Game 13 Overflow thread
by chuckb on Apr 18, 2009 5:30 PM EDT
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our bullpen
blows. period
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
Morning, guys. What year is it? This reminds me of very ungood memories.
An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.
HL Mencken
16-2 in the Bronx & i'm still stuck watching it
up yours Fox.
course it’s probably better for me health if i don’t get to watch another pen explosion
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
BEN MOTHERHUSHYOURMOUTH SHEETS
Here too...
Don’t know why Fox thinks I wanna watch Indians/Yankees here in central Texas…
"Who is John Gall?"
What! You don't wanna watch the Yankees?
Lord knows everyone always wants to watch the Yankees! Unless the Red Sox are playing….. best of all is Red Sox – Yankees, then everybody wants to watch, all the time, I mean, that’s teh only reason all those other teams exist, right? Competition for the Yankees and Red Sox?
There is a certain amount of satisfaction
in watching the Yanks give up 20 runs. This might not suck so bad after all…
"Who is John Gall?"
was the first one to miles too far in?
i think it was the same pitch
This ump is fucking awful
at calling strikes. It’s not that he’s gotten calls wrong, it’s the total inconsistency of the strikezone.
for whatever reason
fontenot seems to get a lot of help from the umpires. he’s like the greg maddux of scrappy infielders.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
Atta boy Boog
The only one who liked the Cardinals so much he became a St. Louis Cardinals football fan.
Honest assesment of our pitching this series
Ok… so i know it hasn’t been ideal, but realize that our pitching has given up approximately the same number of walks (actually 1 less, so far) and far less HR’s than the Cubs pitching.
And… we’ve still given up less runs overall than they have. And this Cubs team has basically been decided to be the NL representative for the WS…
My prediction:
If we can split the season series with the cubs, we will be at least the WC, and certainly a contender for the NL central title
I think you are reading way too much into one series in April :)
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celebrity death match…
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
I think i'm just kinda pissed...
that people are flying off the handle about our pitching, when I think they are holding there own vs. a very good offense that is predicted to win the whole national league
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
honest assessment
if Carp cant pitch (which i dont expect him to) in the playoffs.
Waino/Lohse/Colonel doesnt excite me
man
this is painful to watch… we even get the “good” reliever and he can’t go 1-2-3….
but at least its going both ways
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:44 PM EDT reply actions
come on piniella
that was REALLY efficient pitching. Why lift the guy???
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
ha
it’s going to be a long summer here in peoria… if both the cubs and cards have bullpen problems there are going to be some pretty high blood pressures brewing here
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:46 PM EDT reply actions
these are 2 of the better offences so far
and they’ve done a pretty good job of trading punches with each other.
Not that it's that great, but did anyone realize that
BOOG TOOK 4 STRAIGHT PITCHES
The only one who liked the Cardinals so much he became a St. Louis Cardinals football fan.
i couldnt believe it either
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
all i ask of anki....
no double play. That’s about all you can expect at the moment….
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
On the plus side
Kevin Gregg would be the closer today
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why is lou buring marmol here?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions
burning*
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
using your best reliever in an imprtant moment inthe game isnt such a bad thing
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
i understand that
but then who do they close with?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
i know, but he has been inconsistent
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
ha
i hear ya
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Pujols will get retribution on Marmol for that HBP yesterday
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Find the freaking pine
Ank
"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."
PLEASE GET ANKIEL OFF THIS ROSTER
He is the worst hitter on the team, by far.
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HE AND BRENDAN RYAN
gonna need more franklins to get through this one.
by hoofhearted-pujols on Apr 18, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
man
ankiel is killing me this year
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:49 PM EDT reply actions
cubs fans....
"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."
are they cheering?
oquendo getting hit?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:51 PM EDT reply actions
Yes
Assholes
"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 Apr 18, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
even grace was ripping em
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
thought they were cheering his shaking it off.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Apr 18, 2009 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Classy Cub fans
cheering Oquendo getting nailed
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Apr 18, 2009 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
They are eager to remind us
"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
Albert totally could have drawn a walk there
but he gets passed over so much he gets impatient sometimes.
FML
pathetic
"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."
had no real confidence in luddy there
wierd though it may be, given he’s a great hitter, he didn’t look like he was going to catch up to that…. wish we had a pitcher that good.
i think it’s applesauce time!
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
i sswear to God
this will make me an alcoholic
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
to be fair
it looked going into this year that our pen was going to be really good. We couldn’t have foreseen motte, kinney AND perez all being a bit shakey so far…
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah he is hyped up
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Reminds me of a kid on a billboard here locally...
