Cards News and Notes: Reliever usage, Facebook, Trivia

Here is all the VEB you missed yesterday, Tuesday, August 3rd:

On not bringing the closer in for a tie game on the road: Craig's great analysis of the times in which Matheny declined to bring his best reliever into a tied game in the ninth on the road or later.

Facebook Live #8: Craig talks trade deadline stuff and other Cardinals analysis

Trivia Tuesday: Can you name this Cardinal? Your daily Hunt and Peck, started off with some trivia

The high price of win-now talent at the deadline: An analysis of the value exchanged this deadline by both the buyers and the sellers.

Randal Grichuk sent to minors, Jhonny Peralta, Brandon Moss return: Some roster updates. Dean Kiekhefer was also optioned to the minors.

Cardinals should destroy the Reds: A series preview from Craig

Bryan O'Keefe Homers; Kilichowski Strikes Out 5; Murders Goes Hitless: Your daily farm report, which includes a mixed day for VEB's favorite new crime fighting unit.

Cards vs. Reds game thread: read the VEB community's takes as they happened

Cardinals lose in brutal fashion in 7-5 walkoff loss to Reds: Brutal indeed.