The Cardinals’ playoff path is a lot more realistic than the 3.5-game deficit makes it look.
After tonight, STL gets:
COL x3
SF x6
CWS x3
WSH x3
PIT x3
MIL x3
That’s 18 straight vs. mostly losing teams before Milwaukee and the Brewers could be resting guys in the final weekend. Oli Marmol and the Cardinals should be playing like they are in the hunt… because they are.
How I’m sleeping tonight after:
- Cardinals win season series against the Dodgers
- Cardinals win 4th straight series against the Dodgers
- Ohtani went 0-4 with 4K’s
- Joshua Baez two HUGE doubles
- Thomas Saggese turned into Albert Pujols for a series
- Leo Bernal first ML homer
Key Glock says Tay Keith’s iconic producer tag gets stuck in his head from time to time. 😭💯
“I just be randomly yelling in my head ‘@taykeith F**K THESE NI**AS UP.’”
RIP Tay Keith. 🕊️
The Cardinals at Wrigley Field this year:
4-2 record
43 runs scored (7.2 avg)
18 runs allowed (3.0 avg)
Many great memories here in 2026, including the 17-1 slaughter on 7/3 and the Baez 3 HR game. So thank you Cubs 🤙
Only 3 guys are in the 20k-7k-7k Club for career points/rebounds/assists: LeBron, Oscar and Russ.
If you drop it to 20k-6k-6k it’s those 3 plus CP3, Harden, Havlicek, Drexler and Kobe.
But….
LeBron is at 43k-12k-12k.
So technically, he’s in the 20k-6k-6k Club twice.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Tommy John, a veteran of 26 MLB seasons who helped revolutionize recovery from pitching injuries in the 1970s.
John broke in with Cleveland as a 20-year-old in 1963 and made his last appearance for the Yankees at age 46 in 1989, also pitching for the White Sox, Dodgers, Angels, and Athletics. The left-hander won 288 games, made 4 All-Star teams and anchored 3 pennant-winning teams, while twice finishing as a runner-up for the Cy Young Award. His 700 games started rank 8th on the all-time list.
After John injured his elbow in 1974, he received the first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery from Dr. Frank Jobe. John returned to pitch in 1976, then won 20 games three times in four years from 1977-80.
He would go on to pitch 14 of his 26 seasons after the procedure that is now known as Tommy John Surgery, a measure that has helped extend pitching careers in the more than half a century since it was first performed.
He was 83.