July 8, 2015: Tainted Birds

No we’re not talking about the bird flu, but about something else that makes you sick. It’s the St. Louis Cardinals, and they just gave us another reason Wednesday night

The Cardinals are the model franchise. The Cardinals have the best fans. Blah blah stick my finger down my throat blah.  Yes, they’ve won a lot, and yes that’s a big reason I hate them, but they’re not perfect.

Let’s start with Peralta, the hero in this latest cubs cards chapter.  PED history must not have been a checkbox on the Cardinals player evaluation.  Previous scumbag?  It’s ok. Come on down to Arch land, and we’ll cure ya. Or maybe they just have a better system to hide it. You know there were rumblings about Pujols taking that juice too.

Oh, and then what about this recent scandal of stealing the Astros player information.  That seems fair.  Not. It’s kind of like cheating on a test…a big test. Maybe if you’re the new England patriots it’s Ok to find that “competitive advantage”, but in most teams books… Don’t think so. Good old wholesome cardinals following the if you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying mantra?  Ha…tainted birds.

As far as this year goes, they’re overachieving. Yeah, I said it. With the injuries they’ve sustained, it’s truly next man up. Thats why they’re looked at as a model franchise..wait, screw that.  Yeah, that’s why their good, but that’s also why they won’t last. Now they’ll be getting guys back minus wainwright, but that staff is going to get spent. We could only hope. Like Wacha, their new ace, throwing all those high pressure pitches on Wednesday night; it caught up to him.

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It was the most pumped I was for a game in a while.  The hate was out, and I was loving every minute of the Cardinal misery.   Then it happened…

With Jason Motte unavailable after throwing in both games the day before, the bullpen rotation was altered.  It looked like it had all worked out…another cubs comeback…another Cubs one run victory.  With two outs and two strikes, the PEDs overcame, and the cards beat the Cubs again.

Tough loss. Series split. I’ve seen enough of these birds for a while. Actually, we won’t see them until September…and hopefully after that. They got this latest page, and have the upper hand this year, but this year ain’t over. At 8 games above 500, currently in the wild card position, the Cubs need to forget about them…for now. Time to play in the 2nd half like we have in the first half. That would mean about 90 wins and most probably a playoff spot.

So forget about these birds. I know it’s hard. They gave me another reason to hate them on this night. But there’s bigger fish to fry right now. We can get back to these tainted birds later…and we will.