View From The Pine
Sports as seen from the sidelines.
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Nick Foles vs the NFC West
As Nick Foles looks to become the first St. Louis Rams’ player to make the Pro Bowl since CPA turned quarterback Marc Bulger, one thing we know for certain is…
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When Stats Don’t Matter
It has never been cooler to be a baseball nerd than right now. Moneyball brought baseball analytics to the main stream. It does help when you’ve got Brad Pitt leading the charge. Now…
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Better Know a Cardinal – Kolten Wong
Next up on Better Know a Cardinals we’re helping you better know Kolten Wong. The 5’9” Hawaiian made a name for himself in the postseason showing off some little man…
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Better Know a Cardinal – Jason Heyward
Earlier this week we guided you on where to find your favorite Cardinals on Twitter. Now we’ll be introducing you to some of the newer or lesser known players to…
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Your Guide to Following the Birds on Twitter
It’s that time of year again. We’ve got highs below freezing in St. Louis. Meanwhile we’ve got the Cardinals players reporting to Jupiter, Florida for Spring Training. Blowing up your twitter…
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Best of Panger
If you are unfamiliar of Blues broadcaster Darren Pang, you should be ashamed of yourself because the man is a real treat, a delight and an underrated national treasure for crying out loud. He’s…
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Rams vs. Washington in Gifs
The St. Louis Rams took care of business against an inferior team again by handing the Washington Colt McCoys their 10th loss of the season. The win marks the first…
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A Funny Thing Happened This Sunday at the Rams Game
It was weird. The San Diego Chargers had just taken a 10 point lead after the Rams turned a 10 – 6 lead into a 20 – 10 deficit in…
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The Joe Kelly Standoff Video You’ve Been Waiting For
A cool October evening in the midwest. Thousands of fans have packed into Busch Stadium. The National Anthem had been sung. The players were jogging onto the field. But two…
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Gifs of Waino Just Being Waino
Adam Wainwright might have only been 2nd in the league in Cy Young voting, but he’s definitely 1st in the league in charisma. We’ve got less than 61 days until…
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Which Saturday Night Live Cast Does the Cardinals Roster Most Resemble
Matching up the 2014 Cardinals roster to a SNL cast is no easy task. For one, the 2014 roster isn’t even fully set. Although with the early offseason moves for…
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Goodbye, old friend. Chris Carpenter Retires.
St. Louis Cardinal’s starter Chris Carpenter finally used the “r” word (through Mozeliak) he refused to use going into 2013. While Carpenter is likely to stay with the organization, we do…
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The Crazy Awesome 2nd Period From Last Night’s Blues Game (Plus fight gifs)
I’ll be the first to admit I’m a bit of a lax Blues fan. I’ll check the scores and make it to a game or so each season, but now…
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Ranking Boston’s Beards from Worst to Face Meltingly Awful
Boston, like many playoff teams before them, have embraced growing beards. Like literally everyone else these days. Yet everyone is treating Boston like they’re special for growing beards. Well we…
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Boston Celebrities Are Hopping Ship
By now you’ve seen the photo of one of Boston’s golden sons and future Batman, Ben Affleck, switching allegiances and donning the Birds on the Bat. If not, welcome to…
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Your Superstitions Don’t Matter
It’s the top of the 9th, elimination game. You’re team is down 2 runs. You’ve got to do what you can. So you knock on the table twice, and toss…
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Blues Season Preview?
7 games into the season, you say? 5-1-1 record currently sitting 2nd in the Central Division, you say? Already beat the reigning Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks twice ,you say? Starting…
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Guide to Hating on Matt Holliday
It’s October, that means two things: the Cardinals are still playing baseball and the Birds are still trotting Matt Holliday out into left field. For some reason. We can’t really…
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The Case for Matt Carpenter as MVP
After a 2012 that saw Carpenter bat .294 over 114 games, Cardinals fans were left wondering what he could accomplish with a starting dose of at-bats. In the offseason, the Cardinals…