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Game 114 Overflow thread

Yeah, we're winning, right?  Hope so.  Let's finish it off (or rally).

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Welley for one more inning?

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Were through the heart of the order for the Phils

I say let him pitch, then turn it over to KMAC or the Old Dude and get out of this game with our skin still in tact.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

old dude?

cold man

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

TLR

called him “The Old Dude” earlier in the year. I cant claim ownership of that.

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by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok, Older people can call Springer old, I guess

how old is Springer, 39?

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

roundabout there

38-39

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by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i would

he’s actually pitching ok, let him take an inning. Springer has been used the past two games, so with k-mac being the true option in the pen, let’s get one more inning in.

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 3, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

busy thread

I dont know if anyone saw your post in the old thread, Mr Redbird.

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by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

At least three of you did ;)

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm more of a quality

over quantity kind of poster

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, ok

The only game in town

by rebrak on Aug 3, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great job Welley

Let’s hope this is the beginning of an August that’s like your May

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 9:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

that would be HUGE~!

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by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Villone

in for Welley after the leadoff walk.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice game Tadallion

don’t blow it for him pen

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by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 9:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Tadallion?

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 3, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, it's the nic name he gave himself

it’s a combo of his first & last name

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

don't get it

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 3, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Todd Allen Wellemeyer

combine Todd and Allen in some freak mix, you really have to work at it

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'll go try & find the audio clip for you to hear

it’s worth hearing

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by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

cool

it sounds like, tada, it’s a lion!

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 3, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok, i can't find it.

i’ve stayed up way to long looking for it. it was on insidestl.com site. but they dont have it up any more. i’ll try & see if i can get someone who works there to send me the clip. i’ll let you know what i find out..

i did find this one though. it’s an interview with Ryan talking about what it’s like living with Welley. it’s pretty funny.

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

by gdm426 on Aug 4, 2008 3:12 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I loved that story

just another reason I love The Todd

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am gonna be sad if/when Welley isn't on the team

that colorful SOB is really winning me over, plus I love all the nicknames

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thats was about

the best you could have gotten from villone against a rhp

by 916baller on Aug 3, 2008 9:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Whew

Ronny V got Victorino out

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 9:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

so does Jamie face Utley & Howard in the later innings

since Ronny V is in now?

talk about asking a lot out of a kid

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by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would be okay with that

He’s gonna have to face good hitters eventually

by riotmute on Aug 3, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dont know is Jamie will

but Jaime might

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You also have McClellan out there.

He is considerable better against LHs.

by etp_stl on Aug 3, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

by the next time they come up

It will be Izzy time, no need for Jaime

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no walks villone

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

god damn it

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why do I have to hear about the Sawx

even when they aren’t playing….??

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by CurtainCall on Aug 3, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Villone got out the RHB and walked the LHB

Interesting

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice!

theres our LOOGy!

/end sarcasm

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

son of a,,,

i dont like this at all. this pen just can’t keep inherited runners from scoring

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 9:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

KMac can

have faith

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

my faith is weak

i knew i should have gone to church this morning

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by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

dp, please

Let’s go, KMac

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by gocards62 on Aug 3, 2008 9:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he's also pitched the past two games

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by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 3, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

damn! so close

one more just like that KMac

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

no,

he couldnt have gone for any outs, the ball was hit foul. He tried to sell it though.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

huh?

he stepped on 3rd, then threw to first.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hope that doesnt bite us

with them calliing the ball foul… correct call though

Ginormous K there Hometown!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

just what the Dr ordered KMac

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Does So get another Standing O tonight?

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by gocards62 on Aug 3, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Another Standing O

for So.

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by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

are you F'ing kidding me?

AGAIN????

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Miss ya So

Now strike out

by riotmute on Aug 3, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

pujols just alittle late

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i would have called him out

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yadi

is looking at the runner with daggers screaming out of his eyes

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

you dont wanna know

its got teeth like this!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nicely played.

“Is it behind the rabbit?”

by etp_stl on Aug 3, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

“its always the same thing; ‘its just a harmless little bunny’”

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

C'mon SO

give a little back here please

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

thank you So

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice work there K-Mac

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

my faith is strong again!

nice work KMac!

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I hope the next time they show that "live Sportscenter" guy

He’s in the process of doing his girlfriend

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

some one has to teach them

who better than sports center guy

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

whom?

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the sports center guy.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 3, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's an adult site man

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

uh oh

might get some mis-guided google hits on that one.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that was a

“back door” slider

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cmon Studwick

Show up again!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 9:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

OPS of 2.727 in August

Of course he’s scared

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by gocards62 on Aug 3, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

is it August yet?

The only game in town

by rebrak on Aug 3, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

AWWWWWWWWW, GLAUS.....

When you go home,I bet your family will give you a huge bowl of YOU SUCK!

by GibbytheDog on Aug 3, 2008 10:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

why bother with this kind of post?

