Thanks.

all of the bird fans have a wonderful thanksgiving…. and for all the past and present writers keep up the good work…. sometimes to me it is really dribble but other times all the numbers make sense….. at last eat until you can’t eat anymore and don’t dribble any gravy on yourself…

that when I meet another Cardinals fan, I get pretty excited. Then, if after talking to them a bit, I realize that they don’t digest the information that sites like VEB gives you, I am a little disappointed. I sort of think of them as a lesser fan. I know its wrong and that their love for the Cardinals is just as much appreciated as mine.

I just thought with your rant about the whole dissecting thing would be a perfect place to let this confession out. I am thankful that no matter what your enjoyment of the sport, baseball is there for you. If you just want to enjoy the game, thats great! If you want to study and research and really dive into the numbers, its just as exciting. The game that we call baseball is an amazing gift that has been passed down through my family and I am thankful that I get to enjoy it today.

to all the normal Thanksgiving stuff (family, friends, etc.) I am thankful for VEB. I don’t post often, but I’m here every day. Thanks for letting me think about baseball 365 days a year.

I don’t recall hearing about your loss…though I’m quite forgetful. My condolences – a bit late.

I am thankful that everyday when I look to this blog for something interesting and insightful I didn’t know – it always comes through. I am thankful Larry created a place where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came. We miss you LB. The depth and detail I read and discuss on this site is such that I can’t read or discuss elsewhere. Thanks to all the writers and faithful posters…to list you would take to long and I’d leave somebody out.

Happy turkey day!

and all. Okay now that the pleasantries are out of the way, does anyone know where I can buy some Great White beer for our thanksgiving dinner (Mo, Ia, IL ?)

Thankful my dad brought me up to be a Birds on the Bat fan, even though we lived in L.A.

Thankful for this wonderful nation where I can be free to be whatever I want to be.

Thanks to those whom have fought, bled and died for this freedom I have.

Take care all and enjoy. Be safe!

to be thankful for that’s too long to list here, but let’s just hit the highlights; lets hit the top five in no particular order (but numbered nonetheless):
1. Albert
2. the cardinals and baseball in general
3. VEB and the whole cardinal blogosphere
4. ryan Thudwick
5. family/friends/being alive, etc…

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hey baron…. i’m thankful to know there is other baseball freaks out there that also happen to be music freaks as well. i would have loved to have been there for the 2 hour discussion on the drums in intervention. I’m a daily reader of this site. love it, love it, love it.
currently i’m thankful that blitzen trapper made a fabulous album for me to enjoy. FURR!

I was watching Kill Bill last night, and making mental notes of just how implausible so much of that movie is, when it’s just supposed to be a stylish action movie. sometimes we can overanalyze things, but we should be thankful that we can overanalyze things. if we feel like it. I’m also thankful for the wide array of music in existence, it really is one of the main things in my life that provides a welcome distraction. and the Great Game, Baseball, of course. one such distraction I’ve been working on is a relatively simple, hopefully as close to all inclusive, baseball offensive stat that I can muster up. when I was telling someone about it at the office the other day, someone said it sounded like a quarterback rating. so anyway, I’m still working on it.

and oh yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by that show Chuck. it has been really entertaining… and it has that guy from Firefly who always cracks me up, from being too serious of all things.

Psychic Ills – ‘Din’

a recommended psych-pop album experience.

Ankiel’s two death-blow throws from Center Field to Third Base this season in Colorado. Very thankful.

which is obvious, but watching his play and the way he handles himself is amazing
he is a great ballplayer and person, and no matter how great or poor the cards are playing im always happy to be able to watch and root for him

go cards

my thankfulness sporting wise

1. cubs made it to 100 years
2. it wasn’t a circa early 90’s years for the cards
3. my steelers look to be on there way to another deep playoff run
4. the blues aren’t the worst team in hockey (its early i know)

and one general thankee is that i did NOT invest in gm when it hit 3 a share, since they are now going under

Thank your parents!

I don’t even watch baseball that much. I have only watched a handful of games the last two years. I don’t have cable so I don’t get to watch the Cardinal’s very often. I catch more games on the radio more than anything. The thing is though that I like following the Cardinal’s more than I do watching them play.

So some people might just call it game and to just enjoy watching it. I don’t really do well sitting down and watching anything for a sustained period of time. The problem is that I don’t really enjoy watching it. I enjoy analyzing it more than anything.

