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Adam1_tiny by chuckb on in News

3-2 Cards, bottom of the 7th.  Glaus is off to a good starrt, huh?

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by gocards62 on Jul 17, 2008 10:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, got that

But now there’s a problem if the guy in the game gets hurt.

by StanTheManFan on Jul 17, 2008 10:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

joey bombs!

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Jul 17, 2008 10:01 PM EDT   0 recs

JOEY BOMBS AWAY!!!!

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by gdm426 on Jul 17, 2008 10:01 PM EDT   0 recs

JOEY BOMBS!

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by gocards62 on Jul 17, 2008 10:01 PM EDT   0 recs

wooohoo!

Joey Joey!

by Evilfrog on Jul 17, 2008 10:01 PM EDT   0 recs

mather's home run, or evilfrog's nipple?

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by SleepyCA on Jul 17, 2008 10:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

man..if only

we would have people on base for these shots!

I am the only/last Anthony Reyes fan!

by dangpenguins on Jul 17, 2008 10:02 PM EDT   0 recs

Peavy doesn't give up

HRs w/men on.

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by gocards62 on Jul 17, 2008 10:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

most Cy Youngs dont

They’ll give up solo shots. But they become…I guess less aggersive is a good term? With mean on.

by Evilfrog on Jul 17, 2008 10:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Impressive, Mather

Get you a HR against Peavy

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by Mr Redbird on Jul 17, 2008 10:03 PM EDT   0 recs

Um...I'd rather not say.

But there is talk about Flores being activated. Last up first down and all. (being that Garica is starting.

by Evilfrog on Jul 17, 2008 10:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Randy Flores, yuck

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 17, 2008 10:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

why???

(If I just keep asking that question, will it eventually invalidate your answer?)

by azruavatar on Jul 17, 2008 10:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I dont know but feel free to try

18 games in a row with no off day. Might go with the extra bullpen guy considering our starters are only going 5.2 Innings a game. Though with Lohse going 7 today and Mather getting the HR. He might have bought himself a day.

by Evilfrog on Jul 17, 2008 10:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

it's less about the decision for an arm

and the decision of which arm. Randy Flores just isn’t good. I don’t understand why management can’t grasp that.

by azruavatar on Jul 17, 2008 10:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Worse yet

You know that Tony won’t be able to help himself from using him. It’s like giving a loaded gun to somebody on suicide watch.

by mikedallas45 on Jul 17, 2008 10:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Time for the adventures of the Cardinals Bullpen

McClellan in the 8th? Franklin in the 9th?

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 17, 2008 10:04 PM EDT   0 recs

i took the dogs for a walk today

and found franklin street

all i could think of was beer

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by ihavebadknees on Jul 17, 2008 10:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

We're going to need more runs

if this is the pitching lineup

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by gocards62 on Jul 17, 2008 10:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

na phis sa wong - Wonderful! Now the good(er) news - Cincy up 8-6

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

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by akaitori on Jul 17, 2008 10:05 PM EDT   0 recs

go Mather!

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 17, 2008 10:07 PM EDT   0 recs

I didn't follow the previous game thread so forgive me if someone else has mentioned this

Chris Duncan has not looked good tonight.

In the 4th, Peavy tries to go inside on him but couldn’t catch the plate. He busts Chris low and away and gets him out. Notice pitch 3 looks like a strike but Peavy doesn’t get the call. Chris has to learn to protect the low part of the plate better.

In the 7th, we see what my book on Chris Duncan would be—low and inside. Chris can’t lay off these pitches (often) and usually swings right over the top of them. I don’t think that he’s ever going to correct this hole given the length of his swing but at the least he needs to foul those off on occasion. He has been hitting better as of late but he’s got some significant holes in his game yet.

by azruavatar on Jul 17, 2008 10:07 PM EDT   0 recs

That's throwing me off

When I use gameday I slide the screen around to get kind of a “catcher’s eye” view, better for telling outside/inside

Good analysis though

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by Mr Redbird on Jul 17, 2008 10:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah, the same thing i do

wonder why its not one of the auto views?

