Skip to content

Ol Abner

Prose for the Baseball Fan.

  • Who’s Abner?

Tag: jaime garcia

Imitation Bonds

Posted by olabner on April 14, 2016April 27, 2017 in NL, St. Louis Cardinals

I remember this – Once Shawon Dunston hit a ball that bounced off Barry Bonds’ glove and fell into the basket of the outfield wall, landing like leaves in flower boxes hooked along the edges of a porch railing somewhere…

Cardinals Wept.

Posted by olabner on October 14, 2015April 27, 2017 in Chicago Cubs, NL, Playoffs, St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis players walked toward their plane, heads down, ties around their necks. Losing is not mysterious. They did it to themselves, kicking the ball around the infield in Game 2. Their sick pitcher afflicted swaths of the Midwest with…

Expanding Cardinal Nation

Posted by olabner on March 18, 2015March 22, 2015 in Spring

“I’m entering my 52nd season as a Cardinals fan,” he told me. I poured his coffee. I told him I’d been a fan since I was 8, and that Jaime Garcia pitched a couple of good innings the day before….

Categories

  • AL
  • Arkansas Travelers
  • Atlanta Braves
  • Boston Red Sox
  • Chicago Cubs
  • Chicago White Sox
  • College
  • Covid
  • Ethics
  • Fan
  • Grief
  • Interleague
  • Interviews
  • Minnesota Twins
  • Minors
  • Missouri State
  • Missouri Tigers
  • MLB
  • MVC
  • NL
  • Northwest Arkansas Naturals
  • Oakland A's
  • Photos
  • Playoffs
  • Research
  • Rules
  • Seattle Mariners
  • Spring
  • Springfield Cardinals
  • St. Louis Cardinals
  • Texas Rangers
  • Uncategorized
  • Videos
  • Wiffle
  • Wiffle Ball
  • World Series

Share

Facebooktwitterredditlinkedinmailby feather
Copyright © 2025 Ol Abner. All Rights Reserved.
Fashify Theme by FRT