Game 104 Open Thread overflow II: The Threadening
by Valatan on Jul 24, 2008 10:42 PM EDT
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Print2-3 Cardinals in the 8th. Can they hold on? Take my hand, and we'll make it, I swear.
I guess.
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you just won't make it easy on us will you FRANK?
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
way to jinx him FSN
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
bon jovi
is so underrated…we’re living on a prayer
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ~Bill Veeck
oh my god
fuck braun, he stared it down like a bitch
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
bring in the dozers boys
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 10:46 PM EDT reply actions
we really do suck
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
seriously
how the hell can they keep letting this happen?
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
HAHAHA
I hope Ryan Braun gets hit in the face with a baseball, showboating jackass.
boo cubs, hooray beer
+1
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
So...I'm not sure our bullpen is very good.
by BTown Birds fan on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
I think you mixed up your words
Move the word “not” from in front of “sure” to after “is”
"Give a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a night. Set him on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life."
Dammit.
I was questioning using Franklin for five outs.
Dammit.
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
I prefer
a real closer
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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
who is?
the guy that pitched the 6th? or whom?
C'mon you Redbirds, lets prove em' wrong, again!
by yer dog first on Jul 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm telling you
flip flop the pen & things wont be so bad
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
Vitameataveggiman
gets drilled in the ribs here. Thats crap.
C'mon you Redbirds, lets prove em' wrong, again!
braun
looks like dobby the house elf
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ~Bill Veeck
ill give him a sock
in his mouth
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok boys, time to win it with a walkoff
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
Okay TONY
I think you are wrong about the BULLPEN!!!
by chicagocardfan on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
fortunately
we have the frankman signed for next year too
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
Don't get me wrong,
we still need a batting MI
by chicagocardfan on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't care if he comes around to score
you hit fielder in the ribs right here
boo cubs, hooray beer
I am going to go play on the roof
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 10:48 PM EDT reply actions
i'm going to go play on the highway
As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."
by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
im going to play in the mine field
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
im gonna go play in the Cards bullpen
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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
haha
that wins
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
very nice!
i concede…i was gonna try to top it … but i can’t
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by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
and a double for fielder
I hate Ryan Franklin so much right now, it’s not even funny
boo cubs, hooray beer
Lets see you make another quote about how this isn't a bullpen problem Franklin, you piece of trash
boo cubs, hooray beer
you're not exactly classing up the place...
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
sounds like
“we need a closer” coming from the stands.
C'mon you Redbirds, lets prove em' wrong, again!
dont worry guys
it wasnt the bullpens fault, the cardinals offense should have had at least 9 runs against sheets and his 2.90 era
+1
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
what the hell Skippy?
it’s Big Veg running. how was he safe?
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
well, after a about a year and a half -
ryan franklin is reverting to the mean.
by longhornscardinals on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions
era by month
Apr: 1.93
May: 2.28
Jun: 4.15
July: 7.88
And that’s before tonight…
ugh ugh ugh
by duncans_army on Jul 24, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
this is the same game I've been watching all season!
well, except for those ones we actually win…
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions
there
isn’t enough beer for a week like this
THWACK
Uncontacted African tribes that don’t so much as know of electricity saw that home run coming.
Distant lifeforms 200 million light-years away saw that homerun coming.
why is it so hard to remember the highs
when you’r ein the middle of the lows?
"Give a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a night. Set him on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life."
now you are just being crazy
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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
that was awesome
i only wish i could have recorded it
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
will that be three blown late leads in four games?
"Give a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a night. Set him on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life."
the really bad thing is...
tired bullpens dont magically start getting better – and this bullpen has been used more than jenna jameson.
im so happy we extending franklins contract
another year of this! ALRIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
boo cubs, hooray beer
he is ok for what he should be used for
and that’s not a closer…
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
i call bullshit on that
a flat fastball is a flat fastball, 8th inning or 9th, he sucks
boo cubs, hooray beer
like there's a surplus of good bullpen arms in the major leagues
give me a break dude
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
true..
back to back… glaus and thudwick
As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."
by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that's why we're all still here
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
we also
had one last three games…
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
yeah...
honestly I’m tired of the bottom of the ninth in home games. I really enjoy getting gypped and seeing only 8.5 innings of baseball.
"Give a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a night. Set him on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life."
i look forward to the road trip
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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
im normally really positive about never giving up
these last few games are beating it out of me
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
i hav had ulcers less painful than this
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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
im kinda
giving up for the season…
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
buck up there buddy
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
my computer crashed twice in sucession
but ryan braun is a complete jackass. that ball barely got outta there.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah I cant decide whether I doslike him or Hall more right now
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
they're both in my shithouse
a place ya don’t wanna be!
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
i want hall as our lf/ss/2B
he owns Busch III
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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
i don't
i don’t want somebody that conceited
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by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
i really cant believe we let them stare down these homeruns
has baseball really changed that much?
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
it's a sad
sad state of affairs
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
they'll get there's
when they miss the playoffs by one game
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
if the crew wins
it will be the 6th time they have beaten the cards in their last at bat. pretty amazing stat
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
umm
sorry to burst your bubble, but you can’t win in your last at bat on the road.
"Give a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a night. Set him on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life."
when are the cardinals going to grow some cajones
and make a trade. yes trading requires making sacrifices, but this season is not worth giving up
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 Jul 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT reply actions
Too late for that...
