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nice start to the Hombre-less portion of the slate: 6-0 st louis --- check that, 7-0 st louis --- in the top of the 7th.

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Luddy

personally taking Albert’s responsibilities into his own hands

Pitchers Hit Eighth

by Pitchers Hit Eighth on Jun 11, 2008 8:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He wants the HR lead back

"Regression to the mean is so much more fun to watch when it’s a Cub who is regressing." SleepyCA

by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like the way the team's come out in response to the big injuries

I hope it’s a permnent thing

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy!
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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 8:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

they have to take these games

when they can against overmatched opponents – win the games against the CIN and PIT’s of the world – and then when you can take 1 of 3 versus ARZ it doesn’t hurt as bad

Pitchers Hit Eighth

by Pitchers Hit Eighth on Jun 11, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree.

This has been an extremely resilient ballclub. I like.

That was a real test," Soriano said of the play. "He didn’t call the ball, I didn’t call the ball, but I saw him close to the ball and I let him get the ball."

by Cardsfan_inCHI on Jun 11, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if LUD doesn't make the All Star game

heads should roll

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 8:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He's not getting the press he deserves

That’s for certain

If he played on a NY team, BOS, or a CHI team, they’d be all over it. But I’m glad he plays for my team :)

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he's like 14th in voting for outfielders

he ain’t making it on the team unless the coach wants him there

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 11, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thats a crime against every holy in baseball

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

gosh dang it, lets try this again

that’s a crime against every thing holy in baseball & life.

i can’t believe he’s that far down.

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if memory serves me right

they did that so Japan could vote Ichiro in.

yeah, like that guy wouldn’t get in.

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

criminy

only 74 pitches

Looper knows how to pitch with a lead – THROW STRIKES

Pitchers Hit Eighth

by Pitchers Hit Eighth on Jun 11, 2008 8:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Criminy?

Is ths Looper’s best outing?

by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Jun 11, 2008 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if i'm dusty baker

i’‘m going ballistic after the game…it’s like the reds don’t even want to be out there…which is fine but me, but lacks professionalism

by VolsnCards5 on Jun 11, 2008 8:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the sooner they are done the sooner they go to the club

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Jun 11, 2008 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i concun

wait till the play the flubs.

after all, its the last team he managed before the reds. he should want to beat them more.

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if that was the case

he’d have been better off never taking the job

Pitchers Hit Eighth

by Pitchers Hit Eighth on Jun 11, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not going to do that in June/July...

"Regression to the mean is so much more fun to watch when it’s a Cub who is regressing." SleepyCA

by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

revenge is a dish best served cold

in their park

in late October

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Duly noted, bjork

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

who is this larue guy

and on the days looper pitches well…he can’t hit

by VolsnCards5 on Jun 11, 2008 9:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Crikey

Atta boy, La Rue!

by six on Jun 11, 2008 9:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i'm almost tempted to

trim my goatee to look like his

i said almost

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't have teh goatee, but might ask my wife to trim hers

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 11, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

a double for LOOP!

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he ruins

any game for me he does; and unfortunately I get to see (TV) almost all the Reds’ games and he does maybe a third of them.
Also… to boot your point… Brennamen is not only bland but he is a prick.
So is/was his daddy

by the Tewk on Jun 12, 2008 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Look out Chipper Jones

Braden’s comin’ for you!

less dunca(i)n', more ludwickin'

by bjork24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

going to be some interesting competition

for the Silver Slugger Award this year.

"It ain't braggin' if you can do it." -- Dizzy Dean

by '54 Cardinal Fan on Jun 11, 2008 9:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm willing to bet

Micah Owings wins on reputation.

by Phizzle on Jun 11, 2008 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Definitely

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah beacuse he had a pinch hit walk off hr.

That alone will likely win it for him.

That was a real test," Soriano said of the play. "He didn’t call the ball, I didn’t call the ball, but I saw him close to the ball and I let him get the ball."

by Cardsfan_inCHI on Jun 11, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

micah owings might be a first baseman

by the end of the month. Or a AAA pitcher…

"the hardest decision to make is to do nothing; there is a terrible temptation to interfere." -gen patton

by SleepyCA on Jun 11, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

between Miles and Ryan

isn’t it time for Mo to give up on Kennedy? surely the Padres would give them some “washed up” prospect for him :)

Pitchers Hit Eighth

by Pitchers Hit Eighth on Jun 11, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It's been time to give up on Kennedy

I’d rather we pay him to drink margaritas on the beach than to put up a .400 OPS or something like that

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

interesting that

when Tony put Izturis in the game, he left BR at SS, and had Itz play 3rd.
Perhaps of insignificant note, since Ryan had already played 7 innings or so at short, but it spared me cussing TLR if he had done otherwise.

by the Tewk on Jun 12, 2008 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's see now a 3R HR, 2R HR, 1R HR. . .

what are the odds on going for the cycle with a GS?

