The St. Louis Cardinals are hovering at .500; only 1.5 games off the top of the NL Central after forty-five games… yet “drumbeats” are starting for “cleaning house” in (1) the bull pen, (2) the top of the order, (3) the dugout… did I see one certifiably “batty birds’ fan” demanding Bill DeWitt sell the ballclub to Stan Kroenke? WHOA!
Today’s title is a takeoff of a book about The French & Indian War – Drums Along The Mohawk. In 1752 when the settlers along the Mohawk River in upstate New York started hearing “drumbeats” they knew trouble was abrewing.