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hey guys,
wainer is throwing tomorrow
at least this isn’t football
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
only if
Kershaw keeps his pitches under 60 MPH
by madeintaiwan on Oct 8, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Pujols is still in the offing
with 4 batters to get on before him.
by Hardcore Legend on Oct 8, 2009 12:45 AM EDT reply actions
damn
i called the skip to cf, lugo to 2b move
just didn’t see tony not saving ank for a clutch pinch hit
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
rule of thumb
is pitch up ank in clutch situations after 7th inning? right?
by madeintaiwan on Oct 8, 2009 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
why downgrade
at one position, when you can downgrade at two?!
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
i'm not giving up on this game yet, but...
for LA to win this series they still have to beat one of Carp or Wainwright twice, and I don’t see that happening.
I don’t like Clayton Kershaw in a playoff game against Wainwright.
The good guys still have Albert Pujols, and three in a row coming up at Busch.
1 game does not a series make.
2 in a row at Busch
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Oct 8, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
like i said...
2 in a row in Busch.
Sorry about that. The lesson, as always: I’m an idiot.
thats ok
I already basically admitted tonight that I had no clue about women and sex before I was married
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Oct 8, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Kershaw is freaking awesome
especially against the Cards weak ass O
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How good do we feel
taking this series 1-1 to St. Louis? Especially when we have no clear 4th game starter and Pineiro has recently been Pinata?
I want the Walrus back...
Not good
I thought if we wanted to win this series, we had to win the first two
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
by jd is legend on Oct 8, 2009 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions
i have an anti-boner for this game
no amnt of levitra can help
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Proud Contributor to the Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever 9/10-9/11/09
What do the GOB demand as a sacrifice for Pujols to "Lidge" Broxton?
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Oct 8, 2009 12:46 AM EDT reply actions
There is no problem with management in this game...
There has been absolutely no execution by hitters in this game. Everyone has to contribute to win in the playoffs.
Go Cards!
GolfHog44
Colby was good against lefties tonight.
You don’t think it was a mistake to pull him? And we’ll see if the defense agrees with you.
"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter
it was at least a mistake to pull him for glaus.
would have rather seen lugo there, especially since he came in the game anyway.
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
I just don't think Colby should be PH for. Ever.
Especially on a night when he’s seeing the ball well and got a hit off a lefty.
"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter
So Lugo, Skip and Brendan
are on the mission to set up Pujols’ grand slam so Joe Torre can’t pussy out and pitch around him this time?
by Hardcore Legend on Oct 8, 2009 12:46 AM EDT reply actions
Finally decided to get HD
They are not coming until saturday.
I really hope I am going to get more than one Cards playoff game in HD this year.
I know I know, I should already had it, but I am a poor college kid.
"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."
Ha. So am I.
But I made the switch a little over a month. Definitely worth it. Trust me. It’s one of those purchases that you definitely feel good about afterwards. And aren’t skeptical about it at all.
by Pujols Is A God on Oct 8, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
can you ask them to flip the switch for the cardinals too?
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Oct 8, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Sure.
I’d be willing to sell my soul to them for it. Shall I have them send the bill to you though?
by Pujols Is A God on Oct 8, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Nah
Dewitt has some money coming off the books next year… he can afford it
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Oct 8, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions
i'm a poorer old fart who should go to collage & i don't have it either
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And his puss ass swings
"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 8, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
DeRo needs to back up or Lego needs to come way in & put a stop to that shit
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You know... If i was playing this game on my xbox...
I would have thrown at Furcal’s head a long long time ago
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Oct 8, 2009 12:48 AM EDT reply actions
I'm just amazed that baseball penalizes Furcal
and makes him have to get 2 hits to make it count as one.
That must be it, because otherwise I would have heard of the first .600 hitter in baseball history.
by Hardcore Legend on Oct 8, 2009 12:48 AM EDT reply actions
same here
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Oct 8, 2009 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
He means Furcal constantly hits us...
So he must have to get 2 hits to count as one, otherwise he would hit like .600.
V, b.
he hits like .600 against the Cards
f’i furcal
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
The lead line
is this 1999?
"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."
Pre-emptive
THOU SHALT NOT RUN ON YADI !!!
by Hardcore Legend on Oct 8, 2009 12:49 AM EDT reply actions
Wasn't that Matt Kemp hr last year?
No? seems like 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."
hey!!!! It could be AL!!!!!
be happy
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Oct 8, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
you owe dick stockton an apology
seriously
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Oct 8, 2009 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Sit down Kemp
see what happens when you don’t guess first pitch fastball?
by Hardcore Legend on Oct 8, 2009 12:52 AM EDT reply actions
that was nasty
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
How about a little 99.99 action?
