Clubhouse machinations have a symbiotic relationship with soul-crushing losing streaks; if you don't believe me I only wish you could see the internal numbers on SB Nation St. Louis. Cardinals traffic there fell steadily down from post-Brandon-Phillips highs until, bestill Google News's beating heart, Colby Rasmus and Tony La Russa each asked Albert Pujols to serve as second in an upcoming duel and it spiked again. I'm not claiming anybody's pulling the strings to make sure something interesting happens when the team refuses to be interesting; I'm arguing that's when it becomes interesting.
The Cardinals fall below a minimum interest threshold and it becomes extremely apparent, and suddenly more interesting than baseball, that Colby Rasmus and Tony La Russa don't like each other very much.
So the Cardinals win two of three from the Reds, take an improbable game from the Brewers—Yadier Molina has now driven in 15 runs with his five home runs—and suddenly Colby Rasmus and Tony La Russa deny having ever established a blood-tontine for the DeWitt millions. (Colby, I love you, but never trust a Sicilian when death is on the line. Especially you, and especially him.) I'd prefer the team continues to be interesting this way; fewer Google Trends spikes—for maximum exposure Colby Rasmus should consider dating the Bachelorette, from what I can gather—and more consistently entertaining, discussable games.
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