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PCO is back online! The internet fairy showed up this morning, so I now have regained my license to rant about the thing I love the most: the St. Louis Cardinals.
As I write this, the Cardinals just fell to the Yankees this afternoon, 5-0. There are some obvious flaws to the team -- mainly the bench, defensive problems of David Eckstein, and the lack of consistent middle relief -- and Scott Rolen has missed several weeks with a shoulder injury. But, at this very moment they are the best team in the National League by 4 games over the Washington Nationals (!) and the Padres, have a 5½ game lead on the Cubs in the Central, and are 9 up on the rest of the division, with several games remaining this evening. And it still seems that they're not even on that typical mid-summer "roll" yet, despite playing at a .639 clip.
Anyway, I thought I'd spread the good cheer. Be sure to check back frequently for more updates.
