St. Louis Cardinals: Let's Get Serious

Earlier in the week, I broke the standing policy not to post pictures. Today, I'm posting the first video because it is vital to the rest of the post. You know you want to watch it, so click and sing along. I'll wait.

OK, now that you've watched it (a few times, I'm sure), let's see just how savvy those "On the Run" folks are.

Below is a table of how often the Cardinals have scored six this year, whether it was at home or on the road, and whether they won or lost, plus the gap between "serious" games.

So, out of their 47 games, the Cards have reached the six level 14 times, or almost 30 percent of the time. That was brought down significantly, though, with their 13 game drought that was snapped last night. Before then, it was up around 41 percent, which means almost every other day before this power outage, you could get a cheap drink.

The Cards are 11-3 when they put up six runs or more, which is what you'd expect.  If a team is losing a lot of six run games, they've got some serious pitching issues to address.  Interestingly, though, they are only 6-3 in these games on the road compared to 5-0 in Busch Stadium.  Those three losses, though, came in Arizona, Chicago, and Philadelphia, which have never been confused with "pitcher's parks."

I have no idea what a regular drink costs at "On The Run," but I'm guessing $1.25, which means that if you'd bought a drink every time, you'd have saved yourself $14, unless, of course, you wouldn't have bought one otherwise, in which case you've cost yourself $3.50.

Don't worry, I'll continue to keep an eye on this and I'm sure you'll see periodic updates on this crucial part of Cardinal fandom.