"It ain't braggin' if you can do it." -- Dizzy Dean

by '54 Cardinal Fan on Jun 11, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Assuming, of course, that they load the bases

"It ain't braggin' if you can do it." -- Dizzy Dean

by '54 Cardinal Fan on Jun 11, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i had to run to the little boys room

what happened?

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

their whole team seemed listless

tonight, borderline inexcusable. But Bruce is still a blue-chipper; I was fortunate to see his a bit in Louisville.

by the Tewk on Jun 12, 2008 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

save some for later boys!

Cards score double digit runs for only the third time this season

Pitchers Hit Eighth

by Pitchers Hit Eighth on Jun 11, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

oh wow

two hands kid

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Christ the REds are awful. Maybe they'd take AK. . .

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 11, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

10 runs on 9 hits

I like

less dunca(i)n', more ludwickin'

by bjork24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Aye

Very shiny.

by six on Jun 11, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

any reason

to not let Looper finish this game? (short of trouble, of course)

Pitchers Hit Eighth

by Pitchers Hit Eighth on Jun 11, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Anyone have the url for the Red's game thread?

I want to do some lurking

less dunca(i)n', more ludwickin'

by bjork24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Just type Red Reporter

into Google

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here's a good one, in response to Luddy's onslaught

“quit pitching to that guy. Or drill him in the ribs next time he comes up. That will end that bull shit”

less dunca(i)n', more ludwickin'

by bjork24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

classy

wonder if that punk knows how luddy’s career has been affected by HBP’s?

"the hardest decision to make is to do nothing; there is a terrible temptation to interfere." -gen patton

by SleepyCA on Jun 11, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was nervous

during Luddy’s last AB, thinking he might at least get some high cheese. I was surprised (and happy) that he didn’t.

by the Tewk on Jun 12, 2008 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i swear to every thing holy

if i see that retarded bronson commercial again, some one’s going to pay.

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

no

this one

i hate you for making me listen to it while i typed this out

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, it's actually funny because he drops the S bomb

FNS Natti plays mine at least 10 times every game

oh the humanity

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry my mind

couldn’t quite comprehend the switch. I guess Ryan just moves over. Or-yuck-Miles plays third.

by Red in Chicago on Jun 11, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Probably giving him and Luddy a little breather

Now that the game has been Izzy-proofed

less dunca(i)n', more ludwickin'

by bjork24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did someone say retarded commerical?

“Hi I’m Victor Martinez”

mlb.tv

Proud President of the Unofficial Skip Schumaker Fan Club!

I don't care about your fantasy team.

by stltrav09 on Jun 11, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

or dumbassed

Coco Crisp with his idiot-twitch at the end of his clip?

Pitchers Hit Eighth

by Pitchers Hit Eighth on Jun 11, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

brian barton looks like a badass in that one though

"the hardest decision to make is to do nothing; there is a terrible temptation to interfere." -gen patton

by SleepyCA on Jun 11, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"We've got a man down"

Soriano got hit in the hand area and he went down in a crumple.

"Regression to the mean is so much more fun to watch when it’s a Cub who is regressing." SleepyCA

by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It glanced off his wrist and hit him in the face/neck

I imagine he’ll be fine pretty soon, though

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it looked bad at first

then he took his batting glove off relatively easy. But you never know, those bones in the wrist/hand area break pretty easily.

Proud President of the Unofficial Skip Schumaker Fan Club!

I don't care about your fantasy team.

by stltrav09 on Jun 11, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

but then again

Soriano is also a bit of a wuss

I'd rather my sister be a prostitute than my brother a Cub fan.

by _pistol_ on Jun 11, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

still, we don't want him hurt

we want to beat those hired gun MF’s with every man standing and wondering wtf hit ‘em.

"the hardest decision to make is to do nothing; there is a terrible temptation to interfere." -gen patton

by SleepyCA on Jun 11, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How many complete games this season?

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 11, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Classic Shannon - Looper a long time starter until Tony and Dunc decided to make him a starter. . .