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

by 82Special on Aug 3, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

Glaus has been more than a welcome addition, not being able to see the ball has been a season long issue. Give a guy a break.

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 3, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ahem

”...a huge bowl of YOU [STINK]!”

There’s kids, remember?

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1000

Very well played back at the thought police.

by etp_stl on Aug 3, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey!

There’s a kid in here!

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 3, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, noooooooo.......

Izzy’s in the bullpen. We lose.

by GibbytheDog on Aug 3, 2008 10:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yadi!

Nice Hit and run there boys!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Let's go, Grit

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by gocards62 on Aug 3, 2008 10:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Cmon Grit, get that BA back up!

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

by Podlol on Aug 3, 2008 10:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

UIBB to Grit?

to get the pitcher’s spot?

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by gocards62 on Aug 3, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

guess not.

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by gocards62 on Aug 3, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn double play

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah

i think of miles as our mi utility guy that can hit .300 not playing everyday. our deficiency is the starting mi- they suck so much we can’t play them together anymore

by 916baller on Aug 3, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

for sure

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 3, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huh.

Moment of silence for Skip Caray.

by etp_stl on Aug 3, 2008 10:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Skip Carey

for any of you that might care: Skip Carey, long time broadcaster of Braves games, passed away in his sleep at his Atlanta area home. He was 68.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Kinda upsetting

Always enjoyed his work

by riotmute on Aug 3, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

what a joke hit

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Jaime

is up in the pen.

C’mon kid, show us what ya got!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

and Howard

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

reply to myself because I hit post too soon

trial by fire

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kyle McClellan is dominant against lefties

I’m not sure I like this move to the pen.

by azruavatar on Aug 3, 2008 10:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't really understand.

McClellan’s numbers are clearly better against LH hitters. Why is LaRussa in such a hurry to remove him for the lefties? Especially for a manager that putls so much weight on numbers.

by etp_stl on Aug 3, 2008 10:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

okay, Jaime

time to earn your salary

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by gocards62 on Aug 3, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

conserving his arm?

he’s pitched more innings than he ever has, IIRC. We gotta be careful with the kid. Future you know.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

nice play pujols

almost two

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Morgan and Miller don't do their damn homework, do they?

They are busy talking about how therer is no way you can leave a righty in against these guys. Look at the numbers you boneheads.

by etp_stl on Aug 3, 2008 10:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dont think they said that

They said they can’t believe Tony would do that, Which he didn’t

by FlimtotheFlam on Aug 3, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Morgan said both.

He said Tony wouldn’t do it, and then he continued with there is no way he could.

by etp_stl on Aug 3, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well Regardless

It hasnt changed my opinion before the game that Joe Morgan is an idiot of an announcer

by FlimtotheFlam on Aug 3, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i thought howard was going to kill that pitch

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by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lucky there

that ball stayed in the park.

Right down the middle.

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by gocards62 on Aug 3, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Russ Springer in

I feel at ease

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You know

These games that the bullpen keep blowing are hurting less and less as the season goes on. It’s just what happens.

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the Fireman

is coming is coming in to squelch this blaze!

Lets go Springer!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

oh shit

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

haha

let’s hope so.

On with the (good) youth movement!

by aet15 on Aug 3, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If they even need him

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh for the love of God

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

jesus christ

this sucks

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

*Turns off game.*

I can’t take this at the moment. I’m too tired and already in a bad mood.

by mojowo11 on Aug 3, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Are you kidding me?

what just happened.

I saw it btw, just can tbelieve it.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

now

it’s a bad bird day. springer could not get the ball over unless it was up.
bummer

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

by sportsman on Aug 3, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Springer not having his best night

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dear Mo,

Was bullpen help really THAT expensive? Nothing could be done?

Yours truly,
aet15

On with the (good) youth movement!

by aet15 on Aug 3, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

no

there won’t be until september when we are 8+ games out. these guys are over used and have to be perfect every time. i think they are mentally exhausted as well as tired. what this means? this is just how good they are. no use wishing for something different.

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

by sportsman on Aug 3, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Once again ...

if you go to enough relief pitchers, one of them is bound to be off that night. I hate the specialty relief carousel for that reason. They threw three pitchers consecutively that all best perform against LH hitters. Why would I use different pitchers with the same specialty? Then, he uses Springer for the third consecutive night instead of his setup guy in Franklin. I don’t really get it.

Granted, Springer has been generally pretty good, but it still seems a little shaky on the reasoning.

by etp_stl on Aug 3, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LaRussa's a moron, but,,,

Although Springer had an off night, there is some sense in pitching Springer and Garcia. I wish he had left K-Mac in, but do you really want to see Izzy or Franklin in a close game, also a game that really matters, when they are the two relievers that would give us all heart attacks? However, this could all be solved by leaving K-Mac in, and maybe bringing in Izzy, who had a good outing last night, but Garcia was a bad choice, and Springer has been generally good, but this is his third straght night. I think TLR made another gamble, and lost. Badly. Well, that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

by GibbytheDog on Aug 3, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, I really want to see them use Franklin in that situation.