For the kids….
by Hardcore Legend on Oct 8, 2009 12:52 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
You know it is a frustrating game
when NO ONE in your pitching staff is able to get a single 1-2-3 inning… Especially, when the ace started…
I want the Walrus back...
whew it was only a dream
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
wake up, wake up!!!!!
:*(
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
umpire just guessing now
carp’s struggles must’ve thrown him off
anyone else feel that this preformance by the Cards
is very Cubs-esque? It makes me sick to think it, but I did
difference is the Cubs lost the opening two games AT HOME...
We’ll see what happens when we get back to Busch.
Go Cards!
GolfHog44
jinxed us much?
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
just give me his name and I'll take care of it
maniacal laugh
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
if we could win the 2006 NLCS... this series is far from over
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Oct 8, 2009 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not saying it's over, and I'm not giving up on the series
I’m just talking about how ugly this game is.
non- yankee game thus far
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
Not your fault Hawk...
You can’t be at fault the ump’s failings. You threw two strikeouts in that at-bat.
Sincerely,
Everyone who knows anything about baseball.
hahaha, tbs
you guys are such fail
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
I feel like posting facepalms every 5 seconds during this game.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
you mess with the hawk
you get the talons
by redbirds34 on Oct 8, 2009 12:57 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
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"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
by jd is legend on Oct 8, 2009 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah Albert got his heal clipped there
/nervous
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Oct 8, 2009 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Is that our first DP of the night?
"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."
I still have the feeling the go-ahead run will be up to bat at some point
by Harknights on Oct 8, 2009 12:58 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Pujols is due up fourth this inning...
"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 8, 2009 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
wow now our double play game is back.
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
Andre Broward seems way too qualified
to be in this tv show.
by Hardcore Legend on Oct 8, 2009 12:58 AM EDT reply actions
Lugo...
really is an adventure isn’t he…
I’d say he’s an early favorite for most hated Cardinal 2010. Franklin is also right there.
The beard is back!
after that extension
franklin is already the #1 target. lugo is free! shitty, but free!
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Proud Contributor to the Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever 9/10-9/11/09
Rick Ankiel
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Oct 8, 2009 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
if he somehow
gets resigned, my feelings towards dick will transcend hate
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Proud Contributor to the Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever 9/10-9/11/09
nah
thurston when he signs a 3-year, $9 million dollar deal
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
tis a bannable comment me thinks
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
at least he can hit
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
Remember back in August
When we were always coming back in the late innings to win?
Lets do that again.
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
Remember almost every Carpenter start as a Cardinal...
When he was the opposite of suck?
I wish he would have done that.
V, b.
I have Schlafly's Hefe in the fridge
all waiting for a victory celebration…
Might as well admit me to the crazy house after this game
Our are hitters even paying attention to the fucking game?
Not afraid to nitpick
i think i would rather be blown out then watch nerviously
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
My favorite commercial during the 2006 playoffs...
The Dodge Nitro commercial where the car exploded into the sky…saw it probably 200 times.
Go Cards!
GolfHog44
Good luck pop tarts!
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
sherill is making this very interesting.
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
this is the biggest 3 run defecit ever it seems
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Proud Contributor to the Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever 9/10-9/11/09
I really think we're going to need a big game from Piniero this weekend
Starters have to go deep, cuz the Dodgers’ pen is awesome… just sayin. didn’t expect this from Carp tonight though
damnit really wanted boog to get on there
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Proud Contributor to the Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever 9/10-9/11/09
if boog got on then pujols would be walked
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
Could go for an Albert rally killer here
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
+8
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
plus a 1315131 -1545123+1231
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
I just can't take this
Ryan actually takes a fastball right down the middle? It’s like they are goldfish not watching any previous pitches in an at-bat. I have never been this pessimistic in my life.
Not afraid to nitpick
its sad and pathetic
when colby was the ONLY hitter that looked impressive tonight
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Proud Contributor to the Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever 9/10-9/11/09
Must have been the colby cheese on my quesadilla
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
smart move here by torre
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
We have a BA
of .119 against Broxton or something along that parameter… 4 out save seems smart…
I want the Walrus back...
i don't care how good your regular season is, legends are made in October Albert
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Broxton must wear like size 50 pants...
And he’s not even fat really, just really, really wide. He looks weird to me.
V, b.
this is crazy
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:07 AM EDT reply actions
STFU TBS
Why does it always seem like national announcers are against the Cardinals?