Even with a bullpen, I don’t see them catching either the Cubs or Brewers. Might as well trade all the major leaguers tradeable, fire Tony, and call up the whole AAA team.
I beg to differ
with carpenter and waino on the horizon. We can hold on. but we need some bullpenners that don’t serve up fat homerun pitches.
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 Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
the brewers are going to lose games with their pen. the problem is that we stop hitting when we get to their pen….other teams don’t
by NorseKaiser on Jul 24, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I seriously hate Ryan Braun
what a showboat. You don’t have enough service time in the league to pull that shit, kid. I almost hate these guys more than the Cubs.
boo cubs, hooray beer
wow that was just brutal
i have to watch the FSN Wisconsin telecast and they just showed both of Hall’s jacks and Braun’s in a highlight package.
ankiel's splits
Innings 1-3 .312 .376 .540 .916
Innings 4-6 .290 .341 .570 .911
Innings 7-9 .199 .258 .410 .668
then stare it down
and flick off the brew bench, while jogging backwords around the bases
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
After Santa
hits one out, steals the 3B coach’s hat and slides into home on it as if it were a sleigh.
and doing a backflip at the plate
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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Braun....
didn’t he look like he stuck his tongue out half way down the line on the replay?.... This is beyond frustrating.
I can't believe
that our gutless pitchers haven’t plunked one of these a—holes for admiring homers like that.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down and that foot is me
i wasn't watching...
but we plunked fielder twice yesterday.. was either intentional?
by duncans_army on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
He's a zillion pounds.
It probably felt like a mosquito bite to him.
no
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
The best revenge...
is to win games. If the Cardinals can’t put up a better effort than they have, they deserve to be shown up, IMHO.
we arent winning
so we bean them
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
second that
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
if this goes to extras i wanna see someone plunked.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions
won't happen, teams take on the persona of their manager
and ours is spineless.
boo cubs, hooray beer
+1
....my quick smells like french toast...
by mstreeter06 on Jul 24, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
TLR spineless?
boohoo
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 25, 2008 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
i wanna see
some explosive secondary device going off in the Crew dugout… yeh yeh call me harsh, im going to hell anyways!
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
it's not smart to put the winning run on in extras just to send a message
no matter how badly that message needs to be sent
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
Santa,
I’ve been really good this year.
by chicagocardfan on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions
only twice more
but not sure when
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
Every night this week...
i’ve taken my break at work at 8pm and the cards are okay
Then, I get off at 9, and things are collapsing.
This is trash… why have we not made a move yet to get some decent relief pitching.
Or why haven’t we gone and gotten a starter so we can move one of these trash bullpen converted starters back into relief pitchers.
The only amazing thing about this season is the fact that we’ve won this many games with what is arguably the worst bullpen in the history of baseball.
and imagine where would we be
with a decent bullpen
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
ha!
found the problem.
you, my man, need to keep workin’ and not get off until the game is over.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
superstition
thy name is stlcardinalsfang
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
Oh great...
Now we have to hear about how great and mighty the team was in battling back against the Padres from Dan and Al.
Well, duh, the Padres are the worst team in the majors. The Brewers are actually good.
i think this bullpen has lost the right to be called a bullpen
a pig pen is much more descriptive, its just a mess.
Rick Ankiel could throw out Chuck Norris. Easy.
call Bud Selig
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
called that all night?
See Bill Hall’s AB in the 4th. Pitch # 6. (which should have ended the inning but instead lead to 17 pitches by welly and a run.)
call Bud Selig
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
whoops
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
ATTN: Cardinals FO
TRADE FOR A GODDAMN RELIEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bullshit
that hasn’t been called all night.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions
not a strike blue
not a strike
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
what we need
is some halladay or burnett sweet action.
Screw our draft picks, screw our minor leaguers. Win when you are in position to win
WOW 2 nights in a row the cardinals are set up to have THE SIDE STRUCK OUT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH! It’s like they’re giving up!!
why not...
were still gonna lose
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
I'm so pissed off right now
between our bullpen, the umpire and tony la russa, I can’t stand baseball at the moment.
boo cubs, hooray beer
probably add
mo and bdw too
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
I do not think
I am that much of a masochist
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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
the story of the season
depicted in a single game…
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
I go now
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
going on sunday...
Hopefully some semblance of offense shows up… and the bullpen can hold it
As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."
by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
um..
i think like the 3rd tier behind home plate slightly to the left… my buddy has the tix.. you?
4 of my buddies and I are flying to NYC Saturday and having a baseball trip… Mets on Sunday, Yankees on Tuesday, Cooperstown Thurs/Friday
As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."
by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Seats
Sounds like you’ve got an amazing week planned! Enjoy.
I’ll be in Mezz Box, 24-638, Row 638C, left field line. I’m a native NY-er going with two Missous. Hell, I sorta look like MattyMo, so…
by glennrwordman on Jul 24, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm Going
on Sunday. Lohse v. Santana. Wish me luck.
by glennrwordman on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
pretty much
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I could use another
all star break right about now.
My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball, but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
Shitholes and dicks.
My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball, but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
+1
you might get called out on language on that one.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
seriously
we couldnt have found anybody to pinch hit for larue there, i know its trivial but its small stuff like that tlr does that drives me nuts
what a fucking predicament.
we shoulda had 3 of 4 of the games. fuck.
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 Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply actions
atleast a split
games 2 and 4 were ours to win.
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
there they go
untucking their shirts again. bush league crap. I hope they fall on their faces the rest of the way.
