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NLDS Game 3 Open Thread

Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals, Oct 10, 2009 6:07 PM EDT


Vicente Padilla is criminally insane. Everyone in baseball knows it. Milton Bradley has it much more together than this guy. What's a better kept secret is that he has pretty good stuff. That's the reason he's been allowed to stick around in baseball as long as he has. He has a 4.45 FIP this season. His problem has been too many walks. Fortunately, he throws fastballs about 75% of the time. We like hitting fastballs though his is a pretty good one.

Though he's bounced around, he's not really the typical journeyman pitcher. He's got much better stuff and has shut-down ability. It wouldn't surprise me if he came out and threw a gem today. It also wouldn't surprise me if he imploded and went on a rampage either. In any case, today's game could be a tough one, what w/ Pineiro's recent troubles and Padilla's ability. If we get through today, and come back w/ Carp tomorrow, I like our chances.

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Gotta love Gibby on the pre-game

When asked about hitters wearing body armor now:

“I think I could just break that stuff.”

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions  

At the game

Got excelllent seats in LF field level. Holliday did not get booed by anyone.

"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"

by rocKStark5 on Oct 10, 2009 5:54 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

just saw the introduction on TBS

glad to see he got a warm welcome

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

not often that I’ve been so proud of a whistler, non-Andrew Bird division.

by infallibleopiniongenerator on Oct 10, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

wow, had to wiki Andrew Bird

now I know

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

No need to boo him

He already knows that sucked.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Oct 10, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

my favorite lineup of the year

by infallibleopiniongenerator on Oct 10, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

ditto

here’s to seeing it three out of the next four nights

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

I hate rally towels

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Rally penis.

"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"

by rocKStark5 on Oct 10, 2009 6:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

ba risp .136

gotta change, or pinata’s performance matters little

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:02 PM EDT reply actions  

we got a lot of guys

who need to do some serious regressing tonite

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

reeeee-gress! reeeee-gress! reeeeeeeeeee-gress!!!!!

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think being at home

might affect that. Of all the things home/away crowds affect most, I think high leverage situation such as RISP seem to show that.

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

but that was actually a good song

this “born to” whatever crap is awful. It’s like a parody of bon jovi.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well

I got my HD. I hope I get to watch more than one cards game this year with it.

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:03 PM EDT reply actions  

okay...so..

my tv broke last night. worst possible time. anyone know where i can get a mac-friendly feed for the game?

by tgreenfield on Oct 10, 2009 6:03 PM EDT reply actions  

BWW

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Oct 10, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

BW3

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

Or, if you can't guess

Buffalo Wild Wings

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

regrettably

i go to a big 10 school that is currently getting worked by OSU. Needless to say, the game won’t be on.

by tgreenfield on Oct 10, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

not up yet but,

Link

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

let's rock.

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:06 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Decked in Cards gear

though sitting at home, might go to Outback Steakhouse in a little bit

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions  

thank god for foxy proxy and flim's tutorial

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 6:08 PM EDT reply actions  

so smooooth

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:08 PM EDT reply actions  

did he just say Pineiro was a fly ball pitcher?

or was he talking about someone else?

SHURMUR NEEDS TO GO

by Carneros on Oct 10, 2009 6:09 PM EDT reply actions  

they said both pitchers are fly ball pitchers

the TBS greatness continues

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

he keeps saying he throws the curve for strikeouts

silly broadcaster strikeouts are for Waino!

No excuses. No injuries. No "better luck next time"
Do it, and shut the f—- up.
-Reggie Jackson

by stlwcards on Oct 10, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Anyone notice that in the lineup intro;s

they noted AP’s Gold Glove but not Yadi’s? Give the guy some love! His leg hurts!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:10 PM EDT reply actions  

and the back of his head

No excuses. No injuries. No "better luck next time"
Do it, and shut the f—- up.
-Reggie Jackson

by stlwcards on Oct 10, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

THATS STRIKE THREE.

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 6:10 PM EDT reply actions  

It's official: The GOBs hate us

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:10 PM EDT reply actions  

he looked safe

No excuses. No injuries. No "better luck next time"
Do it, and shut the f—- up.
-Reggie Jackson

by stlwcards on Oct 10, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh

sorry for the misunderstanding

No excuses. No injuries. No "better luck next time"
Do it, and shut the f—- up.
-Reggie Jackson

by stlwcards on Oct 10, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bad Combination...

of a slow roller and good speed. S’all right, Boog.

by mynameistyler on Oct 10, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions  

nice try BOOG

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Atta boy Matty!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:12 PM EDT reply actions  

HE CAUGHT IT!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:12 PM EDT reply actions  

how 'bout that sarcastic cheer on the flyout to holliday?

cards fans don’t boo; we’re just passive-aggressive…

"you know how you pitch mike schmidt? Hard fastballs inside, sliders down and away. you know how you pitch henry aaron? willie mays? hard stuff inside, soft away. you know how you pitch willie stargell? hard stuff inside, soft away. you know how you pitch god? hard stuff inside, then down and away, and if you get it there you'll get him out. even though he'll know it's coming. or at least they say he knows." -jim lefebvre

by el_duderino on Oct 10, 2009 6:12 PM EDT reply actions  

CRAP

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:12 PM EDT reply actions  

I hate Manny.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions  

God fucking dammit

We should be out of this inning. Asshole ump screwed us on Kemp.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions  

wrong...

let’s keep it civil, and not complain about correct calls. we’re better than that.

"you know how you pitch mike schmidt? Hard fastballs inside, sliders down and away. you know how you pitch henry aaron? willie mays? hard stuff inside, soft away. you know how you pitch willie stargell? hard stuff inside, soft away. you know how you pitch god? hard stuff inside, then down and away, and if you get it there you'll get him out. even though he'll know it's coming. or at least they say he knows." -jim lefebvre

by el_duderino on Oct 10, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bullshit it was a correct call...

Thats strike three on us anyday

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

agree,danup.

like i said, we’re better than that.

"you know how you pitch mike schmidt? Hard fastballs inside, sliders down and away. you know how you pitch henry aaron? willie mays? hard stuff inside, soft away. you know how you pitch willie stargell? hard stuff inside, soft away. you know how you pitch god? hard stuff inside, then down and away, and if you get it there you'll get him out. even though he'll know it's coming. or at least they say he knows." -jim lefebvre

by el_duderino on Oct 10, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Right

But pitch 4 to Kemp was an easy K.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Oct 10, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

GET YOUR FUCKING PITCHES DOWN PINATA

Two fly ball outs? What was your first clue?

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions  

he heard the announcers

say he was a flyball pitcher and being such a nice guy, didn’t want to make them look like the morans they are

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Please, TBS...

don’t remind us of that horrible game Thurs.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:14 PM EDT reply actions  

come on,,,,

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Let's scoar sum runz!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:16 PM EDT reply actions  

CatchWick!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:16 PM EDT reply actions  

some nice bite on that pitch

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 6:17 PM EDT reply actions  

not good, JoEl, not good...

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

maybe they're purposely swinging really low

to try to square the sinker, thus hitting flyballs?

/optimism.

by longhornscardinals on Oct 10, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

could be

/2nd’ing longhorn’s optimism

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

looks like a pinata

hope the cold keeps em in the park

by bagofballs on Oct 10, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

chase padilla out of here

so he can spend the rest of the night ruining another clubhouse

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 6:17 PM EDT reply actions  

good call

if we can’t get more than 3 or 4 runs off of padilla, we don’t deserve to win.

by tgreenfield on Oct 10, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

no freaking joke

get a lot of runs jerks!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

hola friends

let’s score a shit-ton of runs.

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 6:18 PM EDT reply actions  

NEED MOAR ACOCADOZ....

oh and…..MOAR RUNZ

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions  

Moar cowbell?

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

or mor chikin?

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Acocadoz?

That’s bush league, bra!

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby

by CurtainCall on Oct 10, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

come on, joel

one rbi to manny is not a big deal

let’s get it back, offense

Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.

by prophetjohn on Oct 10, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions  

Make runs, not LOBs.

"Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it." - Whitey Herzog

by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Oct 10, 2009 6:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

cmon Luddy

show up skippy

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions  

95 on the black

damn

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:21 PM EDT reply actions  

ooooo that was close

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

idk

ump is scare of padilla?

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

C'mon 2008wick!

Return plz!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:21 PM EDT reply actions  

woooooooo!!!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 6:22 PM EDT reply actions  

SingleWick!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Startofarallywick!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Attababy LineDrivesWick

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 6:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Come on Pujols

See fastball, hit fastball

by 1brdon on Oct 10, 2009 6:23 PM EDT reply actions  

I hate TBS' off-center-camera

Where’s FSNMW’s cam?

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:23 PM EDT reply actions  

shit the bed

one down already?? how’s Pineiro looking?

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions  

rec'd

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

wooohooooo!!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions  

here we go!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions  

Albert!

WOO!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions  

excuse me

I don’t have the slightest idea what you are talking about

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by azruavatar on Oct 10, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Dumb and dumber

movie quote

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh

I’ve never seen that move.

I’m edgy today. Ready for a fight.

Future Redbirds - tracking Cardinal prospects for Cardinal Nation

by azruavatar on Oct 10, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

me too

i blame all the White Zombie & Hollywood Undead i’ve been listening to

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Come on Matty!

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions  

nice..

