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Game 116 Open Thread- 6th August, 2008

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Lowe                           Jo-El

 8-9, 3.70                     3-5, 5.04

 

A former hero

Lowe has not been forgotten

Nor forgiven here

 

Pitching for his life

Joel finds a soft lineup

To cushion his fall

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Lopez thrown directly into the mix.

CARDINALS

Schumaker cf
Kennedy 2b
Pujols 1b
Ludwick rf
Glaus 3b
Molina c
Lopez lf
Pineiro p
Izturis ss

DODGERS

Kemp cf
Ethier rf
Martin c
Ramirez lf
Loney 1b
Blake 3b
Ozuna 2b
Berroa ss
Lowe p

by AndyB83 on Aug 6, 2008 7:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Lineup...

I don’t mind the acquisition of Felipe Lopez. Kind of look forward to seeing what TLR can do with him… but he shouldn’t be taking at bats away from Mather at this point.

by AndyB83 on Aug 6, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

what a gawd awful line up

there’s only 4 spots where any hits can come from, Albert, Lud, Troy & Yadda. every other spot is almost a guaranteed out.

lowe is going to throw a complete game 4 hit shut out. book it.

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lopez...

is hitting above .290 away from the new stadium in DC in almost 170 at-bats. He may get a hit. Shouldn’t be playing over Mather though… I’ll give you that.

by AndyB83 on Aug 6, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lopez was just DFA'd by the worst team in baseball

he has no business being on the Cardinals let alone starting over a kid who’s done nothing but help this team win over the last few weeks.

Skippy can hit, i just dont think he will tonight vs a sinker baller.

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since July 1st...

Ryan in 48 at-bat’s: .146 AVG, 5 BB’s, 2 RBI’s, 8 K’s, 1 SB

Lopez in 69 at-bat’s: .203 AVG, 5 BB’s, 5 RBI’s, 9 K’s, 0 SB

Essentially the same player over the past month… I understand your lack of enthusiasm for Lopez; but I don’t know about classifying Brendan Ryan as “doing nothing but help this team win over the last few weeks.”

by AndyB83 on Aug 6, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He meant Mather

As in, instead of Mather in LF tonight, Lopez is there

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not how I read it...

... but I agree if that’s the case. Mather should be playing.

by AndyB83 on Aug 6, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not sure what kind of drugs one would have to be on to think

Ryan carried the team over the last couple of weeks, but to each his own

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

uh, yeah, i was talking about Bombs dude

i like Boog & all but his problem is he needs more playing time. and he clearly isn’t going to get that with Tony as the manager.

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd say it's more of

Ryan’s problem is that he isn’t very good. He’s Bo Hart 2.0

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

how dare you insult Bo Hart like that!

take it back! take it back now!

Sincerely,

The Blue Hair’s in the green seats.

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

defensively

he’s much better than advertised. hitting, however, his OBP at least needs to come up by quite a bit, and he beats himself on the pitches he chooses to chase way too much

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, Bo Hart was liked

From my understanding he wasnt that well liked in the clubhouse

by FlimtotheFlam on Aug 6, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Boog? really? where did you hear this?

every one liked him. sure they picked on the kid, but doest mean they disliked him.

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why the heck........

Is Lopez playing LF??????? Tony is insane….........

"Even when the rain falls, Even when the flood starts rising, Even when the storm comes, I am washed by the water!" -NeedToBreathe

by Calhoun on Aug 6, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow

just…..wow.

by nota bene on Aug 6, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if Jo-El is pitching for his life

they didn’t do him any favors with that lineup… I was hoping I’d never see Lopez in the outfield, let alone the first game he plays! prove me wrong, newest Cardinal

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the lineup shouldn't effect the way he pitches

if he throws well he will get another shot regardless of the W/L…granted it is easier to pitch with a lead

"Baseball is like church. Many attend, but few understand." -Wes Westrum

by nomar34 on Aug 6, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it will effect his thought processes

unless he is the boy in the bubble

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i agree chitown

with that lineup, he has to now know with 100% certainty that Tony hates him. and his days as a Red Bird are numbered.

