Enjoy this, folks. I've been so frustrated with this team. In August, I went to my only game in Busch for me and middle relief blew a four run lead and I pretty gave up on them this season. What I'm watching now appears to be a completely different team. We may not even get past the Dodgers in the WC but what a great ending to the season that can only provide some kind of hope for the future. I've got to believe that Arenado is loving this.

Yeah they lose to the Dodgers it’s been a productive season because O’Neill emerged as a legit middle of the order bat. That’s huge.
This is a good core to build into a legit contender
Goldy
O’Neill
Arenado
Carlson
Gorman

With that core you can take Carps money, without taking a penny out of Dewitt's pockets and buy us a $25 million a year FA pitcher.
That gives us
FA pitcher
Flaherty
Liberatore.

Again a good core to build around.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Absolute insanity. <br><br>TV: Bally Sports Midwest<br>Stream: Bally Sports app<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#STLCards</a> <a href="https://t.co/M3dUbZfgic">pic.twitter.com/M3dUbZfgic</a></p>&mdash; Bally Sports Midwest (@BallySportsMW) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsMW/status/1441873998686556167?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"How can you not be romantic about baseball?"

Stuck at 69 losses since 9/11. Couldn’t write that script in Hollywood.

Yes, I'm in Cardinal Country and proud of it.

Holy shit some drama going on in the 9th inning.

Make that 16 now. And the magic number is uno.

At least one of my teams is playing well right now.

Another wacky way to end the game. Tuned in to see Schildt get tossed

He gets tossed all the time. I love that guy.

How in the **** did they screw that up so bad?
Okay, its an infield fly rule that was never called. The umps screwed up but okay, thats the right call according to the rule book. Batter is out and runners back to 1st and 2nd. How did they end up at 2nd and 3rd?

And if they advanced on their own as was their choice, the guy got tagged out at 2nd base. If its a live ball, why are the umps calling time on their own? If its not a live ball, why are the runners on 2nd and 3rd in scoring position to possibly end the streak on a base hit?

The only thing I can think of is they called infield fly, so batter is out no matter what. I suppose at that time it doesn’t necessarily mean there is a force play at any of the bases since they are running after an out at first meaning they needed to tag the runner at 3rd for an out. They did tag the runner after he rounded 2nd, but the ump for some fricking reason called timeout before the tag.

The thing I wonder is if it is infield fly wouldn’t you need to tag up before advancing? They should have stepped off and thrown to the base of whoever didn’t tag the base before advancing.

Nice article summing up what has driven the recent streak.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/y...yoff-position/

Its advance at your own risk and no need to tag up after infield fly rule is called. Ump just completely ****ed it up calling time.