The Weekend: Artist’s Rendering
Oh, you forgot the Cardinals had one of the most promising rookies in the NL, did you?
Ladies and gentlemen… Colby Rasmus.
The full highlight here (with local call).
This team is locked, cocked and ready for 15 games over .500 moving swiftly towards September. It literally can come at you with so much- frankly- I’m surprised the Cubs haven’t just packed up and quit.
Oh, wait…
Friends, the asshole cynic wants to bitch about the impending departure of Matt Holliday or the complete waste of 10 million dollars a year known as Kyle Loshe… but at the end of the day we’re just too damn giddy.
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