I'm feeling in the mood for something different than what I usually do. I want to go full on listicle. A list article. Or maybe I just need to randomly ruminate?
I have been turning my back on the Cardinals games mid-game over the last few weeks. Especially it seems on Tuesday nights when I usually write… I suppose there were downward trends in June and July that led to our trade deadline results, but now that the pantry is stripped bare of starting pitching, it has become easier to not watch the games every inning.
Part of the downturn in entertainment value was certainly due to the offense not being able to do amazing comeback wins all season, but I think we all saw that one coming.
Which means I am not as apt to bother to go see them live, because of probabilities and whatnot (and intense heat indices). Money is always an issue, but it's easier to spend time and currency on teams that don't throw pitches that can be absolutely destroyed, and offenses that offend a little more often. I'll probably go see some September baseball, because this is still a fun team to watch, but…
The bullpen is what it is at this point. Not the worst, but a nailbiter every time. It wouldn't be so bad if our closer was a little more shutdown, but he would fit in on many teams as closer. This bullpen will however randomly give up games. And that alone will make it tough to be above .500, a make games not as easy to watch. It also drives down team morale of course, but no one can say how much that could matter, ephemera and random thoughts…
#usually
I have been turning my back on the Cardinals games mid-game over the last few weeks. Especially it seems on Tuesday nights when I usually write… I suppose there were downward trends in June and July that led to our trade deadline results, but now that the pantry is stripped bare of starting pitching, it has become easier to not watch the games every inning.
Part of the downturn in entertainment value was certainly due to the offense not being able to do amazing comeback wins all season, but I think we all saw that one coming.
Which means I am not as apt to bother to go see them live, because of probabilities and whatnot (and intense heat indices). Money is always an issue, but it's easier to spend time and currency on teams that don't throw pitches that can be absolutely destroyed, and offenses that offend a little more often. I'll probably go see some September baseball, because this is still a fun team to watch, but…
The bullpen is what it is at this point. Not the worst, but a nailbiter every time. It wouldn't be so bad if our closer was a little more shutdown, but he would fit in on many teams as closer. This bullpen will however randomly give up games. And that alone will make it tough to be above .500, a make games not as easy to watch. It also drives down team morale of course, but no one can say how much that could matter, ephemera and random thoughts…
#usually
2 months ago
