Anyone who is a baseball fan as I am knows how time consuming it can be, the season literally lasts from April til November. Throughout a baseball season you will see alot of amazing things along with many things that irritate the death out of you.
Being a Cardinals fan I am somewhat spoiled, we are one of the few teams to contend for the playoffs nearly every season, actually making the playoffs 8 of 14 years with Tony Larussa at the helm. Of those 14+ seasons we have only had to suffer through a losing season 3 times.
So, as we get close to the end of the regular season of Larussa's 15th year with the Cardinals, I think I find this to be the absolute most frustrating season that I can remember. Dominating pitching couple with no hitting, getting leads only to have the bullpen blow the lead, prolonged stretches where our two main stars Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday havent been able to drive in a clutch run. Despite all of this the Cardinals are still only 6 games out of 1st place and with the 1st place Reds losing tonight my frustration was confirmed several times.
First in the 4th inning my Cardinals have 2 on with 1 out and a chance to break the game open and cant get the big hit that seems to have alluded them all season and just now, the Cardinals come to the plate in the 8th inning down 4-2 with the top of their lineup only to have two different guys strikeout looking. I just dont get it, at the times when the focus level should be at its highest we seem to lose concentration and make a long season even longer.
So even if the Cardinals end up losing this game I have to hold out hope that we still have a chance at the playoffs, although with every wasted opportunity we get closer and closer to the unfortunate end.
Ah hello there fellow blogger. Nicely done. I think anyone who has a team thinks that their team is always effing up while all the other teams don't suffer through absolutely maddening situations. I look back on the Rangers season and think of how many times they SHOULD have won a game and think they could have already locked up the division by now.
ReplyDeleteTake solice in the fact that your Cardinals have won the most World Series' in National League history. That's something the Rangers can't lay claim to at least ONCE yet!
This could be a great year for the Rangers if they get Hamilton and Lee right.
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