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Woody_guthrie_tiny by Valatan on Comment 505 comments

2-3 Cardinals in the 8th.  Can they hold on?  Take my hand, and we'll make it, I swear.

 

I guess.

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2 more outs

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Out of the losers,

out of that class, you’re the best.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

FYI

that’s a Seinfeld bit about coming in second, not meant to be an insult at either of you two.

by liam on Jul 25, 2008 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Damn.

Braun on every time tonight, right?

Right.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

here it comes

like freaking clockwork

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

OMG

Im going to puke

Cubs blow

by Where is that Juan guy on Jul 24, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i know

what the hell!

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by bukowski on Jul 24, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

oh my god

fuck braun, he stared it down like a bitch

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

bring in the dozers boys

ESPN Management (CT): Umm…...what does this have to do with the Red Sox and Yankees?
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 10:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

we really do suck

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

by sportsman on Jul 24, 2008 10:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 10:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

HAHAHA

I hope Ryan Braun gets hit in the face with a baseball, showboating jackass.

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 10:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I understand the frustration

but lay off the blatant namecalling.

by azruavatar on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

considering...

... one of our guy’s career ended on a ball to the face… strong comment.

by AndyB83 on Jul 24, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sweet baby Jeebus.

We need to score some runs.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This rivalry...

is about to get heated.

by AndyB83 on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by BigMOman on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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...

by Valatan on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I prefer

a real closer

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

stupid LaRussa

I don’t know why he doesn’t use our real closer.

by Tackle Box on Jul 24, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

why do i even have hope?

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

beats me

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

by sportsman on Jul 24, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Vitameataveggiman

gets drilled in the ribs here. Thats crap.

C'mon you Redbirds, lets prove em' wrong, again!

by yer dog first on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i hate franklin

and i hate braun. aand i hate life

by riotmute on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by bukowski on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Ok boys, time to win it with a walkoff

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Okay TONY

I think you are wrong about the BULLPEN!!!

by chicagocardfan on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Seriously, though.

9 runs in four games?

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by sportsman on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't get me wrong,

we still need a batting MI

by chicagocardfan on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't care if he comes around to score

you hit fielder in the ribs right here

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I am going to go play on the roof

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 24, 2008 10:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

im gonna go play in the Cards bullpen

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

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   0 recs

very nice!

i concede…i was gonna try to top it … but i can’t

As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."

by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sounds like

“we need a closer” coming from the stands.

C'mon you Redbirds, lets prove em' wrong, again!

by yer dog first on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by truemun12 on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

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 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is beyond mean

This is downright cruel.

by punditmoi on Jul 24, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

there

isn’t enough beer for a week like this

by FL Redbird on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by craig3410 on Jul 24, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That's an FJM ripoff

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, the highs and lows of a baseball season.

... highs and lows of a baseball game for that matter.

by AndyB83 on Jul 24, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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."

by BigMOman on Jul 24, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

bring in miles chant

YES

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by BigMOman on Jul 24, 2008 10:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the really bad thing is...

tired bullpens dont magically start getting better – and this bullpen has been used more than jenna jameson.

by rlgosnell on Jul 24, 2008 10:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

im so happy we extending franklins contract

another year of this! ALRIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 10:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

*extended

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

i call bullshit on that

a flat fastball is a flat fastball, 8th inning or 9th, he sucks

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

One quick reminder...

...we do have a bottom of the ninth still.

by AndyB83 on Jul 24, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

haha.

Believe me… I’m off it… just sayin.

by AndyB83 on Jul 24, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by BigMOman on Jul 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i look forward to the road trip

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There’s a Cubs joke about that.

Unfortunately, they’re not losing at home too much this go-around.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

They’ve been real tough.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hav had ulcers less painful than this

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Yeah I cant decide whether I doslike him or Hall more right now

ESPN Management (CT): Umm…...what does this have to do with the Red Sox and Yankees?
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by Smokin Turkeys on Jul 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

i want hall as our lf/ss/2B

he owns Busch III

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i don't

i don’t want somebody that conceited

As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."

by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

true

isn’t this what izzy is for? if your gonna have him on the roster, have him clock somebody with his 86 mph fastball

by riotmute on Jul 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!

by sportsman on Jul 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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."

by BigMOman on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

can too!

on a scoring play just before an out on the bases.

by baw on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by DiscoJer on Jul 24, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by rlgosnell on Jul 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ankiel's splits

Innings 1-3 .312 .376 .540 .916
Innings 4-6 .290 .341 .570 .911
Innings 7-9 .199 .258 .410 .668

by vances law on Jul 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

alright.