“Daddy, can we go to the park? PLLLLEEEEAAASSSSEEEEEE!!!!!”
"Who is John Gall?"
That Yankees/Indians game reminds me of
us versus the White Sox in 06 (I think it was) When they destroyed us by 20 something. Or the Phillies last year.
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I'm sure I dont know what you are talking about...
"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 Apr 18, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I was consistently impressed with how Marquis could simultaneously pitch a blowout
and keep his pitch count down.
Dude had a way of sucking unlike any I’d ever seen.
you saw the flames
on that pitch?
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
Albert
Pujols is struggling right now…average keeps going down. He’ll get back on track but it’s frustrating to watch him not hit the cubs.
Of course Ankiel couldn’t hit off of tee right now so his problems look way, way worse.
Albert never hits the Cubs
I could be wrong, but it seems like the past few years, he has been awful versus them.
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he has had some big games
but it does seem like he generally struggles against the cubs
"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 Apr 18, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
i seem to remember him in 04 going 5 for 5 with 3 homers
:)
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Pujols vs. Cubs
last year he hit 327, 406 obp, 636 slg, 1.042 ops
18-55, 4 homers, 13 rbis, 5 doubles, 11 runs
07 he went, 328, 406 obp, 689 slg, `1.095 ops
20-61, 12 runs, 1 double, 7 homers, 13 rbis
06 his worst year against the cubs
206 avg, 286 obp, 324 slg, 610 ops
14-68, 9 runs, 2 doubles, 2 homers, 13 rbis
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
the wonders
of copy and paste
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
career .292/.380/.575 with 37 HR
2008, .327/.406/.636 with 4 HR
2007, .328/.406/.689 with 7 HR
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
muchas gracias
i’m stuck here in Texas watching the yankees get drove…even that is getting old to watch
hes working on
stealing home now
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
and a triples-hitter...
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
offspeed crap got the 3rd out....
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. Because that works for Motte.
As LaRoche aptly put it: “You can throw 97, but if you’re not spotting it up good, then it’s probably going to get hit a little bit.”
It worked for him last year.
And it’s not like the alternatives (offspeed/breaking pitches) are viable alternatives.
I've been saying since June of last year that
Motte needs to develop a good secondary pitch. But he hasn’t so I want him throwing the fastball.
oh please please please
please please let us win this game….. please!!!!!!
besides… its my first time to wear my duncan shirt and i need it to be lucky… i can’t keep wearing my tino martinez shirt for good luck
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:02 PM EDT reply actions
dunc shirt?
thats an interesting choice. Any reason?
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
my grandma buys a bunch of cardinals stuff at auctions
and this year for easter she had a rack of cardinals gear for us to pick out whatever we wanted…. i got a duncan t-shirt, a ws champ t-shirt, and a sweet polo for work
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
perhaps
that lead off double?
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
i can feel the good vibes emanating already from my torso
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
hmmm
i think thats gas… have you had a coke?
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
oh its good vibes not gas my man.....
gooooooood good good
good vibrations!!!!
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
i think that i may be the only tino fan ever (in retrospect he was a dick i admit)
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he was just over-rated
and we expected too much from him
yes i agree
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
After the Tino experiment
I had the same let-down feeling I had after I watched “Fargo”…
"Who is John Gall?"
i did see his first homer as a redbird
but i digress
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
ok im off to run some errands
feel free cards to win the game with me gone, i wont get my feelings hurt
This will be a good matchup
FB pitcher vs. FB hitter
Let’s go Dunc!
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great pitcher.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Time for
our own 14 run inning
"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
Per Gameday
15 pitches, 9 strikes, 2 offspeed pitches
Needs more strikes but this is the way Motte should be doing things.
I've missed you
healthy Dunc
"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."
just please use two hands to catch a fly ball
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
as opposed to dropping it?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
hehe
i love Molina, no homo
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
always
specify your Molinas.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
BTW
Pujols has hammered the Cubs in recent Years.
Just last year he hit .327/.406/.636 with 4 HR’s and 13 RBI’s
2007 Was even Better
Yadi to second.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
its the shirt!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!! YADIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:08 PM EDT reply actions
YADDDIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!
great at bat.
