Game 13 Overflow thread 2
by azruavatar on Apr 18, 2009 6:49 PM EDT
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walkoff seems unlikely
"Heh, Heh, Heh, Heh" -Mike Shannon
I am kinda shocked they left Duncan in after the Colby ph
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
they must really think there is a comeback brewin
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Lost home plate umpire
now in an equipment delay. UGH!
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Lets grab the lead so I don't have to go through this again.
First time in a long time Dunc has looked that bad on a swing.
ok duncan t-shirt...
please do your wicked voodoo again
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:50 PM EDT reply actions
no shit
you’re killing me fox
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larue with the kick save?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions
i like the nickname
LauRence
“hey peter man….”
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
ooops...
where is yadi at in the lineup
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions
my bad....
bunting? hit the game winning homerun yadi?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah no kidding
he gets a lot of flack but the guy has played hurt a few times..
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
nice AB dunc
although, if the umpire was consistent, he’d have been struck out 2 pitches before he walked…
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
my wife has dubbed Rasmus as
Prince charming from Shrek
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
I'll take a properly placed single
"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 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
this home plate umpire
is about the worst i’ve ever seen. That only missed by 8 inches.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
hmmm
"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."
sigh
count down to implosion
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
dunc got doubled off needlessly running back to 2nd after greene flew out to soriano. It wasn’t even close. Stupid play.
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Dunk plays so hard
but that was just dumb baseball
"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."
and a new haircut?
"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 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
does a Duncan chase a Franklin?
or is it the other way around?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions
Good thing dad's a coach
because if another player did that, TLR would have him riding pine for the rest of the game.
Too bad Rasmus wasnt double switched into the game
"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 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
who's hitting after greene?
is it barden? Or rasmus?
Either way, probably about a 1-in-3 chance of getting the hit that brings dunc home. Ugh that was awful.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
Thurston, I believe.
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 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
not Rasmus
now I am really wishing they had done the double switch
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I really should stop hitting the desk
every time something good happens for the Cubs… its really messing up my throwing hand
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 thanks Joe Buck
“good game there in Wrigley”
Which by the way we’re NOT going to show you!
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions
good call
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
running from a giant rock?
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
haha
"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."
by Smokin Turkeys on Apr 18, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Brendan Ryan teaching baserunning.
That’s like Molina teaching bunting. Or Pineiro teaching pitching.
kahlil haters
emerge!
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!
Khalil
what did he do to deserve hate on that play? Besides scorch a line drive
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Young Pitcher....
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:00 PM EDT reply actions
izzy....
oh wait
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Khalil's defense was supposed to be great
what the hell happened?
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short hopper
Greene tried to pick it up on the run but—- didn’t…
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!
tough little chopper on the ground to greene
he had to run in for it, didn’t pick it up cleanly. Wasn’t too bad but needed to be made.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
why do you have to jinx it?
now he’s going to hit a walkoff
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indeed
how could a strike zone so big two innings ago have disappeared completely now?
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If soto walks a third time
I’m gonna scream!
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 7:01 PM EDT reply actions
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!
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 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Watching a guy hitting .105 walk is great
if you’re trying to raise your blood pressure about 100 points
i love it when we walk the guy who cant hit
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There's one out.
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 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
son of a BITCH
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:01 PM EDT reply actions
sorry
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions
tricky play he had to make quickly running in on the ball
fumbled it in the transfer to his throwing hand.
here comes the end of the game
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions
dang it...
im not usually this pescimistic
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice Save Schu
"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
oh my word
please… pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:04 PM EDT reply actions
come on YP
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:04 PM EDT reply actions
checking on perez
ball went off his glove hand… he’s fine
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Checking on Perez after he deflected that grounder
"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
of course
Aaron freaking miles…. you knew it
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions
Please don't let Miles do what he did for us last year
"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
miles again
i feel he’s just set up to beat us today. Fate wants it.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
fuck
the grit
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!
ol Abner
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions
eh?
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
i can just imagine Perez thinking.
Dunc and TLR want the ball down down down. Well here i am throwing it at the knees and i cant get a call. WTF.
why
its easier to just walk him
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by themanthemyth on Apr 18, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
IBB?
"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
well...
at least it wont be miles
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:07 PM EDT reply actions
i thought that was definitely
laoding em up to set a plat at any base
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yeh
BB sounds about right
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!
