Happy Saturday everyone!
The first half of the baseball season is in the books. The Cardinals were … ok? I think that’s a fair assessment, at least by St. Louis standards. But we live in a world where .500 is a complete failure. So, being “in a tight division race with decent odds of reaching a Wild Card” is merely “meh”.
That’s fine. Nothing wrong with high standards.
Though I do think it cuts into the ability of some fans to enjoy the game and the team. I saw someone on Twitter Thursday night ask, with apparent sincerity, “Have you ever seen a worse stretch of baseball?