That is why I am so thankful for VEB. I have a place where I can crunch number’s to my hearts content and have others to spin ideas against. I have never been in a community where daily I am taught something new, challenged for ideas, and brought together by great thoughts.

I wish I knew of other community in other subject’s of my life that had the same passion as VEB does. But alas I know that isn’t such an easy thing to find. It takes dedication from a multitude of dedicated editor’s and commentor’s to challenge each other. By doing so they grow their own knowledge. Maybe it is because Baseball it just a game and none of us should take it to seriously.

There aren’t a lot of Cardinal fans where I live, so I am so thankful to make contact with some here. I am thankful for all the information I get here and I hope in the future to be able to share interesting information with all of you also.

1) Family & Friends
2) Health
3) Albert Pujols
4) Cubs hitting the century mark
5) VEB
6) Having the Double A affliate in my hometown, so I can watch the next generation of Redbirds develope. The best thing that has come to Springfield since I’ve been alive.
7) Baseball in general

Happy Thanksgiving to All!

1. Baseball/VEB/SABR!
2. Arch Rival Roller Girls and the Smashinistas (go JB and CC!)
3. Buffalo Wild Wings
4. Mystery/Pickup Artist 2
5. The Office….that’s what she said.

I’ll end with a quote from a terrible movie about a stupid team but applies to us all:

“They’re here. Every April, they’re here. At 12:05 or at 7:05 there is a game. And if it gets rained out, guess what. They make it up to you. Does anyone else in your life do that?”

i’m thankful for all of you & everything you bring to the table.

have an extra piece of pie for me.

hug the ones you love, and try to love the ones you don’t want to hug. if you do, the world will be a better place.

I am thankful that Albert wasn’t in the Mitchell report and that the man never takes a moment of playing the game for granted. As a fan of the Cardinals and baseball in general, I’m glad that he is a role model as well as a great player.

I am also grateful for the player that made made me a Cardinal fan in the first place, Ozzie Smith. I’ll never forget that diving play he made where the ball took a bad hop at the last second, and the dude barehanded it. Unbelievable.

I posted this once before, but what the hell, for those of you who missed it, here is a cool tribute song to the wizard.

Have a great holiday everyone!

Another big fan here RB. A couple of weeks ago, there was a reference to Vogon poetry. Which is a reference to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Definitely a show that gives a little love to the nerd.
 Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

for the opportunity to take my 3 yr old boy to Opening Day. I am thankful that next year, I will be able to take my now 4yr old boy and his 1yr old brother.

I am thankful for the firends, family, and experiences that give every day that touch of flavor…I give thanks that we still live in a country where we can a have TV show where someone takes themselves so seriously that they acutally say “I’m deconstructing meatloaf”…yes, no baseball – I watch Top Chef.

1) the Cards didn’t suck
2) Obama got elected
3) I have reason to be relatively optimistic about the future of both (living outside the US allows me to be a bit more stoic than most regarding the economy)

does anyone have any interest in old scorecards, or old (in some cases really old) vcr tapes?
Scorecards: I have four from 1957, Crosley Field Cincinnati, involving the Reds and Cardinals {a nostalgic FYI, the StL starting line-up was Don Blasingame, 2b; Alvin Dark, ss; Musial, 1b; Del Ennis, LF; Ken Boyer, CF; Wally Moon, RF; Hal Smith, c; Eddie Kasko, 3b}

also, two each from 1962 and 1963, old Busch Stadium (ie not the round one recently demolished, but the aka Sportsman’s park). None are in great condition, of course, and all are written in by my sloppy boy hand. But the price is right: NOT selling, giving away if anyone wants. Inflation oddity: they all say “10c” on the front.

Re. the vcr tapes… scattered and surprisingly numerous… I think not many full games, but a number with big hunks of games. And I know the furthest back are some of the ‘82 WS vs Milwaukee. Haven’t viewed them in ages and not yet certain that they all still ‘play’ but I’ve decided to go thru them first and offer, before I pitch them out.

If no interest, that’s fine too, but I will be drafting a generic e-mail with a bit more specifics ( a few autographs on a couple of the Cardinal scorecards )… the scorecards fairly immediately, and the vcr tapes as I can get to the task. My e-mail addy is on my profile. and Happy Holidays!

Buck Owens’ and Don Rich’s music.

I just hooked my turntable back up and am blasting the Tiger By The Tail record at near 4 in the morning. This record is ideal at age 21, I’ve discovered. It has never been as good to me as it has been this year. Something tells me it’ll hold up through 22, as well.