C'mon you Redbirds, lets prove em' wrong, again!
there is a saying about that
act like you have been there before
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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Beyond frustrating
24 blown saves now? Out of how many chances?
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that series was lopsided
to win it 3-1 is pretty good…..oh wait, you mean ninth inning runs count?.....shit, we got swept then
Rick Ankiel could throw out Chuck Norris. Easy.
Was it Mo or Walt who gave Franklin the extension? I want to know who I need to be mad at.
boo cubs, hooray beer
who was it that decided he was a closer?
because even he said he wasn’t used to the role. and god does it show.
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 Jul 24, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Lets hope this is like the KC sweep in STL
utterly deflating, but then we went on to take 2 of 3 from the Red Sox.
My prediction – the cardinals add a reliever tomorrow…and the team wins 2 of 3 in NY.
by cardsfaninmass on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions
So who is availible now and what can we get?
Lohse, Ludwick, Reyes, Izturis, Looper should all be on the market now. The first 3 should get us a decent haul, the last two need to be moved so we can see what we have in Barden, Boggs, etc.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions
Are you serious??????
we are 4 out…its July….Breathe….
by cardsfaninmass on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
what does that mean?
The bullpen will keep blowing games and we can’t keep up with the Cubs and Brewers. We should absolutely sell if we aren’t going to do a major fix on the pen.
boo cubs, hooray beer
i give em til the 3Oth
if they dont get a couple relievers by then….ugh, they have no chance
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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
4 out
and we were on the brink of this being our 8th straight loss because of the bullpen. This team needs to give up the hope of fixing the bullpen (isn’t possible) and get the value they can from those players above to build for 2009.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Jeez
you guys are insane. This team CAN stay in this race. They’ve proven it for 3.5 months. They need to buy a reliever or two – no way should the sell.
by cardsfaninmass on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
No, they can't.
They’ve proven for 3.5 months that they can’t hold a lead.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't remember the last time
this bullpen was consistent.
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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you see Braun lift his shirt as he trotted in from left
He must be plunked! Unfortunately by the time we play the Brewers again our guys will be so defeated no one will rise to the occasion. What would Gibby do?
The time has come for someone to put his foot down and that foot is me
cubs
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 Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
eh
I hate Cubs fans, but I don’t hate their team, because outside of Zambrano, most of them are classy ballplayers.
Brewers on the other hand, are a bunch of gloating jerks.
boo cubs, hooray beer
+1
....my quick smells like french toast...
by mstreeter06 on Jul 24, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
actually i dont mind losing to the cubs
brewers are acting bush league
Rick Ankiel could throw out Chuck Norris. Easy.
For life= Cubs
For now= Brewers
Hey atleast they have given up their future for this year, and we are supposed to be rebuilding this season.
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
i can't believe they untuck their jerseys
ryan braun, you fucking piece of junk, you’ve been in the league for TWO YEARS. you haven’t done jackshit and your team hasn’t won jackshit with you on the team.
go home you piece of junk.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply actions
wrong ryan
ryan braun is a piece of shit but i’m more pissed at franklin
by cardsrule15 on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
The whole teams been untucking
after every win. Something about Cameron honoring his uncle or something. And the rest of the team followed his lead. No disrespect meant by it.
guys lets face it
there will be no trade deadline action! God i hope im wrong but i wanna be realistic. The cards will make no moves and we are going to be this ame ballclub until the September roster expansions…
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
Mozeliak is too gun shy to do anything.
Everyone is asking for too much, let’s continue to build so we can always be talking about next season no matter where we are in the current year
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 Jul 24, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
hell yeah
and if they actually DO something it will be an Izturis caliber player.. and we all know what that is…
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
Well, we shouldn't be.
We have 4 or 5 players this team right now that shouldn’t be in the Majors.
by chicagocardfan on Jul 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree.
i was talking from mo’s twisted perspective. I thought I liked him. but he’s just a pussy. where is all the value they see in some of these guys?! We are going to end up with a kip wells or another flores. sigh.
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 Jul 24, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
he's been the GM for what?
7-8 months? how do know what he’s going to do?
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
Mozeliak's a good GM
I’d rather he make no trades if the only ones he could make all hurt the club in the long term.
i hate
..scoring 3 runs and watching Franklin and/or Isringhausen give up game-changing hr.
i will now light myself on fire
true that
ill run with nails placed in my shoes and lemon juice in my socks
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
I know he was a great hitter
but Jack Clark is a horrible analyst on TV. Please don’t make us watch him again. We know it was “tough loss” Einstein. Give us some analysis!
The time has come for someone to put his foot down and that foot is me
Anyone wanna put a R rating on the postgame thread?
I think we’ve got steam to blow.
haha
we need a rating system put on all threads after games.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
swear jar
I say we start a swear jar.. then we can buy a decent reliever…
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by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
go to the p-d boards
where anyone can say anything regardless of whether it makes sense or is backed up by any kind of intelligence. This ain’t the p-d boards!
what will TLR say tonight
he can’t possibly bail the bullpen out of this one can he?
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT reply actions
He is the only guy
that actually makes me feel bad for the media
by hoofhearted-pujols on Jul 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
he can have the same argument -
offense didn’t do their job…but its sheets not suppan, so its a harder case to make
by cardsfaninmass on Jul 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
he did too
“we did as much as we could to win the game tonight”
“i’m not gunna get in trouble rick (hummel)”
tony, even you know what is coming out of your mouth is complete BS
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
so get in trouble
he can afford the fine and the suspension might not be such a bad thing either
light a damn fire Tony!