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 11, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Who cares

About the pitch count except the announcers?

by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Jun 11, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

who was that masked man

(on the mound), he looks just like looper?

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Jun 11, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

booyaa!

nice to hang a W after the sky fell

When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?

by RosevilleRedbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Woo hoo!

CG for Loop, big W for Cards! 13 over!

less dunca(i)n', more ludwickin'

by bjork24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

three!

only 98 pitches for Loop!

might be the best outing we’ve seen from a starter this year…

Pitchers Hit Eighth

by Pitchers Hit Eighth on Jun 11, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Shutout

How many complete game shutouts this year? Did Adam have one?

by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Jun 11, 2008 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

AND THAT'S A WINNER!!!!

awesome job LOOP. freaking AWESOME job.

just what the Dr ordered.

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Also justr what the DL ordered. . .Save the pen.

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 11, 2008 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

New stat. Arm bends for the announcers. Throw back to Harry Caray. . .

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 11, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Took 8 walks too

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yee haw Loop!

That was a Dave Duncan masterpiece right there…

9 IP
98 pitches
3 H
0 BB
4 K
11 GO:12 FO

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

HUGE win

forget the Chicken Little routine from ESPN – just keep hitting boys

Pitchers Hit Eighth

by Pitchers Hit Eighth on Jun 11, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Thank you, Braden Looper.

I didn’t think it was possible after the injury last night, but you just brought a smile to this Cardinals fan’s face.

Proud President of the Unofficial Skip Schumaker Fan Club!

I don't care about your fantasy team.

by stltrav09 on Jun 11, 2008 9:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

We had a 9-game road trip

And won all 3 series

Noice

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Aw

Loop looked so happy, and Yadi gave him a big hug.

I never thought I’d be this pleased with a Looper start! Attaboy Braden.

by six on Jun 11, 2008 9:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not what I expected

to see when I turned on the game today, but I’m happy to be pleasantly surprised. How many more times do we play the Reds?

by six on Jun 11, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes

wow, just wow

Ankiel is Jesus!

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 11, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and Porn 'stache is one hit away

from crossing the Mendoza line!

by random on Jun 11, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

We should plan a party.

I think he’d approve of something involving lots of alchohol and a pig roasting on a spit over an open fire.

by six on Jun 11, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know the great thing about high school girls?

Every year I get older, they stay the same age…

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Guess I'll say it again

A lot of teams would gladly have Looper in their rotation. Sure he has bad games, but the guy also wins quite a few.

by TheBirds on Jun 11, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Kinda reminds me of Soup's value.

Although he ain’t worth what the Brewers are payin him.

That was a real test," Soriano said of the play. "He didn’t call the ball, I didn’t call the ball, but I saw him close to the ball and I let him get the ball."

by Cardsfan_inCHI on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've always agreed

the Loop will only rarely have unusually good games like this one, but he has never skanked on us that I remember; always answers the call, and I’m sure he hasn’t felt great in every start. Kind of like Soup, yes.
I noted that his biggest post-game smile (‘embrace’ if you will) was with Wellemeyer. Those two probably feel a lot of comradeship. I’d like to think that Looper has been a positive influence on Welly.

by the Tewk on Jun 12, 2008 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Diamondbacks game

3-0 Mets bottom 9 two outs Wagner in with runners on 2nd/3rd, 2-2 count…..Mark Reynolds gets hit in the foot clearly but the ump didn’t call it, next pitch hits a 450 foot bomb to tie it up.

"Regression to the mean is so much more fun to watch when it’s a Cub who is regressing." SleepyCA

by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What is going on with the Metropolitans this year?

On paper, that teams should be in 1st. They look awful.

by cloistermaximus on Jun 11, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

right

probably get delgado for reyes striaght, plus a wheelchair maybe

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Jun 11, 2008 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My Mets-fan friends...

...are miserable this year. Just disgusted.

(Oh, and they’re probably still friends only because we’ve never once talked about the 06 NLCS.)

by six on Jun 11, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They're 30-33 and pulling out the bag heads

NY Fans are so fucking melodramatic.

"Regression to the mean is so much more fun to watch when it’s a Cub who is regressing." SleepyCA

by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Mariners are 10x worse, 10x worse managed, 10x worse "general managed" if that's a term

And they don’t pull bagheads. That’s a move reserved for the worst of the worst.