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
ok, that pitchtrax thing is a joke
that’s a good 2 inches below the knees, not in the bottom third of the zone
worst umpire evar
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Proud Contributor to the Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever 9/10-9/11/09
not a strike
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:09 AM EDT reply actions
Great time for SB nation to crap out
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
Sigh.
Only 48 more hours until Holliday, DeRosa and Piniero go bye-bye and I start caring solely about how the Saints do.
Who the hell knew going 2-19 into the end of the season killed any chance at momentum for the playoffs?
Good night, all.
fuck that, i'm watching the rest of this game
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
how bout you just worry about you're handegg team
leave baseball to people who like it
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
Fucking pathetic. Pathetic.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
at what point do we start to worry about Albert?
He hasn’t looked right since the beginning of September.
He decided he was gonna swing before the damn pitch was thrown
"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."
this is one of those deals where if you don't turn it around overnight tonight, looks like a sweep easily.
Go Cards!
GolfHog44
Yeah...
I hate to say it, but it’s hard to be confident with Kershaw going tomorrow and Pinata 2.0 going for us in game 3.
V, b.
pujols is slumping at the worst fucking time
just shoot me in the head
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Proud Contributor to the Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever 9/10-9/11/09
kill the ump
pujols chases a ball because douche ump decided to call it a strike on the 2nd pitch for the first time tonight
a lynch seems fair and cruel enough
but i;m partial on not getting my hands dirty.
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
Well
that does it, game over. If Waino sucks tomorrow, might as well be series over
I want the Walrus back...
You have to swing at ball 4 when you've already had a ball called a strike in the AB
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
OT: this is my reply to a friend
When discussing league differences between AL and NL. This originally was “haha, Prince Fielder outperformed Mark Teixeira” and it turned into something much more. He argued that all the players I talk about sucked in the AL and magically turned brilliant in the weaker NL.
Here goes:
DeRosa and Lugo haven’t been any better coming to the cardinals than they were with their respective AL teams. Lugo was hitting over .300 in Boston. Problem was his defense, which is awful at SS. DeRosa hasn’t hit at all in StL, other than hitting a handful of HR right when he came over. Holliday was on a hot streak in the AL when he came over (had hit over .400 the 2 weeks prior to arriving in StL), so we’ll never know what would’ve happened had he stayed in Oakland. I doubt his numbers would have been as high as they ended up in StL, but that is more of a product of what was around him after coming over. In Oakland, Adam freakin Kennedy finished with the highest OPS, then Holliday comes over to StL and hits behind the king of OPS.
Lest we forget that Teixeira himself was in the NL with the Braves a couple of years ago, and switching over to the mighty AL doesn’t seem to have had a negative impact on his numbers. Tex only hit 7 more HR in Atl in almost 200 AB’s. He also hit 70 points lower in Atl than he did in Ana.
How old was de la Rosa when the Royals gave up on him? Just another one of the great moves in a long line of a questionable GM if you ask me. Check out fangraphs.com for some advanced metrics on why he is so much more successful in colorado. He’s mixing his pitches better, throwing his slider over twice as much as he was with KC, his fastball is averaging 2 mph higher, his out of zone swing percentages are up, while his in zone swing percent is lower. You may argue this is due to facing lesser hitters. I’d say it has more to do with figuring out how to best use his stuff. Another stat you will see on fangraphs is FIP, which is like ERA adjusted to take out the difference between defenses behind every pitcher. Looks like de la rosa was a victim of shoddy defense in KC, with an FIP of 5.27, and this year he had an FIP of 3.91. His BABIP is only slightly lower, so you cant say that he has been overly lucky in Colorado. Sometimes players just need to get in the right situation to succeed.
It’s easy to look at a guy and say, “well, look at the success he’s having in the NL, must be a weaker league.” But, that is superficial. You have to look deeper into the numbers to see the whole picture. Jon Garland was a serviceable starter for the White Sox and pitched his way out of the Diamondbacks depleted rotation this year. However, if you look at the numbers, you’ll see that Garland has sucked for years, he’s just had a very good team playing behind him and covering up his suck.
Another thing that gets lost in the old “AL is better than NL” argument is the imbalance of teams. The NL has 2 more teams, which means that they have 10 more starters and 16 more starting position players. I guess it would be swing around to the NL if the 2 team difference meant the NL had Boston or New York caliber teams. Instead, they are Pittsburgh/washington caliber teams.