It’s walk off time. We have glaus and Ludwick due up. Mather and Molinda on the bench.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

naw

We did that monday.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd love to see

Joey Bombs go boom.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

After Santa

hits one out, steals the 3B coach’s hat and slides into home on it as if it were a sleigh.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and doing a backflip at the plate

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Braun....

didn’t he look like he stuck his tongue out half way down the line on the replay?.... This is beyond frustrating.

by sidebar54 on Jul 24, 2008 10:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by heathen on Jul 24, 2008 10:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

wainwright would have.

Or a least threw behind someone and cleared the benches.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

He's a zillion pounds.

It probably felt like a mosquito bite to him.

by craig3410 on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by DiscoJer on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Agreed.

But it’d be nice if they acted like they’ve been there before, even if they haven’t.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

um...

You can talk about LaRussa’s management quirks all you want. But Gutless isn’t one of them

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LaRussa's a lot of things...

... but spineless isn’t one of them.

by AndyB83 on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i am bitter, too,

but you are just unreasonable

by baw on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

....my quick smells like french toast...

by mstreeter06 on Jul 24, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

TLR spineless?

boohoo

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 25, 2008 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’d go for those explosive devices that shoot up in the air after Cardinal home runs.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Santa,

I’ve been really good this year.

by chicagocardfan on Jul 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by sportsman on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hahaha, yeah,. i was blaming it on my girlfriend since it really started happening the moment we got in the car together

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by DiscoJer on Jul 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Way to choke Troy

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by emrfg8 on Jul 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

call Bud Selig

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

called that all night

and 2 strike count in the bottom of the 9th, ludwick has to swing

by rlgosnell on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.)

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

call Bud Selig

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

whoops

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks mr ump

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yea

but how can you risk that in this situation

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

by sportsman on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ATTN: Cardinals FO

TRADE FOR A GODDAMN RELIEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by craig3410 on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

bullshit

that hasn’t been called all night.

by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!!

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

why is larue hitting?

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

who cares?

this game is over.

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by sportsman on Jul 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh, my gosh!

that was way too close to take.

C'mon you Redbirds, lets prove em' wrong, again!

by yer dog first on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

No Kidding

what freaking game has Lud been playing?

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good night

real excited to watch these guys play tomorrow night….

by riotmute on Jul 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I do not think

I am that much of a masochist

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

AND THERE IT IS.

Goodnight redbird nation… time to cry ourselves to sleep…

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

naw.

Im going to get laid.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

FAIL

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I go now

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Where

ya’ sittin’?

by glennrwordman on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

I'm Going

on Sunday. Lohse v. Santana. Wish me luck.

by glennrwordman on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

pretty much

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Alxfritz on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Alxfritz on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

you might get called out on language on that one.

by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by truemun12 on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

atleast a split

games 2 and 4 were ours to win.

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 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by yer dog first on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

there is a saying about that

act like you have been there before

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Beyond frustrating

24 blown saves now? Out of how many chances?

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by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by emrfg8 on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Are you serious??????

we are 4 out…its July….Breathe….

by cardsfaninmass on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i give em til the 3Oth

if they dont get a couple relievers by then….ugh, they have no chance

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

No, they can't.

They’ve proven for 3.5 months that they can’t hold a lead.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't remember the last time

this bullpen was consistent.

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by heathen on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

They've done that before...

at least in one of the previous games.

by DiscoJer on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the bigger the egos

the harder they fall.

Rick Ankiel could throw out Chuck Norris. Easy.

by emrfg8 on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

....my quick smells like french toast...

by mstreeter06 on Jul 24, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

actually i dont mind losing to the cubs

brewers are acting bush league

Rick Ankiel could throw out Chuck Norris. Easy.

by emrfg8 on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 25, 2008 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

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 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh it's definitely the brewers

at least the cubs have some classy players

by kalmavet on Jul 24, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by killzkegs on Jul 25, 2008 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hate

..scoring 3 runs and watching Franklin and/or Isringhausen give up game-changing hr.

i will now light myself on fire

by kalmavet on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by heathen on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

swear jar

I say we start a swear jar.. then we can buy a decent reliever…

As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."

