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Okay, we're into their pen

Wolf is out. Maybe we’ll stop hitting GB to the MIF

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by gocards62 on Aug 29, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pirates are down 3-1 to Brewers

but Pirates have a man on 1st with one out in the 9th

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by 82Special on Aug 29, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

2 outs for the bucs now

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

forget it

Pirates lost

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by 82Special on Aug 29, 2008 9:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hate the pirates

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:36 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And if what Al said earlier is correct

the Crew scored all 3 runs in the top the 1st, shut down the rest of the way, but as usual the Bucs cant muster any runs against anyone but the Cards

by buzzburton33 on Aug 29, 2008 9:40 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

single, walk, Braun hr, shutout the rest of the way

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by Smokin Turkeys on Aug 29, 2008 9:42 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Alright Lohse

this is your money inning.

I use statistics much as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – as support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oh crap

i got a bad feeling about this

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is Lohse hurt?

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by gocards62 on Aug 29, 2008 9:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lohse starting to leave the ball up

and in the middle of the plate

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by gocards62 on Aug 29, 2008 9:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

got to get tejada here

do not want to see berkman

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:40 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it seems like every time Dunc visits the mound

something bad follows

If I had the time and energy, I’d go back through the season to see the results of the ABs directly following a visit from Dunc

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by 82Special on Aug 29, 2008 9:40 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've got no evidence, mind you

maybe I’m just being pessimistic

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by 82Special on Aug 29, 2008 9:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

phew

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It might be the Franklins

or the uncharacteristic Friday evening productivity,

but this game is flying by.

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 9:45 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

6 1/2

In an hour 40.

hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit

by Alxfritz on Aug 29, 2008 9:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lohse for the 7th kinda worries me

seems when he has baserunners on and escapes, he has issues on refocusing the next inning.

hope not, 2 runs isn’t much

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 9:48 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

but getting Berkman out

is exciting

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Speaking of

Whatever happened to Jose Reyes?

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 9:52 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

damn, he is looking good tonight

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:52 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pence was out the pitch before

umpire just didn’t see it

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by gocards62 on Aug 29, 2008 9:57 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

dammit

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

stupid ballpark

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by gocards62 on Aug 29, 2008 9:57 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it was a legit hr

complain about the ones hit to left

by FunkeeC on Aug 29, 2008 9:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's not short where he hit it. That was a legit HR anywhere

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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 9:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

2nd HR of the year

and a .241 hitter to boot. Just awful

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by gocards62 on Aug 29, 2008 9:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sigh

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I want my announcers to want to jump out of the booth when things go bad myself

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by Smokin Turkeys on Aug 29, 2008 9:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

In all honesty

Would you rather him to give an, “AAAAAAAAW CRAAAAAAP!”

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:03 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I want him to call it right

but i wanna hear anguish in his voice

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by Smokin Turkeys on Aug 29, 2008 10:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sorry guys, I totally jinxed Lohse

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes

good start Lopez

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:02 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

unbelievable

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not a fan

of the hit-n-run pop-up DP that’s been such our bane of late.

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well crap

where is everyone

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm going to a show in 45

Cards need to score or I’ll be very, very… distracted.

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It would be nice if we occassioanlly gave Lohse more than a couple of runs

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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:05 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TLR playing with fire expecting 1 more from Lohse?

40th anniversary of Gibson's 1.12 ERA, Think he could pitch in the bullpen now?

by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just hit

100 pitches, give ’im another baserunner.

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't care who champions the idea of more pitching

we need to fix this bullshit MI situation we have.

Iz should have tried the bunt again, or Lopez should have tried to steal.

Under no terms should a hit and run be there with Iz up to bat, it makes little to no sense.

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Way to get it, Glaus

And way to scare the shit out of the Houstonites to not reach out for it.

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:08 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Way to run yourself outta the inning Wigginton!

Thank you for doin that!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 29, 2008 10:10 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It was a reasonalbe thing to try with 2 out in the bottom ot the 8th

Then a hit brings in the winnign run. Otherwise you likely need 2 2 out events to get in.