I don’t care what we think of them, these are their roles. It is Ryan Franklin’s job to get us out of that inning. That’s why he pitches here. It is Izzy’s job to finish out the 9th. I would live and die with that, until we remove those guys from that role. I have a much bigger issue with the L-R-L pitching switch when the R does better than either of the two L against LH hitting.

by etp_stl on Aug 3, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Springer

isnt this 3 nights in a row for him?

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

do we have anyone else?

this is what happens when a team has no bullpen.

On with the (good) youth movement!

by aet15 on Aug 3, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

would you have rather

seen Franklin in that situation?

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or Izzy?

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

miles is the answer

make it happen tlr

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

k-mac was fine

thus the crux, we had the BP, it wasn’t used appropriately

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 3, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and yes

I agree. But it’s hard to use pitches appropriately when you only have one or two that are any good.

On with the (good) youth movement!

by aet15 on Aug 3, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

that’s my point.

On with the (good) youth movement!

by aet15 on Aug 3, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I"m not having

fun anymore. Better get more beer.

by geronimopena on Aug 3, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I just threw up in my mouth.

This is an example of Tony over-thinking everything. McClellan is our best arm. Why not leave him in to face everybody? Why switch out to Garcia, then Springer? You have to believe that none of them will be having an off night. Yuck!

by GibbytheDog on Aug 3, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

the assumption that “handedness” is more important than ability is questionable thinking to me too. plus they warm up all the time, so springer’s ratio of pitches in the bullpen to pitches in the game is high. doesn’t seem the most efficient way to go.

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

by sportsman on Aug 3, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

amen

lefties still hitting sub 200 vs lefties, just leave him, but no tony has to use his new toy garcia, tony’s ove thinkng strikes again

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by elirock83 on Aug 3, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

St. Louis Cardinals '08

Death by a thousand paper cuts.

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 3, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey

I still say it’s better than last year. We’d be losing 10-0 right now if it were last year.

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Another late-inning loss

I told you Welle would get screwed.

Same old/same old – shit bullpen and no offense from middle innings on. Disgusting. Actually, the offense lost this: two runs ain’t enough. Why are the Cards struggling so much at home?

by ccthemovieman on Aug 3, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

please don't mention that right now

I don’t need another thing to frustrate me.

On with the (good) youth movement!

by aet15 on Aug 3, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

For that matter

Why not leave Garcia in? Doesn’t he kind of have a reverse split anyway. (too lazy to look it up)

by geronimopena on Aug 3, 2008 10:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

C'mon Boog

get it started!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

thatll work

lets just stay out of the DP.

Oh and Jon just said we have Macier Izturis.

ok, he corrected himself.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Our over-achieving team

has stopped overachieving, I’‘m afraid. If AP doesn’t hit, we struggle.

by ccthemovieman on Aug 3, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I cant wait to see Tonys post game talk. I wonder if the offense gave up four runs in the 8th.

by BobaSchrute on Aug 3, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

2 runs off of Brett Myers?

That’s just terrible man

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

screw the fact that springer just cost us the game

i am more angry fans were doing the FREAKING WAVE during a 2-2 game w/RISP. Best fans in baseball? Ugh. I’m embarrassed to be a Cardinal fan.

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by erik on Aug 3, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

didnt want to watch the bullpen

had to do something

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

what do you expect from the same idiots

who give so f’ing taguchi a standing O every time he poops?

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

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

by sportsman on Aug 3, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I always thought that the wave

was just something we unsophisticated rubes in the Midwest did, but I went to two of the games in Fenway and the enlightened fans of Boston did the same crap. It is the deadly combination of late inning boredom, fans seeing their only game of the year and beer.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down and that foot is me

by heathen on Aug 3, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

While sitting back playing R.B.I baseball

I think I figured it all out.

Yanno when you’re leading and R.B.I. goes into a blitz of bullpen help, without any real thought to it?

Then in late innings it goes into a blitz of PH without any concern of positions.

TLR went all nintendo on us I believe, and we thought he was revived getting younger guys… sigh

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 3, 2008 10:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Really

TLR made the right moves with the limited options he has. He brought in Garcia to face two lefties and would have had a double play if Aaron Miles had made a decent throw from second. Springer was the right choice against Burrell who he has owned. But when it was obvious that Springer didn’t have it – everything was up – what was he supposed to do. Bring in Franklin or Izzy – does anyone think the results would have been any better?