No thanks to f’ing TLR. Bunt, my ass……
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
just re-enacting the commercial
where he goes out and tells the ump he’s doing a great job.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
I guess FOX is committed to NYY
b/c the nation’s missing a great game here
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Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
if only we had a shut-down reliever like marmol
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
oh, i agree
i was making a joke. Someone above used Marmol as an example of what our bullpen SHOULD be, and I was referencing that.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
well
he was shutdown for the first inning. I don’t know what his multiple inning splits look like but it could be that more than 1 inning is a bad idea with him.
thats what a lot of cubbies fans were saying last year
they really rode him down the stretch and he lost a lot of control in those starts he got shelled; leaving his slider up a bit and walking a lot of guys. Bit like tonight. Don’t forget he musta pitched 20-odd yesterday too.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm ready for us to plunk them back
Marmol’s hit Pujols and now Greene. Intentional or not, someone deserves a bruise.
Oh please
Marmol hit Pujols with a slider and brushed Greene’s jersey.
Let’s not get into stupid HBP wars that end up in important players getting hurt.
Lou's walk longer than a Franklin inning
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
like a stroll in the park
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
marmol out
TFFT. Other than the one solid dunc hit, he was still looking good. I’ve high hopes we can get one in here with one out vs Gregg…. Probably just jinxed it but there ya go….
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
i dunno
barden’s been good in teh clutch this series
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nice game by greene so far (just a reminder for the haters)
by Willie McGee's Twin on Apr 18, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions
i like him.
very good with the glove. some pop. decent wheels. just dont expect the moon and you wont be dissapointed.
If we score, can the bullpen hold it?
It’s becoming the question because of last season, and this season has not looked that much different.
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depends
if the cubs bullpen can hold it as well
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If they pull this one out
I will forgive them for yesterday’s clusterf****
"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."
meh
the runs against Miller yesterday was a TLR mistake, miller should face lefty’s only, Reyes can face rightys and get them out.
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oh yeah
gotta love that commercial, glavine and maddux classic at the end of it
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perhaps
Tony doesn’t trust a one run lead and is looking for the big inning? idk, puzzles me too
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
gameday has thurston batting righty
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by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Apr 18, 2009 6:14 PM EDT reply actions
hes lefty
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
i know
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Apr 18, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
hehe
just thought that i would fix the mistake
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
But it hasn't been called all day
It started being called there, then it shrank, and now it has grown again.
well my wife just named our new cat colby (and she is a cub fan)
so let’s see if its good mojo
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions
bad mojo
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
no kidding
it’s looked bad on gameday. not sure what the deal is with the home plate ump.
Welcome to Baseball Heaven.
worst i've seen this year
he’s been so inconsistent as WELL as bad.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
tough pitch to get called out on.
thankfully we don’t have guys w/ the temperament of Milton Bradley.
new nickname for rasmus
my wife said he looked like prince charming from shrek
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
man
whats the deal????
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:18 PM EDT reply actions
what a putz
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Apr 18, 2009 6:18 PM EDT reply actions
i still haven't seen
what’s so great about razzle…
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
remember
he had an injury last year after a dynamite 07 season
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Rasmus
Has a great plate approach, will be a plus defender and can hit with some power. There’s not a lot to not like about the guy
by Hambone Willis on Apr 18, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Strike 3 to Rasmus wasn't hittable???
It was a fastball down the center of the plate
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I realize it's the cubs and tensions are high.
but is anyone going to make a comment that isn’t just expressing aggravation so I have something interesting to read?
Wow, shut down by Kevin Gregg
that’s just embarassing.
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that was excruciating
"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."
It sure seems like Tony is making some piss-poor decisions lately.
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Apr 18, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions
it was a dumb decision not to bunt
but it didn’t come back to bite him in the ass. seeing as how Rasmus struck out.
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Rasmus probably has a different approach if all he needs is a fly ball
so who knows
"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 Apr 18, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
How you blame Tony for two Ks?
managers give players a chance to perform. Players have to make plays
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This is getting ridiculous
I don’t know how we don’t bunt there to get the go-ahead run to third with one out and then go for sac fly.
Rasmus struck out, so it really doesn't matter anyway
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because
TLR is a bad manager? I dunno. Seemed wierd to bunt yadi then let thurston swing away.
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
How good of a bunter is Thurston
and how easy is Gregg to bunt against?
maybe..
because a 1-run lead doesn’t sound like much, and it might be better to play for the big inning with our bullpen situation?
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
well thats a healthy thing to associate for kids
sponge bob and sir mix a lot
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions
honestly
i’d just tip my hat to gregg. That was some great pitching. He had no right not to give up a run there…. And, worst of all, they can now just walk pujols in the next inning after ank Ks or gives a weak infield pop up. Bah. Of course, that’s after the cubs get some runs in this inning. BAH! lol….
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
Yea this zone has been big & small at times (KMac)
but overall I can’t say it’s really helped one side, it’s hurt/helped them equally.
QUICK!
sign him up in your fantasy league….