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He could start 1-20 with 15 K's and 4 DP's but if that 1 is a walkoff GS, I think he's golden for the rest of the season

Not with me, but with Joe Cardsfan

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kinda like Maroths

first game with us, but way different, as he didnt afford himself the luxury of sucking without someone knowing it.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 6, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If there are any soccer fans out there who can't watch the Cards game

FC Barcelona (yay!!) is playing the NY Red Bulls

It will be nice background TV while VEB and GameDay are up on my laptop

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

what is the "soccer" you speak of?

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The best sport that nobody in America likes

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

nobody likes it because theres not a premier league in the USA

having to try and keep up with franchises in Europe makes it more than arduous.

by rlgosnell on Aug 6, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

my stepdad who knows nothing about sports

said that in 10 years soccer will be more popular than football and baseball. I had to stifle a giant guffaw in his face. if that happens, I will do a backflip off the face of the earth into outer space

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

havent people been saying that about soccer (football)

for like 30 years?

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

probably

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It is true - soccer will be the most popular game in America

because 30 years from now, most of Mexico will have moved here.

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

by heathen on Aug 6, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It will never overtake football, and I doubt it will overtake baseball

Hockey could be a real possibility, but as rignosell pointed out above, we don’t have a real league

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The NHL is so economically screwed, though

They need to come up with a way of redistributig revenue from their stupid desert franchises back to Canada

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

by Valatan on Aug 6, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

When Tampa Bay won the Stanley Cup, I knew something was wrong. I miss the Quebec Nordiques.

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I miss

the Hartford Whalers and their awesome, awesome logo.

by liam on Aug 6, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My best friend in high school moved down here from Connecticut

He was a huge Whalers fan, and now he lives in Charlotte. He still has his junior size Whalers jersey, and I keep trying to get him to wear it to a Hurricanes game, even though it would expose his midsection and come halfway down his arms.

We also want to show up to a Nashville Predators game in a beat up old van with mullets, crustaches, and “free candy” signs

Yes, the Whalers logo was awesome

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that sounds like a hockey jersey

JEd would be proud to wear.

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the more i think about it

I think soccer has something the other sports don’t, and thats a natural growing fanbase.

I think census projections have the Hispanic population reaching close to 50% within the next 20 years or something and take it for someone who taught last year in a highschool that was 42% Hispanic, they like soccer….....A LOT.

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 6, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

besides that

more and more kids are playing soccer when they are younger. Its the cheapest league to put together; no pads like football, No bats or gloves like baseball. Just a ball and a green place and you can put together a field. As more and more kids play it when they are young more stay with it as they’re older. More Fans, more money, better league its a cycle. It will probably never be as popular as football or baseball but could be a solid 3 or 4 in America.

New Member of the Skip Schumaker Fan Club

by cyko42 on Aug 6, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Soccer was hugely popular in the 80's

I player select soccer into high school but stopped cause of Football was a better sport. I still enjoy a pick up game of soccer but never enjoyed watching it on TV much

by FlimtotheFlam on Aug 6, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I take contention that football is a better sport

But thats a personal opinion and everyone is entitled to theirs. I went to a small private school, we didn’t have football so I never had an opportunity to play competitively (besides not much call for a 140 pounder who can run forever on the football field). I have got more into the NFL (thanks to playing fantasy football) and have always liked college football. But sometimes sitting down and watching 2 power houses go at it for 90 minutes plus is amazing. The drama the ebbs and flows of action, near misses and wonderful goals. There is a reason they call it the beautiful game

New Member of the Skip Schumaker Fan Club

by cyko42 on Aug 6, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thats why you play Rugby

So you get a good mix of both

by FlimtotheFlam on Aug 6, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

for me

it’s the diving.

The fact that 0-0 games are frequent sucks too, but really, it’s the freaking drama.

by nota bene on Aug 6, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if nobody knows about it, does it even exsist?

kind of along the line of if a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

my roommate (female)

gave me the argument that soccer is better than baseball and football because there is nonstop action. that means she either has adult attention deficit disorder or hasn’t figured out that “action” is not the definition of good entertainment. I happen to know that she just likes foreign guys though.

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like American football

but find it hard to watch on tv b/c of all the commercial breaks during possession changes.

I actually really enjoy watching soccer. Beautiful game.

My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball, but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.

by Alxfritz on Aug 6, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It took me awhile, but I like watching on tv too

Especially international matches. The 2002 World Cup is when I really started watching it because the US actually did well and I was sick at the time so I was actually awake at 3:30 or whatever in the morning to watch live.