An area where the AL gets inflated is the presence of a stinking DH. Instead of the pitcher batting, you get some guy that’s only paid to hit that plays every day. The NL doesn’t have this luxury (thank God). Baseball was meant to be played fully. Where did they come up with this bs of 2 guys splitting the game? Instead of the strategy and having to actually manage the game, the AL manager just sticks his guys out there and you go. Baseball is much more pure whenever they have to take into account where the pitchers spot is in the lineup and weigh that into when to make a pitching change, who to double switch, and whether or not to leave the pitcher in to hit.
Point of the original post was, comparing apples to apples, I got better production out of Prince Fielder (my third round pick) than Drew did out of Teixeira (his first round pick). He accused me of being a babbling idiot for thinking Fielder was better, and the numbers support me. So, I guess I’m not such a babbling idiot now, am I?
Sorry this was so long, but it beats watching the crappy effort the Cardinals are putting together.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
+1
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
r u kiddin
I wrote it and I didnt even read it all
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
how'd the tests go?
I made an 83
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
84 on one.
95 on the other. I haven’t gotten the other one back yet.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
good job
as I said earlier, I’m on cruise control. Don’t really care too much for the class we are in and I’ve pretty much got my B locked up.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
I'm frustrated with the 84.
There were 40 matching definitions and I don’t do well with so many options. If I had to write the definitions out I would have had an A.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
maybe not an idiot
definitely babbling
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
See, you guys should take up the fine art of pessimism like I have.
Either you’re completely caught off guard and pleasantly surprised, or you get so act like a smug prick and brag that you saw the outcome coming from a mile away.
You can’t lose!
cubs fan much?
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
lookit
this was never going to be an easy series. in fact, i’d say that out of all the division series this year, these two teams are the most evenly matched (with the possible exception of the BoSox/Angels).
just because Carp has a bad-ish night and we put almost 20 LOBsters on the board does not mean this series is over. not by a long shot. Waino’s got this team’s number and put Albert in these same scenarios tomorrow and see what he does.
We’re still the favorites to win this series.
by EinFesteBusch on Oct 8, 2009 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Carp had the Dodgers' number before tonight
Career vs. Dodgers
5-0, 2.20 ERA, .236/.281/.304
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
normal carp and we win
i didn’t consider carp sucking either
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
Really?
I thought we’d lose the series in 4
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
Being a realist here
You don’t suck as bad as we have for the past however many weeks and then just turn it on in the postseason (usually)
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
i thought
we’d cruise through the dodgers in 4 and lose to the phillies in 7
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
Same
Carp vs. Wolf seemed like a foregone conclusion.
fire the ump!!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:14 AM EDT reply actions
I'm not normally one to blame the umpire
But that Holliday AB in the first inning set the tone for this game. If he walks, we could be looking at something a lot different right now.
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
yep
this game is about the umps and holliday, no doubt
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:16 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah
that didn’t help… but he’s been on base a lot so I can’t blame him
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions
+ derosa's throw into the outfield
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
that was some bullshit too
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions
i know instead of getting ethier he tried to get the DP and instead did nothing but hurt us
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
nah, that didnt cost anything
he didn’t have a play at home and no one even advanced on the bad throw.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
There's always this:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN200510120.shtml
The beard is back!
I just meant winning..
that first game at home didn’t do it for us. Oswalt came back and won, and then we had to deal with three straight at home. Wainwright wins tomorrow we’ve got two home games and Carp again. That’s pretty decent.
The beard is back!
there still may be hope...
the bottom of the order has hit fairly well tonight…
but don’t put any money on a comeback tonight.
you need killzone 2 for that?
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
agree but a puppy in a pillow case will do wonders
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
HFS Boggs
You’re making me miss Thompson
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
What happened to the non-suck Boggs?
How did June 2009 Boggs get here?
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
fuuuuuck
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:17 AM EDT reply actions
come on Mitch, i really like you & your stuff
so stop making want to start hating you already
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Well the good news is...
The game starts about 3 and a half hours earlier tomorrow night. So we don’t have to stay up until 2 AM to find out whether or not our season is over.
V, b.
MVPUJOLS
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:20 AM EDT reply actions
who could have predicted that
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
even when he's not hitting
he’s still the mvp
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
That takes me back
Pujols does squat with the bat but plays great defense…
I want the Walrus back...
hfs
shades of game 5
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Proud Contributor to the Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever 9/10-9/11/09
i don't know who Albert was yelling at after that, but i love it
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I really hope Boggs figures it out
He has a great arm and I think he could be a great late inning relief guy.