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
So,
It’s pretty clear that our front office isn’t willing to spend the money to get some new arms,
SO, i think i’m just gonna wear my brewers hat for the rest of the season, in a quiet boycott of the cards, untill they get some new arms
It’s so funny that they’re letting this entire season ride on carpenter and wainwright being healthy to carry them.
Btw: when was the last time albert it a homerun? somethin like july 4???
Liek, i don’t mean to ask him to hit all the time, but he seems to be kinda slumping in important situations lately…..
Yeah
The Cards have been waiting all year for Carp, Wainy, Mulder, and Clement…..why didnt we see this coming?
this albert guy
his superstar status is choking him. He as been no good this season. Stop it with the “MVP caliber numers” and that bs
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
Go away, please
“He has been no good this season”?
He’s the second best hitter in the National League.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
....my quick smells like french toast...
by mstreeter06 on Jul 24, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
he does
put up amazing numbers,
But, i think he’s just got a case of the a-rod
HE'S GOT ONE GOOD ARM PEOPLE
geesh
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
He's got a case
of being the best player in baseball?
My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball, but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
by Alxfritz on Jul 24, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
yep
best player in baseball, hands down. to suggest otherwise is criminal
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 25, 2008 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
absurd statement, paul
Take a trip over to Albert’s splits page and tell me he’s been no good (look especially at his clutch stats). This is about as nonsensical as it gets.
God, i may be a pessimist, but you're an absolute fairweather fan
The fact that you even own a brewers cap is pathetic. If you change loyalties that easily, then don’t come back.
boo cubs, hooray beer
Franklinhausen strikes again
"Ding-dong the wicked witch is dead!" - Wayne Hagin after the cardinals snapped a losing streak
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT reply actions
No!
It’s only july – there is still plenty of baseball to be played….carp and waino back will make our bullpen better…everyone needes to calm better (but, yes, we do need to add a reliever and soon!)
by cardsfaninmass on Jul 24, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Can you...
...provide a little play-by-play?
by glennrwordman on Jul 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Reporter: "you mentioned the offense needed to show up last night and it wasn't the bullpen, is that the same tonight?"
Tony: “i’m not going to go there…i’m not falling into that trap”
pretty short press conference
Tony was clearly pissed, but the reporters knew that and they didn’t push any buttons
Thank you.
You are a gentleman even in times of stress…
by glennrwordman on Jul 24, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
he said he didn't want to talk about wellemeyer's effectiveness b/c he didn't want to get in trouble
i.e. the umps screwed Welleymeyer….he was on, the umps weren’t
why do they keep their jobs
isnt it their jobs to ask the tought questions? Only Hummel did it
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
St.Louis sportswriters are a joke
Professional writers in NY, Boston or Chicago would tear into TLR. He is sacrosanct here and our so-called journalists are sniviling cowards.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down and that foot is me
at least the one's there were
bernie miklasz would’ve torn into him pretty well but he’s on vacation.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree with that
Bernie is the only mensch in the whole pathetic lot. Everyone else who writes baseball in St.Louis is like our bullpen. They are intimidated by TLR.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down and that foot is me
oh right...
You want him to talk about how Franklin and Izzy and Flores hasn’t got the job down. He should sit down with Leach and Gloud and just say. Man, These guess just aren’t good enough to get the job done that we pay them for.
And then…we’ll win more games!
um because
he’s tried to use franklin to close games for awhile now AND IT STILL ISN’T WORKING.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
so who should close?
Izzy? Perez? Flores?
The only guy in the bullpen that really could be trusted in Springer. And he can’t even pitch more than ~ an inning every 3 games.
every 3?
he pitched 3 out of 4 days just this past weekend.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
he has pitched 32 innings this year.
Tony doesn’t want him to pitch in back-to-back innings even if he only faces 1 batter in the first inning. The guy is old and he has already been on the DL this year.
Springer pitching that many innings lately is not a choice. It’s caused my the starters not being able to go 6 innings and having flores, franklin, and izzy pitching horriblely.
but he's done well all through it.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
he has done well
Tony loved to use him last year. After the injury this year not so much. I just feel the medical staff told him he is close to blowing. I have no evidence to back this up expect for his sparse useage and the fact that once he sits after warming up he is done for the game.
just a thought
but how about using springer in the ninth when the game is actually on the line?
Pujols is the greatest Cardinal in my lifetime.
i would go with
miles
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the bottom of the eighth!
Tony just said
That welley threw 20 more pitches than he should have. And he had plenty of command.
Hammel asked him to explain. And he said he didn’t want to get in trouble.
"easily the most disappointing series of the year"
“and that’s an understatement al,”
"i don't want to get in trouble"
uh, Tony, please explain how a manager can get in trouble saying his pen sucks?
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
he was talking about bashing the ump for being shitty
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
i know he said it talking about Welley
but he also said it when asked about the pen.
either he didn’t want to answer the questions, or he simply crossed up his words. it didnt make a lick of sence to me
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
no
When asked about the pen. He said he didn’t want to get into the that trap. They just went over that two nights ago. His point that the offense needed to score more than 3 runs. Other peoples point was that the bullpen should give up as many runs. (6 in the last 3 nights.) as far as I can tell, either or would have resaulted in a few wins.
he meant he didnt want to get in trouble
for saying the UMP missed 30 calls
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
he was clearly
Talking about the ump missing calls in the 4th than turning around and giving the same pitches to sheets in the bottum of the inning.
