The Cardinals certainly haven’t been maxing out on the field this season in terms of smarts.
As Fox Sports Midwest analyst Tim McCarver said Wednesday night on the Cards’ telecast: “They are not a good fundamental team. Period.”
Then after the Redbirds had more baseruning blunders in the first inning Thursday, McCarver was on target again.
“I don’t think any team in the major leagues has messed up on the bases more than the Cardinals have this year,” he said.
This “just can’t keep happening at this level,” added play-by-play announcer Dan McLaughlin.