Your not watching the game, apparently.
9/10 times these pitches are called strikes. This guy must’ve been an AL ump.
I can't watch the game
Sorry. I wish I could, I’m stuck with the Yankee Massacre. Sorry if my comments are wrong
He was throwing damn good pitches, and he wasn't getting the call.
This kid is gonna be dynamite. You’re right that he needs to be more consistent at throwing strikes, but he’s gonna get a lot of outs in the mean time.
Well, it's not that I don't like him
I just don’t think he should be in the majors if he’s not ready. Its more on management than YP
right
throw fast balls. In the zone. Lets take our chances. NO WALK OFF WALK PLEASE PEREZ!!!!
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
How was that not a strike?
"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
is he getting squeezed?
gosh those look good
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions
only if your a cub pitcher
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
thompson threw 5 innings of 2 hit ball in memphis
i’d take him over perez today.
Welcome to Baseball Heaven.
too bad that wasnt against MLB hitters
we have seen PK against big league hitters and it aint pretty
i'm not even remotely impressed by Chris Perez this time up
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I don't think that was all his fault.
What with a strike zone the size of a pea all of a sudden
"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
this umpire is SOOOOOO Bad
i can’t remember worse.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
YES!
"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
rec'd for excellent profanity
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
fail?
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!
home plate umpire fail
called ball one on a great pitch that caught the outside corner. Then gathright finally struck out about 5 pitches later.
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
my bowels just relaxed and i farted
my wife got mad…. good times
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions
nice
"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 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah
You can’t trust robots
"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
But Humans are Infallible
Good Point, we probably don’t have the technology to call balls and strikes without eyesight.
thurston, P, schu up?
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!
freese is batting for perez
"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang
dennys, miller
and if it gets really desperate i guess maybe boggs
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by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
the diner is pitching next
"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang
It's 7:10 here in Atlanta
And my poor husband and son keep asking when I’m going to fix dinner. JUST ONE MORE MINUTE, OK??? I can’t hear my Imac from the kitchen.
good for you
dinner is overrated
"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang
good time to order pizza
if we win… it’s a celebration. If we lose… you have pizza!
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
interesting that the guy who was warming up in the 3rd
is now pitching in the 11th
"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 is
and i just fired up a franklin/duncan/YP for good measure
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
isn't he a LHB?
"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang
you still haven't broke the seal?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
There is nothing that I would rather have take my entire saturday afternoon
than a great Cards/Cubs extra inning game.
"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."
nice PA.
fouled off a couple of balls & a couple of strikes.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
hell yeah!
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!
wow
and on that pitch, the aneurysm rate in chicago went through the roof….
that was real close…
Let YP bunt him over?
To save a pinch hitter?
Come on Tony
Butcher Boy time
"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."
Waingwright
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:16 PM EDT reply actions
im
not that familiar with your pen, who is left to pitch?
Dennys Reyes is warming up
"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
is he the reyes of position players?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
anthony not diner
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
yay a reyes ref
im complete..now can u say they need to re-sign grudz…get over it already
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
what about bo hart?
what does that do for you?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
And that's how to sac bunt
"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
the waino
does it 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!
wagonmaker
great bunt. That’s how you do it, thurston/molina/lohse…
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
honestly...
i’d kind of like to see us take a chance with thurston running, and then bunting him over to third… I feel like the 1st —> 2nd bunt is of minimal value…
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
schu
make me proud
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!
c'mon waino!
i’d like to see thurston bunted over to 2nd and see schu single to make it 6-5.
Welcome to Baseball Heaven.
a walk is just fine please....
pujols gets to bat…
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They get Ank first though
"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
With how this guy is pitching
might have been better served to have someone go up there and take pitches rather than bunting.
at least the cubbie fans have to suffer through sh%tty relief pitching too
except for marmol
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions
Gregg was filthy today
"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 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
on gameday
it looks like an IBB pitch was called a strike…
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
announcers aren't happy with the take...
not realizing that if schu gets on… it almost certainly means pujols coming up to bat with men on base this inning
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
if schu gets on
and ank doesn’t hit into a DP… we get albert with men on!!!
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I have significantly more confidence in Schu than Ank right now
So take some hacks Schu.
by mojowo11 on Apr 18, 2009 7:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Ryan and Rasmus
that must be something they do in Memphis
"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."
come on
seriously
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:21 PM EDT reply actions
geez
is he hurt?