Here comes a desperation trade for George Sherrill
where we will give up way too much.
boo cubs, hooray beer
The Mets
Have been hot recently, but they, too, have had their bullpen problems. (Not like the Cards, but…)
The only favorable pitching match up the Cards have is Game 2: Pineiro vs. TBD. Pedro is out (although Pedro has not been Pedro at all now for a long time.
The games will be close. I hope the Cards take two…
by glennrwordman on Jul 24, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess I just don't get why people are angry
maybe it is the cynicism created from the clear pattern this organization has taken in the off-seasons or the way the bullpen has performed this year, but seriously, people…to get this angry that they blew another game is ridiculous.
THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR 2 MONTHS NOW AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
It’s just a fact of the 2008 team. You should expect the bullpen to blow it late in a game and just hope like heck the offense bails them out late. It just makes no sense to be so outraged, so enraged that you’ve gotta swear, vent, rant, etc.
Just accept it already.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:18 PM EDT reply actions
This team
has overachieved already, how many people actually thought by almost Aug the Cards would be about 4 back? Nights, weeks like this suck, but really, this is the team that they have and we have to accept it and enjoy what they have given us
call me crazy
but that is a great idea
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
its a discussion board--about the cardinals.
wtf do you think people are going to do after a loss: vent, collectively.
what do you want to talk about? do you have an exit strategy for the middle east or something?
gtfo
I can see you'll last long around here
brush up on the Community Guidelines if you want to add a few days to your membership.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
roflmao
you still never answered my question.
Good job dodging it. Taking the “I has an avatar?!” angle. well played.
really man
go read the guidelines. You can not tell someone to “GTFO”
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
He was right, Alex
This isn’t a place for venting. This is for a semi-intelligent discussion. Read the guidelines before you return. Thanks and have a nice day.
he won't admit it
he’s so used to putting out minimum effort and $ and it just working
This year is a shining example of their penny pinching.
Oh and the fact that putting a noob in the GM spot is hurting us badly.
The biggest loss of this past offseason is truely not Jim Edmonds, But Walt Jocketty.
Every one of you Knows Jock would have gotten this situation taken care of by now.
It’s either Dewitt doesn’t wanna spend money, or nobody is dealing with the noob (Mozeliak, whom Will continue to be referenced as teh Noob, until he does something that isn’t made of fail.)
i'm calling bullshit on this one
Jocketty’s tactics don’t work anymore….baseball has changed and Walt’s way of GMing doesnt work anymore
yeah
he’s working miracles down in the Natti right now
posts like that don’t belong here. chill out bro
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
they work better
then DOING NOTHING AT ALLLLL
i demand action!
(Denotes Sarcasm)
Using terminology like "teh noob" shows your maturity level.
Which explains the absurdity of your comments.
Go root for the Brewers
boo cubs, hooray beer
terminology is just that: terminology. it’s a selection:a Choice of Words.
I decided it was a nicer option then: new worthless space filler, or, wasted money.
You show me what good Mozeliak has done since taking up his current position, and I’ll insert foot in mouth.
But you don’t have a leg to stand on.
Because the answer is jack squat.
glaus for rolen?
i’d say that trade has been working out pretty well…
izzy2 at SS… his glove has definitely helped our pitchers out
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by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Let Eckstein walk.
Aggressive promotion of the youngsters: MacClellan (on field management on board with that), Perez (not so much).
Locked up Molina.
Hasn’t made a desperation trade.
i'm warming up to that idea....
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by urgeernieball on Jul 25, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
traded ol jimmy
let ank shine in center
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 25, 2008 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Brewers funny
Okay, it may not soothe the sting of the sweep, but it is funny:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/c_c_sabathia_prince_fielder_keep
funniest things all night
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by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you guys hear that?
The Crew had 21…21 Freakin hits in the 7th inning on in this series…21? Wow, I knew it was bad, but jeez that is absolutely atrocious. That being said, I really did expect that to happen in the 9th.
Im pretty sure the Cards didnt have 21 hits in this whole 3 game series
anybody got the number? Come to think of it, I would like to know how many hits they had past the 3rd for this series
by buzzburton33 on Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Why didn't someone ask
about Hall and Braun admiring their home runs and showing up the home team? Isn’t Tony supposed to be old school? I would like to hear what he thinks but none of our sorry synchophant writers asked.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down and that foot is me
jack Clark
should hve guest starred on the sopranos.
btw, he sucks
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ~Bill Veeck
What about Fsn naming Franklin the player of the game before the Braun ab?
what was that?
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 11:26 PM EDT reply actions
i think they were trying some voodoo magic to help him through.
it didnt work…
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
you think?
Dan and Al apparently suck at voodoo magic?
Why hasn’t the gutless st. louis media call them out on it yet?
i take full blame for the ryan braun comment
that was my fault and said in the heat of the moment.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
it is shocking that liam lightens the mood
you have talent man
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
short of moving Frank out of the closers roll
and bringing Perez back up (who clearly isn’t ready to close) blowing up the minors to get some rentals make zero sence right now. Hardcore’s right, the pen has been blowing up ever since Wagonmaker & Welley got hurt. like it or not, there’s not a lot MO can do right now. getting angry & turning on each other does nothing for us right now. turn your computer off & chill out if you can’t be civil.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
Exactly
Perez is down in Memphis to work on his slider. He’ll be better off getting that thing going and comming up later this year. Tony trashing the pen in the media isn’t going to do any good. I have no idea why people are calling for this?