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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:11 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the probabilitys of scoring

a run from second are much higher then scoring from first with 2 outs. .. obviously, and I think its a better play in a tie game then in lets say a game your losing. Though, I’m a fan of making the other team make a play versus station to station baseball

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by cyko42 on Aug 29, 2008 10:15 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I didn't have a problem with the call

but Lopez has had some “awareness issues” since joining the greatest NL franchise known to man.

I have a problem with that.

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:15 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OK APU time to chase down chipper

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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:12 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Come on guys

lead off on, productive at bats. let’s bring him around

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

on the other side

see: Newhan, David

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

by yer dog first on Aug 29, 2008 10:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The luck left when Santa tried to pussyfoot around a ground ball & the pitching staff gave up

ANOTHER horrible hit to a less than mediocre hitter in the bottom of the lineup. Im so sick of the bottom of EVERY f#cking lineup beating our heads in…its ridiculous and its been a horrible trend this year

by buzzburton33 on Aug 29, 2008 10:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bad Karma, 3rd Dp of the night

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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:14 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Come on santa

fuck this boy up.

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

any time now

I’m not really good at that whole “patience” thing

"A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while."- Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh

by CurtainCall on Aug 29, 2008 10:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

2,156 teams came back from this situation in 6265 likewise situations between 1977 and 2006.

It can be done.

(Per walkoffbalk.com)

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

unbelievable

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:16 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Weak,Weak, Weak, Glaus needs some time off

his bat has been absent of late, like April all over again. His defense is not as sharp as it was. That should have been an error not a hit by Pence earlier.

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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:17 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

um, we’ve had a shitload of time off the past couple weeks.

time off is the last thing he needs.

he needs to shorten the swing

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 10:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm curious

as to why I’m blacked out for this game. It’s not like I’m anywhere near Houston – I’m in Phoenix! Any theories?

by Phizzle on Aug 29, 2008 10:18 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And now we play Bullpen Russian Roulette

Where TLR keeps brining in a reliever till one of them blow it

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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:18 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good pun, I like it

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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

damn, this game flew by

who hit the HR for htown?

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

by gdm426 on Aug 29, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

david newhan

i havent heard that guys name in years

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

by gdm426 on Aug 29, 2008 10:29 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

SONUFA Berkman

Do not scare me like that people!!!

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by CurtainCall on Aug 29, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

holy hell Russ, stop doing that crap

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by gdm426 on Aug 29, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

THe Houston tv announcers were just talking that

Berkman never had a walkoff HR….. whew…

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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that's pathetic

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by gdm426 on Aug 29, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Baseball's a hard game

Was that the shortest game of the year?

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

has to be

i saw the first inning, left to take my nephew home at 8:30, got back at 10:15 & it’s was in the 9th inning. it was over by 10:22.

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

by gdm426 on Aug 29, 2008 10:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

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by CurtainCall on Aug 29, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is this the time and place

for a rant about the stupid Crawford Boxes?

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by CurtainCall on Aug 29, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NO cheapie, way back of the crawford box

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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But...still...its the Crawford Boxes....

They beg to be cursed and ridiculed!

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by CurtainCall on Aug 29, 2008 10:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

in every series against the stros this year

We’ve lost the first one and won the next two.

by Phizzle on Aug 29, 2008 10:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

2-3

I’m goin to the games Sat/Sun, I hope we can take the next two.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 29, 2008 10:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you can't have worse luck than me

i’m sure you’ll see two wins. have fun.

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

by gdm426 on Aug 29, 2008 10:25 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ditto

Gonna be pissed if we don’t… :-)

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by iron duke75 on Aug 29, 2008 11:15 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

very poor pitchign there by Russ. Two pitches in a row, sheesh,

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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

gotta put this one on tony

why do you have a righty in facing berkman, unless it is perez

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:25 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Berkman's pretty good from both sides

And that game could’ve gone 20 innings for all Tony could know.

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

HA!

"A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while."- Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh

by CurtainCall on Aug 29, 2008 10:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what a joke

to lose like that after weds. thats a back breaker

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by Smokin Turkeys on Aug 29, 2008 10:23 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Next two games won't be any easier, sadly

they both pitch us pretty well

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 10:23 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think that game was pretty much the season buddy

lets face it, this team cannot get over the 14 over 500 mark

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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

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by gocards62 on Aug 29, 2008 10:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

For a time

we couldn’t pass the eleven games over bench mark. We did eventually. I think we’ll pass the 15 games over barrier too. But will it mean anything?

by cardsgirl95 on Aug 29, 2008 10:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Probably not.