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:22 PM EDT reply actions
is there an echo in here
Mark Grace?
"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
that's not pessimism, it's reality
the numbers even support you.
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come on roy
com eon
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by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions
ankiel
christ. He looks lost. SIT HIM FROM NOW ON.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
ummm
changing day-to-day strategy based on small sample sizes is one of the biggest pet-peeves of people on this blog…
Ankiel is not going to hit .200 with zero HR’s this year…
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I would appreciate it
If people would add a little more context to their comments. “Come on, seriously” isn’t really contributing anything to this thread, unless it’s followed with “How do you swing at that?” We’re not all watching the game live, unfortunately.
seriously?
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
by SleepyCA on Apr 18, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
c'mon!
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by mattyfrommo on Apr 18, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
fwiw, i agree with him
i just can’t help myself when an opportunity to be sarcastic arises.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
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by themanthemyth on Apr 18, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
well
why don’t you pep them up a bit? provide some analysis.
How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor
by themanthemyth on Apr 18, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I Live In Philly
ESPN has a funny picture of Reyes. That’s as deep as my analysis will be until next week when I’m back in Cardinals country.
nah, they are what they always were
just that there’s a lot more people commenting now.
For better or for worse. And I agree with you that they SHOULD be more substantive; it’s really annoying to “z” through 150 worthless comments to get to something worth reading.
OTOH, it’s a game thread.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
I have a dream...
that someday people will stop insinuating that everything’s gone to hell since Larry left.
by azruavatar on Apr 18, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I haven't been around that long, but ...
I have participated in game threads during both tenures. I don’t see much difference. Game threads are emotional because we are all fans of the Cardinals. Fandom, by nature, is not rational; so to expect rational responses during a game thread is kinda silly. The comments in a game thread are quick and biased. They are not particularly well thought out because you will be at the next half inning by the time your thoughts are composed well enough.
I see game threads as a way to vent excitement and depression in a forum with others feeling the same things. This constant harping on what should or shouldn’t be in a game thread is silly. If we all keep it clean enough that we wouldn’t feel bad about showing our mothers what we wrote, then express all the despair and exasperation you would like. Just my take on it.
by etp_stl on Apr 19, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Good Call
"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
they need the major league play
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions
can
Bud and Co please do something about the bat situation?
well i guess thats better
at least he didnt pad guzman’s stats with the k
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions
I wonder how much of a part Ankiel's slump comes from
all these years trying to make it back to the majors after what happened, and now he is finally inline for that big contract next year that he always assumed he would be recieving when he was a pitcher, and the pressure is getting to him.
"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 think it has more to do with the fact that he doesnt really have an approach
he still cant hit good breaking balls so he lunges at every fastball he sees. This leads to him being incredibly streaky.
I think
he’s just a guy with power, good athleticism, an improving eye, and a TON of holes in his swing & his approach to making MLB at-bats. He has big slumps. I’m sure he’ll come round eventually, just not sure we can carry him in the meantime.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm surprised there isn't a petition on the boards to make rasmus the everyday CF yet.
Welcome to Baseball Heaven.
crap..
just geting it out of the way in case
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
ank finally got a ball to hit
weak grounder straight to 2b. Oh well. There’s the game unless dennys pulls a rabbit out a hat vs RHB. I’m not holding my breath. Time for another tinny….
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
so.... the pessimists
i need to be cheered up with the top of the cub order coming up facing one of our loogys
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions
i meant the optimists
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
YES
thats what im talking about
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
um
what?
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
why am I not surprised that Larue is the one promoting nascar...
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
type casting
"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
walking soriano
to start the inning?
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'm off for a piss
and a beer. I expect the game to be over when i return….
damn loogys.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
we don't have loogys
loogys get at least one out
How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor
by themanthemyth on Apr 18, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
We have
LNOOGY’s
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!
noogys!
How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor
by themanthemyth on Apr 18, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
imagine...
if they had written three nights in august based on this series…. would’ve been longer than war and peace…
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i love yadi
and so do the fox announcers…nice play to gun out lead runner
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
Yadier is maybe my favorite Cardinal
When do we sign him to a 10-year contract, neglecting all economic prudence and wisdom?
Soon I hope
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby
Way to go
Fukadome. What’s so great about this guy again?