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
WHY is franklin in?
motte had about 12 pitches. Leave him in. Blahhh. Some wierd pitching changes here.
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ahhh true 'nuff
sorry guys. I’m an idiot.
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
its about as consistent as piniero (ala 2008)
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Carpenters injury screwed him up, I truly believe that
he’s made countless weird/bad decisions since it happened.
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TLR has not made great decisions lately
I respect the guy, but I don’t agree with all of his decisions. It makes me wonder sometimes, why he’s still the STL manager.
Welcome to Baseball Heaven.
i agree somewhat
but i would hate to lose dunc
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
And
The older he gets, the crazier and more full of himself he gets
by Hambone Willis on Apr 18, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
TLR
is deservedly a first-ballot HOFer. For all his reputation as a stats freak/obsessive analyst, I think some of his decisions are occasionally based on intuition/seat-of-pants, and he can’t admit to not playing percentages when those go south (like using Brendan Ryan instead of Ludwick the other night).
I often find myself defending TLR more than I would like, but the guy’s track record has been amazing.
Plus, if La Russa leaves STL, Pujols probably does too…..
That book by that Jackass Bissinger seems to portray LaRussa as hating stats.
by Hambone Willis on Apr 18, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think he hates stats
TLR knows his splits upside down backwards and forwards. He’s probably with it enough to be conversant with the newer SABR stats too. But he occasionally plays his hunches, and more often than not I reckon they pay off, but when they don’t everybody is left scratching their heads….
That title went to Michael Barrett
who thankfully, no longer plays in Chicago.
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man
franklin has some bad facial hair (worse than larue according to my wife)
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions
thanks
i was struggling to make the connection
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
what is wrong with franklin's beard?
looks like he’s trying to emulate chris mason, but he’s doing an awful job.
i thought that he was going for the james hettfield (spelling) look
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
please walk him
thats just what we need
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions
oh no... never do
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
see???? SEEEE??????
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
blue font...
please :)
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
well
just cranked open another franklin. Cheers guys.
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are we walking
below .200 hitters again?
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
they r using cameras to see if homeplate umpires r being conisistent with calling strikezone this year, correct? What happens if an umpires is not very consistent? Is he suspended from homeplate for a while?
by desertcardfan08 on Apr 18, 2009 6:28 PM EDT reply actions
I can just imagine Tony in the dugout...
“What the F&ck is going on down there?)
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Please God, not Miles
you don’t have to prove this irony
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i could see that coming
theriot was 2 for 3… and now is 3 for 4. way to go franklin!
Welcome to Baseball Heaven.
damn it... it's miles
you KNOW what is coming… you know it…. i think that i need a Franklin myself
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:28 PM EDT reply actions
2 outs
again
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
He did that, and allowed Theriot to single, just to face Grit.
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Apr 18, 2009 6:29 PM EDT reply actions
UGH
GET THE F*** AWAY you goddamm shitty umpire
Cardwash Definition: Birds on the Nat.
OHHH YEAHHHH!!!!!!!
the outifeld is STILL too deep
cannot allow a run on a single. Even if it means giving up 2 on a double.
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my heart
stopped for a minute there…
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
I thought the little rascal
had done it again there for a second.
"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."
heh
but since he’s so small he can’t hit it out of the park
Cardwash Definition: Birds on the Nat.
OHHH YEAHHHH!!!!!!!
Thank you, God
now, let’s get some runs!
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sucks. Is that Kelly Johnson deal still on the table?
it never was
they wanted ludwick. If there was ever a chance of getting KJ for ank, given our lack of a genuine 2B in the spring, we shoulda bit their hand off. Of course, now, we’ve got more 2Bs than we know what to do with so we’re running them out at third instead….
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
ank, walk.
albert, homer.
perez, throw cheese.
Job done.
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This video is not available in my country?
F*** Youtube!
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
at first i was against not signing ank next year
but because of his recent struggles, i can see why a lot of you guys think he’ll leave or the cards won’t sign him.
Welcome to Baseball Heaven.
he looks like a pitcher batting up there
wait… (i kid)
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
So
If Ankiel swings so hard he rolls and Ankle and gets hurt, would that be a Rick-Roll?
Hopefully he goes on 30-day rehab assignment
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freaking announcers
giving a nature lecture with one of the most dangerous hitters in the league up, in the ninth inning, in a tie game…
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
lud swung at THAT?
he’s not vladimir guerrero. golfing one out is vlad’s thing.
Welcome to Baseball Heaven.
hmmmm
kevin gregg looks pretty freaking good
Gregg is pitching really well right now
Much as we like to get angry about everything, Gregg has tremendous location today.
And we are set up for another heartbreak
"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."
Lets hope
"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 Apr 18, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
If Perez blows this
Im up for epic bitching about our pen
Yadi swings and hits a high fly ball... Endy Chavez goes back, to the track, to the wall... ITS A GUNNER!! Yadi gives St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth!
Ankiel has Valdimir Guerreros plate approach
Except guerrero has talent.
ugh ugh ugh.....
well there goes the win. Ank/Pujols/Lud in this inning down, and now presumably we get franklin in the 9th to give up the walk off.
I hate the cubs.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
He is just trying to make it not hurt so bad
if we do lose. I get 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 Apr 18, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
TBH
in the unlikely event that franklin doesn’t get shelled this inning, I reckon gregg could go another….
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
hehe
2nd time now i’ve lost track of the batting order…
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, if Soriano homers
at least my Fantasy team will be doing all-right
are franklins a specific type of beer?
or just alcohol in general?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions
grain alcohol?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
if you know what your drinking when you are drinking it
it’s not a franklin yet
by azruavatar on Apr 18, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bradley must have challenged the suspension?
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by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Apr 18, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions
pretty crazy actually...
why wouldn’t he take it right now while he is not 100%… i mean, he’s only been PH’ing this whole series
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
there oughta be a bet
on how long it’s gonna be before franklin serves one.
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yeah!
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sigh
i hate this
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:40 PM EDT reply actions
on the other hand i love it too
he he
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
BOO pessimists
if you know for a fuckin fact the game is already lost, turn the goddamn computer off and go take a walk or something. Jesus H, it’s MID-APRIL. I worry about some of y’all’s health & sanity by the time we get to the trade deadline….
by nota bene on Apr 18, 2009 6:41 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Don't stress out so much over the Doom&Gloom crowd
it’s the nature of the beast
"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
I don't mind to an extent
but it gets out of hand and makes reading the game threads way less fun. I can be guilty of it too occasionally, but I hate reading “the game’s already over” when it’s tied up in the 9th. These situations are why people watch sports to begin with, I thought….
i think it's a psychological defense mechanism
If you think the cards are going to lose, and they do… you’re not as upset.
If they win you are even more ecstatic because you didn’t think it was going to happen!
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
that's fair
I just wish everybody could keep a tiny, tiny smidgen of perspective and (dare I say it) hope….
On the other hand
If you DO know for a fact who is going to win a game ahead of time, give me a call…I’ll take you to Vegas with me…
"Who is John Gall?"
Every time I feel my hate for Soriano start to well up
I remember how long and lucrative his contract is. Then I feel a little better.
hahahaha
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Come on Frank
Lets see the knuckler
"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."
dude... dont move!!!!
dont jinx it
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
you are going to break the franklin seal?
party foul
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Ka-HEEL!
"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
K-BOT!!!!!
that is some play. Didn’t trust duncan. TBH, i don’t blame him….
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kawheels
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Ha!
"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
sigh
let’s hope i don’t jinx it and say that fukudome won’t be a threat.
Welcome to Baseball Heaven.
Now see what you've done?!!
"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
Please use your power for good
instead of evil :)
"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
and....
here you go
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Camera pans to Greene...
…he does not appear to have even noticed that he just made a really nice play. The perpetual blank expression of a cold electronic interior.
come on come on come on...
pleeeease….
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
start wishing that franklin blows it
maybe that will work
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait...
Are you saying our bullpen is a problem? Huh, I hadn’t noticed…
"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
I think it's the starters
any bullpen will suck if they consistently have to pitch 4 innings every night….
really we just need to stop it with the 2 out baserunners
though a shutdown reliever would always be welcome
It cannot be overstated
bottom 9th- extra innings on the road are simply excruciating.
"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."
those outside fastballs
great pitches… i can’t see anyone hitting them for any sort of power…
and as I type that franklin badly misses location with a fast-ball…
GUNS
him down
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:47 PM EDT reply actions
Yes!
Phew
"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
what a fantastic pitch
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if we were at home... yes
but that would be cool i admit
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
mistakes were made...
two cups of coffee, plus extra inning baseball vs. the cubs —> minor arrythmia and constant urination…
seriously....
the ghost of izzy
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
that's the typical "good" franklin performance right there
nervous as hell!
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
PHEW!
TFIM…. Thank f.. it’s molina…
Franklin got lucky mind you, leaving 2/3 FBs up to lee, but still, some good pitches too, and i think late inning relievers deserve their luck. That was a nice way to shut them down too. K-bot and Yadi with the great defensive plays…
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