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

but you need breaks to get up and get a beer

and make fun of your friends

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah,

i prefer soccer to football.

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

by Valatan on Aug 6, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

aren't they the same thing

if you’re one of the soc cer’s?

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do enjoy the lack of commericals

and the announcers who don’t assume I’m a total moran.

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 6, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love the fact

that baseball is one of the very few games of the modern era that is not played to a clock.

by nota bene on Aug 6, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What does that even mean?

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 6, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

are the NY Red Bulls

sponsored by Red Bull by any chance?

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

I believe so, I never watch MLS, but I think I see the Red Bull logo on their jerseys

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow

it’s like taking the stadium naming rights to a whole new level

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Japanese baseball teams play for corporations, not for cities

In the same vein

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

by Valatan on Aug 6, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ewh

I hope it never comes to that, though I suppose it will

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

conichiwah! Yeah, thats how i spell it

I so want a Mr. Sparkles jersey then

www.GriffinandtheGargoyles.com
www.myspace.com/GriffinandtheGargoyles

Dont take me seriously :-D

by jealousblues on Aug 6, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Soccer teams

do things like that all over. No commercials so sponsors have to get their logos on everything. Herblife spent Millions of dollars to sponsor the Galaxy when beckham moved across the pond just because everyone would buy the jersey

New Member of the Skip Schumaker Fan Club

by cyko42 on Aug 6, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My go at a haiku

Wainwright to the pen?
If a Joel implosion
stops it, go Dodgers?

Eh, I should have brought a poet

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 7:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Im really happy.........

Perez got called up it is about time!

"Even when the rain falls, Even when the flood starts rising, Even when the storm comes, I am washed by the water!" -NeedToBreathe

by Calhoun on Aug 6, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if he packed a slider that works

i’m all for it

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Without one he was still more effective than half the pen

This can only be an improvement. Now if Yaddi would only call for a slider during the game.

by DriverZn on Aug 6, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well I won’t pass blame on yadi for lack of calling, it may be higher up. but I’ve seen the slider on a few occasions and I just hope it’s all figured out. Perez is flat out great and I would rather not see him being the next yo-yo to and from memphis

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haikuforu

Strange tricks up the sleeve
can only explain Tony’s
lineup with Lopez

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Clubhouse Thoughts

Tony : “Lineup is on the board. Come on guys, we need to put some runs on the board, we almost lost last night. Our bullpen is already tired. If you haven’t heard, I told the media that Izzy is still our closer. If you don’t like it, don’t put us in a save opp”

Miles : “Tony, thanks for giving me the day off, I need to work some more on my quads. But if this gets blown out, can I pitch? Please? Don’t make me use the…”

Tony : “Yes, hun.”

El Hombre : “Yadi, turns out I actually do have protection. Guess I can fix my strikezone. Luddy is creaming the ball. Too bad you can’t get protection too”

Yadi : “Whatcha mean Pu?”

El Hombre : “See the pitcher plus 3 pussies hitting behind you? Can you say ‘Hit and Run’?”

Yadi “Oh, well it’s not like we want to get a lead until the 7th anyways, it’s not like Joel can keep one if we did”

Joel : “Hey, don’t blame me! It’s not my fault that Tony continues to field an impotent lineup. My kicksaves aren’t a replacement for a bat or two”

Yadi & El Hombre : “Lol, Dude! Even if you do get a weak lineup, they always give you a lead and you blow it”

Joel ” Oh”

Joe ” Joe see ball, Joe hit ball”

Miles ” Not today Joe, you sit next to me on the bench, k?”

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 7:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

no offense

but that whole thing kinda creeped me out

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

was that supposed to be funny?

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 6, 2008 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i thought it was funny

"Them Cubbies can kiss my ass" -Dizzy Dean

by Molina4MVP on Aug 6, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Man, that is good all the way through, but when I got to Mather & MiniMe...Holy S***!

