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FTC (Cubs)

Posted by olabner on May 25, 2016April 27, 2017 in Chicago Cubs, Fan, NL, St. Louis Cardinals

I should be gracious, I should be nice. I should be many things I’m not. My team has won many titles so many I forgot to notice a team in blue and red – the baby bears that hibernated. But…

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…

A Step Behind

Posted by olabner on April 6, 2016April 27, 2017 in NL, St. Louis Cardinals

Stephen Piscotty hit a line drive – and Mike Matheny stared at the third base coach, spitting until dirt mixed into mud. It’s only the second inning – a fan whispers that St. Louis has dropped the first two games…

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…

Losing Control: a Pitcher on a Phone.

Posted by olabner on October 2, 2015April 27, 2017 in NL, St. Louis Cardinals

Somewhere on the screen of a smartphone, Charlie Morton began to lose control. Pittsburgh had to win, or face the the wild card playoff. Hell. In this case, a collection of baby bears. They haven’t grown up or they’d lose…

Ol’ Abner

Posted by olabner on July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 in NL

The Cards fell behind by three after a Joey Votto home run in the sixth off of Jaime Garcia. The Reds added another run in the ninth to make it 4-0. Still, Ol’ Abner waited in the hallowed halls between…

An afternoon in St. Louis (Cards vs. Brewers)

Posted by olabner on April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 in NL

Not much doing through two against Milwaukee. St. Louis left men standing on bases instead of running between them. And second baseman Kolten Wong made his third error in three games. Mike Fiers’ pitch count started to worry, but his…

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