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Birdos_avatar_tiny by lboros on

now let's give la russa some credit. he's going out of his way to give reyes a chance here. he lets the kid bat for himself; he lets him go right after berkman instead of pitching around him. tony's taking some risks on the kid.

c'mon boys, lets get ol' a rey a relief win.

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Go ahead Geary

walk the guy in front of Pujols.

Make him pay, Albert!

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by Mr Redbird on Apr 8, 2008 10:19 PM EDT   0 recs

nice eye

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Very well

I'll give Tony credit for this as long as he promises to never bat Izturis leadoff again :)

by mikedallas45 on Apr 8, 2008 10:20 PM EDT   0 recs

sweet, another one of those patented pujols infield singles

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:20 PM EDT   0 recs

Today = best day ever?

I finished my thesis today (after 6 hours of straight work) and came home to find that the Cardinals had just tied up the game and ARey was mowing them down.

C'mon Cardinals bring it all home for your favorite robot.

by azruavatar on Apr 8, 2008 10:21 PM EDT   0 recs

congrats!

enjoy the time off (i hope)

by TICY on Apr 8, 2008 10:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

wow, congratulations!

what's your thesis? sounds remarkably liberal-arts for a robot.

e'rebuilding mang

by nycbirdo on Apr 8, 2008 10:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Congrats

You need to celebrate Mike Shannon style, which could make for an interesting DFR tonight :)

by mikedallas45 on Apr 8, 2008 10:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I can hear Mike now...

"ol' azruavatar's done it again folks, and you know what that means. Time to reach for an ice cold bud light."

Free Colby

by Oregonian Redbird on Apr 8, 2008 10:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

this weekend is going to be fun

I have every intention of playing the drinking game from one of the previous game threads.

by azruavatar on Apr 8, 2008 10:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

thanks all

FUCK YES TROY GLAUS.

It's for an engineering masters degree, nycbirdo, so it's not liberal-artsy at all. I had to write a program to optimize a bunch of power (as in your local utility company power) variables. I've been working on it for 6+ months and it was basically the only thing between me and graduation at this point.

by azruavatar on Apr 8, 2008 10:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Congrats

Sounds technical. I bet you're about to get paid like whoa.

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by Mr Redbird on Apr 8, 2008 10:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

that's awesome

of all of my friends who studied engineering, only one even graduated undergrad, so good on ya. that s is effing hard.

e'rebuilding mang

by nycbirdo on Apr 8, 2008 10:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Congratulations!

I got my BSME in '99- I was waaaaaaaaaaaaay too burned out on school to attempt a masters

"Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women, and Irish whiskey.
The other ten percent I'll probably waste."
- Phillies pitcher Tug McGraw, on his plans for his $75,000 salary

by saveferris on Apr 8, 2008 10:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Congrats AZ

so now you are going to graduate, what's next? world domination?

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!

by gdm426 on Apr 8, 2008 10:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

congrats azru

what kind of engineering? i'm in grad school for nuke engineering now and i'm definately getting burnt out. way to stick with it.

by capeboda on Apr 8, 2008 10:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

congratulations!

And I awoke in California, far far from Spancilhill...

by SleepyCA on Apr 8, 2008 10:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Congratulations!

I just turned in my thesis last week.

Nice to be finished and have it out of the way, isn't it?

"Is this Heaven?"
"No, it;s Iowa."
"I could've sworn it was Heaven."

by MilCardFan on Apr 8, 2008 11:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

agree, lboros

tony does deserve credit for letting reyes stay in there.

e'rebuilding mang

by nycbirdo on Apr 8, 2008 10:22 PM EDT   0 recs

woooo

3B production is AWESOME

by TICY on Apr 8, 2008 10:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Glaus!

He smoked that one into the gap

by mikedallas45 on Apr 8, 2008 10:23 PM EDT   0 recs

HORAY TROY

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!

by gdm426 on Apr 8, 2008 10:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Glaus'

moment. Nice.

by glennrwordman on Apr 8, 2008 10:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Niiiiiice

He's coming around nicely.

by cloistermaximus on Apr 8, 2008 10:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Hmm

Pujols took out Towles's leg for no good reason on that slide

by mikedallas45 on Apr 8, 2008 10:24 PM EDT   0 recs

he's just a towel...

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That shhhh cracks me up.

Formerly Big Red (victim of the SBNation upgrade)

by Tackle Box on Apr 8, 2008 10:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good reason:

There's still a runner out there on the bases. If the ball gets by Towlie, the runner gets another base.

by mojowo11 on Apr 9, 2008 1:14 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Glaus comes around!

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:24 PM EDT   0 recs

See....

There was no need to doubt Troy after all. He just needed some time!

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by Matty I on Apr 8, 2008 10:25 PM EDT   0 recs

Come on Boomhauer...

they are IBBing Kennedy to get to you

...just a bit outside....

by Ankiels Missing Curveball on Apr 8, 2008 10:25 PM EDT   0 recs

Ohhhhhh

You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Glaus just hit one to the gap

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by Mr Redbird on Apr 8, 2008 10:25 PM EDT   0 recs

AK intentionally walked :)

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:26 PM EDT   0 recs

now what? leave reyes in?