"Regression to the mean is so much more fun to watch when it’s a Cub who is regressing." SleepyCA

by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's ain't over yet

2 on & 2 out.

bottom of 9

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly

"Regression to the mean is so much more fun to watch when it’s a Cub who is regressing." SleepyCA

by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

fucking cubs

are saying “i’ll see your looper and raise you a dempster”

"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"

by rocKStark5 on Jun 11, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I can't wait till we play them again

I have a feeling we’re going to dominate them this year, and our head to head match-ups will the the difference between 1st and 2nd place in the central.

by cloistermaximus on Jun 11, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

so, what now

moved up the trade bait ladder?

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Jun 11, 2008 9:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

For whom?

Pitching like that is hard to come by,

by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Jun 11, 2008 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

just saying

it’s an anomalous performance. great to see but i still wonder if he will be with us in september

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Jun 11, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

See you

in September, or lose you to another team?

by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Jun 11, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Amazing work by Looper tonight

throw in the strikezone, get yourself out of jams.

Kudos to you, doing it in that park.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jun 11, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Zero walks

Beautiful

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm shocked...absolutely shocked

i thought we might win because we were so jacked about losing albert and wanted to win it for him…but a 3-hit shutout by looper in that park…this team just seems destined for great things(knock on wood

by VolsnCards5 on Jun 11, 2008 9:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

anyone just see hrabosky try to do the math of 17,000×3?

by stlhulsey on Jun 11, 2008 9:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That may have been the best pitching performance we've had

since Game 3 of the 2006 World Series

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ugla just hit a GS Walk off

dude crushed it to left..

Cantu also hit two HR’s for the Fish down in South Beach

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i love watching uggla play...he went to university of memphis

i would have never thought then he would be such a successful major leaguer

by VolsnCards5 on Jun 11, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Neither did the d-backs

rule 5 bit them but hard. Did Uggla play 2b at Memphis?

by random on Jun 11, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i kind of get the impression his power #

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

geesh, WTF?

lets try this again

i kind of get the impression his power #’s this season won’t be as high for the rest of his career.

meaning, this is his walk year right? we all know guys in their walk year usually have career years.

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

by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Walk year?

It’s his third year. He has 3 years of arby AFTER this year.

"Regression to the mean is so much more fun to watch when it’s a Cub who is regressing." SleepyCA

by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well clearly i got my info from the WWL

thats what they said on b ball tonight

that’s what i get for watching the WWL

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by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmm

That sounds like all the ingredients for a Walt Jocketty trade-then-sign-longterm

Cueto, Bruce, and Volquez for Uggla?

I’m only half kidding

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since when did Jocketty get such a bad rep

He made one bad trade like that…

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by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

His thing was always trade for guys who were upcoming free agents then sign them long term. That worked wonders early in his career, but as the landscape of the game changed over the past 5-10 years, that became a worse and worse strategy.

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok

He traded cupcakes for McGwire, Kennedy for Edmonds basically, Polanco/Timlin for Rolen. He gets fileted around here for one bad trade, he pwn3d every other major trade off the top of my head.

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by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

But that's what I'm saying

His effectiveness as a GM was falling steadily over the past 5-10 years. The Mac, JEd, and Rolen deals were all fantastic (as well as the Woody Williams one, I might add). But things just changed on him. And he had that one terrible deal that’s still really fresh on everyone’s mind…

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

OK ok ok

Effectiveness as a GM? Besides the Mulder farce, what did he do wrong?

You can’t win every trade, it was bound to happen that someone…Haren…panned out. Guess who else panned out: Wainwright…that trade was made in the 2003 off-season, the Mulder one happened in the ‘04 off-season. Last 5 years declining? What??

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by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I give

I guess the fact that he made the Mulder deal and the fact that he was fired recently make it seem worse than it was. His last really good deal, though, was the J.D. Drew trade, which was in 2003 like you said.

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bingo

One year before the Mulder trade. This wasn’t a steady decline, it was AN awful move.

Was it time to go? Clearly. Organization headed in a different direction. But we have to recognize that he was a legitimately great GM for the Cardinals.

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by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wasn't the Larry Walker deal

a pretty damn good one?
Not on the same level as getting the Wagonmaker, but still

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jun 12, 2008 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, but it wasn't just a bad trade

it was the WORST trade in Cardinals history.

it’s just mind boggling. i mean, imagine how good the Cards would be if they still had Danny, Kiko. Barton would be at 1st now with Albert on the DL.

plus, look at what Mildews melt down did to the rotation in 06. look at how much money they’ve wasted on the guy.

the damage that one trade did will take years for the Cards to recover from

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by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So don't give him credit for any of the other ABSOLUTE winners?