"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."
he reminds me of broxton last year
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
97, Boggs?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:21 AM EDT reply actions
something tells me
broxton’s not gonna swing.
nope.
sit down!!!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:21 AM EDT reply actions
that's all we need.
bloop, bloop, blast
by Hardcore Legend on Oct 8, 2009 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions
no firitz, so
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
dammit!
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Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
it's a rally penis, btw
an eight incher
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
thats internet average
"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 8, 2009 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I just want 1
show me that Broxton isn’t some scary invincible moster
put doubt in him for the rest of the series
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
so how much do you want to get paid next season Lego?
October is when the checks are written, how big do you want you’res?
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I think there's only one thing to do now
NELLY ON iTUNES
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
get some hits
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:23 AM EDT reply actions
why does mlb already have a game article written?
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091007&content_id=7391080&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
gobs punish!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't think that's the final game article...
It was published less than an hour after the game started.
2nd time I've heard that tonight
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I did.
Love going to movies alone. All the popcorn I want and I don’t have to worry about the person I’m with not liking the movie.
by peach concrete on Oct 8, 2009 1:31 AM EDT up reply actions
why not?
not exactly a social thing
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
i've always been told it's pathetic
and only losers with no friends go to movies alone.
i did it once, i saw 2Fast2Furious the day it opened in the middle of the day & there were only like 5 other people there. but i still felt weird sitting there all by myself.
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There are certain movies I prefer to see alone.
Like anything I really, really want to see.
"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter
i was just going to type this
it sucks having to wait on people and not get a good seat
or someone makes you get up to go to the bathroom
or doesn’t make out with you when you’re clearly into them
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
Or they want to talk to you or the people around you all the time.
by peach concrete on Oct 8, 2009 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Or they like talking on their phone during the film.
"I’m going to come after you." - Chris Carpenter
I saw the Dark Knight by myself
I hated it. Never doing it again.
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
as someone who reviewed movies for his college paper
let me tell you you haven’t lived until you approach the box office in the middle of the afternoon and say “one for high school musical 3, please.”
by DanUpBaby on Oct 8, 2009 1:35 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Rec
Thanks for a must-needed laugh, Dan
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
I just found my copy in word. 2/5
"Before I go on, I want to say that I liked “Enchanted.” It’s one of those one-of-my-best-friends-is-a-Disney-musical arguments, but it’s important for me to say that I’m not dogmatically against fluffy, young-skewing musicals. If there’s any heterosexual, college-aged male out there ready to trumpet a tween musical as likable or entertaining, it is this reviewer. But “High School Musical 3” is not bad because it’s aimed at your younger sisters, or because it began its life as a TV movie – it’s bad because it’s terribly made."
for what it's worth
I gave a few 0/5s. HSM avoided zero because I tried to follow the roger ebert rule and only gave it to movies that are morally repugnant.
The first two were much better.
The third was too much I think.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
im as much a fool for overly optimistic BS as anyone
But 5 minutes of those movies just kill me. let me listen to “walking on sunshine” any day of the week
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG
by slu on Oct 8, 2009 1:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm even more a fool for it than anyone
if I didn’t have someplace to be tomorrow morning I think I’d get this loss out of my head with a little fred astaire/ginger rogers action on netflix.
i know you read lileks
did you see the bleat yesterday about how movies of yesteryear weren’t cinema but just great movies?
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG
by slu on Oct 8, 2009 1:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I did
and “movieness” is one of the things I was always looking for when I reviewed movies. Some of my favorite movies from the last several years, and I don’t know why these immediately came to mind, are the two Nora Ephron Hanks/Ryan movies.
i like some bad movies and some bad music for these reasons.
after your post on “taken” and my subsequent viewing of it I can’t help but love it because it just goes all out in its on real intended goal: liam neeson kicking ass.
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG
by slu on Oct 8, 2009 2:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Taken was awesome
sure it made no sense, but it was freaking awesome
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sex slave traders never stood a chance
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG
by slu on Oct 8, 2009 2:42 AM EDT up reply actions
now I really want to watch Hot Fuzz
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
I was actually pleased
that I didn’t know if it was efron or ephron…
by peach concrete on Oct 8, 2009 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions
thank you,
only reason i know that name is because he was on Entourage this year
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I'm also similarly conflicted about my spot on the basketball team
and my desire to sing in the school musical. what will my friends think?
I enjoy dancing like everyone else is naked
things get kinky
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
didn't we already discuss this tonight?
women = kinky
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
I think it's more awkward going with a dude on a mandate
I’ll totally see man-movies by myself (Rocky 6 comes to mind).
For shitty movies girls are dragging me to (harry potter) I go to the Moolah to drink myself to sleep on their leather couches.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
why are there 230 more comments in the first game thread?
is someone still there by themselves?
