St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt is fired up. Furthermore – Shildt, owner of 132 regular season wins in his life at the big league level – just won his first postseason series. Indeed, the Cardinals did it in a convincing 13-1 fashion with 10 runs coming in the first inning of the contest alone.
Still, Shildt is a little ambitious with what happened after the game. The Cardinals’ skipper let loose a profanity-laced jingoistic speech for the ages. Keep in mind, when you google search ‘Mike Shildt’; what actually comes up right now at the top is ‘Mike Schmidt’. Honestly, Shildt has more left to do in this game before saying things like this.
Mike Shildt:
“The [Braves] started some shit. We finished the shit. And that’s how we roll. No one fucks with us ever. Now, I don’t give a fuck who we play. We’re gonna fuck them up. We’re gonna take it right to them the whole fucking way. We’re gonna kick their fucking ass.” pic.twitter.com/2J7jyJc60O
— STLSportsCentral (@stlsportscntrl) October 10, 2019
Here’s what Shildt said after the Cardinals defeated the Braves in the fifth game of the NLDS in Atlanta:
“The [Braves] started some shit. We finished the shit. And that’s how we roll. No one fucks with us ever. Now, I don’t give a fuck who we play. We’re gonna fuck them up. We’re gonna take it right to them the whole fucking way. We’re gonna kick their fucking ass.”
First thought: I remember my first beer.
Furthermore, it’s alright to be excited. While I would like to say we have all been there, I certainly haven’t. However, I know that the Cardinals are at long odds to take it right to whoever they play for the rest of the postseason like their manager says.
Either he’s lying to himself and his team, or he’s just showing a bit of foolishness.
Next, someone get this over to the Los Angeles Dodgers; who may have a thing or two to say about it. If the Dodgers hang on to beat the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night, they will only need to pass through the Cardinals for a third consecutive trip to the World Series.
Finally, it’s one thing to beat the Braves in a short series. Mike Shildt is about to learn that it’s an entirely different animal to face this generation of the Dodgers and their brand of baseball.
He may be sorry he had this much fun eventually.
