With apologies to the front page writers of VEB, who truly originated it, a memesplanation! Zombies either come from tinkering scientists or rabid woodland creatures. They don't die. They just keep coming. They are many.

They just. Won't. Go. Away.

They clutch. They lumber. Come close, and they shred. You don't have to like them. You can only hope to prepare for them. And most importantly: it's deep October, and THEY'RE COMING.

Allen Craig is batting second, everyone!

Jason Motte.

tony talks
freese talks
rzepczynski talks
pujols and holliday talk

roenicke on losing

let's do this.

(Apologies to the usual post crew, but I'm going to write a little something of my own today, both as a view of this season and a little future-journalist practice. I might try to be a future post writer for VEB, but for now, this is just a little something.)

When thinking about this season, I'm quick to remember the many frustrations, between roster management, bullpen management, and the ups and downs of the games.

I have pretty much refused to watch the games for the better part of three weeks now, because I had reached the point of frustration to the stage where I couldn't stand it anymore. I have grown tired of Tony's reign and the daily rollercoaster games. I am keeping my hopes up about the Wild Card, but like a lot of others, I will be very frustrated if the team falls short.

I'm one of the fans that believes that TLR has had his time and needs to go. This season's roster management (trading Colby, Corey F. Patterson, the bullpen, etc.) has been proof to me that he has had his run. Even though I was a personal advocate of trading Colby, I mostly was for it because of the rift between him and TLR. TLR was going to have his way, and it was going to end ugly. Sure enough, it did. I am pretty sure there are more than a few Cardinals fans - and some VEBers - who are sick of it.

The questions would be there for next year, sure - what would happen with Dunc or Albert if Tony left, but in my mind, TLR's ways of managing are hurting the team's chances to win. Hell, the team just had its first 5 game winning streak of the SEASON earlier this week, and they've only had a handful of sweeps in series because of Tony's "let's just win the series" mentality. I saw something in one of the threads the other day about a tweet from ESPN's Jayson Stark, that if it weren't for TLR's micro-managing, the Cards would be up 4 1/2 in the Central instead of behind.

It's been a good run, but it's time for a change.