LETS FUCKING GO LEGO

by mattyp on Oct 10, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions  

Love the standing o for Lego

AVENGE THE GOBs!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions  

Come on Lego!

redeem thyself

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions  

Agreed

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

well that's nice

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions  

look at that

good for you, st louis

Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.

by prophetjohn on Oct 10, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions  

Holliday get's a nice hand

If we lose this series he owes us a home town pie disconnect.

by Evilfrog on Oct 10, 2009 6:25 PM EDT reply actions  

moar buntz?

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:25 PM EDT reply actions  

Dammit.

Oh well, it’s Raz time.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Pujols

just punched Belly in the belly

by Evilfrog on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions  

The real test of Cardinal fandom...

… will be if Franklin enters with a 4-2 lead in the 9th and gets his own standing ovation.

Free Colby

by Oregonian Redbird on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions  

god i know the handsome pitcher meme

but lord i cant lie, padilla is one ugly fucker

by FunkeeC on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions  

got beat w/ an ugly stick

somethin fierce

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

haha

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

GOBdammit.

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Colby Jack time

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions  

c'mon chucky....

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions  

start selling it Cody!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions  

i'm happy

with a fly ball

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

there are two outs

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

sorry

forgot the $20m man almost hit it to the pitcher

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by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

What are they chanting

Corky? Corey? Cody?

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:27 PM EDT reply actions  

go Coly Ramus!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 6:28 PM EDT reply actions  

My name is Inigo Montoya,

you killed my father, prepare to die.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

We know Brenley

Martin is the best catcher in the NL

by Harknights on Oct 10, 2009 6:28 PM EDT reply actions  

Full count

not sure whether i like it or not

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:29 PM EDT reply actions  

I might just pick up nail chewing right now

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 6:29 PM EDT reply actions  

nice

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

What was Skippy so pissed about?

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Oct 10, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions  

balk?

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

didn't look like a balk though

he just stepped off

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by azruavatar on Oct 10, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

It was a balk

before the step off, he started moving….stopped….then stepped off.

balk.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm nervous and it's still early

/in for a long night

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions  

smooooooth walk Cody

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions  

if pitch trax is right

i am freaking blind, or this camera angle is screwing with me.

by longhornscardinals on Oct 10, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

higher camera angle

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh yeah

go Yadda!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions  

had a bad dream

about him gettin’ whooped tonight

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

Good eye good eye

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by azruavatar on Oct 10, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions  

Bases loaded... Yadi up...

I’m not sure about this.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Have you guys started drinking yet?

"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang

by bmorgan on Oct 10, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Yadi Yadi Yadi!

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby

by CurtainCall on Oct 10, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions  

this post-season for colby has really been so impressive

another great at-bat – he swung at both pitches in the zone, and left all the ones that weren’t.

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by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Let's go Yadi!!!!

clap, clap, clapclapclap!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions  

yadp

need a hit or get your gb out of the way now

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by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Great AB, Colby

He has this reverse-logic when it comes to walking. He doesn’t like walking in front of Albert, because he’s supposed to see a lot of strikes, but he seems like he DOES walk when he bats elsewhere

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Oct 10, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Ahh poop

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby

by CurtainCall on Oct 10, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions  

UGH

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions  

well

I see a pattern here. load the bases in the first, and then do nothing

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions  

I wasn't gonna mention it, but now that you said it

I think our offense is done.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

goddamnit, yadi

Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.

by prophetjohn on Oct 10, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions  

COME ON!

Score with the bases loaded ONE TIME!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions  

3 more to add to the LOB tally

what’s the record for a 3 game series ;-)?

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by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Deja-vu

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions  

bases loaded

and no one scores.

My soul cries out GOB. Help us!

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by azruavatar on Oct 10, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions  

it ain't the gob

another one on holiday’s doorstep

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by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

GODDDDDDAMMMMNNNIT

ANOTHER 3 LOB? ARE YOU KIDDING ME OFFENSE!?!?!?

PULLS HAIR OUT

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions  

I swear to god I'm buying a lobster boat

and I’m just gonna dynamite the fuckers out of the water. I fucking hate LOBsters. Btw, Dero should have been batting there.

by mattyp on Oct 10, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions  

first part of that made me laugh.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

it wasn't a balk.

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by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah it was

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

he's the anti Albert

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

What I wouldn't give

to not have the sense of impending doom when he strolls to the plates… and inevitably down the first base line in those situations…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

In other news

Padilla loves that f’ing fastball doesn’t he? I think he’s thrown about 2 sliders and the rest have been heaters so far.

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:33 PM EDT reply actions  

if I could throw 95 on the black consistently

I would too.

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's the 2002 LCS, all over again.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 6:33 PM EDT reply actions  

I was at gm 1 and 2 of that series

horrible

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

I was at game 1

not fun at all. It is the one and only postseason game i’ve been to.

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

We need to keep getting runners on in front of Holliday

If we do, he will either be the hero of this game or the zero of the series….

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 6:34 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm having a hard time even getting mad at our offense.

I’m not someone who buys into clutch as a repeatable skill (often) and we keep getting guys on base. We’re doing everything right but things just aren’t quite happening at the right time.

very frustrating.

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by azruavatar on Oct 10, 2009 6:34 PM EDT reply actions  

yeah I think we've just been a bit unlucky, truly.

that Franklin blow-up shouldn’t even have mattered last night as we shoulda been 3 or 4 runs up…

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by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

I feel like the people in the Avis commercial

LOBster… LOBster…LOBster… LOBster

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:34 PM EDT reply actions  

yeah... it's gettin old

Yadi out… Yadi out… Yadi out…

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Definitely not regretting the decision

to stock up on more Franklins this afternoon.

"Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it." - Whitey Herzog

by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Oct 10, 2009 6:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

get that ball down Pineiro

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by azruavatar on Oct 10, 2009 6:35 PM EDT reply actions  

oh, he did...

58 footer

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

3rd game in a row Yadi's batted 6th.

Tony is a genius, he should not have been batting 6th since game 1, if ever

by buzzburton33 on Oct 10, 2009 6:36 PM EDT reply actions  

nexdef'd

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not fair.

He’s mobile commenting. Takes longer to navigate.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

haha

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

does HL always mobile comment?

or is he at the game?

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

He frequently comments via mobile.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

ahh

where have I been?

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

no he does not always mobile post

but he does more than anyone else i think

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

so we can get runners on in front of the pitcher

jeez…

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

so Ludwick can bat second.

which in itself isn’t bad, unless you count the fact that we don’t have anyone else close to being a #5 hitter

by Oedipa Maas on Oct 10, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

hooray for fascism

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:36 PM EDT reply actions  

I hate TBS

DON’T REMIND US!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:37 PM EDT reply actions  

strike one blue

jesus, don’t squeeze pineiro…

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:37 PM EDT reply actions  

Really TBS?

it’s been two days, and I just got off the ledge.

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:37 PM EDT reply actions  

+1

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well...

At least it wasn’t a doubleplay?

by Evilfrog on Oct 10, 2009 6:37 PM EDT reply actions  

yea

he can thank scrappy and holiday for that

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

ermm....

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by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

wow...

not even sure what to say

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Breaking ball outside Pineiro

is where its at against Belliard

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 6:37 PM EDT reply actions  

My playoff beard isn't working.

I’m going to shave in the next mid-inning. The five minute advertisement breaks will give me enough time.

by notmorganfreeman on Oct 10, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions  

don't do it!

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

i'm growing a playoff mustache

"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang

by bmorgan on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

it's weird

if i shave, cards usually win. if i don’t, they usually lose. almost like an anti-playoff beard

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

hmm

I’m torn…

I’ll keep my beard going. You can use your best discretion on yours.

Remember Samson. Just sayin’.

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

just shave a liitle then everyday

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

nice dero

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by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions  

nice one DeRo

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions  

reply fail

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

BOOG

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions  

even if we lose this series

i think its absolutely clear that colby rasmus is the real freakin deal. he’s hit lefties this series, he’s played relatively good d, taken good at bats. if he stops starving to death, he’ll easily be the 2nd most valuable position player next year on the team.

by tgreenfield on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions  

agreed

and i think boog is too

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by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

One day, hopefully

he’ll actually play every day too!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

Definitely the biggest positive so far in a disappointing series

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

boooooog

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions  

joel.

Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.

by prophetjohn on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions  

There's the groundballs

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions  

COME ON

SCORE. SCORE, DAMMIT, SCORE!

by riotmute on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions  

that was the good pineiro from pre-September

more of that please.

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by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Whooooo

now, can we please get some GD runs

by mattyp on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions  

What would be cool is if

TBS could show me highlights of game 2

The Astros clinching in game 6 in 2005.

Renteria grounding out to the pitcher in 2004

the Giants clinching in 2002

Rolen being hit by Cintron in 2001

Ankiel freaking out in 2000

reminding us of the 3-1 colapse of 1996, 1985 and 1968

oh and don’t forget the “call” in 1985

Could you get right on that?

by Harknights on Oct 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions  

a masochistic exorcise of all baseball demons?

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

No kidding.

Bastards.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sorry but Yadi has been a goat in this series

as much as Franklin and Holliday…he has killed key chances to break a game open.

Boy a frosty cold Budweiser would be great about now"…long pause…then an "aahhh". --Mike Shannon

by KYCards on Oct 10, 2009 6:40 PM EDT reply actions  

that is a sweet pic.

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Where's Aaron Heilman when you need him?

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

right where you want him.

