And just like that, it was over.
I’ve written those same words every year now, for how many years I don’t recall. It’s the sentence that comes to mind for me every time a Cardinal season comes to a close. Short of winning a championship, that is; the times I’ve gotten to witness a title and a parade I don’t have time for echoing statements of loss and melancholy. But every other year — and let’s face it; championships are rare and fleeting things — this is what I think when there will be no tomorrow for the Cardinals.