HeyJaredC70 At The Bat
Talking Cardinals baseball (and other things) in one form or another, one place or another since 2007.
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- Sep 27, 2026
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- Jul 13, 2026
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The End of a Beginning (opens the original)
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Closing Day doesn’t have the same cachet as Opening Day, for obvious reasons. One is full of hope, of possibility, of excitement. The other is full of answers (for good or ill), of weariness, of loss. Even if your team is going to play into October, something the Cardinals used to do with regularity but now have spent four years on the outside looking in, postseason baseball is entirely different. It’s games on various channels at various times, broadcasters that don’t know the teams, pressure s
Fighting Off the Body Shots (opens the original)
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As we close in on the climax of perhaps the best movie ever made1, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker are batting each other. The Dark Lord has plenty of experience, the young Jedi in training has a few tricks up his sleeve. Vader pushes Luke into the carbon freezing chamber, only to be surprised when Luke leaps out of the pit and continues the fight. Luke even gets a shot in on his own, knocking Vader off of the platform and into the darkness.However, when they re-engage in the depths of Cloud City
The Cardinals May Be Done, But They Can Still Be Interesting (opens the original)
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As I write this, the next Cardinals starting pitcher is set to be Quinn Mathews. Mathews, a buzz-worthy prospect for a couple of years now, seems to be coming up to push everyone back a day. Not only have the long-term ramifications not been discussed, the short-term ones are in flux as well.Most notably, we don’t know how he is getting on either the 40-man or the 26-man roster.Thanks for reading C70 At The Bat! Subscribe for free to receive new posts that ponder the great mysteries of
Time For a Break (opens the original)
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The Cards just dropped a game they probably should have won to the Atlanta Braves. A 4-3 decision meant the Cards couldn’t split the home stand (in the most insane way possible) and that they finished the first portion of the schedule with a 50-45 record. (Talk about a strange wrinkle—last year they went into the All-Star Break having salvaged the final game of a series they lost to the Braves at home, bringing them to a 51-46 mark. Basically the reverse this season, so make of it what you will.
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