Long story, but my friend's fiancee's friend's boyfriend had a run-in with ol' Grit himself at a bar in Chicago, and wrote about it in an email. I think it's an interesting look into the mind of the saddest little utility player in the MLB. Enjoy!

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Although this may be a bit "out of left field", I figured we were all Cardinal-crazy enough to have had at least one or two dreams about the Cardinals, or maybe a player in particular. If this is too far off topic, feel free to delete it, but I was hoping it might be light enough (and hopefully funny enough) to keep around. The reason I bring it up is because I had this weird dream where...

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I'm not much of a stat head myself (although I love reading about them when other people do the math), but I noticed something interesting when I was looking at the standings tonight. Only four teams (LAA, PHI, FLA, STL) have a winning road record, the White Sox are the only team at an even .500, and everyone else is bringing up the rear. I'm not sure what it means, but it feels good to be one of the elite few with a winning record on the road as well as at home.

GO CARDS!!!

LAA (16-11) .593
PHI (15-13) .536
FLA (13-12) .520
STL (13-12) .520
CWS (17-17) .500
TOR (16-17) .485
OAK (13-14) .481
MIN (12-13) .480
TB (11-12) .478
TEX (15-17) .469
NYY (14-16) .467
ARI (11-13) .458
HOU (15-19) .441
CHC (10-13) .435
SF (12-16) .429
BOS (14-19) .424
MIL (13-18) .419
LAD (12-17) .414
NYM (11-16) .407
DET (12-18) .400
KC (11-18) .379
CLE (9-15) .375
WSH (11-19) .367
PIT (11-19) .367
BAL (10-18) .357
SD (10-20) .333
CIN (9-19) .321
SEA (7-20) .259
COL (8-23) .258
ATL (7-21) .250