It is not particularly hard to be a Cardinals fan. While the playoffs are hardly an annual trip for them, they win more than they lose and they typically win enough to compete for a playoff spot at the least. Most fans would take this deal. And it’s not even like we get to accept playoffs sometimes at the expense of a championship. No, the Cards have won two championships in the past 15 years. 2011 feels like a long time ago for reasons mostly unrelated to baseball, but that is not a long time since your last championship for the vast majority of MLB.
A defense of the Cardinals for the team outbreak
