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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1799303" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-a-new-st-louis-tradition-cardinals-wilt-in-playoffs-yet-again/article_de972fb6-5f1d-5ef7-8a63-ddbb355784c8.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Benjamin%20Hochman" target="_blank">Benjamin Hochman</a></p><p></p><p>The tears tried so hard to spill from the All-Star’s eyelids.</p><p>They were pushing, giving it everything they had, but Nolan Arenado valiantly held them back — held them in — as he spoke from his locker in the losing clubhouse.</p><p>Like Arenado and his teammates, they just couldn’t come through.</p><p>“Every year we go into spring, the World Series is the goal … it’s what this organization expects,” the passionate and proud Arenado said late Saturday night, after the season-ending loss in the National League Wild Card. “And I don't think that's ever going to change.”</p><p>Once again, the Cardinals failed to meet expectations. And this one was particularly crushing and, in some regards, embarrassing. After an unforgettable regular season, here was a forgettable postseason. After a season of making history — 700, 325 and more — the Cardinals didn't make the most-important kind of history. Eleven lonely flags flap above the scoreboard at Busch Stadium.</p><p></p><p>October is over. Cancel Halloween. Might as well just get winter going here in St. Louis — Paul Goldschmidt’s swing can help blow in a cold front — because the Cardinals, once again, have abbreviated the 10th month with an uncharacteristic splat. Well, at this point, maybe it’s characteristic? After embarrassingly losing the National League Division Series in 2015 to the Wild Card Cubs, the Cards missed the playoffs all together in 2016, 2017 and 2018.</p><p>In 2019, they won the NLDS but couldn’t even muster one win in the next round.</p><p>In 2020? Lost in the first round.</p><p></p><p>In 2021? Lost in the Wild Card Game.</p><p>And now, in 2022 the Cards didn’t win a game in the best-of-three series that they hosted. On Saturday, the Phillies shut out St. Louis, 2-0, the same score of the series.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1799303, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-a-new-st-louis-tradition-cardinals-wilt-in-playoffs-yet-again/article_de972fb6-5f1d-5ef7-8a63-ddbb355784c8.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Benjamin%20Hochman']Benjamin Hochman[/URL] The tears tried so hard to spill from the All-Star’s eyelids. They were pushing, giving it everything they had, but Nolan Arenado valiantly held them back — held them in — as he spoke from his locker in the losing clubhouse. Like Arenado and his teammates, they just couldn’t come through. “Every year we go into spring, the World Series is the goal … it’s what this organization expects,” the passionate and proud Arenado said late Saturday night, after the season-ending loss in the National League Wild Card. “And I don't think that's ever going to change.” Once again, the Cardinals failed to meet expectations. And this one was particularly crushing and, in some regards, embarrassing. After an unforgettable regular season, here was a forgettable postseason. After a season of making history — 700, 325 and more — the Cardinals didn't make the most-important kind of history. Eleven lonely flags flap above the scoreboard at Busch Stadium. October is over. Cancel Halloween. Might as well just get winter going here in St. Louis — Paul Goldschmidt’s swing can help blow in a cold front — because the Cardinals, once again, have abbreviated the 10th month with an uncharacteristic splat. Well, at this point, maybe it’s characteristic? After embarrassingly losing the National League Division Series in 2015 to the Wild Card Cubs, the Cards missed the playoffs all together in 2016, 2017 and 2018. In 2019, they won the NLDS but couldn’t even muster one win in the next round. In 2020? Lost in the first round. In 2021? Lost in the Wild Card Game. And now, in 2022 the Cards didn’t win a game in the best-of-three series that they hosted. On Saturday, the Phillies shut out St. Louis, 2-0, the same score of the series. [/QUOTE]
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