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by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

NO NO NO

but that trade was just so bad, and it’s ramifications so severe. that it’s really hard to let go.

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by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess the ramifications of Wainwright aren't that cool?

Or that of Edmonds being the best CF’er in the majors for 6 years doesn’t do it either?

Etc

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by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no. dude, it was his last big trade

and it blew up like no one’s business. Walt has gone on record saying he didn’t make trades after the Mulder deal because he was afraid of that happening again. like you said, almost every other trade before that worked out so amazingly well. but that trade will live in infamy. that’s all i’m saying.

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by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And that makes it absolutely retarded to rip him for one trade among many

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by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

*rip him with the implication he was a bad GM

It’s gotten to the point of ridiculous is what I’m saying:

Cueto, Bruce, and Volquez for Uggla?

I’m only half kidding

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by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huh

Larry Walker midseason? Not all that bad.

by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Jun 11, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

who's ripping him?

i am not. can’t you see the humor in mr redbirds post?

again, because it was his last big deal, and because it’s still very fresh in all our minds, and because we are still waiting for something, any thing positive to come out of that trade for us, for most fans, that is their last impression of Walt. that’s it. there’s no more to it than that.

i think it goes without saying all the positive trades & signings he does for the Cards. i am very grateful for all he’s done for the organization. but thats just my personal feelings.

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by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's one of probably 20 recent posts along the same line...

I’m just going to make it a point every time Wainwright does anything to bring up how godlike Walt was to be equally obnoxious and wrong…

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by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was a joke

Maybe a little bit below the belt but still

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

played IF

kinda moved around if i remember correctly

by VolsnCards5 on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks

I like how he plays. Good attitude, too. Wish he were ours.

by random on Jun 11, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Parisi threw a complete game for Memphis today

That can’t have happened to often. CG vics for STL and MEM on the same day.

Also, Izzy had another good rehab at Springfield. He pitched the first 1.2 with 1 H and 2K.

by punditmoi on Jun 11, 2008 9:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What is up with that funky think Dempster is doing with his glove in the windup?

Seems like that could be something that would tip pitches pretty easily

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He's Canadian

Trying to ward off the mosquitos

by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Jun 11, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If the mosquitos in Chicago are bugging him

He should thank his lucky stars there’s no MLB team in New Orleans

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

By the way

How did Auburn do this year? I used to follow them when they had a great record and went to NAIA finals, but haven’t checked for a fe years. Great coach.

by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Jun 11, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

NAIA?

Are you sure you’re talking about the same Auburn? Or did you just mean NCAA? And are you talking football, baseball, or basketball? Because my answers would be pretty good, shitty, and shitty, respectively

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry

I meant baseball, and I really don’t know the division. I thought NAIA, but probably you are right, NCAA?

by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Jun 11, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well we haven't been back to the CWS in far too long

We made it once about 10-15 years ago with Josh Hancock and Tim Hudson on the team. That team was pretty good. And then for awhile we were decent under one coach, usually making the regionals, but never the super regionals or the finals. Then we got this one coach and shit just hit the fan. We haven’t even made the SEC tournament (top 8 teams out of 12) in many years. Since the last time we went, every other SEC team has made it.

We also have possibly the nicest college park in the nation. It’s beautiful

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry

I am an idiot. I am a Canuck, so sometimes I forget where the schools are. I was actually referring to Emory, somehow I thought that you were in GA, not Alabama.

by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Jun 11, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I live in Georgia now

But I went to college in Alabama. No worries :)

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Samford Stadium-Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park"

One hell of a name for a ballpark! We’ve got a nice one here in Austin, but it catches a lot of wind & then there’s the whole astroturf thing.

by random on Jun 11, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I believe it

and it’s in the loveliest city on the plain

by random on Jun 11, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

err, village

that sounded more like a brimstone thing…

by random on Jun 11, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh

I miss it like crazy

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ahhh, the supper club...

...and the highlands. Many nights I can’t remember at both those places. Bodega too.

by Merry CRasmus on Jun 12, 2008 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Supper Club is tops

I hated the Highlands. Their bartenders used to put roofies in random beers and give them out and watch people fall out. One of my good buddies had that happen to him there.

Liked Bodega alot, too. Great view of the corner.

But many of my dumbest/drunkest moments in my life occurred at the Supper Club. The drunk bus rules!

