2021 MLB Season Thread

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

St Louis just finished off the second half of the double header to bring the winning streak up to fourteen. Ties a franchise record set in 1935

Other game notes:
O’Neil and Goldy both homered (twice in the former’s case), bringing the season totals up to 31 and 30 respectively

Yadier Molina got his 400th career double and is sitting on 998 career RBIs

Jack Flaherty and Dakota Hudson both saw their first big league action after their injuries. Flaherty was rough, but I think was pitching better than box score is gonna make it look. Hudson looks to be ready to pick up where he left off. I don’t expect either in the rotation, but it’ll be nice to have them as options in the pens for a playoff run.

It’s fun to watch Harrison Bader play baseball. I think more people should know that.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

The Cardinals winning streak increases to 15, breaking their franchise record.

Was just about to the post that.

For the uninitiated, the Cardinals first season was in 1882 (as the Brown Stockings of American Association), so setting a record is kind of a huge deal.  They are also now 5.5 games up on Philadelphia for the wild card, a race in which they were decisive underdogs two weeks ago.

Also, on the Harrison Bader is fun front, 4 hits, 3 runs, 2 steals, 2 RBI, and homer today. And Yadier Molina got a hit, pulling him ahead of Rogers Hornsby for 3rd on the franchise leaderboard.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

There is an inverse correlation between saying ‘Cardinals fans are insufferable’ and ‘amount of Cardinals fans known’. Honestly, it became a meme because a Deadspin writer was annoyed at one of his editors and the media picked up on it because the traditional villains (the Yankees) weren’t good at the time.

I imagine something is similar for most hated fan bases.

Anyway, in other news, the streak got snapped at 17 games today. But going from hovering around 500 and waiting for elimination to punching a ticket to the playoffs as the hottest team in baseball is remarkable.

EDIT: Just want to note the irony of a Massachusetts AV calling anyone else’s sports fans insufferable