CHICAGO • Although he prefers to keep them out of sight so they’re also out of mind, there are times when someone leaves a statistics packet on manager Mike Matheny’s desk. Right there on top of it are the standings, printed in black and white.
“Throw it away the moment I see it,” the manager said. “I could care less.”
The games back don’t matter if his team cannot put its game together.
After a misspent homestand in which there was misstep after misstep, the Cardinals finally found the win they had been seeking at the un-friendliest of confines, Wrigley Field.