Game 1 Open thread overflow
by lboros on Mar 31, 2008 3:45 PM EDT
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PrintCards lead it 5 to 1, middle 3d inning . . . . . good start to the year.
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The new site...
is pretty, and I like it now that it has an option for wide screens, but it sure sucks up resources more than the old one. I've already had it lock up once
I asked this at the bottom of the other thread
What exactly is the rainout rule before the 5th? Is everything before the rainout null and void? I remember they changed the rule either last year or the year before, and it's got me all sorts of confused.
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
i hate rain delays
Redbirds Fun
2006 WS for JB and DK57RIP: Josh Hancock
Looks like it will last a while
I think they'll get this game in but by the looks of the radar it looks like it will be about an hour and a half before they start again.
Well the good news is...
That will be about the time im just getting home. Though we may walk down to a bar first.
Is it the server
or the number of posts that locked up the thread?
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 5:20 PM EDT reply actions
I have a feeling it might be the server
but this will be the experiment that proves or disproves that theory.
"You say the world has lost it's love. I say embrace what it's made of" - Dar Williams
If my memory is right...
...the home team gets to make the call and you have to figure they'll make sure they get through 5 and a half, right?
that is what i remember too.
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, but few understand." - Wes Westrum
by IrishDomer08 on Mar 31, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Zambrano having a middle finger injury in Chicago
Can't tell exactly what's going on, but I think they're pulling him out after 6 2/3.
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
wow....
in the 3rd and we are on a 2nd game thread already?....that has got to be a record !! Nice !!!
I think albert heard the comment
about someone outslugging him. That didn't last long
"...but If I can do some damage and help my team win, I'm going to stay in there" -Albert
it would be so cool to see reyes get in
and take control of this game
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
he'd be in line to get his first win of the year ;)
since AW won't have gone 5...
Well the girls would turn the color of the avocado when he'd drive down the street in his El Dorado
Does anyone have a radio feed of the game?
When are we expecting to start up again? I know the radar looks grim, but my Extra Innings is just playing music with a thing saying the game is delayed.
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
hour and a half or so is what they said
Redbirds Fun
2006 WS for JB and DK57RIP: Josh Hancock
maybe
maybe mlb.tv will catch up between now and then. kinda ridiculous.
by davethebutcher on Mar 31, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
I wish they'd just show us the rain delay feed from FSN
"You say the world has lost it's love. I say embrace what it's made of" - Dar Williams
You aren't missing much...
Behind the Story about Cal Ripken. An interview with the owner's son. Now something Cardinals related - In My Own Worlds with Albert Pujols
Opening Day across MLB is pushing our servers
So the thread may load without style or with the wrong colors - you might try refreshing.
I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.
yeah...
It must be that...I have gotten the appearence back to normal, but it sure is running slow huh? ... Ahhh..Opening Day!!!
yeah this is a trial by fire, for sure
It's hard for us to watch discussions get disrupted, and we're doing everything we can with the servers.
The good news is that this is more or less the heaviest day of traffic for the whole network, we're learning a lot and planning ways to avoid future downtime.
I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.
I would think so for both starters. Break for COL, Francis wasn't going to last much longer anyways...
Who do we bring in? Reyes?
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, but few understand." - Wes Westrum
by IrishDomer08 on Mar 31, 2008 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
would seem to make the most sense
's his job, after all. plus, i can see ladunc secretly hoping he gives up 3ER in 2/3 just so they can look up at mo and be like, "tolja."
e'rebuilding mang
sadly, you are probably right about ladunc. Prove them wrong Anthony!
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, but few understand." - Wes Westrum
by IrishDomer08 on Mar 31, 2008 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
There's a part of met hat hopes that it'll be Wellemeyer vs. Wells
then we won't know who's pitching for what team
"You say the world has lost it's love. I say embrace what it's made of" - Dar Williams
Matty
Matty I did not know you were a card fan too. I enjoy your blog over at the Phinsider!
by Smokin Turkeys on Mar 31, 2008 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks!
Yes, besides being a diehard Fins fan, I'm also a diehard Cardinals fan. (Also a Nets fan, but we'll keep that one quiet as they struggle to even make the playoffs in the terrible East).
Ironically, it was me stumbling across Viva back in '05 that made me aware of SB Nation. But I never posted until the '06 playoff run, kind of as a stress relief during the games. Then I saw the kind of community that was here and inspired me to contact SBN and see if they would give me a shot at running a Dolphins site.
And for some reason, they liked me. lol Go figure!