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by ihavebadknees on Jul 17, 2008 10:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I hate that when you scroll the mouse over it, it moves slightly

This pisses me off to no end

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by Mr Redbird on Jul 17, 2008 10:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

excellent

thanks

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Jul 17, 2008 10:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

:)

I wasn’t necessarily fishing for better pictures or anything, but I appreciate the effort

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by Mr Redbird on Jul 17, 2008 10:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

it was a valid observation

if I’m going to say they’re inside, I might as well give the best view to prove that.

by azruavatar on Jul 17, 2008 10:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

actually

on an 0-2 I’d rather him lay off that 3rd pitch in the 4th. Maybe he just isn’t closing his eyes hard enough.

by Evilfrog on Jul 17, 2008 10:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

that 3rd pitch was a damn good one

and I can’t blame him much for that. It’s the perfection of exploiting his weakness.

by azruavatar on Jul 17, 2008 10:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

3 times this game Pujols will be leading off an inning

Not a great game for Grit

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 17, 2008 10:08 PM EDT   0 recs

expect for that web gem.

But yeah. It’s no 5 RBI game,

by Evilfrog on Jul 17, 2008 10:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Need to give him some love for the D vs. Peavy

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HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jul 17, 2008 10:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, Lord - here we go . . ..

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 Jul 17, 2008 10:08 PM EDT   0 recs

c'mon K-Mac

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by gocards62 on Jul 17, 2008 10:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

in shorts and sandles

if he wasn’t a club i’d like the guy!

by Evilfrog on Jul 17, 2008 10:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

you can take the boy out of the beach

but you can’t take the beach out of the boy

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

by gdm426 on Jul 17, 2008 10:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

wow

it’s “jim edmonds of creve coeur” now.

Given CA state income taxes, though, I’d probably pick Creve Coeur as my “residence” too.

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by SleepyCA on Jul 17, 2008 10:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i keep trying to get my company

to trade me to some company in San Diego. They just wont do it!

by Evilfrog on Jul 17, 2008 10:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

mather is the d replacement

nice

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by ihavebadknees on Jul 17, 2008 10:09 PM EDT   0 recs

Maybe to face Gonzalez?

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by Mr Redbird on Jul 17, 2008 10:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

if giles gets on

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by gocards62 on Jul 17, 2008 10:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

or maybe not

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by gocards62 on Jul 17, 2008 10:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

great K pitch

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by ihavebadknees on Jul 17, 2008 10:11 PM EDT   0 recs

I'd go w/ Springer

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by gocards62 on Jul 17, 2008 10:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

here comes villone

nice work KMac

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by gdm426 on Jul 17, 2008 10:12 PM EDT   0 recs

tony, tony, tony

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by gocards62 on Jul 17, 2008 10:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

TLR's obsession with matchups

seems excessive to me. One swing can’t change the game here, so why burn the pen?

by StanTheManFan on Jul 17, 2008 10:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

remember, it's TRL's world, we're just living in it

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by gdm426 on Jul 17, 2008 10:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It worked

The Villain strikes again

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by gocards62 on Jul 17, 2008 10:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Villone verious LHP

53 ABs .157 avg 1 h 8 BB and 18 Ks. The guy is a loogy. The issue is when Tony doesn’t use him as a LOOGY.

by Evilfrog on Jul 17, 2008 10:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Brewskies, Si! Freanklin, Si, Izzy, no! Vilone - il malo

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 Jul 17, 2008 10:13 PM EDT   0 recs

Insurance runs would be money right now

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by Mr Redbird on Jul 17, 2008 10:16 PM EDT   0 recs

TRL, you mad genius you

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

by gdm426 on Jul 17, 2008 10:16 PM EDT   0 recs

it's nice

having The Mastermind on your team

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 17, 2008 10:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Total Request Live?

I hate show. All they ever played was limp Bizket.

by Evilfrog on Jul 17, 2008 10:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i did it all for the nookie

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by ihavebadknees on Jul 17, 2008 10:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah, but cason daily was sooooo cute

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

by gdm426 on Jul 17, 2008 10:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

pujols is the table setter

for glaus

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by ihavebadknees on Jul 17, 2008 10:18 PM EDT   0 recs

Gerut is fast

Pujols smoked that
No way Edmonds gets to that ball

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 17, 2008 10:19 PM EDT