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I hate bob brenly
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
FAILiday
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
ditto
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions
sounds like a fun midterm.
i never got tested on that.
thank you, Luddy
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:26 AM EDT reply actions
Soul-crushing, game-ending DP from Yadi coming up
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
Here's to hoping Waino has a huge game tomorrow night...
Because God knows he won’t have much help.
V, b.
Ugh
2 runs against 3 innings of Wolf plus Weaver? This offense is getting us nowhere
I want the Walrus back...
de or tie it?
this isn’t houston we’re playing
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ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
Dero not De
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ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
i hope broxton hits eight consecutive batters
we deserve to get hit but i want us to win as well
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
ouch, the premonition hurts
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ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
Id always be glad I live in hawaii
if its only times like this you are grateful, maybe we should switch
help us, Yadi!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:27 AM EDT reply actions
they must really like that song
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
fuck 10 beers later and more "wtf? carp"
i’m back…..
RALLY CAPS
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG
i'm rocking the rally cap
b/c nothing else has worked
Really, the only bad part of bacon is that it makes you thirsty . . . for more bacon
yadi k'd? what world is this and stop with the fucking iron man
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ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
YES!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:29 AM EDT reply actions
Defensive wizard lol
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
so ridiculous
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:30 AM EDT reply actions
Matt Kemp is a Wizard
"He ran hard, but he didn't run fast. He runs like he's mad at the ground." - opposing broadcaster describing Yadi's speed.
ROFLCOPTER
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
that was SOOOOOO satisfying
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
at least we put up a fight
i don’t feel as bad now after ank’s k
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
maybe he stole all of carp's good tonight
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
So you're saying
there’s a chance? Ank, here’s your chance to make up for the season you had.
hopefully Ank will start bleeding through his shirt and hit some lights here
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:30 AM EDT reply actions
alright a k just like the dodger like
we’re here to please people
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ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
Rick HR? Plz?
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
thats what they want you to think
"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 8, 2009 1:31 AM EDT up reply actions
of course Dick comes up with everything on the line
if the GOB’s had a heart, you all know what would happen next
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nor can he hit 91 mph hanging sliders
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
Is that a shitty Sammy Hagar remake?
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
nlds redemption?
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
Great game to watch, Rick
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
shit
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 8, 2009 1:32 AM EDT reply actions
it was too good
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
Fuck you ankiel fuck you!!!!!!!!!
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
And Rasmus
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
how in gods name did you take that?
were you expecting a change up you hgh-taking piece of fuck
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Proud Contributor to the Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever 9/10-9/11/09
good post
you’ve really added to my veb experience
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
For fuck's sake, what an awful, awful game.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
He was obviously fooled
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
In an 0-2 count?
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
look fastball
and adjust. . . only way to even have a prayer of making contact on a triple digit FB
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
how do you take that?
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
shocking
Time for Waino to but the Dodgers in a headlock
"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."
Give 'em a swirly
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
wow ankiel can you at least chase kemp down and break his leg
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ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
damn blue what a horrible call
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ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
hes a guesser
usually he guesses and swings over a curve in the dirt in that situation
this time he outsmarted himself
Hey guys
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 8, 2009 1:34 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
i can never hate kitties
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
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....desperation
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG
by slu on Oct 8, 2009 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions
this thread needed moar kittens
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
will rectify tomorrow
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
Ankkkkkkkkkkiel sucks
And now a scene from seinfeld
ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
hey guys
wainer tomorrow
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
I still believe we win tomorrow
the series likely comes down to what Pineiro does in game 3.
"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."
I didn't and don't really have any expectations for individual games anymore
it’s just too hard to predict, and too terrible to be wrong.
Just trying to stay positive
"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 8, 2009 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree.
Hopefully we get to throw Carp out there again. And I doubt the same thing happens to him. I’m still very confident. As long as we aren’t against the ropes with Pineiro on the mound…
by Pujols Is A God on Oct 8, 2009 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions
pineiro better go back to good pineiro instead of his impression of last year.
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ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
which is kinda scary
hope we see july Piniero and not Sept Piniero. Also, I’d like to see August Holliday and 1st half Pujols show up too. May be just more of the Sept. redbirds… much like tonight.
and last year ludwick would be a big plus
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ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is?
KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez.
this game was a ball of disappointment deep fried in raw, unbridled rage
at how bad our starting 9 played, sans razzle dazzle and to some extent schu
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Proud Contributor to the Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever 9/10-9/11/09
I shall now watch Nostradamus' apocalyptic prophecies on the History Channel...
