Game 2 Open Thread: April 6, 2006

by lboros on Apr 5, 2006 5:26 PM EDT in St. Louis Cardinals News

mulder myers
16-8, 3.64 13-8, 3.72

mulder debuts tonight; so too does the guy he was traded for, danny haren, who pitches v the yankees. haren is writing a blog this season; his first post went up yesterday. (thanks matt leach for that link; enjoy the cheesesteak, dude.)

the blogosphere brims over with commentary and photos from last night's opener at the new stadium. VEB readers itsalemmon and STLedge were in the house and wrote up good diaries on the subject; john vb took his camera and has a boatload of images online. also see words and pictures at cardinals diaspora, bellyitcher, fungoes, and deadspin.

finally, here are a few pixs, about a week old, courtesy VEB long-timer rockin' redbird -- interiors of the anhueser-busch suite, and the views therefrom.

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Question:

Is there anywhere that has a curve or a percentile ranking of where players fall in terms of statistics (AVG., OBP, RISP, etc.) amongst every other player in the league or by position?

by bgh on Apr 5, 2006 5:42 PM EDT reply actions

Great pictures

from John VB (thanks John) of the new digs. Can't wait for this summer, so I can find find my wife's brick! :-)

Also nice to see the lineup of retired numbers under the scoreboard, and the foresight of leaving a space between Kenny and Diz for a certain Jimmy Ballgame at the appropriate time...

Cheers,

by bkwelker on Apr 5, 2006 6:08 PM EDT reply actions

myers

is there anyone who has bigger eye brows..he could grease those babies up to put all sorts a new spins on the ball

by punchinjudy on Apr 5, 2006 6:32 PM EDT reply actions

DANG IT

The game is supposed to be on ESPN 2, so I actually get to see a CArds game (I live in Chicagoland). But there's some ESPNEWS thing going on. When the put the score up, it doesn't say there's a rain delay. Just that Rollins has a hit, Schumaker is 1/1 with a stolen base and a run, etc.

by sdrone on Apr 5, 2006 7:38 PM EDT reply actions

Fricking Mulder

First and second with no out in the second inning, and he pops out on a bunt attempt.

Man, I hate that guy.

The 26th Man

by 26thMan on Apr 5, 2006 7:48 PM EDT reply actions

Skip "Rick" Schumaker

Just took Eyebrow deep for his first career dinger. Take a bow, kid.

The 26th Man

by 26thMan on Apr 5, 2006 8:04 PM EDT reply actions

maybe there is something

to this "LaRussa pixie dust" theory...

by DCRedbird on Apr 5, 2006 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Juancion is a disaster

Two rallies killed by this guy. Ugh! Why did we acquire him, again?

by Red in Chicago on Apr 5, 2006 8:46 PM EDT reply actions

And another one...

Bases loaded for Juan, and he ground out to end the inning

by Glowsticks on Apr 5, 2006 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions

9?!?!?!?!

9 men LOB in 1 game? what the??
Someone else needs to be in front of Pujols, he's gonna have lots of noone on in front of him if Juancion stays there.

Cardinals Jayhawks all the way.

by birdland on Apr 5, 2006 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions

When the pitcher can't throw strikes...

I'm not sure, but it looked like Encarnacion swung at a pitch outside the strike zone to end the eighth.

When the pitcher can't throw strikes, and Albert's on deck, take a walk....

by madridbend on Apr 5, 2006 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't care for him either

Nothing kills a rally like Encarnacion.

by Suzanne on Apr 5, 2006 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions

he looked pretty bad in each and every at bat

by azruavatar on Apr 5, 2006 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd call tonight a bust.

I have a bet with a friend of mine who sees the world in cardinal colored glasses. Simple bet. $5. At the end of the season I say Juancion will be a bust. We didn't define the term, but a rational observer will say that, so far, he's one and one. And frankly, last night was nothing special. He had the good fortune to be on base prior to a couple of Home runs, so he didn't even have to show himself on the basepaths. But the word we used was BUST. And tonight, that's exactly what he was.

by tinstl on Apr 5, 2006 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Patience

If Schumaker delivers for a couple of months from the 6 spot, you could find a new lefty hitting 2nd.

by sdrone on Apr 6, 2006 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions

More drama than we needed

Well,
Izzy gets a save, but not a pretty one.

by madridbend on Apr 5, 2006 10:01 PM EDT reply actions

2-0

Cards win 4-3

by Zubin on Apr 5, 2006 10:01 PM EDT reply actions

Another Maalox Moment...

...brought to you by Jason Isringhausen!

by Red in Chicago on Apr 5, 2006 10:05 PM EDT reply actions

he's just pickin up where he left off

and leaving me to yell some unsavory language at the TV screen

by azruavatar on Apr 5, 2006 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Problem is, I can't say anything about him anymore

I made a deal with him down in Houston during game 5 last year--give me a stress free save, and I'll never complain about pointless drama anymore, and the dude came through on his side of the bargain.

So now, I'm a Izzy superfan. And he got the job done again--look up his stats from last year w/ bases loaded, it's quite amusing.

by Valatan on Apr 5, 2006 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions

They won...

that's all that counts.

by cardsrul on Apr 5, 2006 11:08 PM EDT reply actions

I am forming a Coalition to Sue Izzy

Izzy causes me so much stress each night he forces me to smoke near a pack of cigarettes just in the ninth inning. He is leading me down the path of Lung Cancer. I am doing a pre-emptive strike against him.

Who's with me!

by DimitroffVodka on Apr 6, 2006 3:58 AM EDT reply actions

Izzy

Absolutely. I got home late and watched the game on tape. Up 3-1 in the 7th, I felt like I'd get a reasonable night's sleep. Then Between David Bell's homer and Izzy's 9th, I went through most of a bottle of wine collapsed in a feverish heap and overslept for work this morning. Damn you Izzy.

by mikeoat on Apr 6, 2006 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions