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new video!

Posted by olabner on July 21, 2016 in Videos

O Rosenthal Now Wounded Oh Rosenthal now wounded with grief weighing fans down you’re scornfully surrounded with runners, despite your crown of sacred saves leader in ’15 the blessings you have known Now despised as closer Please don’t pick up…

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…

7 Years/Lukas Graham (Baseball Version)

Posted by olabner on March 18, 2016June 27, 2016 in Videos

I’ve returned with a new video. Check out the original song here. Text: Once I was 7 years old My brother told me Root for St Louis or you’ll be sorry Once I was 7 years old It was a…

Sorry, or, is it too late now to talk trade clause? (Pujols Lament)

Posted by olabner on January 23, 2016January 23, 2016 in Videos

Yes! Another video! https://youtu.be/wDP0hI8coFY by

John Mozeliak is my GM; I shall not want.

Posted by olabner on January 6, 2016April 27, 2017 in Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Videos

My first video ever! by

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…

In the Presence of Good, Be Still: TBS Announcers Jinx Lackey’s No-Hit Bid.

Posted by olabner on October 10, 2015April 27, 2017 in Chicago Cubs, NL, Playoffs, St. Louis Cardinals

It was only in the fifth, when the game became official, that a certain announcer – who shall not be named – began to talk. It wasn’t Dennis Upperdeckersley, who has ended too many quality Cardinal pitching performances games in…

Dearest Redbirds

Posted by olabner on October 9, 2015April 27, 2017 in Chicago Cubs, Fan, NL, St. Louis Cardinals

Will John Lackey take a breath? Will I? In 2006 I decided I might enjoy the playoffs, for the team of my heart made a run after escaping the regular season with a paltry 83 wins. They won the whole…

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…

Sports Illustrated Jinxes Cards (April 24, 2015)

Posted by olabner on August 25, 2015April 27, 2017 in Fan, NL, St. Louis Cardinals

Jason Heyward cheered from the cover of Sports Illustrated. There were only five or six copies remaining in the rack, fingerprints smudged on his shoes. Perhaps some deviant had reached for Heyward’s heel, only to be crushed by his metal…

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