Nice play by Yadi to get the lead runner!
"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
everybody does that at games
"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang
Seems to be happening more frequently
in the FSN Midwest booth these days…
"Who is John Gall?"
by iron duke75 on Apr 18, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
if Grand Slam gets out of this
that HAS to be good mojo right?
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions
i can now count
like 4 games that Yadi has single handendly kept close
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!
Sonofa
"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
All we had left was Boggs I 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 Apr 18, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I am ready to get back to Busch
"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."
Quick turn it off!
Before that stupid ass song!!
"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
"Go Cubs Go"
it makes my ears bleed
"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, i repeat
our bullpen sucks… case and point…
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 bullpen pitched
5 2/3 innings….starters have to get deeper into games. That’s (part of) what doomed us in 2008
to be fair
our bullpen pitched like 7 innings and gave up 2 or 3 runs. I don’t think they did that bad.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on Apr 18, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah lohse goes deeper
or we get a key hit we talk about how well the bullpen did against this line up
in aaa
How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor
by themanthemyth on Apr 18, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Wasn't saying there was.
Just how predictable the outcome was going to be. We can’t have that many consecutive starts where the starter doesn’t at least get us through 6. I hope Wainwright can turn it around pretty soon.
well
i said i wanted 2-2 at the start of this series…. it’s still alive, goddammit… But we could be 3-0 up by now :-(…. Typical cubs series.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
at least the cubs are struggling to beat us
even though we are doing everything to let them win. even if we lose tomorrow, i think the way these games are going shows we should be able to hold with the cubs
Smell the Glove
sadly
the cheap-ass front office let aaron miles go, so TLR had no one else to turn to.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
by SleepyCA on Apr 18, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
I am recommending this comment
on account of sheer genius.
If you've got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
by the red baron on Apr 18, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah...
But the real trouble is the starting pitching. When no one really goes deep, you’re going to eat up your bullpen.
it still is early in the season
I expect Wainwright and Welley to start going deeper soon, and i hope beyond hope that Piniero will too
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
alright
out of here… ill catch you guys later
SlamalamaJackADongWick cares very little about your draft pick standing-by gdm426
by FredbirdisaDork on Apr 18, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions
Well.
Im off to drink.. and drink.. and then drink some more until I forget everything but my name and my favorite brand of beer… You will be hearing this a lot coming from me: SCREW THIS BULLPEN
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!
Al said before the game starts that Ramirez slaps us around like he's our cousin... he's always right...
It's not what you do, It's who you do...
Di you just confuse Mike Shannon with Al?
If so, I vote for immediate banning.
hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit
by Alxfritz on Apr 18, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Now I get to cram for a test
WHAT A SATURDAY!
Don’t worry, at least we’ll have Joe Morgan and Steve Phillips tomorrow.
If memory serves me
We had 1st and 2nd with nobody out in both the 7th and 8th inning and didnt score. There you go.
"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."
truth
and one of those times it was ank/pujols/ludwick batting. The other time it was barden who couldn’t advance the runners (followed by a rasmus K… so i guess it didn’t really matter)
by duncans_army on Apr 18, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Man rick was about as useful as nipples on a man this game
At least he’ll prob sit tomorrow, dude needs to figure it out.
I agree with Azru
he needs to magically pull a hammy so he can go down and work on that swing for a couple weeks.
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
+1
How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor
by themanthemyth on Apr 18, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
something has to be done with the 'pen
should’ve signed ohman…
duncan’s got to find a way to help the bullpen, in whatever way will help us win a game. it’s not going to be a good year if crap like this happens again. we saw this episode all year last season.
Welcome to Baseball Heaven.
there’s a difference between blowing a save situation in the 9th which we did alot last year, than losing in extra innings when we’re the away team.
Cardwash Definition: Birds on the Nat.
OHHH YEAHHHH!!!!!!!
I definitely still have a hangover from last season's bullpen
I always feel like the pen will blow it…especially against the Cubs in these games at Wrigley. Just have a feeling of foreboding that I can’t shake. And what’s with the HUA plays like Dunc just made today? I almost feel like the Cubs have gotten into this team’s head…
"Who is John Gall?"
The bullpen can definitely be better...
But except for Reyes, it did pretty good today. The trouble was that the starter only went 5 innings (a day after the starter only went 4), forcing Tony to use a LOOGY instead of a regular reliever vs righties. Even counting Reyes, it was 3 runs in 5 2/3 innings vs 4 in 5 for the starter.
