We hear often that the St. Louis Cardinals are God’s gift to major league baseball. We hear they do everything the right way. The national media never misses the chance to put the saint in St. Louis.
Right now, the Cardinals are the class of the NL Central in the standings. They have won the division each of the last three years, 9 of the last 16 seasons, and reached the postseason 11 of the last 16.
But the hype about The Cardinal Way is over-the-top. Just last weekend, St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Bernie Miklasz wrote “Maybe the Cards work too hard.