Is that Clint Hurdle out on the field
pulling off the tarp? That scallion.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 5:58 PM EDT reply actions
Brewers/Cubs
Cubs and Brewers are both throwin up bagels...top 9th = knotted up at 0. Good game to watch to pass the time.
I was hoping that game would be rained out today
so that, should the Pirates lose tonight and we hold this lead...we'd be alone in 1st place for atleast 1 day.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
kosuke's having a good day though
2-2 with a BB...
Well the girls would turn the color of the avocado when he'd drive down the street in his El Dorado
I believe he was the only one
in ST that was performing half decently.
I could see the Cubs being in a month long slump offensively like we were last year. The question is, can Lilly, Marquis and Hill keep them in games again this year.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
and a 3 run home run
oh my. Gagne does not seem like a very good investment...
Well the girls would turn the color of the avocado when he'd drive down the street in his El Dorado
mlb.tv
mlb.tv IS BACK UP! Just in time for...rain delay. Let's hope it stays working for the game...
Kerry Wood coming in
and hits the first batter.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 6:00 PM EDT reply actions
MLBtv
Anyone else getting a message saying games are blacked out? Maybe it coming back, but it is telling me that every game is blacked out for me.
The best part about this is as I type there is an MLB tv commercial on during this cubs game
It's not doing anything
even after I click on audio or tv.
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
Milwaukee up 1-0 Top 9
Braun with an RBI single, bringing in the guy hit by Wood.
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
haha, go brew crew!
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, but few understand." - Wes Westrum
by IrishDomer08 on Mar 31, 2008 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Rain delay update?
Bueller?
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 6:09 PM EDT reply actions
Corey Hart just drove in 2 more
I think it will be ruled a double, with the runner advancing to 3rd on the throw, but HELL YEAH!
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
The radar looks bad
There's a band extending all the way to Oklahoma.
Gagne is awful
if Wood and Gagne are these two teams closers, we may be in this division race all year.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 6:17 PM EDT reply actions
Gagne
May not wind up being much better.
I would be alright with Chicago and Milwaukee both having closer troubles here to start the season.
wow, what a game
fuk just nailed a 3 run shot to tie it up
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
definitely
a great exiciting game on opening day though.
by Smokin Turkeys on Mar 31, 2008 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
i love it
if they can't both lose, let them play 16 innings in the rain.
Well the girls would turn the color of the avocado when he'd drive down the street in his El Dorado
Brilliant
burn up both bullpens and play on that new Wrigley fielding surface drenched in water.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
no way
i want to see the cubbies choke and lose every possible time
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
Prince Fielder ladies and gentlemen
That was just a terrible defensive play.
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
anyone else remember our Fukudome diary last year?
I can't remember who started it, but we were clamoring for that guy about a year ago. Damn, it'd have been nice to see him in red.
On with the (good) youth movement!
how much did the cubs pay to get him?
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, but few understand." - Wes Westrum
by IrishDomer08 on Mar 31, 2008 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
no posting fee
unlike dice-k, fukudome was a free agent and no posting fee was required to sign him.
It looked like Pie came up a little lame
But he stayed in the game.
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
No joke
I was really surprised to see him calling baseball. He's already pretty insufferable when he calls college football.
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
He knows baseball, though
He was actually a minor-league umpire before he got into broadcasting.
he really doesnt bother me
but his voice reminds me of football, and i can never get enough of that
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by ihavebadknees on Mar 31, 2008 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I had to do a double take when I saw him in the booth earlier.
by Smokin Turkeys on Mar 31, 2008 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay
Is there any word on the rain delay? Are they calling the game?
"Jimmy told me, 'If you keep it right there at two runs and no more, we'll win this game,'" Wainwright said. "'Me and Albert will get the job done."
I just checked the radar...
..and it looks pretty bad...
just a thick orange and yellow band the entire length of the radar sweep with St. Louis right in the exact center....
But
Have they said anything either way?
"Jimmy told me, 'If you keep it right there at two runs and no more, we'll win this game,'" Wainwright said. "'Me and Albert will get the job done."
They'll wait at least 3 hours, I'd imagine..
..from the start of the delay, which was around, what, 5:20 (EDT) or so?
So I'd give it another 1-1/2 hours....
for those with problems with mlb.tv
you may need to upload the microsoft silverlight upgrade. that worked for me.
I have it...