But what the Brewers and Pirates do this weekend won’t affect whether or not we reach 15 games over for the first time this season. We control that part of our own destiny. If we follow our pattern with the Astros for this year and take the next two to win the series, we will reach the fifteen games over threshold. And we won’t lose any more ground to the Brewers, even if they sweep the Bucs.

by cardsgirl95 on Aug 29, 2008 10:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Amen

Let’s win some ballgames.

by liam on Aug 30, 2008 3:01 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

These come-from-ahead losses...

are really begining to piss me off. I can’t remember a season where we’ve lost leads more and come from behind less. Maybe that’s just present-bias and I’ve forgotten the losses from previous seasons…but I don’t think so. D.GOOCH

-- GOOCH

by GOOCH24 on Aug 29, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pisser

Mets took the lead too, the filthy pond scum.

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Once again

offense failed to show up.

3 DPs, five total hits

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by gocards62 on Aug 29, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn this park!

hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit

by Alxfritz on Aug 29, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Been waiting for that.

Carlos Lee is sooooooooooo fat!

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

im calling it quits for the season

hope someone can beat the cubs in postseason play

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 top of the ninth!

by Paulspike on Aug 29, 2008 10:29 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

...

The Cards simply cannot lose games like that. Milwaukee already won, we’re heading into September, we’re clinging for our lives, and we respond by going dormant against Randy (5.29 ERA) Wolf, giving up a huge home run to David (1 HR/66 PA) Newhan, playing lousy defense (that Glaus play was a killer), and once again watching our bulllpen give up a walk-off homer (granted it was to the great Berkman, but Jesus, that ball would be a pop-out at Busch… although someone earlier in the thread hilariously suggested that it wasn’t a Crawford Box homer). Like you, Paulspike, I’m afraid that might close the books on our hopes this year. Damn…

by briangunn on Aug 29, 2008 10:32 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

As long as they're

4.5 back coming home from AZ (the state, not the robot), I’ve got hope.

that door is a closin’ fast, though.

hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit

by Alxfritz on Aug 29, 2008 10:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And

the Mets won.

The pop-up hit-n-run DP’s aren’t helping. That’s two in the past two games, I think.

by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:46 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It would help if you had someone that could get a bunt down

let alone put the hit & run on with Izz2 hitting (leadoff no less). Really, is there one other MLB team out there that would even consider batting Izz2 leadoff?

by buzzburton33 on Aug 29, 2008 10:51 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was reading a stat the other day, we’re almost the worst teams for advancing runners, and it shows in games like this so damn bad.

I use statistics much as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – as support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 10:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Regardless of the game tonight

Lohse was a bad ass. He pitched a really good game. That HR wasn’t even on a bad pitch.

I use statistics much as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – as support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i thought it was a bad pitch

but otherwise i agree with you — he did not deserve this kinda of game. after the first couple innings (when he struggled a bit with his command) he poured it on. even the hits he gave up were cheapies (except Newhan’s, of course)

by briangunn on Aug 29, 2008 10:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

6:1 K/BB isn’t shabby.

by cardsgirl95 on Aug 29, 2008 10:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He was good, but he got himself in trouble by getting behind a mediocre hitter & then had to throw

a strike, which wasnt helped by Santas boot. I know Ive ran this in the ground, but the bottom of the lineups kill this staff, Dunc obviously has a different approach than other teams or Im so used to the bottom of the Cards lineup being such a black hole.

And its hindsight, but I really dont think Berkman should have gotten anything close to hit since they held him in check prior to that, the Cardinal Killingness was bound to rear its head

by buzzburton33 on Aug 29, 2008 10:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Stupid road games

Even after bad Friday night home losses, there is Live at Shannons to look forward to.

hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit

by Alxfritz on Aug 29, 2008 10:40 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just get it over with

As much as I love the Cardinals, I’m sick of the letdowns.

Just lose 5 or 6 in a row and call it quits.