I read it 10 minutes ago & Im still laughing. The only thing I see in my head right now is how much better Joe wouldve been in ‘Encino Man’ than Brendan Fraser. You must sit up nights, man,to think up something like that…Bravo!

by buzzburton33 on Aug 6, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

To whomever it was I was discussing Bonds v Lopez

in last night’s thread, and they told me that the two moves wouldn’t be related in any way:

I direct you to tonight’s lineup.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Zing!

nice foresight HL.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 6, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

my question is

is Lopez any good at SS? if he is, why isn’t he playing there?

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The world may

never know.

Will he catch in tomorrow’s day game to give Yadi a rest?

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I suppose the guy will play every infield and outfield position before the season end

but don’t think he’ll be catching…. but stranger things have happened (APu at 2B!)

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if he didn't have the elbow issues

i’d leave Pu at 2nd. he’d really make everyone second guess Utley this year as a MVP canidate

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

not a bad idea. although we don’t have a first baseman besides Albert…

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

put dunn there

cha ching

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Joey Bombs?

didnt he play 1st in a game his first trip up here? I think he did, but not sure. That, of course, would mean our outfield had a healthy Ank.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 6, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

or glaus even

he has a few games there this year

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah but

it wouldn’t be an everyday thing

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he could play 1B

but he hasn’t for a while, if I remember correctly

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What about Phelps

Only lead all minor leaguers in home runs in July

by FlimtotheFlam on Aug 6, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So I went to bed during the 2nd rain delay last night

Do I even want to go read the game threads?

My internet connection says no, so maybe I should take that as a sign.

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 7:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

threads from last night

seemed to deteriorate rather quickly in some respects. There was even a fanpost that may have gotten someone banned. It wasnt pretty.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 6, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no way

crazy fanpost action? I missed out last night, stupid grocery shopping and gallery setup

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

It was up for about three minutes before one of the mods deleted it. Something about f u Izzy, I hope you die, something really immature like that

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

lame!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

crazy isnt the word

I would use to describe that debacle.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 6, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

westcoastbirdwatcher's fanpost from a few days back was taken down

he was in rare form on that one.

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

didn't miss much, was per usual

everything great until izzy came on, then bashing gallore. quite typical actually, however, I have to say that izzy is starting to earn the harshness

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i've seeen worse

Hard9 was really the only one that went over the line, and he’s probably gone now like you said

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually, his name was Hard8

Which I took as another knock on Izzy

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh my bad

i had a headache last night & my eyes were a little blurry & i had a hard time focusing them some times. so the 8 looked like a 9 to me.

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and it was probably a fake account

so whoever did it, might be lurking near

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think they can ban the IP address, no?

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If they can have live comment updating

I’m sure they can do that

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh yeah, the Brewer sweep games were horrid, and the Pitt implosion was awful (but the last thread ended up being hilarious)

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

more people need to learn what I learned

when the bullpen implodes, put down the laptop and go hit your head on the wall. It really does help.
I think it is a good thing that it didn’t want to load it the first time I tried. The occasional f-word isn’t that bad, but do people actually feel better telling say f-u Izzy?

I thought things might get ugly when I saw someone in the main thread(?) yesterday, tell another poster to go fuck himself.

That was just plain classy.

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought that was handled pretty gracefully

by the party told to perform auto-coitus.

by liam on Aug 6, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have had the same kind of response on here from someone

sometimes the best reply is no reply.

If you do something like that and don’t acknowledge your mistake , you should really think twice about whether or not you should come here. I can see the heat of the moment response, but at least try to act like an adult.

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This struck me as completely hilarious:

From MLB.com, front page.

“With Joba Chamberlain on the DL, midseason pickup Sidney Ponson becomes even more important.”

Wow, the Yanks seem to be in dire straits to be relying on Sid. Good for them.

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

by yer dog first on Aug 6, 2008 7:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Brett Favre Brett Favre

Brett Favre Brett Favre Brett Favre Brett Favre.

Brett Favre?

by TheBirds on Aug 6, 2008 8:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

wait

what’s going on with him?

