“Let's go!” he hollered again from the right-field grass as he trotted confidently, familiarly, like after his 2016 World Series homer to lead-off Game 7, when he spotted Cubs teammate Anthony Rizzo near the dugout and hollered: “Let's go!”
While Fowler's catch was resplendent — it preserved a Cardinals' 5-1 lead in Wednesday's eighth inning — the revelry was revealing.
And really, winning this “seven-game series” against the Cubs is more important than winning a National League Division Series. See, the Cards must make the playoffs. It would be an embarrassment to miss the postseason for the fourth-straight season.