St. Louis vs. Cincinnati

May 18, 2011 by Daniel Shoptaw · 4 Comments

How exactly did we get here? Â How did we come from St. Louis and Cincinnati having just a passing thought in each other’s minds to a knockdown, dragout rivalry between the two squads and the two fan bases? Â And, honestly, why is there such a rivalry, Johnny Cueto notwithstanding? The history of Cardinals and Reds […]

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Happy Aroldis Chapman Day

August 31, 2010 by Bobby Aguilera · Leave a Comment

Since this past weekend, I started a post that is currently approaching 8,000 words. Â I’m not quite sure what to do about it because it takes a rare breed to want to read that much about what I was thinking on Friday night. In the meantime, per friendly reader Osh’s request, let’s take a moment […]

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