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!

by chuckb on Jul 25, 2008 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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…..

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BAHAHAA

Post game guy just mentioned what i was talkin about with albert…

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

The Cards have been waiting all year for Carp, Wainy, Mulder, and Clement…..why didnt we see this coming?

by FL Redbird on Jul 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Go away, please

“He has been no good this season”?

He’s the second best hitter in the National League.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

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   0 recs

he does

put up amazing numbers,

But, i think he’s just got a case of the a-rod

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by jdub176 on Jul 24, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

seriously

i think those guys are smoking the same stuff, and everyone else is catchin secondhand smoke

Rick Ankiel could throw out Chuck Norris. Easy.

by emrfg8 on Jul 24, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

HAHA

love the moniker Franklinhausen! Any thing is better than watching Franklinhausen blow another game.

by kalmavet on Jul 24, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Can you...

...provide a little play-by-play?

by glennrwordman on Jul 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

pretty short press conference

Tony was clearly pissed, but the reporters knew that and they didn’t push any buttons

by hockeyno93 on Jul 24, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thank you.

You are a gentleman even in times of stress…

by glennrwordman on Jul 24, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by heathen on Jul 24, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by heathen on Jul 24, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

so.

Okay. How was that lost Tony’s fault?

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by bigcardsfan5 on Jul 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by Paulspike on Jul 24, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

roflmao

watching out for his own ass.

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

go ahead and call out the damn umpire Tony

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 24, 2008 11:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

"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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he was talking about bashing the ump for being shitty

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 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not watching it

but maybe he was referring to the ump?

by kalmavet on Jul 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here comes a desperation trade for George Sherrill

where we will give up way too much.

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Mozeliak

is no fool, I doubt that happens.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by FL Redbird on Jul 24, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jul 24, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

roflmao

you still never answered my question.

Good job dodging it. Taking the “I has an avatar?!” angle. well played.

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

He was right, Alex

brush up on the

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.

by chuckb on Jul 25, 2008 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.)

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by hockeyno93 on Jul 24, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

they work better

then DOING NOTHING AT ALLLLL

i demand action!

(Denotes Sarcasm)

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by alexvires on Jul 24, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."

by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

um...

Glaus. Lohse. Signed locked up Wainwright. Ludwick. Barton in the Rule 5.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm warming up to that idea....

As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."

by urgeernieball on Jul 25, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Glaus for Rolen

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by roebirds on Jul 24, 2008 11:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

funniest things all night

As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."

by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by buzzburton33 on Jul 24, 2008 11:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by heathen on Jul 24, 2008 11:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Derrick Goold, Matthew Leach, and Rick Hummel are all very good writers. They aren’t there to stir up shit, dude.

What kind of a print-worthy comment do you expect they’d get from that sort of question after that sort of loss?

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by bukowski on Jul 24, 2008 11:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What about Fsn naming Franklin the player of the game before the Braun ab?

what was that?

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 24, 2008 11:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Lol I know right

I knew right there we were going to lose?

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i think they were trying some voodoo magic to help him through.

it didnt work…

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 24, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

you think?

Dan and Al apparently suck at voodoo magic?

Why hasn’t the gutless st. louis media call them out on it yet?

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

everybody take a breath

and sheathe your weapons. The comments are getting out of hand tonight.

by azruavatar on Jul 24, 2008 11:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

my naked weapon is out.

by liam on Jul 24, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't think

that I ever want to see THAT written in print again! LOL

by stlfan on Jul 25, 2008 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it is shocking that liam lightens the mood

you have talent man

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 25, 2008 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's true

but Perez is better than Reyes, in my opinion.

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Deinitely

but I wasnt implying Reyes was any better…my bad

by buzzburton33 on Jul 24, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly

It’s not the hitters he’s battling down there.

by liam on Jul 25, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 25, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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..."

by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by AndyB83 on Jul 25, 2008 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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..."

by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

don't say that

you’ll ruin my perfectly irrational hate for the guy

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ha

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 24, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."

by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Man watching Frank on the postgame makes me feel awful

you sometimes can forget that they are people

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 24, 2008 11:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it's rough

but if I hear the “one bad pitch” line one more time, I might lose my mind.

by azruavatar on Jul 24, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I never saw that but heard about it

made me feel bad for cursing him at the time

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 24, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good point....

