They were pushing, giving it everything they had, but Nolan Arenado valiantly held them back — held them in — as he spoke from his locker in the losing clubhouse.
Like Arenado and his teammates, they just couldn’t come through.
“Every year we go into spring, the World Series is the goal … it’s what this organization expects,” the passionate and proud Arenado said late Saturday night, after the season-ending loss in the National League Wild Card. “And I don't think that's ever going to change.”
Once again, the Cardinals failed to meet expectations. And this one was particularly crushing and, in some regards, embarrassing.