It’s been a frustrating week to be a Cardinals fan. A playoff position has been tantalizingly close, but the team seems to have slipped on the proverbial banana peel of fate. After Friday’s games, the Cards sit two games out of the second Wild Card spot, but like Charlie Brown to the rest of baseball’s Lucy, it just feels like the playoff spot keeps getting pulled away at the last moment. It’s not a great feeling, I won’t lie. I’m sure I’m preaching to the choir here. The crazy thing about this is, I don’t work for the Cardinals.