North Chicago.

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

not anymore,

he’s at home doing the same thing we are

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

that’s why it’s so hard.

by GeorgeHendricksStirrups on Oct 10, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh, for the days when we had no expectations for him

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jo-El is settled in

I like it…..lets go O.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 6:41 PM EDT reply actions  

no angels in the playoffs....you know that

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well, other than the LA ones

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Oct 10, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sorry,

when people die they don’t become angels
/Bible College Student knowledge
;)

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

I feel like we just need one...just one

big hit in one of those clutch, 2-out, runners on situations to not only break open this game, but even the series.

by mattyp on Oct 10, 2009 6:41 PM EDT reply actions  

I agree

The team’s been on the verge of breaking out, it seems

by Oedipa Maas on Oct 10, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

DeRo, Boog, Pin

ugh.

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Nice strikeout DeRo

Sponsored by Slick-Rick 'Stache Cream

by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 6:43 PM EDT reply actions  

weak

pretty freakin hard to hit with one hand

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:43 PM EDT reply actions  

BOOG GOAT RETURNS!

Testicle-exploding shit storms, to date: T.E.S.S '08, T.E.S.S '09

by dan on Oct 10, 2009 6:43 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

ugggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions  

get mad, pin!

Positronic Upgraded Juggernaut Optimized for Logical Sabotage

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions  

Memo to the offense

IT’S VICENTE FRICKIN PADILLA!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions  

I don't know about the rest of you

But I’m f**king sick of Belliard in this series

by BCinVA on Oct 10, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions  

He is a pest.

But in 06, he was our pest.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

Making all the plays in the field

And that bottom of the 9th hit the other night. Gaaah, beaten by ex -Nats and castoff Rangers pitchers

by BCinVA on Oct 10, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

DON'T MAKE ME ANGRY

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

now

but earlier? looked like it was in out there (from my couch that is)

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

wow

how did we get that call? That was strike three.

by Evilfrog on Oct 10, 2009 6:45 PM EDT reply actions  

Do I put on my Future Redbirds "Walrus" shirt as some sort of reverse jinx?

yay or nay?

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 6:46 PM EDT reply actions  

NO

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

suppose that settles it

i’ll stick with the wear-no-red variety of anti-jinxing.

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Could've been

Thurston, T. Greene, Piniero

THAT would’ve been REALLY FEARSOME.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

On the plus side,

Manstew probability at 98%.

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

on a future plus side

my bac will be .12 while trying to read tolstoy

.12 = our ba risp

/sobs silently into the night

by tgreenfield on Oct 10, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

anyone try the new BlackJack taco from TB?

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:48 PM EDT reply actions  

i had a couple during game 1. pretty good….like the volcano.

by GeorgeHendricksStirrups on Oct 10, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

cool

i’m gonna have to try it
I’m a huge fan of the volcano

I now declare this OT thread finished
Your Welcome Y2S

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

lol

Instead of painting the wall… Just put a fat head on it.

by Evilfrog on Oct 10, 2009 6:48 PM EDT reply actions  

I hate furcal

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:50 PM EDT reply actions  

this

+

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

f'in raffy

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:50 PM EDT reply actions  

Like I said,

the GOBs hate us

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:50 PM EDT reply actions  

THAT'S A STRIKE

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions  

How the hell was that not a strike?

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Oct 10, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions  

I hate the umps with the fire of 1 billion suns

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

Who are we hearing on the mic right now?

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Oct 10, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

Who's mic is on?

lol

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby

by CurtainCall on Oct 10, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

same bleeping pitch!

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

SIT DOWN!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

Nice K!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

nice on, JP!

Positronic Upgraded Juggernaut Optimized for Logical Sabotage

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

sit down kemp.

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

whatever....ill take teh fascism.

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

There's that outside corner

was wondering where it had run off to

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

in other news

super variable K-zone. Ugh.

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

Yay crappy umps!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sometimes I think

if SBN had a “hide all comments arguing balls and strikes” feature, I could read an entire game thread without ever scrolling

by Andyfantastic on Oct 10, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions  

What a sad commentary on the awfulness of the umpires

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

erratic....zone

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions  

jesus

this umpire is awful. How the hell did he get a LCS?

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions  

best of the bad apples?

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

the answer is

there are worse

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

because it's a division series?

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby

by CurtainCall on Oct 10, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

Settle down Jo-El

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions  

most of the time

i disagree with ppl bitching about the strike zone, bc as an umpire, i resent the implication that ppl at home can really see a 90+mph pitch better than the guy behind the plate

but that was close

by tgreenfield on Oct 10, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions  

he'll be there in a sec

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

saw that coming

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions  

CRAP

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions  

C'mon GOBs! Give us a break!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions  

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

®

HE’S NEVER HAD ONE FUCKING HIT OFF YOU PINATA!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions  

Pinata has returned.

Sponsored by Slick-Rick 'Stache Cream

by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions  

sumbitch

Don't ping my cheese with your bandwidth.

by RosevilleRedbird on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions  

should've been strike 3 thrice over

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions  

Gah!

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby

by CurtainCall on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions  

Just give in Joel.

Jesus Christ. Just quit, you bunch of worthless nothings.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions  

come on lets be constructive

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, let's be constructive about that.

Get this piece of crap off the mound and off the team.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

uh

am i not a cardinals fan if i turn the game off now?

by dugmartsch on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions  

you are because the pain sucks

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

put in Smoltz already Tony!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions  

I didn't know Franky was on the mound.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions  

skip knows

Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.

by prophetjohn on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions  

Someone get Smoltz or Lohse up, ASAP.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions  

jesus christ

served up

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions  

6 if you count the Brewers series

This team is in a DEEP funk

Boy a frosty cold Budweiser would be great about now"…long pause…then an "aahhh". --Mike Shannon

by KYCards on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

our boys don't get elevated 89 mph fastballs though

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

no, because that second pitch would have been called a strike on us.

Piniero is to blame for letting it get to him, but that doesn’t change that the umpire had a disproportionate effect on this game.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

I refuse to believe our season is going to end like this.

I REFUSE

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions  

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

®

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions  

Wow

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions  

wheels

off

Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.

by prophetjohn on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions  

Okay

this team doesn’t want it. So you don’t get it.

by riotmute on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions  

Really?

That’s absurd.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

Absurd?

Okay. You’re right. They are ready to go

by riotmute on Oct 10, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Being ready and not wanting it are completely different.

Wanting something doesn’t guarantee the outcome.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Then...

the Cardinals need to start raping the playoffs. Right now, they’re taking no for an answer and that’s not acceptable.

by mynameistyler on Oct 10, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

Your terminology

is what’s unacceptable.

Learn some boundaries, please.

by siddfynch on Oct 10, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Okay?

My wording was incorrect. They are not ready. I don’t really care about the difference, they are likely done after tonight. I’m a fan – I’m upset

by riotmute on Oct 10, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wow.

This is just redunkulously awful.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions  

is this a joke?

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions  

GOBs

HATE
US

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions  

hahaha

wow we are now channeling 2006 Tigers

by FunkeeC on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions  

not a good time to be joking

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

its actually the best time for jokes

otherwise i would pull a boog in the corner of my room

by FunkeeC on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

I want to joke...

about driving my car over the dam into the river.

…I can’t swim.

by mynameistyler on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

they are just really attacking any pitch at the belt

pinata just has such a limited range for success
gotta be perfect

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions  

this is what it looks like when the wheels come off a bus

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions  

let's focus on something else

like the fact that dick stockton keeps saying “errah”

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions  

OK GOBS

you win. i give up

"Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it." - Whitey Herzog

by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Oct 10, 2009 6:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Joel, get out and give us the draft picks.

KTHXBYE.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions  

but this matters more

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think you mean

BIESS 09.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

as has this series

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

When the hell did we become the 06 Tigers?

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions  

pineiro Gold Glove?

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions  

what are we

the 06 tigers?

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions  

YEA

DeRo didn’t throw it into right field

by 1brdon on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions  

yes the ball is in the infield!!!

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions  

Bright side is...

That inning could have ended a lot worse than what it did.

by Pujols Is A God on Oct 10, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions  

I threw myself...

into an electrified barbed wire fence wearing nothing but a sheet of tinfoil around my groin.

THAT… was an overreaction.

by mynameistyler on Oct 10, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think Pineiro accomplished that already

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

the worst thing about it is

we’ve had the absolute minimum number of home games possible in the playoffs. So, pretty much no extra revenue, just a couple of million, max. I was really hoping the postseason would get us an extra $20m or so (apparently that’s about the average) to keep hold of holliday but now; embarassing sweep, quite possibly no Holliday, no extra $, and no Brett Wallace.

Yuck.

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 7:00 PM EDT reply actions  

At this point, I could care less if Matt Holliday ever plays another game for this team

I’m far more distraught about trading away Brett Wallace.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

not sure I buy that translating into salary

in 2007 our salary actually went down about 3 mil

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

i amy be a short term pessimist, but

i’m not too concerned about keeping holliday or rosy

just feel bad for the team having done so much better this year, but

we had the worst division winning record in the worst division
and that is how it is working out

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

He worked out of it...

I still have hope. Great moments require a hill to climb guys.

The beard is back!

by guayzimi on Oct 10, 2009 7:01 PM EDT reply actions  

it's only the 3rd inning, after all

"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang

by bmorgan on Oct 10, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

THAT IS NOT A STRIKE

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:01 PM EDT reply actions  

you'll be back

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

The TV is in the other room...