It’s a rebuilding year. The team is rebuilding. The fact that we are only 4 games out late July is a blessing. When we struggle there is no reason to panic. It’s going to happen. And they are going to bounce back and play some good games.
Perez serves no purpose in AAA though
He goes back down, and once again, he’s unhittable.
Let the kid learn at the big league level, AAA hitters are not a challenge for him.
boo cubs, hooray beer
The thing with Perez is his control
he lets things get away in a hurry
by buzzburton33 on Jul 24, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Deinitely
but I wasnt implying Reyes was any better…my bad
by buzzburton33 on Jul 24, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
perez is serving a purpose in AAA
He is there to work on his slider. Has pretty clear instructions to throw slider down there and not worry about where it gets hit to. He was sent down to improve something he couldn’t do in the middle of a divisional race.
waiting on Wagonmaker & Carp is really the smartest move right now
their presence alone will do wonders for the pen woes.
i hate it too, i want moves & trades. but the facts are the Cardinals can no longer afford to mortgage the future to pay for the present. blowing up on here does nothing positive for any one. turn off the computer & go take a walk. it’s only a game people.
Perez needs to work on that slider, we dont need him up here trying to get it right when the games mean this much. we also don’t need Frank & Izzy at the back of the pen either. flip flop them & KMac & Russ for now. is that a perfect solution? no. but its probably the best move they have right now.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
Who knew the Astros signing Randy Wolf was just a move
to embarrass the Cardinals by putting them in 4th place?
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
i'd take Valverde at the end of their pen
over any one at the end of our right now.
come to think of it,,,,naw. Htown isn’t that stupid.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
Really?
He of the 4.84 ERA?
I suppose he’s better than Franklin/Izzy
But that’s like saying I’d rather get shot in the stomach than the face. Sure, but it still sucks.
boo cubs, hooray beer
oh yeah
if it means no more Frank & Izzy in the 9th, i’d much rather have Valverde
i’ll take him & his act any day of the week right now. thats how bad things in the pen have gotten
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
welley on postgame..
seems kind of pissed at the strike zone for tonight
As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."
Wondered which name you were on here...
Dad and I decided against it because we thought it was gonna rain. And I’ve already sat through 2 or 3 other rain delays this year… but we can use the tickets we have at another game… and thank God I didn’t have to see that in person. The last game I was at Izzy blew against the Astros.
he got decent results tonight though
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
franklin about to cry
makes me feel bad for the guy
As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."
ha
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
it’s hard to hate a guy that’s taking it to heart though….
doesn’t seem to me that he’s just here to pick up his paycheck… at least we can say we have a classy club that cares… not a bunch of prima donnas
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by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Man watching Frank on the postgame makes me feel awful
you sometimes can forget that they are people
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 11:40 PM EDT reply actions
i dont really know what else he can say
he’s not IZZY and going to come out & say he sucks. at least he’s taking the blame for it. gotta give him some props for that right?
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
I gained a new respect for Izzy
after he said that. I still hate seeing the guy come into games, but atleast he owned up to it.
boo cubs, hooray beer
reminds me of Izzy
after he blew that game against the Brewers (before he went on DL)
He looked about ready to cry as well.
boo cubs, hooray beer
I never saw that but heard about it
made me feel bad for cursing him at the time
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel bad for them
but honestly, if I failed at my job that often, i’d get canned (and I wouldn’t have millions of dollars to fall back on like they do). These guys fail, and they get pampered by the coach.
boo cubs, hooray beer
good point....
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by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I doubt Franklin will get punished for giving up a bomb tonight
I don’t see it happening.
That being said, on the same token, when I fail at my job, I don’t get boo-ed by 50,000 people. But once again, I also don’t make 5 million dollars a year, so it’s a fair trade off.
boo cubs, hooray beer
fans are okay to boo in public
It’s not right for your boss to correct you in public. Hell, every time Tony has done this in the people (including me.) are up in flames about him throwing players under the bus. And now people are calling for him to do it.
I'm not calling for him to do it
I wish he’d acknowledge that the bullpen sucks though.
boo cubs, hooray beer
I just want to hear him say it though! heh
All I want to hear is “Our bullpens not very good” that’s all, 5 little words.
boo cubs, hooray beer
Wrong. He can’t do his job. I could care less about his feelings. He’s a professional athlete who is unable to perform at the highest level. I don’t want to pay money to see players of his lesser skill level.
by WriteTreatage on Jul 25, 2008 3:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Ryan Braun
You know how I got these scars?
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
no but i know how you got these
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by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
L
already slipping into coma watching ‘bullpen’..but on top I have to listen to all the band a
Wagon braves fan brag about a million playooff appearences, off
Which they never did shit with!
they won a world series and had an exciting team to watch for a long long time..
i’d take it…hell, thats what the cardinals have done and i’ll take it if it means just 1 w.s. victory
"Ding-dong the wicked witch is dead!" - Wayne Hagin after the cardinals snapped a losing streak
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Jul 25, 2008 4:40 AM EDT up reply actions
first time i've heard handlebars ever speak
he’s more eloquent that i would have thought…
As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."
on a happier note,
i have the privilege of watching carp’s start up and close and personal tomorrow. Hopefully i’ll get to see what Perez has done w/ the slider. As i’m fairly new to these parts, would you guys prefer a fanpost summary of carp’s outting or something in a main thread?
i vote fan posts
if any thing warrants one, it’s that
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
another reason to stay up late on a friday
wow, that made me sound old
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
what will MLB do to a player or coach that trashes umps?
fines? can they really suppened them? will the unions allow that?