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:27 PM EDT   0 recs

franklin

Ludwick in for Duncan now? (skip to left, ludwick in right?)

by adiueordie on Apr 8, 2008 10:28 PM EDT   0 recs

It's not like he has much choice...

Reyes is pretty much the long reliever, he has to stick with him until the 8th.

by DiscoJer on Apr 8, 2008 10:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Wow

I just saw the replay of that double. Towlie sure is getting beat up this series

by hannah_in_va on Apr 8, 2008 10:29 PM EDT   0 recs

Highlights on Gameday

Did you watch it through the link on Gameday, I guess they have this new thing where they show you important plays like 2 min's after they happen...

by duncans_army on Apr 8, 2008 10:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good old Gameday

It was especially fun with Houston's unemotional cyborg announcers.

by hannah_in_va on Apr 8, 2008 10:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

they do indeed

my favorite of these so far was that play kennedy made behind second the other day.

e'rebuilding mang

by nycbirdo on Apr 8, 2008 10:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Replay

Albert tried so hard to take out Towles, I think he missed the plate--just kind of rolled near it.....

by ncgostl on Apr 8, 2008 10:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Aaron Miles in for...

kennedy? Why? Not complaining, just don't get it.

by thewizard3 on Apr 8, 2008 10:29 PM EDT   0 recs

the other options were let the pitcher's spot leadoff next inning or put ludwick in for duncan and have ludwick lead off next inning with the pitcher due up three spots later...
so, yeah, i don't know.

by adiueordie on Apr 8, 2008 10:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

huh. weird

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:29 PM EDT   0 recs

You Know...

...i'm beginning to really like this team. There' a lot of guys to root for...

by glennrwordman on Apr 8, 2008 10:30 PM EDT   0 recs

my sentiments exactly...

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I agree, this could be fun

by kyle3776 on Apr 8, 2008 10:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i hope you're right

i definitely have favorites, and right now i like a lot of guys. i'm hoping i still do when they're no longer a .700 team.

e'rebuilding mang

by nycbirdo on Apr 8, 2008 10:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

woooo! another catch for dunc

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:32 PM EDT   0 recs

sounds like Franklin

is getting lit up. Bare down kid, one more!

Ok Skippy... you're starting. Now START HITTING!

by stltrav09 on Apr 8, 2008 10:32 PM EDT   0 recs

it's all good

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They were all over Franklin...

but he got out of it.

...just a bit outside....

by Ankiels Missing Curveball on Apr 8, 2008 10:34 PM EDT   0 recs

nice job FRANK

those balls were smoked though.

never the less, good work.

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!

by gdm426 on Apr 8, 2008 10:34 PM EDT   0 recs

the trifecta

are we really about to watch miles, iz2, and schu back to back to back? are they going to line up defensively like when a girl comes up to bat in slowpitch softball?

by ribbij on Apr 8, 2008 10:35 PM EDT   0 recs

How about

All three ground out to 2nd?

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Track 'em Tigers - An SB Nation Blog for Auburn Tigers fans

by Mr Redbird on Apr 8, 2008 10:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

it would be nice to blow it wide open, but we do have a closer.

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:36 PM EDT   0 recs

best of all., Izzy makes it exciting

by kyle3776 on Apr 8, 2008 10:37 PM EDT   0 recs

No, best

is if Izzy makes it dull and routine.

by StanTheManFan on Apr 8, 2008 10:38 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, true

by kyle3776 on Apr 8, 2008 10:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

alright boys

i just spent $55 bucks on some new Cardinal hats for the season. don't make me look like a fool wearing them around this summer.

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!

by gdm426 on Apr 8, 2008 10:37 PM EDT   0 recs

aw, c'mon. cardinals are the best team in history!

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 10:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Who's a fool?

I don't see how anyone can ever call you a fool for supporting the home team. I don't see why you'd stopping wearing hats even during a down year. Now, if you were from Florida, that might be different...

Free Colby

by Oregonian Redbird on Apr 8, 2008 10:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

there's far to many flub fans out here in ohio

i heard a ton of crap last summer from them all.

guess what shut them up the quickest? all i had to do was hold up 10 fingers.

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!

by gdm426 on Apr 8, 2008 10:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

cubs fans are a joke. sure, there's a few smart ones, but most of 'em just say "Cardinals suck" with no basis whatsoever

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 8, 2008 11:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i almost never get that

i usually get cursed at & flipped off.

there must be something about my face that their fans love to hate.

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!

by gdm426 on Apr 8, 2008 11:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

True.

I get that from Cub fans all the time too. "Cardinals suck!", they don't know why, they just know they do.

by cardsgirl95 on Apr 8, 2008 11:12 PM EDT to parent up