Hello .500 and Hello 2nd Place

Finally the Cards have made it back to .500 and Finally Rob has made it back to his blog.  Lots of stuff going on, most important was drafting a fantasy football team Sunday.  Pre draft strategizing was taking most of my down time so no time for a post.  Now with the Cards back into 2nd place, back to only 2 games out of first, its time to get back to posting.  So what did we have in the week I was gone.  Well the Cards suffered a mini-skid with a two game losing streak losing Thursday and Friday against Florida and Atlanta before bouncing back to take the final two against the Braves.  Today the Cards started the final stretch of the season, a trecherous 35 game 34 day stretch to end the season.  Chris Duncan busted out of his slump HUGE today with a 3 run bomb in the first inning and driving in 4.  Tony La Russa tied Red Schoendist for the most wins in Cardinals history at 1041.  Braden Looper was outstanding pitching 7 shutout innings.  Tony La Russa has said all year we can't talk about the pennant race til we get to .500.  Well we're here, and hopefully we aren't below it again this year.  Keep pushing, keep winning, first place could be ours as soon as Thursday.  Unbelievable.  I declared the Cardinals dead on August 5th.  I was absolutely correct.  That Cardinal team died on August 5th.  The team that couldnt get clutch hits.  The team that couldn't pitch.  The team that had no heart.  They were replaced the next day in St. Louis by a team that was relentless.  A team that refused to lose.  A team that isn't going down without a fight.  A team proud to defend their World Championship.  Since August 5 the Cards are 13-6 and have made up 6 games of their 8 game deficit.  The Cards have made the crazy run they needed to get back in it.  Now they just need to be a little bit better than Chicago.  I think they can, and I think they will.