LaRue really danced around the subject of the weird strike zone tonight. thats why i ask
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
money money money
monnnnney.
Wellemeyer will have less of it this week. Tony should be fine because he danced pretty well.
true, then you have what happend in Flushing a few weeks ago
between the ump & Beltran & the manager.
both him & Tony danced around it like they’d go to jail if they said any thing wrong. when we’ve all seen other players & coaches go bat crap after a game with no punishments handed down.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
i totally lost it
yesterday when The Prime Minster called in from cooperstown
talk about priceless radio, that was so very very good
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
No kidding...
...that commercial where he jumps behind the kid and his “nanna”... that’s just funny.
big picture/little picture
in the big picture, given that the Cards were supposed to be bad enough to deserve relegation to the minors as a franchise, its nice that they’ve done well enough to be able to be so frustrating when they lose. For a rebuilding year, this aint so bad
little picture, its tough to stomach yet another bullpen implosion to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Cards have blown 12 saves in the 9th or later (2 in one game) and are 3-8 in those games. Even with all the other issues in the pen, if we had a lock down closer. we’d be in first.
Umps need trashing
It’s a form of regulating them. You can’t argue balls and strikes in the game, and they need to be held accountable for their awful, awful work.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
The Umps really need to brought to task
Their performances have been getting worse and worse and are clearly not being regulated by major league baseball. Something has to be done about it.
boo cubs, hooray beer
They need to be replaced...
At least for balls and strikes, they already can be replaced. So why not? Make the game fairer and more enjoyable for everyone except the “purists” who think it’s okay for Umps to decide games.
yeah
But then we wouldn’t have Yadi taking off his catching gear and throwing it at the feet of the ump.
Or Phil Wellman
burying the plate with dirt from the batter’s box, drawing a much larger home plate in the dirt, then belly-crawling to the mound, pulling an imaginary pin from the rosin bag and throwing it at the umpire as though it were a hand grenade.
that is AWESOME
"Give a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a night. Set him on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life."
Yes and all the time the unwritten rule that a player sholdnt show up an ump,
is really BS, because alot of the umps dont mind showing up the players or acting like Leslie Nielsen, it seems there are alot of them the last few years that want to be seen as well as heard.
by buzzburton33 on Jul 25, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
the attempt to hang the two inning save on franklin
reminded me of sending Lohse out in the 8th. Tony must have a plan. Can he be attacking managment by suggesting that these are his only winning scenarios?
No
He’s doing what he feels gives his team the best chance to win. Their is no ulterior motives behind his moves. That’s not TLR’s style.
boo cubs, hooray beer
agreed..
i don’t think tony would actively sabatauge the team
As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."
by urgeernieball on Jul 25, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't think anyone...
truly understands Tony but Tony. He truly thinks like no one else in baseball.
But regardless of the strange nature of his moves, I’m sure he’s always doing his best, in his mind, to win the game.
yep
he may be frustrating at times, but you can tell these kind of games are killing him
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
sending anyone out for a 2 inning save is never good...
i wouldn’t put rivera, k-rod, nathan, or hoffman in his heyday out for a 2 inning save, so why do that to franklin? how many 2 inning saves has izzy racked up?
"Ding-dong the wicked witch is dead!" - Wayne Hagin after the cardinals snapped a losing streak
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Jul 25, 2008 4:43 AM EDT up reply actions
if only Sutter was still around
he was a 2 inning save machine
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the WWL is killing us right now. why am i watching it? oh i can't stop!
some body stop me please!!
although Buck did tell Ryan to run & not watch his HR. gotta love that
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
they were showing a lot of our pens "finest" work
and how we only close out 56.1 % of leads we have after the 6th inning
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
I guess they have every right to cruch us right now
but when I was a kid I thought espn was the greating thing ever, had my tv on there all day everyday. however the last few years I have realized they are a garbage monopoly of sports coverage. Though shows like college football live and PTI are decent, everything else is catered to the… I hate to say dumbest fans, but everything is just so dumbed down it sad.
ESPN Management (CT): Umm…...what does this have to do with the Red Sox and Yankees?
SportsNation Jerry Crasnick: Management, Let’s take a break with the sarcasm, OK?
by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 25, 2008 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
ESPN
was that good when it first came out. It’s fallen apart in the Disney years.
Budweiser’ll probably taste like shit in a few years, too.
(Beer snobs, back off!)
but Budweiser's always..
hehe, I’ll respect your disclaimer. But I seriously doubt Bud will taste any different. But hey, it’s the principle of the matter, eh?
bud's still brewed 5 min. from my house....
so until that changes i’m a bud man…...schlafly is a little too “fruity” for me
"Ding-dong the wicked witch is dead!" - Wayne Hagin after the cardinals snapped a losing streak
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Jul 25, 2008 4:44 AM EDT up reply actions
i found that that Schlafly is a damn fine beer
but as long as there is a brewery in St Louis I will support the hardworking men and women that make it. That doesnt mean I cant sneak in a few other kinds every now and then though, especially if it is still helping out the STL beer market
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
they had one kind at the tap room that i thought was ok...
don’t remember which it was though cuz all the names were so weird.