I’d rather have the radio and ability to bitch to my internet friends than to watch this ship go down in real time.

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm not gonna buy that phone

Chevy Chase, you washed-up pandering bald fuck. Yes…I’m taking my anger out on Chevy Chase now

by mattyp on Oct 10, 2009 7:01 PM EDT reply actions  

He's the only one

I recognized in that commercial….

by DiscoJer on Oct 10, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

this is absurd

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:01 PM EDT reply actions  

i think

the umpire obviously has a prior engagement he needs to get to.

by dugmartsch on Oct 10, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Dodgers fan

they probably all are

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wondered if that was gonna be referenced

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

incidentally

I believe this will now be 12 of the last 14 games we’ve lost. Good job Tony is so good at keeing the team on track and focussed on the basics at the crucial times, eh?

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions  

eh

he’s not that overrated

Positronic Upgraded Juggernaut Optimized for Logical Sabotage

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

He's not that good, either.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

To be fair

He has one of our 2 hits so far.

by Pujols Is A God on Oct 10, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

Pineiro's allowed 5 HR in last 14 innings... 7 HR in 1st 203 innings this year.

FU mean

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions  

mr. pujols, you're our only hope

Positronic Upgraded Juggernaut Optimized for Logical Sabotage

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions  

This just in

If your best hitter hits it’s better than when he doesn’t.

by Harknights on Oct 10, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Uh. What?

Testicle-exploding shit storms, to date: T.E.S.S '08, T.E.S.S '09

by dan on Oct 10, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

He's saying

that Pujols needs to hit for us to have a chance.

by Pujols Is A God on Oct 10, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

huh?

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

goold retweets stat from Fox Sports Midwest
RT @Fox_Sports_MW: Pineiro’s allowed 5 HR in last 14 innings… 7 HR in 1st 203 innings this year.

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:04 PM EDT reply actions  

jesus

mlb.tv has chosen a bad night to suck.

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 7:04 PM EDT reply actions  

bad 3 games

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

mlb.tv almost always sucks

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

works fine for me

i almost never have an issue

by FunkeeC on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

You can either have picture quality or real time... never both

At least in my experience…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

if you mean the nextdef HD stuff

the regular feeds are more than good enough quality for me when im reading a game thread

by FunkeeC on Oct 10, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

That's probably your computer or internet

Full bars is crystal clear….and a minute behind.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Oct 10, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah I don't like the minute behind thing...

Like I said I’ve always had to choose between video quality or real time coverage…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

dunno about you

but full bars and nextdef turned off is not behind for me

then again i do have fios internet too

by FunkeeC on Oct 10, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

bleh

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions  

it's his looks, i'm tellin ya

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

padilla was sweating in the first

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

never thought i'd say this, but

Padilla is a handsome man.

(Shutter)

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

corrected

anyone else notice the strangely pretty lips on vicente padilla?

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

That's not one of his strong suits...

The only strong suit he has is talking about the 01 WS championship team…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

keep makin him work Albert

pretzels pretzels pretzels pretzels

by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:07 PM EDT reply actions  

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

LOUD NOISES

pretzels pretzels pretzels pretzels

by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm coming back at 8

hopefully we have some runs by then.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

8 eastern

see ya in an hour

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

fix my mang plz

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Jesus Christ.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

poo

Don't ping my cheese with your bandwidth.

by RosevilleRedbird on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Willie Mays Pujols again.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Or Albert Mays Hayes, if you please.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Really offense?

Its fucking Vicente Padilla!#_e##

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

anyone remember when albert last hit a ball hard?

I think it’s about a month since the last HR now isn’t it? Has to be as bad a slump as he’s ever had, I imagine…

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

I believe it now is

his longest consecutive game streak without a home run

by mattyp on Oct 10, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

His first at bat today?

But what are you asking? “When did he hit a ball hard” or “when did he hit a homerun”?

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Seems like weeks since Albert

really squared one up. He must be hurtin somewhere

by BCinVA on Oct 10, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

his elbow, perhaps??

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

wow

this has been excruciating

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions  

wow

just, wow

"Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it." - Whitey Herzog

by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Oct 10, 2009 7:09 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Baseball really can be the cruelest game.

Follow a team for 162 games, and this is the effing reward you get.

I really hate sports sometimes.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions  

somebody had this as their sig...and its perfect

“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone.” A. Bartlett Giamatti

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

I keep waiting for the April or August Cardinals to make a return appearence...

it would be nice of them.

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's not like it is expected that we win the world series

but does it have to end like this?

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

At this point, I'm just ready to wash this team of TLR, McRae, Holliday, DeRosa, Pineiro

I just think we need a new direction.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

as long as we don't become the pirates

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

You do realize we won the division by double digits right???

All of that wasn’t luck.

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'd have much rather lost the division by 10 games and kept Brett Wallace

Than end up with this result.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

well then cheer for the A's

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yes, because caring about the long term success of your team and seeing the worst case scenario

For a trade you didn’t want to happen coming true means that you aren’t a fan.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

Going to the playoffs is the point, no?

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

No. Building a long term contender that consistently competes is the goal

And auctioning off your best talent for rentals to appease your manager is precisely how you don’t do it.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

We have a long term contender

unless I’ve missed something.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Except

we have a healthy Carpenter and Wainwright and Pujols. It was worth the gamble.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

We didn't auction...

we bartered… big difference

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think you're a Real Fan

and I don’t like anybody questioning anybody else’s commitment. But this is the hazard of making any trade to get a team into the playoffs—once there, a lot of it really is luck.

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wallace had no part on our ML team

getting holliday, with the chance of signing him is a decent trade in my view.

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

his narrative's as possible as yours

what else can be done but to pick our side from the evidence you have and hope it’s right (or wrong, as the case may be.)

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

No, it's not

People keep acting like Wallace plays 3rd base like he’s Andre the Giant. That’s just a crock meant to justify getting rid of him.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

no, it's not

it’s an opinion that had wide currency before the trade and will continue to hold it afterward.

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

I still to this day believe

the only reason the Walrus was drafted was to trade him at a later date. He never had a spot in this franchise. I’m not saying he was traded for the right guy necessarily, I’m just saying.

Also…I like Cody a lot.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well

Wallace’s being taken in the draft was a mild surprise..,and led to people even then saying it was a smart choice because they took the best talent, and could flip it for a need when that time came.

Trading Wallace is not really the issue to me…it’s whether you trade him for the right player(s).

by siddfynch on Oct 10, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

I realize this

but, I do believe it will make Holliday contemplate StL more than if he hadn’t been traded.

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Me too!!!!

Oh wait…..no I wouldn’t.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Alright I've sat on this long enough....

I admit I’m not a minor league guy so I may be a bit biased in this opinion. But can we please stop treating Brett Wallace like he’s insert deity of choice. Last I checked the man has done nothing in the major leagues… I understand he can be a great player, but can we all please wait for him to make a plate appearance in the major leagues before we act like we gave away Pujols and Carpenter for a box of used balls and a bean burrito?
/rant over

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

why?

162 good games, three bad ones. I’ll take my chances.

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

162 is just an odd number

200 sounds just about right!

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

And the Cub's fan says:

Follow a team for 16,362 games, and this is the reward you get

Testicle-exploding shit storms, to date: T.E.S.S '08, T.E.S.S '09

by dan on Oct 10, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

+1

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

those towel the people are waving aren't rally towels it's the white flag

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Win probability @ 19%

How early is too early to turn my cap inside out?

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:11 PM EDT reply actions  

3rd inning Game 1???

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wasn't the Dodgers' win probability

at 13% with 2 outs in the 9th inning?

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

4%.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh yeah

before the errah.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

This series makes me feel like the guy on the TBS commercial
“Is that my heart?”

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Ronnie F. Belliard.

Damnit.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:11 PM EDT reply actions  

boooooooooooooog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:11 PM EDT reply actions  

phase out the umps

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Impressive, DeRo!

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:13 PM EDT reply actions  

nice play by De Ro

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:14 PM EDT reply actions  

WHere are the laser pointers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Does it look like Albert has given up to anyone else?

Looks like he’s just kinda going through the motions.

You may run like Hayes, but you hit like shit.

by flipthebird on Oct 10, 2009 7:16 PM EDT reply actions  

I don't know

it looks more to me like he’s fielding throws in the dirt.

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

No.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

In fact, he always looks

locked in, effort-wise.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sigh.

Replace Albert with “most of the team”, and I’d agree with you.

But still, for anyone that watched their games in Sept, this is pretty much exactly how every game was, at least in the last 3 weeks.

Rather than magically flipping a switch and suddenly playing good (or hard) baseball again, they are still listless and flopping around like drunken fish out of water.

by DiscoJer on Oct 10, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thats a pretty good hack by Padilla

If the opposing AL pitcher is getting good hacks at your SP, you might wanna think about getting someone warm.

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 7:16 PM EDT reply actions  

i really hate furcal....he's always killed us....good player....

really really hate him

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Why do we even pitch to Furcal

that’s one of those times I really don’t give a shit about the IBB stats, just walk him

by mattyp on Oct 10, 2009 7:17 PM EDT reply actions  

rally cap on

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:17 PM EDT reply actions  

off!

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

Agony Made Worse

How come a frickin’ Cub announcer is doing the Cardinal Series. Has anyone in a position ofauthority at TBS ever listened to 9 innings of Brenly?