Play the young kids.

Remove the illusion that the postseason is possible.

Break my heart now and get it over with instead of dragging me along.

Even if we got to the post season, do we really think we’d have a chance.

Wait a minute…2006, 2006, 2006, 2006, 2006.

Why does that number keep coming back into my head?

My first memory of Cardinals baseball is seeing Darrell Porter jump into Bruce Sutter's arms on October 20, 1982!

by 82Special on Aug 29, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't want to say we are out of it BUT

it is starting to look like I will be actually rooting for an American League team this year in the playoffs & WS which is SUPER RARE for me. The last time I can remember rooting for an AL team in the WS was the Angels in 02.

There is really nothing I like about the Mets or the Phillies. I can’t stand the Cubs…no need to go further and the Brewers (who were going to be the team I rooted for if we fell out of the race have shown their ass enough for me to turn me against them.) I guess the Diamondbacks are a team I can root for at least against the Cubs and maybe if they make the WS but I have a feeling I am going to be an Angles or Rays fan come October. This is coming from a hardcore NL fan too.

by KYCards on Aug 29, 2008 11:11 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is it just mental block or random chance?

I was following on my phone around the 5th inning and saw the lead was 2-0. Then I started auto-updating it when we got into the 7th. I didn’t really pay attention to the pitch count but I was like ‘da f%ck is Lohse still doing in this game?’. Then he promply gives up a homerun to a baseball player I’ve never heard of (which is impressive since I spend 72.5% of my day following baseball.

I’m like ‘why the hell was he still in the baseball game? Everyone knows Lohse can’t pitch more than 4 innings!’. Then I checked his pitch count, only 92.

So, it as defensible to leave him in there. It’s just sad that apparently standing up and sitting down 13 times is what tires Kyle Lohse out. Not the total number of pitches. It’s just that #7 on the scoreboard that sends him into a cold sweat.

I was the champion of ‘TRADE KYLE LOHSE AT THE DEADLINE’ Club, LLC. and apparently, he was disappointed he wasn’t traded at the deadline either. Leading up to the deadline, he had 3 loses on the season, post deadline, he has the same number (not counting tonight’s no-decision). He’s got a nice ERA hovering around 5.00 in those 6 starts as well.

Shoulda sold high. That isn’t blaming him for tonight’s loss in the least. It wasn’t his fault. He didn’t even pitch bad. He pitched pretty darn good. But does it really matter how well Kyle Lohse pitches these last 2 months in the grand scheme of things? His sucktitude in Cincinnati and Philadelphia last year will damage his chance at being a Type A free agent.

Truth is, the most likely reason he wasn’t traded was because we’d have had to pay him $500k for the right to trade him.

Wonder if he’ll clear waivers?

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Aug 30, 2008 12:19 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll bet you remember David Newhan

He was the guy who hit the inside-the-park “homer” at Fenway about four years ago made possible by Manny Ramirez making a diving interception of Damon’s throw (such as it was) in from the center field wall.

I saw Newhan play in AAA in June when he hit a triple off Parisi which was the only hard hit off him in 7 innings.

by random on Aug 30, 2008 1:58 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I asked why Lohse was still in, too.

We’ve only had 4 off days in two weeks and our relievers could probably use some work to stay sharp…of course, the one inning of relief that we get…a walk-off Ding Dong.

by stlfan on Aug 30, 2008 8:35 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just got back from tonight's game.

In case any fellow VEBers were wondering if it was as bad as it looked on TV. No. It was worse. Complete control of a game and it just slips away. Maybe I’m bad luck – I was at this year’s Cards-Stros opener when Tejada went walk off too. Hopefully they can continue the string of losing the opener and winning the next two against the stros and I’ll get to see them actually win a couple of games live this year.

by rlgosnell on Aug 30, 2008 12:22 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sadly

This is CLEARLY not a playoff caliber team.

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

by Mr Clean on Aug 30, 2008 4:05 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bad game

How can a game that ends 3-2 with a walk off homerun be a bad game?

When the middle of your lineup goes 1-9 do you expect to win. Once again a big game and the middle of the lineup does not produce.

by llabyellov on Aug 30, 2008 10:08 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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