As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."

by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

they dont get trashed talked to the media by thier coach. Praise in Public. Punish in Private.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not calling for him to do it

I wish he’d acknowledge that the bullpen sucks though.

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i think

carrying 13 pitchers is an acknowledgement that the bullpen sucks.

by Evilfrog on Jul 25, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 25, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

why?

All that does is let the bullpen know that thier manager will go out in public and say they are not very good.

by Evilfrog on Jul 25, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

this can not be a good thing

Why do all of our closers end up crying on TV?

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Ryan Braun

You know how I got these scars?

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Jul 24, 2008 11:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

no but i know how you got these

As seen on Bleed Cubbie Blue message board... "Wait until the Cardinals call up Rasmus..."

by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by CUBSH8R on Jul 24, 2008 11:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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..."

by urgeernieball on Jul 24, 2008 11:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he shaves his legs

true story

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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?

by kalmavet on Jul 24, 2008 11:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok will do

i’ll try to have it up by 11pm central time

by kalmavet on Jul 24, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome

Pictures would be appreciated, too, though not required.

by liam on Jul 25, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

another reason to stay up late on a friday

wow, that made me sound old

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 25, 2008 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

money money money

monnnnney.

Wellemeyer will have less of it this week. Tony should be fine because he danced pretty well.

by Evilfrog on Jul 24, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fines...

I don’t think they can suspend them, but they get fined. For a guy like LaRue, probably not making much, a decent chunk of his paycheck, too

by DiscoJer on Jul 24, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bigger problem

what that ump does next time he’s standing behind the plate.

by liam on Jul 25, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 25, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 24, 2008 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No kidding...

...that commercial where he jumps behind the kid and his “nanna”... that’s just funny.

by AndyB83 on Jul 25, 2008 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by vances law on Jul 24, 2008 11:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Power Slurve on Jul 24, 2008 11:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 24, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by DiscoJer on Jul 24, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

But then we wouldn’t have Yadi taking off his catching gear and throwing it at the feet of the ump.

by Evilfrog on Jul 25, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by liam on Jul 25, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by BigMOman on Jul 25, 2008 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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?

by CalvinB on Jul 25, 2008 12:00 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by Raconteur on Jul 25, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by DiscoJer on Jul 25, 2008 1:35 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by mattyfrommo on Jul 25, 2008 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

if only Sutter was still around

he was a 2 inning save machine

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by mattyfrommo on Jul 25, 2008 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 25, 2008 12:09 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by gdm426 on Jul 25, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

WWL pays no attention to us when we win

but OH when we loose..they are front and center

by KYCards on Jul 25, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!)

by liam on Jul 25, 2008 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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?

by jdub176 on Jul 25, 2008 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

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by mattyfrommo on Jul 25, 2008 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

I'm tellin' ya

Square One brews some good local beer.

Budweiser’s still my usual, though.

by liam on Jul 25, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by jdub176 on Jul 25, 2008 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Give Ryan Braun credit...

Since Braun debuted last year he is the leading HR hitter in MLB. He can flat out hit.

DYNASTY League Baseball - the leader in realism in Baseball simulation games from the designer of Pursue the Pennant.

by DYNASTYLeagueBaseballMike on Jul 25, 2008 12:29 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jul 25, 2008 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by liam on Jul 25, 2008 1:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

With the way things are going

that’ll just be so that we can see him leave the game with elbow discomfort.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jul 25, 2008 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

negative energy dude

i just went all 80s didnt I?

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by mattyfrommo on Jul 25, 2008 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jul 25, 2008 1:30 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by KYCards on Jul 25, 2008 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by liam on Jul 25, 2008 1:48 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+....there is no plus big enough for that

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by mattyfrommo on Jul 25, 2008 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Cubs are a threat to freedom?

Even more reason to hate em!

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by mattyfrommo on Jul 25, 2008 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by KYCards on Jul 25, 2008 1:49 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by elirock83 on Jul 25, 2008 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by akaitori on Jul 25, 2008 4:28 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

two things

1 turn off the caps

2 learn to spell BEFORE talking smack

"Textbooks are Soviet propaganda" - Rev. Jerry Falwell

by elirock83 on Jul 25, 2008 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Thanks for...

nearly posting in English, though. By the way, your computer has a Caps Lock key AND a shift key.

by stlfan on Jul 25, 2008 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Alxfritz on Jul 25, 2008 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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