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Better than Eric Karros!

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

the Red Sox announcer

is doing the Sox/Angels series.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Seems fair

I actually feel sorry for him that he’s had to watch this two years in a row now.

"There is no tomorrow for you, and that makes you very dangerous people."--Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) The Replacements

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on Oct 10, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

check that

3 years in a row

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

I had meant

two with the Dodgers, but you’re right, three total.

"There is no tomorrow for you, and that makes you very dangerous people."--Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) The Replacements

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on Oct 10, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh

I was referencing two for the cubs and then this year.

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

lots of center cut fastballs

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 7:19 PM EDT reply actions  

i just want to see some of our batter let their bats "slip" and hit a few guys

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:19 PM EDT reply actions  

+1

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

If by guys, you mean umps...

I think it’s pretty clear the Dodgers are simply the better team. Or playing better baseball. Though to be fair, I think the Cardinals would be pressed to win a 5 game series against the Pirates…

by DiscoJer on Oct 10, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Birthday present

My wife almost flew me down from 2,000 miles away to see this as a gift.

Glad I talked her out of it. Jeez.

Of course, if they come back, I’ll wish I’d seen every pitch…

by siddfynch on Oct 10, 2009 7:20 PM EDT reply actions  

let the rick porcello talk start up again

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:21 PM EDT reply actions  

Alright offense

It’s now or never

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:21 PM EDT reply actions  

W E A K

pretzels pretzels pretzels pretzels

by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Colby's been so good

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Oct 10, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions  

colby!

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions  

DeRo

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Oct 10, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

clarify showing up

is it not making mistakes or playing well in spite of them?

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not helping the team win.

The fact that he’s been better than 6 of the other 7 in the everday doesn’t mean he’s shown up. It just means he’s been better than them.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

he's had a 1.222 OPS going into today

not his fault TLR has been inexplicably batting him behind Yadi.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

And his idiotic decision not to go home when Ethier was nailed

(not to mention throwing it in the outfield, but that had little other deleterious effect) helped largely change the momentum in that game and put us into an even deeper hole from which we couldn’t recover.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

One play.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

there was no play at home.

Regardless of how it looked on TV. he saved a run by stopping a double down the line, and should have put it in his pocket. Throwing it to second was a mistake, but he had no shot at home.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Everyone's a critic!

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

i missed that

and I was there. What did I miss?

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Let us witness the Future.

Chester Ramirez…. or… something like that.

You may run like Hayes, but you hit like shit.

by flipthebird on Oct 10, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions  

3rd double by corgy rabblesmus

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions  

manny flipping to second for the double play

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions  

part of brenly may be enjoying this, but

part of him knows this awful perfotmance is from a team 11 games better than the cubs

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions  

The question is...

how will Yadi hit into a double play with Rasmus on 2nd and first empty?

by DiscoJer on Oct 10, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions  

+1

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

THAT'S NOT A SWING ASSCAPTAIN

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions  

borderline

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Quite swinging at balls please

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions  

Quit*

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

all mark derosa does is......

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions  

hit homeruns against the astros

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Gotta PH here...

Lohse and Smoltz are on the roster for what?

The beard is back!

by guayzimi on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions  

whoa...

who hacked my account?

The beard is back!

by guayzimi on Oct 10, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

VICENTE FUCKING PADILLA

He’s fucking bad, treat him like he’s fucking bad.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions  

No More LOBsters!

"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang

by bmorgan on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions  

fuck

we can’t catch a break

"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang

by bmorgan on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

gobs hate us

Positronic Upgraded Juggernaut Optimized for Logical Sabotage

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions  

Oh. My. God.

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions  

*GOB

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

yep

he is throwing a complete game today

by FunkeeC on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions  

sonofabitch

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions  

I am just heartbroken

nothing else to say.

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions  

well....he hit that hard....

f’in babip

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions  

You're off the hook, Jo-el!

No sense in blaming the pitcher for giving up runs when our offense basically makes it irrelevant by not scoring any

by mattyp on Oct 10, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions  

because all the lobsters are fucking....right?

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

First of all......Subject Line.....

and that’s just, well, your opinion man.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

you need to see it

Positronic Upgraded Juggernaut Optimized for Logical Sabotage

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

that's what i hear

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

I knew you'd be the first to respond to that

heh.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

me neither and I have no explaination for it

our paths have just not crossed yet is all I can figure.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Go out and rent it now...

We’ll tell you what happened when you get back.

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

that seems about right

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions  

can we just bat albert and colby and try our luck with ghost runners?

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:27 PM EDT reply actions  

anybody know

what the STL BABIP is this series? They have lined into several outs.

by lawman3842 on Oct 10, 2009 7:27 PM EDT reply actions  

worst part's not the BABIP

it’s that prior to today’s game they were even hitting .300. the offense has been there, it’s just been staggered in such a way to produce as few runs as is possible. baseball has been known to suck like that.

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

My buddy figured out

there were a possible 30 of 54 LOBsters by both teams… Time for some Jager…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

I dont see any way we are going to score even one run

The Redbirds are of the highest priority to me... As it should be

by ANDYAK47 on Oct 10, 2009 7:27 PM EDT reply actions  

This Can't Come as a Surprise

The point when it was not meant to be was last Thursday night in LA boys.

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:27 PM EDT reply actions  

denise reyes into pitch

according to shannon

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions  

I hope they get to play another game,just so it will empahsize how smart it is to bat

Yadi 6th in the lineup. Because, if by some miracle, they do make it to a game 4, Id put up a gazillion internet dollars that Tony does it again

by buzzburton33 on Oct 10, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions  

two innings too late Tony

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions  

wooo the pineiro experiment is over!!!

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions  

*pinata

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

furEVAR

You may run like Hayes, but you hit like shit.

by flipthebird on Oct 10, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

WALK HIM

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:30 PM EDT reply actions  

They'll overpay for him

see Suppan, Jeff.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

in chicago

see zambrano, marquis, dempster, soriano, fukedome, bradely

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

And you know what....

that’s exactly where he’ll go. Hahaha.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

The Brewers like sloppy seconds...

It’s what douchebags do…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hi Braun!

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

I know it's not 8, but I guess I didn't miss anything

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:30 PM EDT reply actions  

Thanks for a great season Pineiro

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:30 PM EDT reply actions  

now we get that pitch

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:30 PM EDT reply actions  

Do we not have any righties in the pen?

Why the fuck is the Diner pitching to Manny?

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Guess that's why,

but just because it worked doesn’t make it right.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

ATTA BOY DINER

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions  

or K HIM

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions  

I was about to say something about

Reyes pitching to one of the best Right handed hitters in the last decade.

But SIT THE HELL DOWN MANNY.

by Evilfrog on Oct 10, 2009 7:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Joel sure had a great season. He was in form right up to his last few starts leading into the playoffs. Clutch!

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:32 PM EDT reply actions  

JoEl was no Jeff Weaver or Jeff Suppan

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

wouldn't be here without him.

Clutch.

ARod isn’t Clutch either I guesa?

by Evilfrog on Oct 10, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

We're still playing golf tomorrow.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yes, he earned his dough this year

He had a big number of games where the offense failed to show up, too

by BCinVA on Oct 10, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

MOAR RUNZ NOW

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:32 PM EDT reply actions  

1 - 2 - 3!

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:32 PM EDT reply actions  

porkchop

to the rescue
amazin

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 7:32 PM EDT reply actions  

AnK probably

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

tricky dick

man with a thousand ways to K

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

promise him a sandwhich in between innings

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

no Dick, it's not the quietest Busch has been all year

when Dick did a header into the wall was the quietest moran

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:33 PM EDT reply actions  

Pinch hit with Ankiel

That way we know he won’t start out with a 1 pitch out.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Oct 10, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions  

=(

i don’t it to be over

Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.

by prophetjohn on Oct 10, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions  

neither do I

It sucks that our star studded teams (04 & this year, for example) can’t get it done when it matters most.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Juan Encarnacion would be great right now

He hits best when we’re down like this

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions  

you mean Juan "eyepatch" encarnacion

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

too soon

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

I always preferred Juco...

For some reason I could never stand that guy.

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

too soon

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

and just bad taste in general.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Is that necessary?

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

not cool dude

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

pre-eye injury Encarnacion

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ank's line

Wild pitch, wild pitch, hit batter, wild pitch, hit batter…

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

i wonder if ank could still hit mid ninties

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

If he threw to Manny he'd hit the high 90s

thanks thanks I’ll be here all nite…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh i get it

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

ba dum ching

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

So let's see Joel will go to the Crew

DeRosa back to the Cubs

Ankiel to the Prates

by Harknights on Oct 10, 2009 7:35 PM EDT reply actions  

ok by me

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

THURSTY ON DECK!!!!

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:35 PM EDT reply actions  

omg this is supper thrilling

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yep, Tony's thrown in the towel

See you in 2010.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Where does Holliday end up…..in the American League so he will never have to play in St. Louis again?

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Boston

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

he can go there

bay to the river
and we save 5m.yr

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not in STL, that's all I can tell ya

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

This is no flags.

We need more flags because as we all know….

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions  

photoshop crew...

let’s get cracking on that…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Keep Telling Us How Great The Dodger Bullpen Is

“When Does Resignation Begin To Set In?

Really, Stockton.

Come to the VEB game thread, Dick . . .

