There were many times during May and June that many people didn’t think the St. Louis Cardinals would get anywhere this year. I was for sure one of them at times… The product on the field was terrible, the front office didn’t do anything to help it, and manager Mike Shildt was all happy talk after games acting like the team was up 8.0 games in the standings when they weren’t.
It didn’t feel like it meant anything at the time, but the team was just barely good enough to keep up with the stumbling Cubs and Brewers in the standings even though they didn’t deserve it.