The Morning Tailgate
Despite the hiccups and kerfuffles, the Cardinals sit four games behind the National League Central leading Cubs, and three games behind the wild-card leading Brewers - which is pretty incredible.
In an unrelated note, “Hiccups and Kerfuffles” could be a good theme song name should the Cards pull this one out. Sounds a lot cooler than “The Heat Is On”.
After taking 2 of 3 from the Birds, New York Mets fans are starting to enjoy their 15-4 run. [Faith and Fear in Flushing]
Local blog, “The Cardinal Virtue,” looks at the option to move Adam Wainwright into the closer role when he returns from the disabled list. [The Cardinal Virtue]
Rivals.com provides their preseason college football analysis of the #5 Missouri Tigers. [Rivals.com]
ESPN.com says the Cardinals are the “favorites” to land Colorado closer, Brian Fuentes. [ESPN.com]
MLBTradeRumors says that the Rockies are buyers, not sellers - and moving Fuentes to St. Louis is no longer an option. [MLBTradeRumors.com]
Mike Florio from the Sporting News weighs in on the Steven Jackson holdout by saying, “young NFL runningbacks should do whatever it takes to cash in.” [SportingNews.com]
JoeSportsFan.com (love those guys) chronicles the top video game villains. [JoeSportsFan.com]