Game 116 Overflow 2
by the red baron on Aug 6, 2008 10:45 PM EDT
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PrintProbably getting to be about the late innings now, eh? This should be fascinating...
Or, Jo-El blew it and we're down by six. Either way.
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Wainwright is officially the closer
By Perez pitching the 8th, that means Izzy/Franklin will be the closer tonight.
That means they are keeping the seat warm for Wainwright, who will be pitching Friday in Memphis.
I’d imagine that means Wainwright will come out of the bullpen in Memphis over the weekend and become the closer next week.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
i figure
waino will start in memphis, i bet, just so he can get more pitches, see the strength of his arm and the effectiveness of his curveball.
then they can determine if he will be our cloer
"Them Cubbies can kiss my ass" -Dizzy Dean
he was pitching 2 innings
not really the same thing, let’s see how long Wainwright goes in the minors first.
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
i know
i was saying that i didn’t think waino would come out of the bulpen in memphis….
"Them Cubbies can kiss my ass" -Dizzy Dean
We'll see
I see this as the Chris Perez audition. If he’s solid for his next few outings, he’ll probably get a look as the closer. Otherwise, Waino it is.
Should be interesting.
If Wainwright becomes the closer
it’s an indictment of LaRussa and Mozeliak. It is an indictment of LaRussa’s inability to allow Perez to be the closer and Mozeliak trying to coverup the fact he couldn’t acquire a reliever at the deadline by taking the teams best pitcher and making him only pitch 1 inning a night.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Perez coming out for the 9th
LOL YOU’RE GETTING WRONGER BY THE MINUTE!
Seriously though, I hope to hell you’re wrong. Just at LEAST let Perez try closing.
5 pitches helped that
I don’t think that was the plan.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm baaaa-aaaack
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
I see it coincides with a new game thread and Perez in the game
pretty good timing I guess
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
actually it was more like ten minutes
but yeah, welcome back
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
love it
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
you can't hit what you can see Jeff!
Perez bringing the H E A T
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
me likey
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank God he spent 2 weeks in Memphis
to come back up and give them the GAS FACE!
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry but
you reminded me of office space there
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
do you ever have to apologize
for referencing Office Space?
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
well since it was the O face line
i thought maybe O O O
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
Pop Pop Goes the Weasel
I actually really liked MC Search.
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.
Jeez, who wants that guy as your closer?
I mean, he actually gets outs, he sucks.
boo cubs, hooray beer
now that's how a reliever should pitch
takes notes Frank & IZZY
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
Good job, Perez
Keep him in for the 9th
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."
no - springer
Perez does better in one inning (which is why he should’ve come in in the 9th
by cardsfaninmass on Aug 6, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
He threw five pitches
That’s like an extension of his warmups
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."
if cp pitches well, he'll close
if not, waino
it’s too deflating to lose the se leads. if it takes waino to stop the bleeding, then so be it
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
so why are the Dodgers playing the game under protest?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 10:56 PM EDT reply actions
Mike Shannon said they were
are you calling him a liar?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
it's reviewed by the commish office
and if they agree with the dodger’s they restart the game from the protest point.
it never happens.
by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
mine too
but that is the most often used example of a game under protest being restarted from the point of contention
New Member of the Skip Schumaker Fan Club
an nba game was restarted this year
after a player fouled out on his fifth foul.
by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but that was drastically different
that affected the score. This does not.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm just saying
never is a long time….
It rarely happens and I doubt if the Commish does it in this situation
New Member of the Skip Schumaker Fan Club
they were pissed about sweeney being announced
cuz they wanted to use kent….and then they both ended up being announced and sweeney got used.
by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
They accidentally burned through a pinch-hitter
Sweeney walked all the way to the box, then they decided to pull him back for Kent.
They ended up accidentally using both players. So Sweeney was wasted.
Sweeney came to PH
the pressbox announced him before he was officially in the game, Torre took him out and put in Kent, TLR argued that he had been announced, so the Dodgers lost Sweeney because the pressbox screwed up.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
was he in the batter's box?
doesn’t that count too? If not, it should
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
That's the rule
If a PH takes his place in the batter’s box, if a pitcher takes his place on the rubber, if a fielder reaches the position he’s entering in, or if a PR reaches the place of the runner he’s replacing, the sub is official even if not announced.
umps called sweeney in the game and torre says he never formally put him in
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
because TLR is smarter than Joe Torre
Torre sent up his batter too quick and wanted to change his mind.
It’s one of those “welcome to the NL” things. I remember when TLR got screwed by Bobby Cox his first year here for first signaling the pitching change before telling the ump of the double switch.
there is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO way TLR can bring in Izzy
he just can’t. It’s not fair to him and it’s not fair to the rest of the team.
it would be stupid not to throw perez in the 9th
When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom
Dan just said that there's no one warming up right now
so yeah
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
triple here = cycle for pujols
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
And me swallow my tongue.
Don’t run that hard Pu.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
The rule on pinch hitters:
3.07-a-2, if the batter takes his place in the batter’s box, he is ruled as in the game even if he was not announced officially.
that's what happened
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
Get that triple Albert-san
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."
actually dan knighted him b4 the GS
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
where are the rebounds and assists?
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
by ihavebadknees on Aug 6, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I may not be in the majority.....
But I don’t think he’s been nearly as clutch this year. The GS was a step in the right direction.
ha, right through the 5 hole
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
chan Ho park
and all rangers fans cry
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
and all the Cardinals fan rejoice!
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
that has to be one of the worst
contracts ever
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
AP really CAN do it all...
He hits, he runs, he fields …
... And he performs vasectomies.
by StanTheManFan on Aug 6, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
no activity in the cards bullpen
thank god.
by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 11:00 PM EDT reply actions
Albert is now ten points from catching Chipper in the BA race
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
if chipper qualifies...
he has missed a decent amount of time this year.
"Them Cubbies can kiss my ass" -Dizzy Dean
Is Chipper going to play again this year?
by cardsfaninmass on Aug 6, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Should start Friday
When his DL time is up…per my fantasy team’s notes
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."
the more chipper plays
the better the chances for Albert, in my mind.
No more Teixera behind him and his injuries should lower his average.
Troy Glaus should consider playing in a dome
wouldn’t he get a ton of doubles for those SKYBALLS?
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:01 PM EDT reply actions
Sorta
that dome is retractable and it’s REALLLY high up. Not like the Trop or the Metrodome.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
for a second I thought luddy had gone oppo homerun
When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom
Whole new back of the pen
I know that most folks want AW back in the rotation, but even when Joel P has stunk it up our biggest problem has been our bull(s**t)pen. So here is my suggestion:
If we can only count on our starters for 5 innings then the 6th belongs to K-Mac, the 7th Springer, the 8th Perez,and Waino to finish it up.
How about Carp, Wainwright and Lohse
go 7 every 3 nights, and let Perez, Motte and Looper handle the last 3 innings?
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
best idea I've heard in a long time
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope to God Perez doesn't blow this.....
First b/c my favorite team, the Cards, need the win. Secondly b/c 75% of the people on this board would have to eat crow.
if you dont like us
then why are you trying to talk to us?
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
he's a cranky old man
don’t knock ‘em off his rocker.
/complete joke
by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
how can i twist 75% of the people on this board would have to eat crow?
it just sounds like you are trying to pick a fight
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
for what
we all wanted to see perez close.
by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought everyone was calling for perez to pitch?
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
by Bahamaredbird on Aug 6, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Sooner, like Al Hrbosky
doesn’t trust rookies.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
why?
Because Perez has to be perfect for us to be wrong about Izzy and Franklin?
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
He'd be roughly around 20%
of what Franklin and Izzy have done.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Reyes
keeping track of the game on gamecast, judging by the comments it seems like we have someone we can trust. Just wanted to drop by and say Reyes is gonna pitch friday for the tribe. keep a heads up…also I say ludwick hits 30 and 100 while keeping .300, not much of a prediction for right now, but if I predicted that in april I’d be called a homer!
he did great in his frist
AAA start for them..jk
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
Do it Perez
Slam that door shut
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."
it is gonna happen
Perez or bust, actually it is Perez or Waino
When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom
Waino as closer would be a bust
He’d be good, but wrongly utilized
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."
whenever he comes in for a second inning, he is wild
tlr is trying to sabatoge him to quiet the perez for closer talk
by cardsfaninmass on Aug 6, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
oh brother
sabatoge seriously this inst jr high..
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
You see, Izzy is a freemason
and the elders have said that he needs to stay in the closer’s spot
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
did i miss something?
did al call pierre a HOF? or was he talking about someone else
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
it is all good
go perez
When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom
shoot
When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom
Yuck
Walking Juan Pierre = not good
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."
i want a pony
big deal
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
This isn't 2 innings
he threw 5 freaking pitches. He isn’t Russ Springer.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
but something about him having to sit after getting up an throwing, throws him off I think
by cardsfaninmass on Aug 6, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
agree
whenhe has to go two innings in the future, TLR should have him run laps while his team bats in the outfield on the warning track like they do in spring training…
"..and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped." -Sir Belvedere
oh yeah
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
that's what I'm sayin Raco
that’s what I’m sayin
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
apparently Perez
is a one inning pony
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:09 PM EDT reply actions
I thought we already figured that out earlier this year
that said, get them f’rs out Chris!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
he's a stubborn vegetarian lawyer
what do ya expect?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
he threw two of them there
almost got the DP
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
The Cards BP is like watching Roy McAvoy get a 12 on the final hole of the US open
on a nightly basis…you know whats gonna happen, but you still have to watch
Nice grounder, Perez
another, please
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
gameday said 97mph on last two
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
that's humpin it!
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
wow
he looks like a real closer? it’s been a looooooong time
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:11 PM EDT reply actions
And the three headed monster that is VEB
simultaneously rears its “Perez is our closer” and “Perez stinks” and “Perez cannot go past 1” heads in one inning.
three heads
nota bene
hardcore legend
raconteur
by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm the one that thinks Chris Perez
SHOULD be the closer.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
cant argue with you much
him or K Mac should have been given a shot but hes been used a lot
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
u dont like them
find a nother blog
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
Swing and miss at a pitch in the zone is the best thing to watch
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
Smell that?
I’ll tell you what it is in a second.
Testicle-exploding shit storm, circa 7/12/08 - We will never forget!
i dropped a stinky duece
i take your signatures and use them as away messages
by ihavebadknees on Aug 6, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
we could be jumping the gun
with manny on deck
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
My fantasy team thanks you
Mr. Chris Perez!
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
mine too!
high five
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
except he’s on the freakin’ bench.
by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
oh yeah
mine too with what used to be a NA by his name
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
yup
he won’t be on the bench tommorrow.
by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
AND THAT'S A WINNER!!!!
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
okee dokee
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!
thank the lord.
that man needs to be our closer.
by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
Nice Win!!
although it shouldn’t have been so close
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
woooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
when was the last time we had a flame throwing closer? Lee Smith?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:13 PM EDT reply actions
Hell of a play by Glaus to end the game, too
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
he's been much better than advertized with the glove
by cardsfaninmass on Aug 6, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Free Autograph Signing tomorrow
Jason Isringhausen will be at the Jefferson County Unemployment Office from 9 am until 3 pm for those interested in stopping by.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:13 PM EDT reply actions
he can still get outs in the sixth and seventh.
by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
And hit for himself!
if we need to speed up the game!
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I laughed
Nicely done sir
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."
while that may be true
I will be POd id Izzy collects unemployment!
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
Can you imagine how much
he would get with the percentage of his annual pay?
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't even want to think about that
it would induce cromiting
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
Ah yes
Cromit the Frog
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."
that game wasn't so bad was it
it gave us T.E.S.S. and Cromit the Frog
was it worth it? I think so
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
It was at the time
But the laughs I got reading the postgame thread made it bearable
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."
I think most of us got our sanity back that night
or like the one a couple weeks ago when the game went 14
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
What a relief!
But I must say…one game does not a closer make
He’ll probably be unavailable tomorrow since he threw 1.2 tonight
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."
he's our closer, I tell you
and I’ll love him for all of enternity….this is THE ONE. THE ONE! I Love him so!
by cardsfaninmass on Aug 6, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
21 pitches?
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
Yeah
But I’d expect Tony to think about the 1.2 before the 21 pitches
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."
Yep
McClellan and Springer will be available…WOO HOO!
Izzy and Franklin will be too…neat!
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."
Know what is more annoying than the bullpen blowing a lead?
people getting on here to complain because some of us complain about the bullpen blowing a lead
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
Even more annoying is people getting on
here to complain about people getting on here because some of us complain about the bullpen blowing a lead.
:D
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
confused by me
or the smoke?
I even confused myself there
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
even more annoying?
someone getting on here to say he is complaining about the bullpen blowing a lead when the bullpen didnt even blow the lead.
Sometimes I even get to myself.
ahh relief
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
more annoying than that?
complaining after a 16 pitch ninth and a Cardinals win!
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
well at least I did it before Gameday told me the game was over
I am not that messed up
great sig!
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
so that's how that's supposed to work?
nothing against walk off home runs, but we should try it this new way more often.
2 very satisfying wins in a row
let’s sweep manny and his dodgettes!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:16 PM EDT reply actions
last night - satisfying?
you must be easily satisfied
by cardsfaninmass on Aug 6, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
we won
didn’t we? I’m a simple man.
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I wasn't satisfied after last night's game
I was still pretty pissed
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."
the MOST satisfying part
is it might have caused the call up of Overlord Perez
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll give you 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."
I, for one, welcome
our new fastball throwing overlord and his glorious regime.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:18 PM EDT reply actions
If Cordero in Washington is the Chief
Then why not Emporer Perez?
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."
you think he will stick after one game?
or will he be given the same length of rope as izzy?
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
I am fine with that rope
if he gets the same rope as Izzy or Franklin he has what…10 blown saves to work with? Or des it only seem like that many?
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
all hail Chris Perez!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Momentum is your next days starting
pitcher. Lucky for us, he’s 12-3.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
too bad our pitcher in wrigeley is loop
though he has been pretty good lately
by cardsfaninmass on Aug 6, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn't Carp going Sunday?
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."
Looper and Preston Wilson
single handedly, or is that double handedly got us a win in Wrigley last year. I’ll take it.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
loop is the new
bi polar betty
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
Negatory
At least when Loop pitches I know he’s going to give it 100%. Sometimes I think Marquis got lost in his own head.
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.
Was that the game
where one of the Cubs stole 2nd on ball 4 and slid to far to get tagged out?
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Not sure
but that was Ronny Cedeno and one of the headiest plays by David Eckstein I’ve ever seen. Ump called him safe and when Eck told him the rule, he was like “Oh yeah…......OUT!”
Btw, I think Cedeno got called out on a similar play again this year. And then got demoted or something. Lou really doesn’t like Ronny.
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.
Looper at Wrigley 2007
4/20 – W, 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 5 K
8/17 – L, 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 4 K
not bad at all.
actually thats pretty good
i was referring to this yr seems without looking at stats hes stellar like 7 innings good or gets shelled
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
it would have been nice
for astros to win 2 or 3 from CHI..this weekend is a tough series..
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
I think 1 is about all we could expect there
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
hey
if that’s how he feels, I like it
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Matchup for cubbies
loopvs lilly
Wellyvs big Z
Carp Dempster
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
We could take 2 of 3
We could also get unceremoniously swept out of 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."
Going to be a good series
hopefully, we come out on top
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
I still can't believe how efffective dempster has been
by cardsfaninmass on Aug 6, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
ditto
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
he wasnt too shapr at home last time out..
but only gave up 2 runs
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
for now maybe
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
He pitched well after we gave him a five-run lead
I’d still rather stick him in the pen when Wainwright gets back
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."
He was shaky for the first couple of innings
then looked pretty impressive after the albert grand slam
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
Albert must have said something to him in the dugout after the SLAM
I am pretty sure we don’t want to know what it was
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
what makes u say that
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
Piniero
settled down after that. Albert must have scared him into pitching better
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
he was ugly early
but settled in. Ramirez homered in his first at bat and didn’t really do much after that….
Adam Kennedy being interviewed
huh
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:25 PM EDT reply actions
Do you have the one
for the Pirates game?
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
hmmm
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Not THAT game!
I think it’s from 7/21/08
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."
he made a funny
hahaha
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait
Dyslexia kicking in, make that 7/12/08
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."
That looks like the EKG of someone who was declared legally dead
And then shocked back to life
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."
I think that was the diagnosis of the team
dead…alive….dead…alive
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
that's one evil looking graph
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I passed out 3 times
looking at that graph. Luckily, each time I hit my head on the desk and woke myself back up.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
what point do the graphs serve?
being serious.
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
Just wait till he gets the 7/21 game graph up
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."
just graphing out what a sane person's emotions would look like?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
The horizontal axis is the at bat
the vertical axis is the home team’s win probabability before that at bat
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
it's a Win Expectancy per play graph
when your W.E. is 100% you win. Game starts @ 50-50 and eventually somebody gets to 100. Big swings in the graph are exactly what make for interesting/exciting/cardiac-inducing games.
I was joking about the graph of tonight’s game….if you just looked at the graph it would seem like the Cards were in cruise control when in fact we were anything but….
they are interesting
but if we have learned from the 08 cards they cant be placed in a box..or graph..
