Rain Delays can be fun - A Hunt and Peck

Being fans of a team from the Midwest means we are quite accustomed to rain delays. In fact, the Viva El Birdos crew once spent several hours waiting out a rain delay while drinking mudslides and dancing at a particularly memorable VEB Day. The players do not have the luxury of Kahlúa, however.

Or... maybe they do. As the Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago Cubs show here, you cannot let a little rain get you down!

I have questions, the biggest of which is WHERE DID THE CUBS RELIEVERS GET THOSE MASKS?

Astros keep homer numbers up, strikeouts down | MLB.com

A member of the Cubs ground crew went on a tarp riding adventure | SBNation.com

what else is going on in baseball...

• Best post-trade performances in history. | Sports on Earth
• A World Series urgency audit among contenders. | Sports on Earth
• Ranking the MLB awards and playoff races. | Sports on Earth
• Astros keep homer numbers up, strikeouts down | MLB.com
• Jose Altuve’s Historic July and His MVP Momentum | FanGraphs Baseball
• Frank Herrmann on Pitching in Japan | FanGraphs Baseball
• Nick Markakis hits his 2,000th career hit against the Dodgers | SBNation.com
• An MLB player born in 1997 hit a homer, and we're all old now | SBNation.com
• Corey Kluber’s 11 strikeouts put him in elite, historic company | SBNation.com
• Dodgers' Kyle Farmer, Alex Wood share tattoo tribute to paralyzed former Georgia teammate | ESPN
• Washington Nationals-Chicago Cubs really is a playoff preview | Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN

what the cardinals are up to...

• The Cardinals Refuse to Be .500 | Viva El Birdos
• Ortiz: Comfy Cardinals need that Molina fire | Jesus Ortiz | stltoday.com
• Molina, Matheny run rookie Kelly through catching drills | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com
• Matheny Should Go By the Facts and Not the 'Feel' When Making the Lineup | 101Sports.com
• A Request For Mike Matheny: Make Sure Yadier Molina Stays Mad | 101Sports.com

KNOW THINE ENEMY...

the cincinnati red stockings

• Pirates beat Reds 6-0 in series finale | Red Reporter
• A Cincinnati Reds community | Red Reporter
• Series preview: Cardinals at Reds | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com

the nl central

viva el stuff...

• FANPOSTS:
  The 2017 St. Louis Cardinals: Over or Underachievers? | Viva El Birdos
  Stop Batting Molina 5th | Viva El Birdos
  Are the Cubs THAT much better than the Cardinals? | Viva El Birdos
  The Paralysis Prelude | Viva El Birdos
  Paul DeJong and Plate Discipline | Viva El Birdos
• Viva El Birdos Podcast: Episode 91 | Viva El Birdos

other things...

• Ara Parseghian exemplified class in sports. | Sports on Earth
• High school girl saves football season in a fading Texas town | ESPN
• Video: Enjoy Kurt Warner's Super Bowl XXXIV Highlights Ahead of His HOF Induction | 101Sports.com
• 'NBA 2K18's' graphics are so good that '2K17' looks like trash | SBNation.com