I Believe.

I believe the worm will turn.

There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.
-- Yogi Berra

by MercuryThe on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions  

thursty shall save us

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Boog pulling a skippy!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions  

yep, this

S

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions  

12

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

sadly, we're at -4 right now

not sure 11 from here on out will get us there.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

Trying to explain that joke

to someone who’s never seen the movie is quite a challenge…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

I drastically overestimated my abilities...

much like our offense this series…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Fire McRae, LaRussa, Duncan and Don't Re-Sign Ankiel, Holliday and DeRosa.

I agree with not re-signing Ankiel.

There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.
-- Yogi Berra

by MercuryThe on Oct 10, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

+1 on all

except no tony may mean no extension for apu

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thurston?

That’s how you know it’s over

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Oct 10, 2009 7:37 PM EDT reply actions  

I make a motion for no more Juan jokes

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:37 PM EDT reply actions  

Thurston should be walking back to the dugout right now

That was strike three…

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 7:38 PM EDT reply actions  

I don’t know. It was pretty fun in August.

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Hey now it was fun in April too...

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

august was fueld by <500 temas as i recasll

the pull back in sept coincided with playing better teams
and continues today

across all that time though, our approach at the plate evens puts tlr’s craziness in second place
for frustrating things to watch

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'll want to take six months off

but I know I’ll be back the minute hot stove league starts

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

Same

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

it depends

are the threads still going to be giving dating advice? because if so, i may not take any time off

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

even more, I would imagine

the world will need f’in gdm now more than ever

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

i'll do my best dan

i’ll do my best

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

How the mighty have fallen...

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't remember seeing that...

please accept my deepest apologies.

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

ask la russa

the new year starts you back at zero.

but for the moment, having been entranced again, I hereby declare you “oh, yeah, that’s” gdm

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

I always seem to enjoy that a bit more than I really should...

Don’t have heart breaking losses in that league

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

Another pitcher in the

category of “hey, he sucks, we can’t hit him!”

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

hey!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Backwards K

Testicle-exploding shit storms, to date: T.E.S.S '08, T.E.S.S '09

by dan on Oct 10, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions  

GET TOSSED TONY!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions  

that would be awesome

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

never gonna happen though

it’s about time someone showed some excitement, be it positive or negative

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

Earn it...

throw a bat rack one by one on the field… batting helmets… just lose your shit. I’d pay to watch that.

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah

best thing he could have done was get himself tossed to motivate the team.

Of course, he didn’t do it.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

wow, Thurston was fucked

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Just our luck.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions  

we should start a collect in April pool now

what minor league uniform will Thurston be wearing next year?

by the Tewk on Oct 10, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions  

He'll be back on our big league roster

if Tony comes back

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Come on guys. The NBA is playing and College Hoops is just around the corner. Before you know it we will all be down in Fla once again.

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Trying to soften the blow with the NBA

Are you drunk or just really bad at this game :)

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

no kidding.

I felt worse after hearing the NBA was starting up again.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

wow

you’re boy thurston is going to get jacked if he keeps jawing at the ump

"There is no tomorrow for you, and that makes you very dangerous people."--Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) The Replacements

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on Oct 10, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions  

so

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah

no consequence at all there, really

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

You are boy?

Testicle-exploding shit storms, to date: T.E.S.S '08, T.E.S.S '09

by dan on Oct 10, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

just what we need

a cubbies lurker taking it all in

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not really

a lurker, i’m stuck in Afghanistan and need something to do.

"There is no tomorrow for you, and that makes you very dangerous people."--Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) The Replacements

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on Oct 10, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

i lol'd

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Welcome!

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

taking the moar pie approach, are we?

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

I just can't type

its almost 0430 here, I’m a little loopy.

"There is no tomorrow for you, and that makes you very dangerous people."--Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) The Replacements

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on Oct 10, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

sleep deprivation is one hell of a drug...

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

1908. That's all I'm gonna say

Plus, we MADE IT to the NLDS. Your Cubs didn’t.

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

You're right

They didn’t. Can’t argue with infallible logic there. But I would argue it would have been a better race if we had a GM that hadn’t made some dumbass moves in the off season—see DeRo—and a didn’t have a clubhouse cancer that couldn’t even hit his damn weight.

"There is no tomorrow for you, and that makes you very dangerous people."--Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) The Replacements

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on Oct 10, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

well, in all fairness, the cubs may win as many postseason games as the cards.

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Only right after we did the same the past two years...

Stupid karma coming back for making those jokes…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

i know, its terrible

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

If it makes you feel any better

and I would bet it doesn’t—I’m not taking any pleasure in this. I really would have like to have seen you guys take it out on these guys. I’m really not enjoying watching them take it to the NL central again. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone, even you guys :) I know the humor is probably ill timed, but at some point you just gotta laugh.

"There is no tomorrow for you, and that makes you very dangerous people."--Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) The Replacements

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on Oct 10, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

agreed

after franklin blew it the other day he just chuckled to himself. what else are you gonna do?

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

TLR should have gotten himself thrown out there.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions  

hold em pitchers....

we need a big inning

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions  

i'm gonna go

im gonna go take a few bong rips, settle in and read.

anyone want to join me?

by tgreenfield on Oct 10, 2009 7:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Wait.....

What are you reading?

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

thursty just tried top steal first

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:42 PM EDT reply actions  

*tried to steal first

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Considering that was strike 4 on Thurston...

And it was Joe Thurston (He has a baserunning award named after him). I’m not all that disappointed he struck out.

The problem was him being on the postseason roster in the first place (or at least pinch-hitting).

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by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 7:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Tony is giving them all a chance....

Speaking of chances.. Here comes Smoltz

I stood where no man goes...

by Desert_Rat on Oct 10, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’m close to pulling out the medical marijuana and listening to the Beatles remasters.
Nice season boys.

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions  

why is thurston considered good enough ti be on the roster but

craig or freese isn’t

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions  

Three words: Tony La Russa

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

We've been asking that question all year...

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

because

neither were on the roster before Aug 31st.

by Evilfrog on Oct 10, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

?

Freese was, or am I messing the rule up?

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

yes....

someone would have had to go on DL for Freese to play.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

has to be on the roster on Aug 31st

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

gice greene the "anxiety DL thingy" and put glaus back on Dl

bada bing bada boom

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

*give

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Painful

This is the worst scenario I can imagine. The game’s not out of hand enough for me to turn it off, but the team’s playing just poorly enough that I want to. Happy to have playoff baseball to watch…but can we at least try to be competitive!? Parying for a Pujols themed miracle…

Red Means Go.

by bigwilley18 on Oct 10, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions  

i know what you mean it's close enough that you HAVE TO WATCH US LOSE

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

Agreed

I have a good feeling about this - Ben Crenshaw, in a press conference on the night of Sept. 25, 1999. The American Ryder Cup team was down 4 points and came back and won the following day. It was, and still is, the largest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

Let's get it together boys, and let's shock the world!

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

If Smoltzy came in after that dropped third out

We’d be talking about who we though was going to start Game 4

by CarpIsMyManCrush on Oct 10, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

well…he had a good April!

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:45 PM EDT reply actions  

Have another Bud Big Willey.

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:46 PM EDT reply actions  

everything is going wrong

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 7:46 PM EDT reply actions  

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:46 PM EDT reply actions  

This is just awful

I’m mad enough to start breaking stuff.

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Way ahead of you

I needed a new Charter remote anyway

by CarpIsMyManCrush on Oct 10, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

aw Boog ;(

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Well, I'm gonna take a break for 20 minutes

When I come back, we’d better be winning!

Testicle-exploding shit storms, to date: T.E.S.S '08, T.E.S.S '09

by dan on Oct 10, 2009 7:47 PM EDT reply actions  

Maybe if all of Cardinals Nation just closed their eyes for a minute....

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby

by CurtainCall on Oct 10, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

breaks just aren't going our way.....

in the hands of the gobs our fates have rested. a small animal sacrifice is probably in due order this off season.

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:47 PM EDT reply actions  

I've got a bucket of chicken

will that work?

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby

by CurtainCall on Oct 10, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

sacrifice thompson

He kicks puppys

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

or sacrifice a puppy?

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

wow

almost had him standing up

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:47 PM EDT reply actions  

Guys….you need to learn how to manage expectations. Did anyone here watch the two previous games of the series?

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:47 PM EDT reply actions  

???

It’s baseball. You can dominate a team for a few games and get your butts kick the next few games.

by Evilfrog on Oct 10, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Anyone here remember Game 6 in ‘85? Some losses you just don’t recover from. Game 2 in LA was just such a loss.

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

And you call yourself a fan...

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

Saw Stan the Man at Sportsman’s Park…….what do you think Duct Tape Boy?

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wasn't talking about you...

I was 2 for that game and I still know it was Game 6. Possibly cause it helped me come up with my half baked theory that you don’t recover from heart breaking Game 6 losses in the 80s… 85 series 86 series…yeah that’s really all I have…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

was that before he played at

Busch Stadium II?

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jack Clark

dropping that foul pop.

Then the team showed up like a bunch of ghosts the next day.

by siddfynch on Oct 10, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

I choose to remember August

and August alone… good day to you sir.

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yes

And I definitely didn’t have much confidence coming into this game… but I still had HOPE. Fast fading hope…

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby

by CurtainCall on Oct 10, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

I told my LA biassed staff here in California Thursday Morning..

that the Cards were going to go 3 and out…
The way they have been playing just has been awful…
It’s going that way now…

I stood where no man goes...

by Desert_Rat on Oct 10, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

I told that to my Dodger "fan" friend I forced into a bet on this series...

