian: “Maybe STL Fans Are Right- The Cardinals Way Is Superior”
I know this is a terrible reality that I’m asking you to face: but the St Louis Cardinals may very well be everything their fans say they are. You don’t have to like the team for it. In fact, feel free to hate them even more for making us all choke on their superiority. But I, at least, have grown to begrudgingly respect them. Ugh.
And then, of course, this.
For the sixth straight week, the Cardinals sit atop the ESPN Power Rankings. Or if you prefer, atop Grantland’s ‘The 30’.
Photo: Feministing
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