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 12, 2008 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite story is from Highlands

Idiot co-worker got in a fight with one of my buddies and got him kicked out there. Well my buddies brother happened to be a starting offensive lineman. So 10 minutes later, about 6 lineman were there hunting this guy down, but all they knew was that they were looking for a scrawny guy in a plaid shirt. So every dude in a plaid shirt was getting interogated for a while until we let them know who they were after – I turned in my 2 weeks a little before and I never liked the guy anyway.

They took it pretty easy on him but they sure scared the shit out of him. Pushed him around a little bit outside, that’s all.

by Merry CRasmus on Jun 12, 2008 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

I’ve always wondered what’s going on there. does he think he’s confusing the hitters?

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 11, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i just turned on the FSN South feed

and they said two fans have been hit by balls & had to be taken to the hospital.

any one know any thing about that?

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by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haven't really been paying attention

But one of my friends from high school just caught a foul ball. The Braves guys said “He gets a souvenir with a beer” if that means anything to you. The funny thing is I went to high school in Alabama, not very close to Chicago…

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

side note from a cubs watcher

The glove thing is something that he’s added to all of his pitches this year, from what I’ve heard.

I’m not sure if it’s a mental thing for himself, a mental thing against the hitters, or just plain mental.

But, apparently, it’s working so far this season.

.... Edit #6: We're gonna go 156 and 6 this year, I can feel it!!!

by Beaushek on Jun 11, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting

He has found the magic elixir this season, it would appear.

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

shakey glove

the ESPN said he added it to stop tipping his pitches. Apparently it was easy to see how he was gripping the ball and know which pitch was coming in the past, so he added the glove thing to hide the pitch.

by DarkHelmut on Jun 11, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not sure that makes sense

He’s been a reliever (closer) for the past couple of season. He hasn’t even used his windup since he was a starter. If he was tipping his pitches, it would have been out of the stretch and this wouldn’t help anything.

by Tackle Box on Jun 11, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Soriano

“Minimally displaced metacarpal on his fourth finger”

Or something like that…quoth the Braves guys

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap!

I left in the 5th inning to go to class. Looper pitched 9 innings? Sweetness.

by Evilfrog on Jun 11, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i know i'm tempting the GOB

but i really want to be happy about this news.

but didnt the flubs actually play better when he was on the DL earlier this year? yeah, i think they did.

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by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i didn't say i was

i said i wanted to be

like some Cards fans, i have an irrational hatred for every thing on the north side of the windy city. i’m sorry, i just can’t help it.

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by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It is what they deserve

for gloating about Albert’s injury.

by cardsgirl95 on Jun 11, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Give em a Zambrano finger injury and we're even!

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by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not even close

they’d have to lose DLee + Soriano + Big Z for it to be even.

yeah, Albert really is that good.

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by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't wish fo ranyone to get hurt

but it will help the cards chances maybe… they were about 9-5 i think they said without him? sportscenter listed it…their pitching is soldi right now with Dempster being a stud right now…i hope this isnt the yr

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by punchinjudy on Jun 11, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gotta factor in that they are the Cubs into that equation

They have Soriano + Cubsdom (or Cubsdumb for a fun pun) going for them right now.

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by joker24 on Jun 11, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't seen many Cubs fans gloating about Al's injury

Of course, I’m not around them, just on the internet. I’ve found them to have been pretty classy about it in the last 24 hours or so.

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it's a shame about AP

He’s one of my favorite players in the majors. It’s not good that I watched AP get injured on TV and Gallardo get injured in person within a month and a half of each other.

2 of my favorites going down while I watch isn’t so cool.

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by Beaushek on Jun 11, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really don't like Soriano

But I never want to see anyone go down with an injury, even if it potentially in an indirect way helps my team. Hope he gets back as soon as he can, and that our pitchers don’t throw him fastballs :)

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 11, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Naw, cardsgirl, you didn't really mean that

We’re Cardinals fans and don’t have cause to be bitter.

by random on Jun 11, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No bitterness here.

I didn’t say I was happy about it and I wouldn’t wish injuries on any team, not even the Cubs.

by cardsgirl95 on Jun 11, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I want Sori to get well, quickly

I’m more than happy to kick the Cubs ass without letting them hold onto excuses.

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by AdjustedExpectations on Jun 12, 2008 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh that sucks

rockies just beat the giants 1-0 on a play at the plate. bases were loaded & 1 out. pop fly to medium left & Lewis threw home.