"Them Cubbies can kiss my ass" -Dizzy Dean

by Molina4MVP on Aug 6, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he has heart burn

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BREAKING NEWS

Brett Favre clipped his fingernails tonight.

by TheBirds on Aug 6, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I heard he chewed them off

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i prefer to keep my sources anonymous

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe someday you will tell us, right?

by liam on Aug 6, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

maybe if the planets align right in my little universe

but i really don’t want to PO my sources

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

nothing important

but still gotta talk about him 24/7.

by TheBirds on Aug 6, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

re: Perez

hopefully the guy will be more effective this time around. He looked like a worldbeater for a week or so and then did exactly the same thing most of the other Cards relievers have done this year (blow leads).

by nota bene on Aug 6, 2008 8:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

TLR has become quite eccentric

the last 2 years or so

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ahah!

maybe he is westcoastbirdwatcher!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

you sir just blew my mind

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thank you

sometimes lightbulbs literally appear above my head

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe we're all a little bit of wcbw

And maybe there’s a little wcbw in all of us as well

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

perhaps some sort of AI program that looks at all of our more out of left field comments and compiles them into some sort of bot that comments from time to time… but then again, that bot has seen Hendrix 3 times!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dave? is that you Dave?

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the worst part is

I thought you were talking about Dave Duncan at first!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

heh,

wait, what is WCBW is Daddy Dunk?

oh man,,,,

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no, he's from Texas & lives south of Branson now

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hrabosky is from the west coast

"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson

by Bahamaredbird on Aug 6, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

does that mean

that when a thread is empty, wcbw doesn’t exist at that moment in time?

this kind of thinking could get all Red Dwarf-y on me.

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

heh

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Any news about ANK?

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not DLing him was a mistake?

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that isn't really news, is it?

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's the most recent news that I know of

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i disagree

the cardinals have plenty of outfielders and ankiel is a real bullet off the bench.

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lopez to LF

seriously, we need another reason to hate TLR?

by TheBirds on Aug 6, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

another one of his sarcastic lineups

for not making the trades he needs

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that is the only explanation

But is he really pissed that we didn’t get a LFer (Bonds)?

by TheBirds on Aug 6, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

“I’ll put Lopez in left, to mock the fact that we could have Barry playing there right now”

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

his comments on Izzy today

really annoy me. i’m starting to question tlr in many ways

by riotmute on Aug 6, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

I can’t believe he’s still defending Izzy as closer

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

its unbelievable

i’ve never seen an organization be so casual about fixing their most glaring hole

by riotmute on Aug 6, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no way?

Izzy isn’t really still the closer?

you guys are pulling my leg, right?

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that isn't even funny

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it would have served us all well

if the game start was at 6:15 instead of 7:15

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

New names: "FUzzy" for each time that Jason and the Outnots have an adventure.

Classes begin in a few minutes for me. Anyone else out there teach? God’s mercy on your souls.

Get um Cards

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Aug 6, 2008 8:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

just graduated and starting subbing last semester

going to get a full time gig next year, my classes dont start till aug 18 though

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 6, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

let me say

watching chris duncan greeting all those walk off home runs by others really proves his worth on this team in my opinion. the way he greeted every player was just amazing.

by 916baller on Aug 6, 2008 8:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not a huge chris duncan fan

but he’d be an upgrade to night for sure. If TLR is going to bench Mather for Lopez than I say get well soon Chris.

by TheBirds on Aug 6, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

I have to say, I didn’t like him a whole lot when I thought he wasn’t injured, but now that that’s all over, I have hope again.

by Phizzle on Aug 6, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

couple of things

1. drop the puck already
2. cooper has a stadium deal lined up for collinsville, just needs more money to get into MLS
3. fire til i die

by BirdsonFire on Aug 6, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nevermind

/retarded side showing

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

lawyer on the illinois side

-has a stadium deal lined up for an mls team to be located in collinsville
-but no team has been awarded to him because mls feels he does not have enough money in his ownership group

by BirdsonFire on Aug 6, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh

and canadian beer sucks

by BirdsonFire on Aug 6, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hate crappy lagers

but i was going for a canadian bacon reference to be perfectly honest

by BirdsonFire on Aug 6, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the mls is full of shit

i’m kinda sick of the back and forth. just give us the damn team and go from there.

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hardly

why give let another owner in that will pull a miami fusion because he didn’t have the money to stay in the game

by BirdsonFire on Aug 6, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

technically

everyone is, it’s just a matter of how far east you have to go to get there

by BirdsonFire on Aug 6, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good evening

my first thread in a little bit. take a number to say how much you’ve missed my presence.

go cards! lopez sucks!

