The Cardinals' push for the play-offs can be described as nothing short of a miracle. Everything that can go wrong, has gone wrong. Let's see...
- A teammate's death during the season
- Serious injury to players integral to the team's success
- career lows and uncharacteristic sloppiness from many of the vets
- substance abuse problems and rehab
- arrest and DUI
- Road trip losses that spelled doom
- Infighting that leaked to the media
Oh, the list could go on and on...and yet, here are the Cards: 2, that's two...t-w-o games out of first place! If somebody doesn't develop a script for this season soon(including Ankiel's return and all, of course), then count myself willing to develop one. And this picture would make lots of money. Especially if the story includes a play-off appearance.
This is exactly the reason fans obsess over sports. It's the stories and the glories and the something else that ends in "ories". It's winners and whiners, the beloved and be-hated, heroes and villains-all on the same field-just as God meant it to be (who needs to watch Batman? ok, well, I do. "Wait'll they get a load of me!" AH! LOVE IT. But anyways...) The polarizing figures make it easy to 'get', and the succulent storylines make the season easy to devour. With 35 games to be played in 34 days-that's right, no more days off, yowza- the Cardinals biggest test is about to take place. And I can't wait.
Is it really almost September?
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