YADDA’s bro Bengie, dropped the ball. the ump called Atkins out because he was, but he didn’t see that Bengie dropped the ball. when he saw the ball rolling around in front of home plate he reversed his call.

for a second, the giants were really happy.

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by gdm426 on Jun 11, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it was a bad throw to the plate...

i don’t think it was bengie’s fault… too bad the giants don’t have much offense when lincecum pitches…

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by RosevilleRedbird on Jun 12, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it was a good throw

but to the wrong side of the plate.

hence why Bengie had to make a swipe tag.

but yeah, no question he’s out if the throw is right at the plate.

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by gdm426 on Jun 12, 2008 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Josh Hamilton has 71 RBIs

wrap your mind around that.

When Juan Gonzalez had 101 at the All-Star Break in 1998, he was at 80 on this date.

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by Hardcore Legend on Jun 12, 2008 12:04 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

and the cubs SOLD him to a division rival

for peanuts. wrap your mind around THAT…

Then LOL your way to the fridge for another franklin ;)

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by SleepyCA on Jun 12, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And that team then traded him

to another team for the guy whose skull we beat in tonight, thus helping us in the standings.

I’ll take another Franklin, sir.

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by Hardcore Legend on Jun 12, 2008 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not quite

The Reds traded Hamilton to Texas for Edison Volquez, who is tearing shit up. A pretty even (and awesome for both sides) trade.

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 12, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, that'd be like us trading Rick

for who? i can’t think of a good young pitcher in the minors.

i still don’t like it that the flubs helped the reds out.

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by gdm426 on Jun 12, 2008 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Edison Volquez?

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 12, 2008 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hehm yeah, that name works

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by gdm426 on Jun 12, 2008 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Very even trade

Hamilton is putting up MVP Caliber #’s, but Volquez is putting up Cy Young Caliber #’s. Makes you wonder, which would you rather have? An MVP Offensive Player? or a Cy Young Pitcher?

I’d say Hamilton has the greater value, as he plays every day.

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by Raconteur on Jun 12, 2008 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is exactly what I'd say

Both are pretty young, too. I was thining Hamilton was older than 27 for some reason (probably because his career got a little side-tracked with the personal problems). Either way you’re probably in good shape.

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 12, 2008 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it was a very even trade

I just got confused at 12 AM about which young latin pitcher was involved in the trade.

I’ve got mancrushes on Lincecum and Volquez right now, but don’t tell them!

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by Hardcore Legend on Jun 12, 2008 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

edinson volquez, who?

who here had any idea that edinson volquez would do what he has done? I had never heard of him, and I’d challenege anyone to show where they said “let’s trade {any cardinals OF for volquez}.

That trade in itself - despite what they gave up, esp since they have OF prospects that mitigate the loss - made me think twice about the way I’ve categorized Krivsky as an incompetent GM. When looking back over the history of his trades – many of which, like the kearns trade, caused me to mock him at the time – seem to have worked out better than I would have expected. And he picked up phillips and keppinger (and hamilton) for nothing.

I think, and am surprised to BE THINKING this, but krivsky -> jocketty is a major downgrade.

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by SleepyCA on Jun 12, 2008 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's true

I do a bad enough job keeping up with the Cardinals’ minor league system, much less other teams’. Anyway, I took a quick look at his minor league stats, and he’s a freak. He has gotten better as he has gone up each level. Last year he started in A+, put up a 7.13 ERA, 1.33 WHIP; at AA it was 3.55 and 1.11; at AAA it was 1.41 and 0.90. He played about the same number of games at each. How can that be explained?

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 12, 2008 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

could be as simple as ballparks he’s played in.

or he could have gotten some decent tips in AA and never looked back.

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by AdjustedExpectations on Jun 12, 2008 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Volquez/Hamilton

Personally, I was shocked that the Rangers traded him (I live in Dallas and attempt to follow the Rangers as closely as the Cards)...he was always considered “untouchable”. However, Hamilton has been GREAT for the Rangers fan base (and for the team) which has basically been nonexistent for the 4 years i’ve lived here…trust me, it’s embarrassing/sad to go to games and there be more people there for the opponent (esp coming from a place like st. louis). They’re filling seats which i’m pretty sure hasn’t happened in 5+ years…and i credit it to Hamilton.

by launchshuttle on Jun 12, 2008 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i follow the Rangers too

i just read on the dallas morning new that they are still not happy about the attendance.