I guess I should get cracking on buying that nice bottle of booze.

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

or september?

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions  

smoltz should've closed

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well, mlb isn't working and it seems we suck from september onwards

maybe it’s time for bed. Good season guys, just maybe forget the last 3 or 4 weeks of it…

Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008

by Felonius_Monk on Oct 10, 2009 7:51 PM EDT reply actions  

K the shit out of Padilla

And the middle of the order is up. Let’s fucking go.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Oct 10, 2009 7:51 PM EDT reply actions  

That power-going-out story made no sense

Why didn’t he just hit play when the power came back on?

by mesquite_pete on Oct 10, 2009 7:51 PM EDT reply actions  

It was on TV

ESPN Classic or MLB Network or some such

by Nate811 on Oct 10, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Smoltz is going to try to steal everyone's luggage

just to rile them up.

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:52 PM EDT reply actions  

I want laser pointers for each cardinals fan in the stands

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:52 PM EDT reply actions  

yeah but who won that game?

exactly!!

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

of course they are but i STILL want to win at any cost

that’s what MO taught me when he traded wallace

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Trading Wallace was not win at any cost!!!!!

It was make a run and try to lock up a guy they have wanted for years…JT & YP piss me off more than Walrus.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

don't forget mortenson

those three (+JT and YP) are three players who have actually played in the MLs now

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yes.....before we knew what we knew though,

I thought the Khalil experiment would be worth it. I was wrong.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

if only we signed abreu at the same cost minus gregerson

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Why....you thibk if

the fans were being total douches, this would be better?

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

btw, anyone else think Albert is going to come forward with a hiden injury within the next few days?

Is this the offseason he finally gets surgery?

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:52 PM EDT reply actions  

wasn't that last off season?

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

4 franklins...

i mean ANOTHER surgery.

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ah

I understand, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he does come forward with an injury

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

Glaus did it

and we went through the worst 3B tandem ever until we got DeRo

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

Going to go drink gin in the shower

it’s been real, guys (and gals). Thanks to Chuck, Dan, and RB (really looking forward to some kind of season wrap-up from RB, his trademark wistful melancholy seems like the proper tone for this exercise).

by mattyp on Oct 10, 2009 7:53 PM EDT reply actions  

sorta like this?

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

SMOLTZY!!!!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 7:53 PM EDT reply actions  

smoltz says "fuck this shit"

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions  

3 Ks in a row

Best hitters up against VICENTE PADILLA. This game is not over.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Oct 10, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions  

ok boys

save us from total embarassment

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions  

alright, I'm shaving too

obviously the failure to hit with runners in scoring position can be lain squarely at my scraggly beard

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm right with you

My playoff stache has not had the desired results.

by 1brdon on Oct 10, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Mine either.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

what exactly were the desired results

for your stache, spants?

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

To not have one.

Or to have the best one ever.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

if you're gonna go

GO BIG!!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Note to self

I don’t want to live… I love that movie

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

In 2005 I started shaving in the 9th, right before Eckstein led off

I had half a beard when Albert destroyed Lidge.

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well. You know what to do.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

If we dont cut the lead here

I am going to shave

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

im approaching a "shadow"

which is better than i could do just a couple of months ago

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

/moral victory

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

Get some HGH in the meantime or something?

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

ehh still a sprite 20......the dream of a real beard is still alive yet

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

When you can start growing a passable beard it's a great feeling...

Let me know when that happens, I’ll send you out a windbreaker.

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'll join the club

if we don’t get a run here. I said before, I shave – Cards usually win. I don’t – Cards usually lose.

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hate to be a downer.

But my shaving in the second inning didn’t help much.

by notmorganfreeman on Oct 10, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

Gotta leave some hair to go to when things really start going poorly...

As long as you learned a lesson I guess it’s ok…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

I blame myself for that last inning

I’m a slow shaver, and a playoff soul patch was still hanging on when Pujols came up to bat. Now it’s time to win this.

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

I just got done

But still haven’t missed much.

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

20 20

but I so wish John Smoltz had started

The Redbirds are of the highest priority to me... As it should be

by ANDYAK47 on Oct 10, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions  

This is the season right here

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 7:55 PM EDT reply actions  

Since this series is all about moral victories...

Colby is awesome.
Smoltz still rocks.
Thurston has a story to tell his grandkids someday “(I played!”).
Wainer is still nails.

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 7:56 PM EDT reply actions  

+ carpenter is human

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Franklin never was good.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

franky, like welly,

never really was good
but they had a couple moments worth several million bucks

"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

by sportsman on Oct 10, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

and an extension

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

The worst thing is that Tony and Mo should know this

But their inability to evaluate players objectively is hamstringing us.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

I said moral victories

not painful regression to the mean…

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

so he sucks?

I’ve been saying that all year!

by Evilfrog on Oct 10, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

this umpire is gob-awful

"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang

by bmorgan on Oct 10, 2009 7:57 PM EDT reply actions  

LCS freudian slip count for this thread

II

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

GOB is gods of baseball.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

i was referring to the gods of baseball

"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang

by bmorgan on Oct 10, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

no, gods of baseball.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

anybody know our babip this series?

How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor

by themanthemyth on Oct 10, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Seattle?

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Evidently you can even use HIS name in vain.

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

NO RELIGION!

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

Or at least offend all religions equally...

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

People in Viet-Nam

don’t ever go to church
/Forrest Gump voice

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

LAY OFF THE INSIDE FASTBALL

all game they have flailed at it

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions  

WHAT THE FUCK

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 8:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Unreal

What a horrible call

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 8:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Ballgame

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Good god.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions  

what a bunch of bs

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Look at that Prick Ump.....

smiling at the dugout…….bad thoughts….bad thoughts.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions  

I'd say we send AnK at him with a bat...

but he’d swing wildly and miss three times then have to turn around and go back to the dugout… we don’t need more embarrassment

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Matt Holliday, get out of my life

Have fun patrolling left in Fenway.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions  

-1000 frowny face :(

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

Honestly dude...

Did Lego murder a family member or something? You are way too hard on this guy. This is coming from the guy who declared AnK dead to me in May…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

that said

I really don’t want to spend a bunch of $ on the guy

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

+INFINITY

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm not saying we should give him a key to the bank vault either.

But Slurve has been killing this guy like it’s his job. Seems a bit excessive to me

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

So he didn't tense up after a bad play...

isn’t that something we like to see in athletes? The ability to let bad things go?

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

So if he'd have shed a tear after that,

you’d feel better? What the hell was the guy supposed to do?

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jebus, dude.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

He murdered our postseason

That’s enough for me.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

He's out-performed Pujols

should we let get rid of him too?

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

DFA him!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

No, he hasn't.

No metric can properly measure how devastating his dumbassery on Thursday was.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Depends

Was there criminal negligence? Would a reasonable man drop that fly ball? I think not. So yes. We the jury find Holiday guilty of involuntary manslaughter. 3 years in Sing Sing.

by Mulliganstew on Oct 10, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

ok.. i'm watching florida-lsu now

that was just unbelievably bad

"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang

by bmorgan on Oct 10, 2009 8:03 PM EDT reply actions  

I tried that this morning.

Pineiro gave up 7 runs, but Molina hit a grand slam in the 6th to put the Cards ahead 8-7 and Motte got the save.

by Mulliganstew on Oct 10, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

how's Tebow's head?

is he even playing?

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah, he's starting

"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang

by bmorgan on Oct 10, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

Terrible call on Pujols

and I’m sorry. But Holliday is just straight up flailing right now. Really overcompensating and it is not paying off.

Sponsored by Slick-Rick 'Stache Cream

by The_teague on Oct 10, 2009 8:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Just like last year

The Cubs were better than they ended up showing. I hate this—seems like a replay.

"There is no tomorrow for you, and that makes you very dangerous people."--Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) The Replacements

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

This hurts enough as it is

But when the players aren’t able to decide the game on their own and it comes down to the constancy of an ump, it’s almost unbearable.

by 1brdon on Oct 10, 2009 8:04 PM EDT reply actions  

if that call is not evidence that the umps don't want us to win,

i don’t know what is

"Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it." - Whitey Herzog

by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Oct 10, 2009 8:04 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

i don't think it's a conspiracy

but that was a terrible call. this zone has been different every inning.

"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang

by bmorgan on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

and, somehow

always against us.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

maybe moreso against us

but that last called strike 2 on manny was awful. the dodgers haven’t gotten a good zone, either.

"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang

by bmorgan on Oct 10, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

i have no words

(except to say that i have no words but that’s it.)

by bdoubleb on Oct 10, 2009 8:04 PM EDT reply actions  

Umps are getting worse

That is the most terrible call all series on a ball/strike. 6 inches off the plate against the best hitter in baseball. That should never be called

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:04 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm of the opinion that

it should matter against the best hitter in baseball. That’s baseball, IMO

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

"as long as there are human umps, and no punishment for mistakes"

fixed.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Where's azru when you need him?

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm glad I'm listening to this on the radio feed now

much easier to laugh at stuff like that than if I were sulking alone in front of the TV. You know what… you’re alright gdm…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

not that there's anything wrong with that

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bring on the Robot umps.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

To each his own, I'll guess.

If I want to a watch a sport where the rules change based on the indentity of the player involved, I’d lock up all the knives in the house and turn on the NBA.