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
true
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
for any of you savvy music listeners out there
how’s about godspeed you flamethrowing emperor!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:34 PM EDT reply actions
so will I
so will I… flamethrower=redeemer
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I try to go for a wide appeal on here for the most part
I want to start a bbs though where we can talk politics, be disgusting and retarded, etc
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
oh yes
only in that place will Thymme Jones and Chris Perez be discussed simultaneously
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
if you are still there
it is at hypertextation.ning.com
try to see if there’s a feature that says join hypertextation or something to that effect
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 7, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
we are in the belly of a giant machine
and the machine is bleeding to death, or something like that.
(I want to see that band live one of these days, I’ve never gotten the chance.)
I've seen them at least twice
and they were fucking transcendtal. they are no longer playing together though
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
just in case anyone is wondering
the band is called godspeed you black emperor! and they play instrumental rock that sounds like an apocalyptic orchestra that will run shutters up your spine every time
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks, i was wondering what the heck you guys were talking about
what songs of their to you recommend for down loading?
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
don't remember song titles
but you could check out the album ‘lift your skinny fists like antennae to heaven’ to start out. it’s a double album, so there’s plenty there to absorb
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 7, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
will do, thanks
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply actions
Or here
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
i like this one
http://www.videosift.com/video/Chuck-Norris-Vs-The-Rat-1
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
Favre apparently traded
to Jets. Now we can stop the watch… at least until his plane takes off for NYC
oh great
favre traded to a new york team. now we might actually be able to get some coverage of him. thank goodness!!
gonna need more franklins to get through this one.
by hoofhearted-pujols on Aug 6, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
doesnt make them better
Min it would of TB maybe..the bears for sure..NYJ..eh
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
yay for favreh
you get to be a jet now
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 7, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Gotta love Cubs fans!
Over on BCB they’re complaining about us being sore losers for suggesting they are stealing signs at Wrigley, then talk about how Ryan Ludwick should be tested for steroids. A few bad apples for sure, but there’s a lot more validity to the sign stealing theory than there is to Ludwick being a steroid user.
Blech. I await their impending collapse with great joy. I just hope to all the gods there are it comes at our expense.
by mattisnotfrench on Aug 6, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions
we explored the sign theory b4
and there is no real proof to it..
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
The Cubs have done it before.
They did it in 2002, they did it in 1984. It isn’t out of the realm of possibility.
Apparently, VEB isn’t the only one that believes the Cubs are doing it.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
i did a fan post on it
saying i didnt believe it and asked for proof..was asked to delete it..i think they win the games they should personally
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
Baseball Prospectus
apparently had an article on it.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 7, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not of the belief that they steal signs
But their late-inning heroics this year have been remarkable to say the least. I’m looking forward to the series this weekend, but really don’t want to see them against our bullpen in the late innings.
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."
Sure....
But at least it’s not completely implausible. I’m calling them out more for hypocrisy.
by mattisnotfrench on Aug 6, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
why even go over there?
we all know what their fans are like, so why even give them the satisfaction that we acknowledge their stupidity?
dont take that i’m slamming you, i’m not. their fans just make my head hurt & i avoid them like the plague. i dont understand the need or desire of Cardinals fans to try & get some validation from their side when i’m pretty sure it will never come.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
I'm curious more than anything.
Really, I like to read their reactions. At least 50% of my good friends are Cubs fans (hey, I’m from central Illinois, what am I supposed to do?) and it makes me happy that they’re happy, but it doesn’t mean I have to like the majority of Cubs fans. That, and I like to read what they say about the Cardinals, because it amuses me.
by mattisnotfrench on Aug 7, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
look at the schedule though
the beat the teams they should and have won against even good teams they are a good team..i think what was pointed out b4 was the late inning heroics after being shut down a lot..
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
I don't dispute that fact...
They are a good team. This is the best team I can ever remember them having, to be honest. I just find it amazing how good they are at home…
by mattisnotfrench on Aug 7, 2008 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
well now i understand your thinking better. my brother in law lives on the far north side
and he’s from ohio, went to school up there & never left. he’s a bandwagon fan if there ever was one. he knows nothing about baseball & only goes to that dump of a park to drink & look at hot chicks.
living in ohio i dont deal with die hard fans, they are all bandwagon jumpers because most MLB teams close by suck. talking to them is a waste of time. i’ve had better conservations with a brick wall. i’ve gone over to bcb before & the stuff i’ve read sounds just like the bile that comes out of the mouths of the morons i live around. so thats why i dont go there any more. nor do i care about what they say. when they pop up here nothing good comes of it. they do nothing but try & start fights. quite honestly it’s pretty sad, pathetic & boring on their part.
i feel bad for the genuine true fans of that team because they have gone through nothing but heart break & sadness. but you really gotta wonder if they dont like it like that. why else would they pull for a team who’s won nothing their entire lives?
