And by 'We' I mean Mountain Fresh, the brains behind the operation. And on this site, that really isn't saying much.

Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Fresh. And to Grandpa Fresh who I know is over the moon his son has finally proven his manhood.

Let's keep close tabs on Rick Ankiel around FEB 28 2021. Ok, everybody?

Seriously, though... thumbs up to mom and dad. The CD has a new daughter!!!!

Justin Timberlake has been all over the place the past few weeks. 

The Grammys. New songs. Target commercials. Your mother's bedroom. You name it, and he's been in it. So it's not a big surprise that people on The Book are re-living his greatest hits. 

Just today, we saw the very excellent 'History of Rap PII' that JT performed on Jimmy Fallon's talk show way back in July 2011. LINK HERE

Pause was taken, though, when Jimmy and JT made their way into the crowd for a sing-along to Biz Markie's 'Just A Friend". That's when Cardinal guy showed up. (4:18 mark)

Look.

We pride ourselves on catching people in Cards gear. So we apologize for seeing this one way to late.

But props to the Cards dude that will live on in infamy with the throwback tee. Well played, sir. 

Last week brother Nate Argo'd Des from the dark twisted reality of living in Texas with a preacher's son. AshLee finally broke down and talked about her feelings with Sean. And Catherine barehanded a dead fish. 

Tonight?

Tonight virginity is lost, thrice over. 

Probably.  

Which of the women will accept the offer of coitus at Sean's Sex Shack? Who will not be willing the kick the tires before engagement? The first one to punch Sean's V-Card has to win this sucker... RIGHT?

It's "Fantasy Suite Night" on The Bachelor. 

DATE 1: LINDSAY 

7:19 - "I feel like I'm with my high school sweetheart. And that's what I want in an marriage." I'm going to let that marinate for a minute. Go ahead, picture your High School prom date. Now look him or her up on Facebook. Thoughts?  

7:21 - The fact that Crystal was passed over for the feeding set-up is criminal. Look, Animal Practice was bad. But, damn. 

                 

So most blogs are out taking video and being web 3.0 and whatnot.

We're too lazy.

That means we need to co-op our video duties. So Mountain Fresh was tasked with going out and finding a sportsman that will provide tips non-exclusively for our site. True, this person would have no idea that the 5 people referred to his video from The CD would actually think he's affiliated with us... but still... THE NEW CD VIDEO SPORTSMAN!

Thanks Dave. 

We'll check in from time to time that way we can say we're doing video on the site.

(Did you think that was going to be funny? Because Dave doesn't do humor. He does help.)

Bored?

Good. Because MLB Advanced Media, the notoriously stingy digital arm of baseball, has opened up the flood gates and made virtually every video in their possession available online. 

Quick. Gimme a name. Mark Whiten? 

And BOOM. Here's a Bob Costas clip that features the classic 4 HR game a call by Jack Buck AND Joe Buck. 

Our friends over at I-70 Baseball have compiled some classic Cardinals 80s moments for your viewing pleasure: LINK HERE

And if you want to do your own digging, you can go here: LINK HERE

Cards Diaspora loves celebs in Cardinal caps. And this week, the Daily Mail of  the UK brings us a whole gallery of Renee Zellwger making out with a guy in a Cardinals cap on the beach.

And then on a motorcycle.

LINK HERE for the entire gallery. A teaser below...

h/t @CoriFrank for the link. 

Shout out to @Dathan7 and family for putting today's snow storm to good use.

Well done.

Must have drank a bunch of water to make that bat. 

You want to feel old? 

Like really old? 

Well 21 years ago today, Feb 20th 1992, The Simpsons provided FOX with their first ever prime time with the now classic episode "Home At The Bat", besting The Cosby Show and the Winter Olympics from Albertville. 

It was a time where Jose Canseco was used unironically and Ozzie Smith, ahem, still had all his Gold Gloves. 

Erik Malinowksi of Deadspin wrote an entire retrospective on the episode (LINK HERE), but I wanted to point out the Wizzard's excerpt:

 

St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith stopped by in early September with his Bart impersonating son Nikko, who himself wound up on Fox television 14 years later as an American Idol finalist. "I knew he was a Simpsons fan and had the Bart thing  down pretty good," Smith told me, "but I didn't know he could do anything like that. " Smith also made sure to work through his script beforehand, unlike his peeved Centerfielder. "I worked on those lines, even though there wasn't really a whole lot  of them," he says. "I just wanted to get the inflections in the right place."

Hard to believe that the Simpsons is still going strong and that a whole group of people were born the day this aired are now allowed to legally drink. 

Last week, Obama ordered a drone strike against our hearts, we bore witness to an errant eyebrow kerfuffle and sparkle? TAKEN. 

But Tierra wasn't lying when she said men love her, because she's already engaged. Seriously.

This week?

It's hometown date week.

You never get a second chance to make a first impression... Head & Shoulders VALIDATED.

7:04 - Lots of unanswered questions about this 'marriage' of AshLee's. Like did the city clerk not ask for an ID? Did they still go to prom? Did the bride double as the flower girl?

7:12 - Show of hands... Who knew the twist tonight would be Jeff Fisher being AshLee's dad?

7:16 - Friends, that's what you call a hard close from Coach. Even had the crocodile tear come down the cheek. Dick Vermeil is somewhere, happy.

7:25 - I've spent 5 minutes trying to come up with a semi-family friendly fish slash Bachelor joke. Mercy. Insert your own joke here.

7:35 - Big Sis? More like a big cock block. But the more important question is why the back of the refrigerator facing the dining room? Somebody call the Property Brothers ASAP.

7:50 - I don't know what y'all are talking about. Looks like the Army is pretty cool to me. Didn't know you got to make out and stuff during basic training. 

8:00 - That moment when you ask the General to marry his first born can be awkward. Handled it like a pro. 

8:09 - Wait, the tent isn't in the canyon? 

                            

John Morris played for the Cardinals from 1986-1990 (274 games to be exact) and had a nice little career for himself.

I had forgotten about John Morris until I fell down the YouTube rabbit hole and ended up on Morris doing an impression of Kirk Gibson's famous 1988 World Series home run. 

At some point, every moment ever will be on YouTube.