St. Louis Cardinals: Do Cardinals have or need a murmur guy?

Do the St. Louis Cardinals have or need a “Murmur Guy?” What the heck is a “Murmur Guy?” You know, you just didn’t know he is called that.

A “murmur guy” is that player on your team who you, and 40,000 other St. Louis Cardinals fans filling Busch Stadium KNOW can win it for us with one swing. If only he gets the chance.

It’s “crunch time” in that final trimester (the 7th, 8th, 9th innings) with a slim lead or a coupla runs behind. The Busch faithful look down in the on-deck circle AND THERE HE IS …..

A “murmur” runs thru the crowd like a wave. NOW you get it… “a murmur.”

“HE is coming up. Don’t count our boys out yet.”

From the box seats to the upper deck, hope springs eternal from within the human breast as it did in Mudville on that faithful day.

Baseball is “a game of failure” as “Casey” reminded those Mudville fans, but more often than not, HE comes through; not always “going yard” but at least a double in the gap to drive in the go-ahead run or keep a rally alive.

In my opinion, there is not such “a guy” on manager Mike Matheny’s roster this year. A solid roster of legitimate “big leaguers,” yes… but not “a murmur guy.”

All of this year’s regulars are capable of late inning heroics, but is there ONE obvious choice you want up? Would a majority of CardinalNation agree with your choice?

Does “a murmur guy” HAVE to be a bona fide Superstar?

Albert Pujols qualified as both as did Mark McGwire. Superstars are too rare. Most “murmur guys” are a tier below “Superstar.” Think Matt Holliday in his prime.

We play our Central Division rivals 19 times each. We know their rosters almost as well as our own. “The murmur guy” was originally called “The McCutchen Factor.”

In 2013 – 2015, in his prime, Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen would come to the plate EVERY INNING in that final trimester. Impossible you say? My brother-in-law and I charted it. EVERY freakin’ inning. A secret version of “the double switch” keeps “murmur guys” ALWAYS getting to the plate in crunch time.