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by gdm426 on Jun 12, 2008 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

rangers

i guess it’s just the games i’ve been to this year, there have actually been people…AND they were cheering for the rangers. plus, usually around now i start getting emails for $2 ticket offers…which hasn’t happened yet. i guess i was just assuming they were filling seats. a lot of my guy friends here just so desperately want to cheer for the rangers…it just breaks my heart…and i make it my goal in life to make sure they don’t cheer for the astros.

by launchshuttle on Jun 12, 2008 1:28 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm going to tell my cousins to go & tape it for me

then i’ll post it for all to see.

she should do it, her work gives her free tickets..

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by gdm426 on Jun 12, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's coming out and throwing righty

That’s his delivery change

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 12, 2008 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also Izzy is back on Friday

and his ‘spot is waiting for him’ says LaRussa. Meaning, if he pitches well in a bullpen session on Friday, he’s probably the closer by Saturday and Worrell returns to Memphis.

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by Hardcore Legend on Jun 12, 2008 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Blech

I hope he’s mentally and physically ready. If he’s gonna be our closer, he needs to do a damn good job of it. With Pujols and Wainwright out, we can’t afford to give away games in the standings like we were earlier this season with him on the mound.

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 12, 2008 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hasn't he only had one rehab appearance?

how can they proclaim him healthy & the closer after only one game?

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by gdm426 on Jun 12, 2008 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he's had two

Had one tonight, I believe he went 1.2 IP with only 1 H. I could be completely making that up, though.

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 12, 2008 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he's had 2 very good rehab outings...

but they were at A and AA. A wily vet should be expected to carve up free swinging minor leaguers.

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by Raconteur on Jun 12, 2008 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's back on the 25 man

but he’s not the closer. I’ve read it a couple of places that he has to earn that job back from Franklin.

Which is fair, if he can earn it back, give it to him. If he can’t, DL him again.

More than happy to have a healthy Izzy

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by AdjustedExpectations on Jun 12, 2008 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if this is true I like it

I am not the biggest of Izzy fans!

They say I look like yadier molina

by ANDYAK47 on Jun 12, 2008 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it goes with the team mantra as well. You can come back on the roster when you’re ready, but you close when you earn it.

I like it.

And as long as he’s earned it (big qualification), we’re better for having him as closer and Perez being the setup. Franklin now would be able to keep Izzy from being overworked as well. win-win

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by AdjustedExpectations on Jun 12, 2008 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

From P-D

Many of the Cardinals’ horses and several of the closer’s friends help put Isringhausen back together again. Immediately upon his arrival at the Cardinals’ facility in Jupiter, Fla., Chris Carpenter and Josh Kinney spotted a flaw in Isringhausen’s delivery that may have caused him problems. Along with Matt Morris, they were there Monday when Isringhausen trotted out his refined mechanics and pitched two shutout innings in his first rehab start.

Morris! Hell yeah.

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by AdjustedExpectations on Jun 12, 2008 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's so awesome

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by Mr Redbird on Jun 12, 2008 1:35 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Matty Mo!!!

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by urgeernieball on Jun 12, 2008 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Matheny and John Mabry were there too

when I die, I want to go to this Cardinals heaven that apparently exists in Jupiter, Florida.

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by Hardcore Legend on Jun 12, 2008 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's amazing & so awesome

that all those guys were there.

i’m with you HL. when i die, i’m going to Jupiter FL

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by gdm426 on Jun 12, 2008 1:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

These guys need to start a blog

all of them. We have so little insight into what goes on in jupiter and it would be something that I think would catch on like wildfire if we could start getting some insight and some conversation into what goes on down there.

From our DLed players working on things to the past Cardinal personalities that we all treasure, it would be a blessing I reckon.

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by AdjustedExpectations on Jun 12, 2008 2:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess I just take this quote
La Russa has said his spot “is waiting for him.”

As meaning as long as he doesn’t fall on his face the first time out, he’s the closer.

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by Hardcore Legend on Jun 12, 2008 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’ll look for the quotes I read tomorrow, but the gist of what I read was that Izzy is to be on the 25man when he’s ready. However, the waves in the pen have been settled and he’s not going to start them back up again. He’s going to have to show he is able to close before Franklin no longer does.

Shit changes day to day on this team, so I could be completely wrong or it’s a different message based on a AA appearance

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by AdjustedExpectations on Jun 12, 2008 2:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BAMF

Has got to go to Looper tonight. 9IP, 3H 0BB Brilliance.

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by AdjustedExpectations on Jun 12, 2008 1:01 AM EDT