The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky, a work in the public domain Which is how they lost 14-1. The Ninth Wave is a painting finished in 1850 by Russian-Armenian painter Ivan Aivazovsky. It is largely considered his best work and one of the greatest marine paintings of all time, if not one of the greatest paintings ever created. Aivazovsky is perhaps the most famous marine painter — most of his works depict the sea and shipwrecks, using them as an allegory for the power of nature and the meekness of humans in comparison. The ninth wave is a phrase amongst sea travelers referring to the strongest ..read more

Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports The Cardinals allowed Victor Scott and Jordan Walker to skip Triple-A but that worked to the detriment of the organization and perhaps the players too. Originally this article was going to be about Victor Scott and just Victor Scott, going something along the lines of “Victor Scott is a talented prospect who isn’t ready for the majors yet because of x, y, and z”. But as I was writing this article, I realized I couldn’t talk about Victor Scott without talking about Jordan Walker. And then I realized that I couldn’t talk about Victor Scott and Jordan Walker without ta ..read more

game 23 The St. Louis Cardinals take on the Arizona Diamondbacks in game one of their series this evening at 6:45 pm CST ..read more

Joe Puetz-USA TODAY Sports Oh offense, offense where art thou, offense? Hey, uh, Cardinals, uh, I just want to have a little chat. There’s really only one way to ask this question, so I guess I better just be direct on this: WHAT THE F**K? I’m looking at you offense. How are you all slumping at the same time? How are all of you on power droughts at the same time? Most of you are supposed to be good hitters. How do none of you have any power? How do you not score a run against Colin Rea? I am genuinely flabbergasted. Like, I get struggling with runners in scoring position. That happens from tim ..read more

Sonny Gray departs after a sharp 12k outing. He is good. | Joe Puetz-USA TODAY Sports Stoppers stop losing streaks before they get out of hand. Gray did his part. Offense AWOL again. Pre-Game Notes The Cardinals come into play 9-12, having lost 3 in a row. As the Cardinals fall off the .500 mark, Cards fans angst has increased. Almost PTSD like symptoms with flash-back to last year’s 10-24 start creeping in. There was a Zach Thompson sighting yesterday. I noticed his FB velo was back up to prior norms. He went 10 days between appearances. I found that odd. Wondering if there was an injury or ..read more

game 22 The St. Louis Cardinals take on the Milwaukee Brewers in game three of their series this afternoon at 1:15 pm CST ..read more

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports The Cardinals are throwing fewer fastballs, improving pitches, and changing how they evaluate talent and that’s a good thing. Last week I wrote about a change the St. Louis Cardinals have made that has me feeling optimistic about how they view pitching. Namely they flipped their fastball and slider usage, going from 2nd in the league in fastball usage and 26th in slider usage in 2023 to 17th in fastball usage and 5th in slider usage so far this season. The premise is simple. Fastballs are the easiest pitch to hit so why should they form a majority of a pitcher’s, an ..read more

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