I got silverlight a while ago. It must've been servers. I was able to listen to the pregame, but once the game came on I would only get "connection reset" errors, couldn't even get gameday. but it's all back now, so i'll just have to catch up with the archive.
by davethebutcher on Mar 31, 2008 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Game postponed
7:15 tomorrow.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 6:44 PM EDT reply actions
blast. so we completely start over?
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, but few understand." - Wes Westrum
by IrishDomer08 on Mar 31, 2008 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
THAT SUCKS!!!!
Our players lose all those nice juicy opening-day stats..
2 rbi for Ankiel... gone
2 rbi for Yadier....gone
HR for Albert... gone
2 walks for Glaus...
base hit for Izturis...gone
3 ip, 1 run for Wainwright...gone...
But
If it's postponed, we pick up where we left off tomorrow night, right? Everybody's stats still intact?
"Jimmy told me, 'If you keep it right there at two runs and no more, we'll win this game,'" Wainwright said. "'Me and Albert will get the job done."
No
that doesn't happen.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Really?
Why not? I thought it did.
"Jimmy told me, 'If you keep it right there at two runs and no more, we'll win this game,'" Wainwright said. "'Me and Albert will get the job done."
That is only for special circumstances...
like when the away team takes a lead at the top of the inning but they never finish the bottom so the home team didn't get a chance to answer it.
that is a bad rule
Can anyone explain why the game situation should reset? THat just doesn't make sense to me. IMHO postponed games should pick up right where the game left off, regardless of whether they reached "Regulation length" or not.
Well the girls would turn the color of the avocado when he'd drive down the street in his El Dorado
Nevertheless...
...that's been the rule since forever. If the trailing team doesn't complete 5 innings at bat, it's no game and you start over from scratch.
Bernie on stltoday.com..
among others, official MLB.com site says ppd as well for the status. - to - for the score. Brand new game tommorow, sucks for Waino and others. I would imagine Lohse pitches that game.
OK, i just have DTV EI on
and they haven't said anything yet.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson
yeah, no kidding
I'm sure both clubhouses are just chipper that they wasted their opening day starters.
On with the (good) youth movement!
man that is terrible
no home run for pujols?!?!?!?!?
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
games have to be
official for stats to count, so everything today never happened
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
Hopefully the makeup game gets scheduled in September
though it looks like they'll just have to do a doubleheader, either this Thursday, or when the Cardinals go to Coors in July
"You say the world has lost it's love. I say embrace what it's made of" - Dar Williams
Who starts tomorrow?
This kind of throws a wrench in the planned rotation. Does everyone else just move up a day?
Lohse i would think
they were skipping Lohse so that he could follow waino next time, so either he goes or Reyes spot starts.
i am so depressed
hopefully this isnt the start of a bunch of bad luck
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
After everything that could possible go wrong last year
actually going wrong, it's nice to start 2008 out on the right foot.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 6:56 PM EDT reply actions
don't you mean, wouldn't it be nice
if everything started off on the right foot? with the rain out washing out the win doesn't that mean they didn't start off on the right foot?
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson
Well, atleast we will still get
the win.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't just to that conclusion
A pissed off Wells might have one of his "special" days.
After all the "revenge" losses
we had last year, I would hope that we can get a "revenge" win against Baron von Kipperinton for last years SEVENTEEN losses.
"There is one word in America that says it all, and that one word is, 'You never know.'" Joaquin Andujar
wait a minute
One of Wells "special days" What the hell does that mean? He goes one scoreless inning, Hurdle knows a miracle when he sees it and pulls him?
Seriously, all they have to do is wait for that fastball down the middle the baron throws all the damn time.
Back from the game
Waited it out til the announcement -- worst part is that I might not be able to go tomorrow night for the make-up game. Oh well, that first inning rally sure was nice.
Hopefully MLBtv will get it figured out
Urg. Bad day all around, and there is a blizzard outside to make things worse
Brace yerselves, folks!
I expect a schizophrenic season from a schizophrenic team. These guys will delight us and break our hearts in equal measure, and this opening day fits that template to a tee.
What a day for baseball!!!!
Both closers collapse in Chicago. Gordan is ripped in Philly. Colorado starter can't throw a strike. Santana deals.
Kyle Lohse seems to be used to adversity.....hope he has plenty of run support just in case......... Colorado can swing the bat.....
Westcoastbirdwatcher
by westcoastbirdwatcher on Mar 31, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply actions
Bad omen to the season...
and I wouldn't be shocked to see Kip Wells come in here tomorrow and shut us down.
ok, maybe i'm being dramatic, but it's infuriating that we get off to such a great starft, against a pitcher who normally baffles this squad, and it all gets erased.