"Ding-dong the wicked witch is dead!" - Wayne Hagin after the cardinals snapped a losing streak
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Jul 25, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
ESPN
I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t watch ESPN anymore. It’s a ridiculous waste of time when the internet is 100X better for sports highlights and analysis. It’s a shame though that the “WWL” has so much control over the sports media narrative – “Favre! Clemens! Red Sox! Duke!” They’ve become a parody of themselves.
Give Ryan Braun credit...
Since Braun debuted last year he is the leading HR hitter in MLB. He can flat out hit.
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by DYNASTYLeagueBaseballMike on Jul 25, 2008 12:29 AM EDT reply actions
He sure can hit
and now that he is in LF, the pitcher can’t hear him praying ‘please don’t hit the ball to me, please don’t hit the ball to me’.
It has helped the starting rotation’s morale immensely.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 25, 2008 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Sure, he can hit. He can also accept a fastball to the ribs as a token of our appreciation for his antics tonight.
by WriteTreatage on Jul 25, 2008 3:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Good News
FSMW is going to have a camera crew at tomorrow’s Redbirds game to cover Chris Carpenter’s 2nd rehab start, per the PD.
With the way things are going
that’ll just be so that we can see him leave the game with elbow discomfort.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 25, 2008 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Sorry...
On behalf of Brewers fans, I would like to apologize to y’all at VEB for all of the posing and such our boys have been doing. Please understand, this is not to disrespect you, but to try and enjoy a moment that seemed like it would never come for this snakebitten club.
I know everyone in St. Louis is pissed about how this series turned out. But I ask you to remember, you will still have your ancient Cardinal tradition next year and for the foreseeable. Sellouts. Pujols (who won’t leave you). Another year of hope.
We return to the muck from whence we came. While I understand, just remember, you get this every year. We get it every 25.
Cut us and our boys some slack please (as tough as it may be). And save your ire for certain other enemies who remain a threat to freedom.
by BrewerApologist on Jul 25, 2008 1:25 AM EDT reply actions
They did the same thing last year
when they were in first place. Prince Fielder and his chest-thumping challenge of a catcher at home plate, Braun’s struts to 1B, Cordero’s antics on the mound, etc.
They’ve learned nothing, so they deserve no slack. Some day, some team will take exception to what they do and the benches will clear.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 25, 2008 1:30 AM EDT up reply actions
And as much as I hate to say it
that team that will take exception will probably be the Cubs. I don’t think Sweet Lou will turn his head of these antics like Tony did.
If it would be the Cubs some day
gotta hope that Julio Castillo isn’t pitching at the time.
Read that story. Friggin’ nuts.
Getting swept by the Brewers was pretty tough, but we put up good fights in three of the four games and made a good team play their best to beat us.
As long as the Brew Crew gives the Cubs a beating like that in their four game set next week, all will be forgiven. That and a sweep of the Pond Scum should get us all back in high spirits.
The Cubs are a threat to freedom?
Even more reason to hate em!
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
Well you know what they say
All the years we beat up on the Brewers on our way to the NL Central Title…they were bound to give a payback in return at some point. But if they keep acting like showboats that Karma thing will bite them back pretty quick. I blame Ned Yost and his coaching staff for not telling these guys to act like a professional team after a win or after hitting a HR.
Karma is making it's way back
What you don’t realize is that it started by Tony & Co a while ago
by Saberilliterate on Jul 25, 2008 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
needle to bubble
that series was full of things like that astros had many a showboating acts in that series, btw that ball is still orbiting the earth
"Textbooks are Soviet propaganda" - Rev. Jerry Falwell
In the Buddhist center of Asia it may be some of the Brewer's players' karma to be reborn as coackroach scrotums for their antics.
An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.
HL Mencken
BREWERS FAN INVADING
HEY CARDS FUNS UNLUCKY BUT PLEASE STOP CRYING OVER RYAN BRAUN
SO HE HIT A GAME WINNIGNG HOME RUN
GET OVER IT HE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE HAPPY
AND BEAN HIM IF YOU WIISH
WE HAVE A CRAPPY RELIEVER NAMED MOTA READY TO BEAN PRINCE ALBERT THE WUSS
HAHAHAHAHAH
KEEP RUEING THE CHANCES THE NL CENTRAL TITLES OURS
PS MAYBE TRADE FOR A CLOSER OU KNOW THE GUYS WHO ARE SUPPOSSED TO GET 3 COMFORTABLE OUTS IN THE 9TH
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
by brewers number one on Jul 25, 2008 6:51 AM EDT reply actions
two things
1 turn off the caps
2 learn to spell BEFORE talking smack
"Textbooks are Soviet propaganda" - Rev. Jerry Falwell
at least it made some of our guys' comments look good
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 25, 2008 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I blame Ned Yost and his coaching staff for not telling these guys to act like a professional team after a win or after hitting a HR.
LOLLLLLL
HAVE A CRY HE WAS HAPPY HE HIT A HOME RUN NOT HIS FRANKLINS SOO BAD
by brewers number one on Jul 25, 2008 6:53 AM EDT reply actions
Thanks for...
nearly posting in English, though. By the way, your computer has a Caps Lock key AND a shift key.
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball, but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
Brewers are actually number 2 there
genius
strikeouts from left-center
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 25, 2008 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
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