Can Of Corn: The 2008 Cardinals by Dayn Perry

fuzzy math
Viva El Birdos — ... unless and until glaus, duncan, ludwick, and ankiel can make teams pay for pitching around albert. items: the 1986 cardinals had a 6-1 lead in game 4 of their nlcs tilt against houston; a win would have put them up 3-1 in the series. but they gave up 3 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th, lost it in the 13th . . . . ouch. game 5 is tonight. here's joe sheehan's paean to jim edmonds at BP (subscriber only). also for BP subscribers: dayn perry asks if the cards are for real . answer? nyet. ...

These guys
Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke? — After a rather successful homestand, the Bucs are moving on the road to St. Louis to take on the surprising Cardinals tonight. According to Dayn Perry and PECOTA (BP subscription required), most of the Cardinals are playing way over their heads and will be coming back to earth any day now. Somehow, Phil Dumatrait doesn't strike the type of guy that hitters come back to earth against, though I'll admit that his early returns as a starter are significantly less horrifying than I expected them to be. The Cards' counter Phil with Kyle Lohse, the guy who couldn't find a team until like three weeks before the season began. He got off to a ...