It will be less depressing than that piss poor excuse for a baseball game.
V, b.
I've had enought predictions for one day
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
WW tomorrow
Split gives us HFA
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
This really is the most frustrating postseason game I can remember...
Didn’t get blown out, didn’t get shut down by a great pitcher, didn’t lose a shootout.
Just pissed away tons of golden opportunities against an average pitcher, and your ace throws one of his worst games of the year.
I don’t know how it gets any worse than that.
V, b.
2004 world series
the whole thing. I think that’s what anesthetized me to this one. At least Jeff Suppan didn’t fall over tonight
that whole series is one blank memory slot....
i remember mark bellhorn homering and jimmy fallon celebrating….and that’s about it
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG
by slu on Oct 8, 2009 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I still haven't seen the Jimmy Fallon celebration.
I turned the tv off and never saw the movie.
by peach concrete on Oct 8, 2009 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions
i saw him running & i haven't seen him sence
as far as i’m concerned, he ran right into the river & drowned
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I have boycotted that no talent assclown ever since
not that I’m missing everything, he ruined every SNL skit he was in anyway
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Oct 8, 2009 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions
by seeing it i mean the previews......
never would actually watch that POS excuse for a movie
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG
by slu on Oct 8, 2009 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions
DeRo fell over & threw it away though. which sucked
that & Kemps HR really was the only D’OH moment of the night
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That's sort of what I'm referring to, though...
We hit in game 1, they just hit better. Got shut down by great pitchers in games 2 and 3, and game 4 became nothing more than a formality.
For the series as a whole, it was extremely frustrating, especially considering the caliber of that team. But on the level of an individual game, this was absolutely mind-numbing tonight.
V, b.
and how many errors the bosux had
they tried their best to give it to us.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
aheam
Kenny Rodgers
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
as soon as the hawk signal turns off
he goes back to his life as blake hawksworth, billionaire rake-about-town.
by DanUpBaby on Oct 8, 2009 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
he doesn't look like a billionaire in that shirt
of course that’s probably all part of the master plan
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I grew a stache over my vacation
to show solidarity with the team. I promptly shaved it. I am sorry to let everyone down, tomorrow should be better.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Gibson
f''in zoomzoom
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG
by slu on Oct 8, 2009 1:51 AM EDT up reply actions
btw i'm still supremely confident about all this,....unless waino goes all carpenter out there i'm very serene about how this series will end up
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
"OHHHHH!!!!!!! IT TASTES. SO. GOOD!!!!!!!!!!"
-BOOOOOOOOG
ROCK LOBSTER
The teams combined for 30 LOB in a 8.5-inning game. 30/51. They stranded 59% of the maximum possible. Egad.
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
and I thought my buddy was exaggerating
when I posted, “well, that was a waste of 4 hours” on fb and he came back with “and 30 baserunners”
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
It's amazing how much quicker I get over losses these days...
After dealing with the last 2 seasons of the Cardinals, and being at Tennessee for what will likely be the worst 5 year stretch in program history, I’ve sort of lost that anger.
I almost feel guilty, but it certainly makes it much easier to deal with. I’m still mad as ever when it goes down, but the recovery time is much shorter.
I can’t imagine how a Cubs fan EVER gets upset after a loss.
V, b.
They don't faze (Did I get it right?) at all.
Clemson, Indians, I’m so used to it.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
you just became a Tribe fan a few years ago
you haven’t begun to suffer yet. my best friend’s stories would bring you to tears. tears i say!
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They do.
I’m just saying, I’m used to it. I read a book about the history of the Indians just preceding and after the Rocky Colavito Trade up until the 90’s. Awful. Just awful.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Except for that year with "Wild Thing" Rick Vaughn and Willie Mays Hayes
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
by jd is legend on Oct 8, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Mitch doesn't believe in the post game shower
still wearing the post season hoody
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He's too shy to shower with the other guys
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
by jd is legend on Oct 8, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Our 19 game winner pitches a gem tomorrow and we have the home field advantage going back to Busch.
Carp has a bad game tonight, we’re only down by 2 runs after 6 innings, the tying run comes to the plate in the ninth and suddenly the whole season is wasted and we’re selling off the team? People are crying and the gnashing of teeth has begun?
Have you people ever watched baseball before? Anything can happen.
Especially in a short series.
There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.