...just a bit outside....
by Ankiels Missing Curveball on Mar 31, 2008 7:41 PM EDT reply actions
I am honestly really worried that exactly that will happen
You would think we'd batter Wells around pretty good, but you also must remember:
a) How much Jason Marquis sucked for us in 2006
b) How much Jason Marquis dominated us in his first start against us in 2007, with the "ax to grind"
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
If MLB.com
doesn't get their shit together, I will cancel my account and go fork over the big bucks for XM. I will be damned if I'm going to pay for something that won't work properly.
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
Per MLBtraderumors.com.......
The Atlanta Braves have signed Scott Spezio to a minor league deal. If this is true, I find it just bizarre.......
She isn't crazy, she's just not impressed.
He loves the bar scene in Atlanta
I have relatives in Atlanta who are part of the band scene there and they tell me stories about how Speezer loves to hang out at house shows and you'll never catch him without a nice buzz going.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn't today's non-game
really foreboding for the season? Opening day, great start -- up 5-1 in the 3rd. Pujols has a jack, Ankiel w/ something to prove -- a 2 run double and the rains come, washing out the game and leaving us w/ Kyle Lohse as what amounts to our opening day starter against the defending NL champs.
It wouldn't surprise me if we get 3 hit tomorrow and end up losing 6-0.
I wonder what LaRussa will do
with a RHP on the mound, will Skippy and Ludwick head back to the bench, with Kennedy stepping into the lineup as well?
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Why would he sit Schumaker against a righty if he started him against a lefty?
"You say the world has lost it's love. I say embrace what it's made of" - Dar Williams
I don't know why Tony does
half the stuff he does.
He spent 3 weeks showing us what we thought was going to be the lineup during Spring Training and then completely changed it all around for Opening Day.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
You know..
I cant fault Tony for changing the lineup we did put 5 runs on the board against Jeff freaking Francis.........who has consistently dominated the Cardinals...
"when we say strength we mean kettlebell,when we say kettlebell we mean strength"
...what?
I have no clue why people say he "completely' changed it
Ludwick went in for Barton, experience over rookie, good call to me for opening day
Other than that the main complaint I see is Izturis 7th, but Miles has been batting 9th the most of any other spot so I figured he would be there.
Post Dispatch said
La Russa will start Kennedy next two days
you can't sneak the sun past the rooster
by enoscountry on Mar 31, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Not to mention...
Izturis actually taking a walk. His career high in walks is lower than Albert's high in HRs.
Now he's probably thinking "If only I hadn't walked, maybe the game would have been official. I won't do that anymore"
At the game today...
different atmosphere than last two years. No stadium to open, no chanpionship to celebrate. Weird.
And three year olds don't do rain delays well. At all.
"Dude, we're running out of stadium" - said on the way to our seats in Section 428.
I don't know if anyone else has noticed
but I think there is something wrong with Roy Oswalt. He's giving up WAAAY too much contact this spring. He seems to be wearing down for his tiny body. That does not bode well for the Astros.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 10:23 PM EDT reply actions
or my fantasy team
grumble grumble
thought i had a steal in the sixth.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 31, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Is anyone watching this Pirates/Braves game?
Braves scored 5 in the bottom of the 9th to tie it up. If they can complete the comeback, and the Astros happen to lose tonight, we're alone in 2nd place!
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
Say a prayer for Pirates fans tonight
that was awful.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions
Screengrabs
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
The look on the Pirates' new manager was priceless, too
It was like he realized just what he's gotten himself into, lol
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
i just turned it back on
i seriously thought that game was long over. i can't believe they let the Braves tie it up.
it may be a brand new season, but they are still the same old Pirates.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson
Yeah, but
Nady with a 3-run bomb in the top of the 12th, 12-9 Bucs.
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
what a crazy game
12-11 Pirates in 12 innings. they tried to give it up again, they really tried.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson
dang oswalt 92 pitches
in the 5th jamie moyer esque
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
And that is against the worst offensive club
over the last 5 years, the San Diego Padres.
I just made up those stats.
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by Hardcore Legend on Mar 31, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Whelp. The season is over now.
Albert was on pace to hit 729 HRs. (once every two innings, so 4.5 a game.) And now he is on pace to hit 0.
or infinity
Just take the limit of (x^2)/(x^4) as you go to zero. It's totally 0/0!
"You say the world has lost it's love. I say embrace what it's made of" - Dar Williams
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