Cardiac Cards waiting til late to decide games
Whether they win, lose or tie for the wild card today, the Cardinals certainly have played some exciting games down the stretch. The old football team in St. Louis used to be known as the Cardiac Cardinals. The 2011 baseball team, with their last eight games having been decided in the seventh inning or later, has just as much claim to the moniker.
As you can see below, the month of September has featured many nail-biters, both for the Cardinals and the Braves. But whereas the Braves have been on a streak of less-tense games — that is, games whose biggest play (by change in win probability) happened earlier than the seventh inning — the Cardinals are playing tight games as they near the finish line:
