St. Louis Cardinals: Marcell Ozuna abandons teammates in a peculiar way

Marcell Ozuna abandons his St. Louis Cardinals teammates in the most peculiar of ways. How could he do this?

The St. Louis Cardinals appear to be sleepwalking in their past few games, after losing to the bottom feeders of the American League in the Kansas City Royals. Ironically, their players seem to be taking that approach literally, or at least one member of the St. Louis Cardinals squad.

Marcell Ozuna was a late scratch from the St. Louis Cardinals lineup, for unknown reasons during the telecast of today’s game. He didn’t appear in the team’s dugout into well into the contest, and now, we finally know why.

It seems that he had Kosmo Kramer and Jerry Seinfeld in charge of waking him up for the big game because he overslept his alarm — showing up late to pregame rituals for the St. Louis Cardinals.

This is a bad look for a guy that is vying to be the franchise guy and the one who should be leading by example.

To be fair, Marcell Ozuna owned it, faced the music (media), and took ownership for his mistake. I’m not here to pile on, not in the slightest. I’ve done the same thing myself on some occasions, so pointing fingers at Marcell Ozuna would be hypocritical.

Plus, he did show leadership by taking the cameras head-on, and once he was spotted with his teammates, was into the game cheering on his guys.

The St. Louis Cardinals could have used Marcell Ozuna and his bat in today’s game, with runs at a premium for the Redbirds — even though they reached double digits in hits for the game.

Instead, they lost the rubber match of the series and are spiraling downward into the NL Central standings. They do have reinforcements in Yadier Molina and Alex Reyes on the way and boast one of the best pitching staffs in all of MLB, so all is not lost — not yet anyway.

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There’s no excuse for the St. Louis Cardinals dropping the series against the Kansas City Royals, and no reason for Marcell Ozuna not suiting up for the contest. Ironically, Marcell Ozuna oversleeping symbolizes a deeper concern for the St. Louis Cardinals, who were sleepwalking during the series — now needing something to wake them up.

Hopefully, a loss to one of the worst teams in baseball will sober the Birds on the Bat up, before they oversleep the alarm of the NL Central and the Milwaukee Brewers run away with the division.