The following is not based on any baseball sabermetric stats but simply on storybooks: These things don’t happen and then the team peters out.
Are these signs? These are signs, right? Signs like Adron Chambers’ triple in 2011, Scott Spiezo’s triple in 2006, Miguel “Country” Mejia’s mad dash in 1996? Signs that for all the faults of the St. Louis Cardinals, and there are myriad, this late-season rebirth means a postseason berth?
“Yeah, there’s something magical about it,” said Adam Wainwright, who was also on the 2006 and 2011 teams. “You can’t make that stuff up.”
In three of the past four nights, we’ve seen everlasting moments as the last-gasp Cardinals try to outlast the Giants in the wild-card race.