Well, I tried as long as I could to deny it, but my beloved Cards are on the verge of pulling off the most ingnominious collapse in baseball history. A week ago, the standings looked like this:

St. Louis 80-69
Cincinnati 7 GB
Houston 8.5 GB

Now, we're staring at:

St. Louis 81-77
Houston .5 GB
Cincinnati 2.5 GB

I'm starting to lose the faith here.