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he can suck later

right now he is a cardinal

by BirdsonFire on Aug 6, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

give him a chance

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 6, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed

this dude better be able to actually play LF over Mather.

by nota bene on Aug 6, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

JP

on pace for a 27 pitch perfect game.

by nota bene on Aug 6, 2008 8:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ah i see

so are we back to a short bench?

by 916baller on Aug 6, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yup

and Miles is on it, so it’s extra short!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Joel doing his best Carp impression

If Joel is really effective tonight, that makes me less confident about Carp’s start last night lol

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

well that was effecient

good things happen when you throw strikes, jo-el.

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

wow

i walk away to stir the chili and Jo-El ran em down already
pitching like a desperate man

Let’s go get him some runs!

by mbd1mbd1 on Aug 6, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Chili in August? That doesn't sound the least bit appealing to me

You must be from Cincinnati

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well

originally from Arkansas. But on Long Island now.
Made it with bison meat today. Good stuff even if it is 80 degrees out.

Red Bulls just scored to get within 2 goals :rolleyes:

by mbd1mbd1 on Aug 6, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

buffalo chilli is the best

the BEST

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

3 up 3 down

That’s what we need in the nineth. Pinerio for closer!

by nybirdfan on Aug 6, 2008 8:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the score was tied

he would have a lead in the closer role!

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 6, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sick of seeing the number of blown saves.....

I want two numbers…..number of games we’ve blown a save in, and the number of those games that we won. Anybody know where I can find this? Much more telling stat, IMO.

by SoonerfanTU on Aug 6, 2008 8:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

get out yer sticks boys

were bout to woop these tierds
Somebody’s gotta have some faith, might as well be me

by RayMonD! on Aug 6, 2008 8:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Waino and Carp coming back

may be the best thing for Joel this year, no longer is his spot a given

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 8:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

atta kid AK

man on with pujols

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by ihavebadknees on Aug 6, 2008 8:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he's got good D

and isn’t THAT bad of a hitter. plus he excels when batted 2nd for some reason

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

reason : Pu

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

are you talking about near the beginning of the season

and he made that bad throw to Pu? I’ll forgive him that

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

man, i completely forgot about that

so long ago

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by ihavebadknees on Aug 6, 2008 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

there’s an article on p-d, all players in the 2 spot excel in front of Pu.

I’m talking about the excels when batted second for some reason comment

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well

he does better there than when he bats in other positions last time I checked.

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol, ok..

I’m agreeing with you. And everyone does better there, reason is because they’re hitting in front of Pu

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

by AdjustedExpectations on Aug 6, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

agressive pujols

way to get to second big guy

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by ihavebadknees on Aug 6, 2008 8:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

better at that

than just about anybody who slugs as high as he does….

by nota bene on Aug 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

what a great play by Albert

i dont know how that found a hole but thank God it did

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 8:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that was a really slow gb

to find a hole

i take your signatures and use them as away messages

by ihavebadknees on Aug 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do your thing, Ludwick

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

there's your Gold Glove catcher folks

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

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Again, for reference:

This man won a Gold Glove last year.

by Phizzle on Aug 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

why the hell did lud swing at that/

no way he’s optimizing his chance for an rbi going with that pitch

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

by sportsman on Aug 6, 2008 8:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he did hit it to the right spot on the field

looks like he was just trying to go the other way with it, didn’t work out.

by TheBirds on Aug 6, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well then.

Even though we scored, that inning worried me. It’s gonna be a long game.

by Phizzle on Aug 6, 2008 8:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I hope we beat him up tonight

But I wish Lowe was on our team

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 8:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that was a bad at bat by Ludwick

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 6, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

was always taught in that situation, give your first two strikes trying to get the flyball. i don’t think the cards were taught by the same folks

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

by sportsman on Aug 6, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

us vs japan 4am

anyone else watching?

by BirdsonFire on Aug 6, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

exhibition?

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

olympics

mcbride (slu) takes on in the bizarre youth tournament with age exceptions… gotta love fifa

by BirdsonFire on Aug 6, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

nope

the olympics baby.

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok

smaller baby

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yuck

soccer

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do too

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

why?

there are like 3 countries that play baseball

by BirdsonFire on Aug 6, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

try

USA, japan, china, pretty much all of central america (20+ countries)

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thank you

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