The NBA. Ugh.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 11, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah, much better that they always get it right, for everyone

how ironic that it is the umpire’s union that is standing in the way of “getting all the calls right”.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 11, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

and low.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

They're not paid for that!

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

I still want one. :)

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

i'll want one tomorrow again

everything is just ruined right now

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm making brownies later...

I’ll send you some!

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

I just bought a book

and not a book I’ll have to think about, either. I plan on doing an in-store pickup in an hour.

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

keep in mind

this is only because I don’t know how to make brownies.

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

that's what momups are for!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's not that hard, and it can be fun experience

you should give it a whirl

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

I bought a book today, too.

Cracking it while the brownies are in the oven.

linky

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

you hypertxted!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

I usually do!

Just the occasional short link and, of course, the Mr. F link.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

just bustin' your chops spants!

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

Special brownies...

Cause that would make this game way better without all that annoying pouring of drinks…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

you are, the best

THE BEST

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Because in the game world

Albert Pujols crushes fastballs down the middle

by CarpIsMyManCrush on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Roll call of the clean shaven?

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions  

here

"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."

by Smokin Turkeys on Oct 10, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

There's a way

Yes, worst called playoff game in terms of balls and strikes that I can remember.

That said, the cardinals need to quit worrying about it, put their heads down, and leave it on the field the rest of the game.

You never know what can happen in that situation.

by mwrg on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Poop

Just poop…that’s the only non-expletive I can get out right now. Still hoping for a miracle.

Red Means Go.

by bigwilley18 on Oct 10, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions  

I hate when the Cardinals look like they don't belong here

At least look like you are a real team! You had to win a few games to get here. Can you at least score a run. Is Smoltz the only one who can handle the pressure?

by spfldbird on Oct 10, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions  

+1 for honesty

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Attention Sabermetricians….what is the probability of A Redbird Win Now?

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions  

7%.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

http://www.fangraphs.com/

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

john smoltz is a bad ass

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions  

FIVE STRAIGHT K'S!!!!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Don't fight it

The importance of binge drinking cannot be understated.

"There is no tomorrow for you, and that makes you very dangerous people."--Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) The Replacements

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on Oct 10, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

KKKKK

IF there is a silver lining

I stood where no man goes...

by Desert_Rat on Oct 10, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions  

5 in a row pinata is killing us

 with smoltz we don’t even need fielders just our battery

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 8:09 PM EDT reply actions  

K x 5!

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 8:09 PM EDT reply actions  

Can get a do-over and start with Smoltz?

I think there was a car coming.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 10, 2009 8:09 PM EDT reply actions  

Who would you rather have closing Game 2? Frankie….or Smoltzy?

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 8:09 PM EDT reply actions  

Should have been Smoltz

20/20 hindsight does not help

I stood where no man goes...

by Desert_Rat on Oct 10, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Allow me to rephrase…..who would you like closing Game 2? Frankie….who blew what….his last three chances…or Smoltzy…a future HOF

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Smoltz, but because of what he's been doing for us,

not what he’s been doing his whole career.

What have you done for me lately?

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh Cody!

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 8:10 PM EDT reply actions  

nice little jump there, razzums

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 8:10 PM EDT reply actions  

current color commenter Bob Brenly is going to manage the Nats

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 8:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Good luck with that

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. - Dave Barry

by Barkman on Oct 10, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

perhaps shaving just offends the GOBs more

because it suggests you think you can alter their will, which they don’t like

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions  

oh the Sovereignty of GOB

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

fried in BASTARDS, topped with BASTARDS, and eaten/worshipped by BASTARDS

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bastards.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Second guessing for LaRussa tomorrow?

To not have had Smoltz in on a high-leverage situation earlier in this series?

I’m not too perturbed about the decision to start Pineiro today…but Smoltz is sure showing he should have been brought in as and rally-killer early in this series.

by siddfynch on Oct 10, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions  

was the second hop really neccessary

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions  

2 out hits...........

My God.

Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.

by Power Slurve on Oct 10, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions  

Time for some NHL10

FSN Midwest isn’t even showing the Blues game in Columbia due to the conflicting Texas Tech football game.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Oct 10, 2009 8:13 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm done.

This series was just pathetic. Our pitching wasn’t great, our offense was as horrible as it could be. We played like crap in September and didn’t do ourselves any favors getting swept in the last series of the regular season. This was just an awful ending to what was supposed to be a great one.

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 8:13 PM EDT reply actions  

Or Trever Miller.

Or Blake Hawksworth.

Or Dennys Reyes.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

John Smoltz

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Don't sell yourself short

you’ve done things wrong in both games.

by Harknights on Oct 10, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions  

slams head into wall

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 10, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions  

I feel like a Cubs fan when I say this, but...

“It’s not over till we’re mathematically eliminated!!!”

Testicle-exploding shit storms, to date: T.E.S.S '08, T.E.S.S '09

by dan on Oct 10, 2009 8:15 PM EDT reply actions  

-1

You forgot to say anything about the loss column…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

No

Wait till next year…and the next, and the next…etc. Mathematical elimination is for the Royals, Pirates and Nats.

"There is no tomorrow for you, and that makes you very dangerous people."--Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) The Replacements

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on Oct 10, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

woo you gotta believe!!!

And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.

by CodyG on Oct 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

Kinda feels like ‘04 doesn’t it guys?

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 8:15 PM EDT reply actions  

yeah, had higher expectations in '04

and was a little dumber then…

OTOH, hadn’t had 2006 yet. I want that again, dammit.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

2006 has inured me for this one

The pujols era has at least one crowning moment.

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not as bad.

Not nearly as bad.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

that was quite possible the worst week of my life

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think getting swept is more defeating.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

correct

"...football games always make me thankful for two things:
1. Teams that pass the ball downfield.
2. Baseball games. "
--DanUpBaby

by albrtfn on Oct 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

i was there, and 2004 was worse.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Who was gonna beat us that year......

104 wins….who can beat us……
oh.

Boston.

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Robot baseball players wouldn't have stopped that Boston team

Not even Jimmy Fallon could stop that team…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sorry Guys. There is no comparison to ’85 in Cardinal History!

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

i wasn't there in '68

but wasn’t that worse? Being up 3-1, then having Gibby get beat in game 7 after that incredible game 1?

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

2004 was a lot, lot worse

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah

Very much like it. Good team who just can’t do anything right.

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not quite as bad

This feels more like a dagger in the heart rather than a long sword.

by 1brdon on Oct 10, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hmmmm….I fail to see much of a distinction. It still hurts like a bitch!

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

both just kinda went by in a haze with no expectation of good things after the first game

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

yes it does

we didn’t have the great expectations this year. but it’s hard getting swept nonetheless.

by spfldbird on Oct 10, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Smoltz has given up 3 hits and a run......

anyone want to jump on the let’s make a goat out of him like we have everyone else train?

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:15 PM EDT reply actions  

I did misspell it.....

me of all people…Smotzl

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

is that what would happen

if Schumaker and Smoltz had a Kid?

by Evilfrog on Oct 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

KABLOOEY

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by gdm426 on Oct 10, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

4-0, 5-0, what's the difference?

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Drinking....

And listening to The Moody Blues. What’s everyone else doing instead of watching the game?

by CarpIsMyManCrush on Oct 10, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Listening to the game...

I feel like I’m chipping heroin…

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

Watching the game....cause after 162....

I’m not ready to give up the cards for the year yet…

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Will soon be hitting the pipe. Remastered Beatles For Sale already in the tray!

by Vinegar Bend on Oct 10, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Scoring 5 in 3 innings...

isn’t out of the question…

I like our chances against Broxton.

The beard is back!

by guayzimi on Oct 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions  

quick poll

Shave my beard now?

.yes
.no

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 8:19 PM EDT reply actions  

is it a full beard?

if so, initiate emergency mustache mode.

by DanUpBaby on Oct 10, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

really only had time to grow playoff stubble

but it is beard-like.

a ’stache seems like a good compromise.

defy, cards, defy. hey logic --- you suck.

by effin fisk on Oct 10, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

My vote is mainlining whiskey...

"The Cards lead this game tied 1-1." -Mike Shannon

by ducttape16 on Oct 10, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

or jolt cola

or jolt cola and whiskey

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

YES.....

you’re the beard guy….shave it and shave it quick

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Depends on the length

If it’s epic, the GOB might appreciate it as a sacrifice, if not they might let the Dodgers score double digits. Maybe you should shave GOB into the beard to please them.

by CarpIsMyManCrush on Oct 10, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

screw your beard

shave your dog. That might impress the GOB just enough to give us a chance.

it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie

by SleepyCA on Oct 10, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

whaddya mean?

Aren’t we up, 5-0? Go Cards!

by siddfynch on Oct 10, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hey, peach. Sure does.

"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter

by spants on Oct 10, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

LIKE A HILTON SISTER

….i’ll be here all night

I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.

"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG

by slu on Oct 10, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

This has been a terrible series

and getting beat like this at home is nothing good, either.

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

Have you found a way

for us to blame this game on you yet?

"Obviously, tipping pitches didn't help" - John Smotzl
"If you disrespect the Baseball Gods, you'll get slapped." - TLR Passan

by RiverRat on Oct 10, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

No

but I haven’t done anything to jinx yet. Just that f’in screwup before Holliday’s miss.

by zoomzoomj88 on Oct 10, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions