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Final Jeopardy:

Where have I been? 

What is: my blogging hiatus coincides with the Cardinals struggles over the past couple weeks, and dropping farther and farther back in the playoff race, despite having a MVP candidate, a Cy Young candidate, and a Rookie of the Year candidate.

Well, Alex Trebek would just have to say that’s the correct answer and find out how much you wagered.

This Labor Day weekend is the beginning of the end for the Cardinals.

They have 3 games against the division-leading Reds and sit 8 games out of first, and 5.5 games out in the Wild Card.

It is September 3, and if someone asked me if they could come back to make the playoffs, my heart would say yes and my head would logically disagree.

The offense can’t score, the pitching is trying to keep the Cardinals in game, but a team can’t win without scoring.

Paging Colby Rasmus, Matt Holliday, Jon Jay, and every other Cardinals starter: please pick up Albert Pujols aka the Cardinals offense.

The Cardinals struggles speak for themselves and I could ramble about their despicable 2-8 road trip against the Pirates, Nationals, and Astros.

But, today none of that could matter if the Cardinals can figure out how to turn it around against one of the teams they have had success against this year. (10-5 against the Reds)

With the NL Central basically out of reach even with a sweep of the Reds this weekend, there are only two words that can characterize the rest of the 2010 MLB season for St. Louis: Wild Cards?

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