The Cardinals entered play against the Nationals on Tuesday night with almost exactly a month to go. The lockout extended the season into October. The Cardinals will wrap things up on the 5th. Counting Tuesday night’s match against the Nationals, the Cards have 29 games to go.
Right now, they also have a substantial lead over the Brewers. They entered the evening match-up 7.5 games on the Brew Crew. Fangraphs still has them with a 97% chance of winning the division.
Fans around the internet have noticed and “magic number” Tweets and memes have started to pop up.