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
don't they test for 'roids?
how would Ludwick be exempt? give me a break
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 7, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
man why is Albert so jerky to the press?
he used to be so happy when he had a good game, and now it seams like he’s mad that he has to waste his time & talk to the media? who pissed him off so much?
and to the STL media, stop talking about the flubs already! geesh. they still have a game left tomorrow vs the Beach Boys!
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
He probably dislikes the local media
after the stunts they pulled during the Mitchell Report crap.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 7, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
but that was only the 2 Fox wasn't it?
and i thought he said he patched things up with them? i dont know, it just seams odd he has a great game, but during the post game he’s for lack of a better word, surly.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
Someone said that he was asked about
being labeled as ‘not a homerun hitter anymore’ and that set him off.
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 7, 2008 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah that was Joe Strauss of the Dispatch
that set him off a couple weeks ago. and i think his article was about how Albert hadn’t hit a lot of HR’s this season & Albert dropped the “i’m a line drive hitter with power” line.
i dont know. maybe i’m nit picking here. i just remember him as this happy guy who was always smiling a few years ago & now it doesn’t seam like he’s that guy any more when he’s so confrontational with the press some times.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
He's been this way
Since about ‘03/4. He’s not a rook anymore, definitly a vet now, and from time to time a surly vet at that.
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.
i really think not winning the mvp in '06
when he was clearly the most valuable player in the league by any non-neanderthalian measure, really screwed with him. After that it seems like he was like “f it, i’m not playing the game anymore”.
Bernie’s recent bs article after the rough phillies series can’t have helped either.
"..and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped." -Sir Belvedere
yep
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 7, 2008 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I think this means that it’s even more important than we’d thought for Chris Perez to nail down the ninth inning in his next few outings.
I was just going to post that
I hope he goes 5 for 5 in save opportunities (not just because it means we win games) but so that the Cardinals end this farce of putting our best starting pitcher in the GD BULLPEN!
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 7, 2008 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Favre to the Jets.
The long national nightmare is over (and I’m a huge cradle Packer fan).
My open letter to Brett upon his being traded:
Dear Brett:
WTF? Um, well, ok. Er, Good luck with that?
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ~Bill Veeck
Thoughts from Busch III:
Perez bringing the Latin heat tonight was a joy to watch. The crowd left the stadium with an obvious hop in our step. Looks like we got ourselves a closer.
Pinata was terrible through three and lights out from four through seven. Maddeningly frustrating, he is.
Lopez’s swing looked like it belongs in maybe AA. Taking away just two ABs from Joey Bombs was two too many.
Albert is the mang, Ludwick is the manwick.
That Tanner 08 is no Josh 06. Get new bats faster, slacker!
Why in the hell are we booing manny? I just don’t get it. I asked a couple guys who actually were booing and they both just shrugged their shoulders.
As much as I was dreading the game, based on the lineup and who was on the hill, it was a great game to be at.
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.
Mangwick
thanks man, now i’m hungry
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
hungry huh
just when I think i can’t laugh any harder than I do at Fritz and Liam, you had to go and prove me wrong.
Thanks
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
I miss Josh 06
Is it a sign you are a die-hard when you make nightly references to bat boys past and present?
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 7, 2008 2:00 AM EDT up reply actions
poor Josh got too old & had to retire
damn ageist Cardinal rules forced him out, otherwise we’d still have him. who cares if he was 65? we’ll never have another bat boy like him!
and yes, it’s a definite sign your a die hard fan. that & posting after 2am est.
I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!
Didn't Manny try to fight Yadi
at the end of the 2004 World Series?
Maybe the fans don’t like Manny being a lazy arse?
Maybe they are taking their frustration over the lack of EA MVP Baseball games since 2005, when Manny donned the cover?
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 7, 2008 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions
brilliant
if i could remember my BR subscription password, I’d update Luddy’s page to say that.
To me, manny just seems like he is trying too hard to be manny. He was never really all that good at it in the first place, except for the “hitting the baseball” part.
"..and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped." -Sir Belvedere
BR password
Try each of the following:
Albert
Pujols
Wainwright
Wagonmaker
Cardinals
Ludwick
Luddy
Pretty good guesses, eh?
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."
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