The mistake was not trying to get another starter, instead of hoping Carp would be okay. Even if Carp was healthy, that would allow you to move Piniero to the bullpen (who can be a decent long reliever).
organ music?
I have never heard a stupuid victory song at Busch. I likle to think we are above that.
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
The Cubs have the home field mojo
working for them again this year. But I always laugh when they lose it in October.
We REALLY need to get our starters to go longer in games and soon. This bullpen is going to be really fried in a few weeks, hell they are already. Mo needs to be looking for another starter…one that might be able to eat some innings at least.
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I apologize for being an annoying pessimist during the game thread today (well most of this series)
I need to stop posting during Cubs series.
MyBrute - Where tiny gladiators rule the internets
Annoying
is relative. Due to time zone differences, I had to be up at 4:25 to watch this game today (and all of the other days) on gameday. Too many beer last night militated against the plan. Instead, I was left, for the 3rd day in a row, just going through the threads and living the game vicariously as folk argued, railed against TLR, the bullpen, and starters etc. I love it. Your apology is accepted, it is fun to follow the byplay here. I will again resolve to get up early tomorrow morning (and probably fail) so that I can apply an antidote to your pessimism real time.
by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Apr 19, 2009 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
New Yankee Stadium is a joke
The Indians were treating it like a little league field today (they hit 6 homeruns). They are saying this park is a bandbox and is going to be a nightmare for pitchers.
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
Three games. 17 home runs. SEVENTEEN!!!
Something very weird is going on there.
She isn't crazy, she's just not impressed.
It makes it even funnier that ...
they spent all that damn money on pitching in the offseason. They are going to have a hard time coaxing big time pitchers into coming to the Bronx if they are going to get lit up light the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center.
The bullpen has major problems (no duh!)
it’s not so much that they are terrible, it’s just they can’t hold a lead for snot. We’ve had to scored closer to 10 than 2 in all of our wins this year. That’s unsustainable and the pitching, mostly bullpen, is not only giving up startling numbers of runs but also logging heavy inning loads very early in the season.
This is setting up for a disasterous stretch at some point where the pitching will be completely frazzled and the offense takes 2 weeks off from getting in the endzone.
by Hardcore Legend on Apr 18, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions
Starting pitching
Would have something to do with bullpen woes.
by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Apr 19, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
setting up for a disasterous stretch
No doubt. If the pitchers don’t start going longer and stop putting so much pressure on the pen every day this stretch might start this week. It’s not going to be easy this coming week with the Mets and Cubs coming to town. Yeah we have been scoring pretty good but If not for Ryan Ludwick’s hot bat right now these would have been uglier losses. It would be nice if Ankiel and Rasmus starts hitting.
But I’m not going to get too worried yet. We have had a hard time at Wrigley for several years now. The Cubs have some serious mojo going on there the past couple of years….and I’m not too suprised at these two losses. I expect a different outcome next weekend against these Cubs at Busch…….before I get too bent out of shape. But I really think Mo needs to be looking for some type of pitching help if there is anybody out there that can be of help…..might be too early for that though.
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
Pitching
What type of pitching. A Rivera isn`t just going to appear out of the woodwork. Being an eternal optimist, I am hoping that Perez, Motte, and Franklin will be able to do it for us, rather than relying on mismatching Reyes (but it was extra innings, and extended bullpen).
by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Apr 19, 2009 12:23 AM EDT reply actions
I think we need another starter
I hope somebody from Memphis can come up and give us some quality innings soon. P.J might be able to since he should have his “debut jitters” over with now. I know it’s way too early for teams to be trading starters right now…so that’s pretty much out of the question.
I’d like to see our bullpen keep the ball in the park for a few games too. They have been giving up way too many long balls. Seems like they walk a guy and then give up a 2 or 3 run blast every game now. This HAS to stop.
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
Sometimes i don't really catch the "geniality" in La Russa's moves.
I really can’t understand his decision of takin out Brian Barden with two men on base and no outs in the top of the 8th. Barden is batting .402. He’s 5 for 6 with two walks in this series and he was unbelievably taken out of the game with runners in scoring position and a chance to win the game in the 8th. To me that was a suicide move as when he made B.Ryan pinch hit instead of Ludwick against the Dbacks.
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