Game 135 Overflow
by azruavatar on Aug 29, 2008 9:30 PM EDT
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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 actions 0 recs
Pirates are down 3-1 to Brewers
but Pirates have a man on 1st with one out in the 9th
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 9:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
2 outs for the bucs now
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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
forget it
Pirates lost
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by 82Special on Aug 29, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate the pirates
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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Alright Lohse
this is your money inning.
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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Is Lohse hurt?
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by gocards62 on Aug 29, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Cmon NUKE!!!!!!!!!!
Gimme a K baby!!!
by 10XCHAMPSX10 on Aug 29, 2008 9:39 PM EDT reply 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 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 up reply actions 0 recs
It might be because anytime theres a mound visit it means the pitcher is having a rough time
by 10XCHAMPSX10 on Aug 29, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or because he is reminding the pitcher
To let the hitter hit the ball…..
by DriverZn on Aug 29, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply 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 actions 0 recs
Crazy-8 Lineup
to lead off the 8th.
Pujols GS, I’m callin’ it.
by liam on Aug 29, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Just guessin'
that he’s a tired of people talking about his RISP numbers as I am.
by liam on Aug 29, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
.311/.524/.567
With the sample size, wouldn’t take much to get over his career average, and this’d be the ideal time to get the whole regression to the mean thing done.
by liam on Aug 29, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got tickets 4 you if your right....
by 10XCHAMPSX10 on Aug 29, 2008 9:48 PM EDT reply 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 actions 0 recs
but getting Berkman out
is exciting
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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of
Whatever happened to Jose Reyes?
by liam on Aug 29, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
damn, he is looking good tonight
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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
dammit
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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
stupid ballpark
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by gocards62 on Aug 29, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
It's not short where he hit it. That was a legit HR anywhere
40th anniversary of Gibson's 1.12 ERA, Think he could pitch in the bullpen now?
by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
sigh
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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 29, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Why does dans dumb ass always get excited when the other team hits a homerun?!?!?!?
by 10XCHAMPSX10 on Aug 29, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Chicks dig the long ball.
I didn’t mean that.
by liam on Aug 29, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Baron Ludwick von Rangingham
Let’s get that GS, Hombre!
by liam on Aug 29, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
sorry guys, I totally jinxed Lohse
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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes
good start Lopez
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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
unbelievable
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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:03 PM EDT reply 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 actions 0 recs
well crap
where is everyone
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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply 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 up reply 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 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 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 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 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 actions 0 recs
I can't get MLB.tv video
so I’m stuck with the Houston radio guys. I will never say anything bad about Shannon and Rooney again.
by Phizzle on Aug 29, 2008 10:10 PM EDT reply 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 actions 0 recs
uhhh..no..not in a tie ball game dude
by 10XCHAMPSX10 on Aug 29, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 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 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 actions 0 recs
dear santa
the astros have been very naughty this year.
by tomsteele on Aug 29, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply 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 actions 0 recs
any time now
I’m not really good at that whole “patience” thing
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by CurtainCall on Aug 29, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
unbelievable
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by ANDYAK47 on Aug 29, 2008 10:16 PM EDT reply 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 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 up reply actions 0 recs
They didn't call that an error?
Wow. He still at five?
by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply 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 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 actions 0 recs
I'd rather call it 'LaRussian Roulette'.
by Phizzle on Aug 29, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good pun, I like it
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by Podlol on Aug 29, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
damn, this game flew by
who hit the HR for htown?
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by gdm426 on Aug 29, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply 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 up reply 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 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 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 actions 0 recs
that's pathetic
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by gdm426 on Aug 29, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply 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 up reply 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.
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by gdm426 on Aug 29, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
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by CurtainCall on Aug 29, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply 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 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
It ok...you know we'll take 2 otta 3
by 10XCHAMPSX10 on Aug 29, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Berkman with a prance-off homer..
I hate him
by cardinalpride on Aug 29, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ditto...i like to call him short porch
by 10XCHAMPSX10 on Aug 29, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
HA!
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by CurtainCall on Aug 29, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply 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 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 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 up reply 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 up reply actions 0 recs
We can't count on the Pirates this weekend.
by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply 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 up reply 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 actions 0 recs
Pisser
Mets took the lead too, the filthy pond scum.
by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Peace out yall......GO MIZZOU ON SAT NIGHT!!!!!
by 10XCHAMPSX10 on Aug 29, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
JUICE!!!
hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit
by Alxfritz on Aug 29, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ZOOOOOOOK!!!
hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit
by Alxfritz on Aug 29, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
War Eagle!
Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
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by Mr Redbird on Aug 30, 2008 10:07 AM EDT up reply 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 actions 0 recs
Damn this park!
hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit
by Alxfritz on Aug 29, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Been waiting for that.
Carlos Lee is sooooooooooo fat!
by liam on Aug 29, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply 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 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 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 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 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 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?
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 30, 2008 12:19 AM EDT reply 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 up reply 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 up reply 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 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 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 actions 0 recs
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