-- Yogi Berra
Thanks
I agree. This was a frustrating game, but outside of some untimely hitting and bad AB’s (Holliday’s 1st AB just killed me), we played pretty well and still had a chance to win despite Carp having bad command. Waino will turn it around tomorrow.
you mean you go cupless
during the regular season? Better watch it, you’ll end up like Adrian Beltre
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
Carp says he doesn't know why he was wild tonight
he felt fine warming up & it really frustrated him. he didn’t seem mad or angry at all. he was calm & cool. don’t know what that means.
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That's what the neighbors always say...
about the serial killer next door. So watch out to everyone in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
V, b.
At the risk of being a pessimist...
Their only hope in the series was getting 2 wins out of Carp, and 1 win out of the rest.
I don’t think Wainwright will pitch terribly, but with how horrible the bats are, there’s almost no margin for error (especially with the horrible bullpen). And he’s looked rather human the last month or so.
I also think that Tony’s managing is going to doom them. Batting Yadi 6th (when he should be batting 8th at best), not taking out Carp when he was clearly toast (costing 1 run the next inning and basically giving up on a chance to tie the game with Rasmus on 2b), pinch hitting with Ankiel (I’d rather see Wainwright PH, Ankiel is that terrible. People complain about Duncan stinking it up, Ankiel is almost as bad…)
I agree on Wainwright...
That’s why I’m sort of on the negative side. I just don’t see anyway this offense suddenly turns it on against a guy like Kershaw, so Wainwright would have to be almost perfect.
V, b.
Regarding Horrible Bats:
11 Hits, 5 Walks, 7 Strike Outs
vs.
12 Hits, 8 Walks, 6 Strike Outs
Pretty similar lines for both teams. Not to say the Dodgers weren’t way more productive with their at bats, but it could have gone a lot differently with better timing.
Also, I anticipate the Cardinals riding a wave of Pujols’ fury tomorrow night.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Gibson
that 1st inning HR was the difference
if that never happen, who knows
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Yadi's double play in the 1st was the difference to me.
We could have busted the game open early if we could have put at least 3 runs on the board. That really took the steam out of everything for us and maybe even for Carp who might have felt better going in with a 3 or 4 run lead.
Boy a frosty cold Budweiser would be great about now"…long pause…then an "aahhh". --Mike Shannon
I agree
Above everything else in the game that double play sticks out as the sword that went through our heart tonight. Close 2nd would be Luddy’s near fair hit on the line with the bases juiced. I really wish I could see a different camera angle on that. TBS was so fucked up that they didn’t have one.
Boy a frosty cold Budweiser would be great about now"…long pause…then an "aahhh". --Mike Shannon
Not 2nd
Too many DPs in front of Pu
"You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." - Jeff Francouer
by jd is legend on Oct 8, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
What a disapointment.... but not suprising
This was a winable game even with Carp not being Carp. It all comes down to the lack of the clutch hit. Something this team has been struggling with for many weeks now. We have seen many games like this one over the past several weeks…it’s sadly continuing in the post season.
The team just couldn’t seem flip the switch and the LOB’s are still hurting. We can still win this series but the guys hitting behind Albert need to start getting a little more clutch….make that a lot more.
I do hope Tony drops Yadi down in the order and moves Rasmus in front of Albert in the order.
Boy a frosty cold Budweiser would be great about now"…long pause…then an "aahhh". --Mike Shannon
I just got back from the game
How close was that foul ball hit with the bases loaded in the mid innings? Sorry to be vague, but I know that from my vantage point, it was CLOSE
Soooooo frustrating, and the game was so long, ugh. Poor pitching, poor hitting, just an all around poorly played game. I did get to see two Cardinals fans get kicked out for getting into a fight with Dodgers fans, though. That was a good time
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
you talking about Luddy's drive to left?
pretty close. they don’t call it a game of inches for nothin
why were fans fighting? i hate to hear about Cards fans fighting.
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dodgers fans were really into it tonight
lots of smack talk, rally towels, etc. The jerks sitting behind us “accidentally” hit my gf and I in the head with their towels 4 or 5 times- if I’d been by myself, or with someone taller than 5’ 1", I might have gotten myself in trouble…
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
i've never see the Dodger's fans like that, they were really into the game. what set them off?
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looked fair from where i was sitting, too
I really think the “stand there for 5 minutes waiting for the commercials to end” thing, coupled with the 60,000 rally towels got to carpenter tonight. It was ridiculous how long he had to just stand there before they’d let the batter step in between innings.
And the dodgers players really made a thing out of taking long, long, long time outs. Guess you can’t let that kind of stuff get to you, but i really think it had an effect.
Also, that crap in the ninth inning of playing the “iron man” riff every time broxton was about to pitch was terrible sportsmanship.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
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