This bullpen steals all the joy out of life.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down and that foot is me

by heathen on Aug 3, 2008 10:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He caught the

‘Hey, let’s throw the same pitch over and over again’ bug.

by Hardcore Legend on Aug 3, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maramol bug perhaps?

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 3, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Every pitch was up

except Victorino’s home run ball which was right down the middle.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down and that foot is me

by heathen on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no matter how many times i see this same on song & dance

i’m still surprised.

talk about a kick in the nuts.

i need to start wearing a cup

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 10:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

We need baserunners

we have 6 outs left. Let’s let the worst hitter in baseball only count as 1, please.

by Hardcore Legend on Aug 3, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he needs to take

until 3 balks happen

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

this has to be the nadir for ak

iz2 batting for him

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

by sportsman on Aug 3, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

balk!

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That was definitely a balk

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The Phillies have done a great job

off shutting our offense down this year..except for that game on Friday they have been keeping us to 2-3 runs every game.

by KYCards on Aug 3, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Exchange Rollins, Utley, and the pens

and the Phillies are us

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by gocards62 on Aug 3, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he was safe anyway

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i think so too.

"Them Cubbies can kiss my ass" -Dizzy Dean

by Molina4MVP on Aug 3, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes he was

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

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

by sportsman on Aug 3, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i think morgan's explanation of the balk

was the least coherent thing ive ever heard.

by rlgosnell on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Joe Morgan is terrible at explaining balk rules

If your right foot goes past your back foot, that means you’ve crossed the rubber…er…

by mojowo11 on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Productive out

by Iz2

Cmon Stav, keep it goin!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

-1

can’t give him credit. if he hit to 2nd maybe, but 3 down, no way

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

by sportsman on Aug 3, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

give them the STAV

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I really miss 10 run Sundays

have we even had one of those this year??

by KYCards on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Stav infection

Now would be a great time for your first MLB bomb

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

thats the same move Pettitte gets away with all the time

i wonder why?

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

way to ground out softly Izturis

Things I hate:
1) The case of the yips our bullpen has
2) Middle infield offense

by azruavatar on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

at least iz 2

is predictable. know what you’ll get every time

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

by sportsman on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

at least Izturis didn't hit into a DP

that is about all we could hope for in that situation

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

NIIIIIIIIIIIIICE D Howard!

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for that one, iron hands

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy Error!

MVP HOWARD!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice boot howard

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

make it rain

bombs joey

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I was thinking Quad Cities

Because Adam Kennedy was our starting 2B

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

in a memphis game the bullpen might have held the lead

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Aug 3, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Our late inning offense

A balk and an error. Thanks Phillies

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 3, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

same situation as last night

Mather MUST get on base. just get on first base.

by rlgosnell on Aug 3, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Lets go Bomberman

Lose this one!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

joey bombs

does not choke up

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I love Morgan talking about Mather

“He knows he’s the tying run. He really let that one air out.”

No joe, that’s just how Mather swings ALL the time. And we love it.

by azruavatar on Aug 3, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he did!

alright Albert, dont get yourself out

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

for the team

YES

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 3, 2008 10:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

All right Albert

THIS IS YOUR TIME

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that works

gonna need more franklins to get through this one.

by hoofhearted-pujols on Aug 3, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Boo Phils,Boo Phils...

Everyone’s gay unless the Phils lose today.

by GibbytheDog on Aug 3, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

oh hell yes

these are the situations Albert absolutely owned from 04-06

by rlgosnell on Aug 3, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

C'mon Albert...

Don’t hit into a dp…

by DiscoJer on Aug 3, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

way to take one for the team Bomberman!

C’mon AP, show your propensity for the line drive home run, Mang!

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

by yer dog first on Aug 3, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

bringing in Lidge?

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by gocards62 on Aug 3, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I want one hit into Big Mac land

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by Mr Redbird on Aug 3, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

anywhere over the fence is fine with me

gonna need more franklins to get through this one.

by hoofhearted-pujols on Aug 3, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

a Big Mac #62 special will work just fine

by rlgosnell on Aug 3, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Time to make him pay

Albert is still the same guy and he is about to prove it

gonna need more franklins to get through this one.

by hoofhearted-pujols on Aug 3, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

some one tell Albert Backe just called

and said he hits like a girl

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

by gdm426 on Aug 3, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

overflow is up

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 3, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Flashback: Game 5, '05, Pujols vs. Lidge, Cards down two.....

Pujols hits one that STILL hasn’t landed. Sound familiar, anyone?

by GibbytheDog on Aug 3, 2008 10:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Crap. It's Madson.

Screw you, Charlie Manuel. You hate us!!!

by GibbytheDog on Aug 3, 2008 10:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

are you kidding me

first pitch after 4 balls?????

by VolsnCards5 on Aug 3, 2008 10:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Damn

This game is all about timing. Sadly, we don’t time our homers that great.

by rencelas on Aug 3, 2008 10:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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