Baseball and your heart (with apologies to Bart Giamatti)

Feel free to reread "The Green Fields of the Mind" first.

Cardinals Trail; Despite Collective Sigh of St. Louis, Game Not Over

Third inning. More game left to play.

Cardinals at Giants Game 7 NLCS Open Thread

Kyle Lohse, you guys.

Ryan Vogelsong stifles Cardinals' offense, defense, pitching through seven innings

Ryan Vogelsong used to not be a very good pitcher. Now he is a very good pitcher.

Game 6: St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants, Oct 21, 2012 6:45 PM CDT

Chris Carpenter! Ryan Vogelsong! Game 6!

Looking Ahead and Looking to Clinch

The Cardinals send Chris Carpenter to the mound tonight. Regardless of the outcome, they're set up to send many more starters to postseason mounds in coming years.

The St. Louis Cardinals and the lessons of Barry Zito

Barry Zito brings up a lot of sore spots.

St. Louis Cardinals score update: Lance Lynn's error sparks 4-run rally for Giants

The St. Louis Cardinals trail Barry Zito by a score of 4-0 in Game 5 of the NLCS.

Giants at Cardinals NLCS Game 5 Open Thread

Let's not let it get back to San Francisco.

No Apologies, Never Surrender

It feels good when people like you or when you share interests. You know what feels better? Sex. You know what also feels better? Winning.

The St. Louis Cardinals and being a game away from the World Series again

The St. Louis Cardinals are a game away from the World Series, but we've watched the St. Louis Cardinals too much to take complete comfort in that.

St. Louis Cardinals top San Francisco Giants to come within 1 win of the World Series

The St. Louis Cardinals come within one win of their second consecutive World Series berth after beating the San Francisco Giants 8-3 in Game 4.

Matt Carpenter Does Carlos Beltran Impersonation, Cardinals Lead 4-1

NLCS Game 4: St. Louis Cardinals v. San Francisco Giants

Adam Wainwright takes on Tim Lincecum in the 2009 Cy Young Award grudge match. Cardinals lead the series 2-1.

2012 NLCS Game 3 - post-rain delay game thread, redux

the rain is lifting and the last two or so innings of game 3 of the giants-cardinals NLCS remains to be played.

St. Louis Cardinals lead San Francisco Giants 2-1 as rain looms in Game 3

The St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants scramble to get Game 3 of the NLCS in before the downpour begins.

Giants at Cardinals NLCS Game 3 Open Thread

The Cardinals and the Giants reconvene in St. Louis.

Cardinals vs. Giants score update: Chris Carpenter chased as San Francisco leads 5-1

The St. Louis Cardinals find themselves trailing the San Francisco Giants 5-1 in Game 2 of the 2012 NLCS.

Cardinals at Giants NLCS Game 2 Open Thread

Chris Carpenter vs. Ryan Vogelsong. Does Ryan Vogelsong like to swear?

A Look at San Francisco Giants Journeyman Ryan Vogelsong

1998 Giants draftee Ryan Vogelsong puts the "journey" in journeyman with stints in Pittsburgh, Hanshin, Orix, Salt Lake, and Lehigh Valley before making his first career start with the Giants over a decade after the franchise drafted him.

St. Louis Cardinals Rookie Manager Needs to Learn from his October Mistakes

Mike Matheny has never managed in the postseason before and it shows in his handling of the starting pitchers.

Giants stage fourth inning comeback, St. Louis has heart palpitations

The Giants pulled a page from the Cardinals playbook and scored four in the fourth to make the score 6-4.

NLCS Game 1: St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants, Oct 14, 2012 7:15 PM CDT

The Cardinals take on the San Francisco Giants in game 1 of the National League Championship Series.

When Giants Walked The Earth

The Cardinals take on the San Francisco Giants in the 2012 NLCS.