The last time I wrote a Giants-Cardinals series preview, I was called up by sports talk radio in St. Louis to give an interview because I vaguely echoed the sentiment of many St. Louisans who felt that Mike Matheny was ruining their favorite baseball team. It turns out, they were right and Matheny’s mismanagement of the Cardinals’ young roster got him Schildt-canned on July 14, replaced by then-interim but now-permanent manager Mike Schildt, whom the team has already signed to a three-year extension.
It’s going so well now that their broadcasters are actually having fun in the booth and certainly, the Giants broadcast team will need to get some payback on Dan McLaughlin for his Jon Miller impression.