Cardinals v. Redbirds
by DanUpBaby on Apr 3, 2009 7:30 PM EDT
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PrintHere's your game thread—Gameday over here.
I went to the Memphis site hoping to learn who the starter was, but it looks like the MiLB web sites aren't quite up and running yet. What I found instead was... well, it was something else entirely.
This just in—Minor League teams are goofy:
Memphis, Tenn. - The Memphis Redbirds mascot Rockey the Rockin' Redbird continues his holdout of Redbirds Camp [...]
"I think this is a classic case of Rockey being Rockey," President of Baseball Operations/GM Dave Chase said. "Rockey is already one of the best fed birds in all of baseball and has one of the nicest nests in all of Memphis."
Even with rumors swirling that Rockey could leave for the University of Kentucky as part of a package deal with former University of Memphis basketball coach John Calipari the Redbirds are hopeful that the two parties can reach an agreement before Friday night's 7:05 game against the Cardinals.
"We are very optimistic at this point that a deal will get done," Chase said. "We want Rockey to be our mascot forever. AutoZone Park and the Redbirds just wouldn't be the same without him, besides a red bird wouldn't really work in the Bluegrass State anyway."
In a press conference held at Busch Stadium this afternoon, Fredbird responded to the news by eating somebody's cap and then doing the neutron dance.
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That Crazy Fredbird!
I have a love/hate relationship with this weekend. A person is not supposed to be wanting the weekend to hurry up and get over with.
And…I love me some gamethreads!
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I thought we could watch this for free?
The link to milb.tv in the other thread is fubar in my (firefox) browser
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Go here
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=l_sco&lid=112
And I’d imagine when the game starts, you can click on that little camera and the video will start working.
by Hardcore Legend on Apr 3, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Appreciate it, but it's still not working
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That little video goes to a page that lists 4/9 as the first game you can watch
Maybe it’s not on internet TV after all….
by BTown Birds fan on Apr 3, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Lineups! (gameday)
Schumaker 2b
Ankiel cf
Pujols 1b
Greene ss
Ludwick dh
Duncan lf
Molina c
Rasmus rf
Freese 3b
vs
Robinson cf
Greene ss
Jay rf
Mather 3b
Stavinoha 1b
Barton lf
Hoffpauir 2b
Anderson dh
Pagnozzi c
The Memphis lineup might be as good as some ML teams.
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and where the hell is Craig at?
I was looking forward to seeing him hit all damn week.
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Where is Craig at?
Right behind that preposition.
Barf.
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indeed
my grammar is still in ST form
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Good answer
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San Diego?
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outside of Gonzalez at 1b
Memphis might just have the better all around lineup
Hoff vs Eck
Gerut vs Robinson
Jay vs Giles
Greene vs ?
Hundly vs Pagnozzi (ok, edge SD)
Hairston vs Barton
Mather vs E Gonzalez
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Replacements
Anderson for Pags, Stavinoha at DH, and Craig at 1B and it gets that much better.
Memphis has to be looking at a great season, right?
by Willie McGee's Twin on Apr 3, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
indeed
the fans have to come out for that linep
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can Walters just claim the
5th spot in the rotation tonight?
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Guess will see how our lefty line up will do
Against a lefty pretty qucik. Not starting good as skippy strikes out.
Yeah but it's Ian Ostlund
That’s like me throwing lefty
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Nevermind
I somehow got him confused with Royce Ring. Not that Ostlund is that great or anything, but Ring is just terrible.
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HE'S NORMALLY ON OUR SIDE...
(Yep, caps lock was on, but it’s staying. I’m in a yellin’ mood.)
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I just don't like gritty, pesky players who hustle
Didn’t really like Miles either, and he was a fan favorite.
It’s just not my style of baseball…
But at the least
Robinson actually has speed. Better a one tool than a no tool.
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The Cardinals
have no positions. He’ll be whatever Tony wants him to be. Someday.
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LUDDY!
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for those without FSM
Luddy goes boom!
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Still gets me every time
I don’t know if it’s the shirt or Joe’s shit-eating grin that makes me laugh, but I laugh every time
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Here you go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvEXLua_6Eg
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
too bad Joe hates sports now
he calls the games like there’s somewhere else he’d rather be. he’s no fun to listen to anymore. sad, he could have been one of the greats.
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i have the t-shirt in red
so awesome. nobody gets it, but i love it
by krippledmaster on Apr 3, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
where did you get one?
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I approve of the latest addition
Out for Bloodwick? Nice!
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thanks
I thought it was a pretty good one, though definitely doesn’t roll off the tongue as well as the others.
I disagree
I think it rolls off the tongue quite well
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I'm trying to think of a good nickname for a player that doesn't already have a decent one though
Rasmus just is drawing blanks for me though.
I don't think Mather and Barton are having the games they were hoping for so far
to convince TLR they belong in St. Louis – GIDP for Mather, error for Barton.
I am up for a road trip to Memphis
baseball , bbq, and beer
VEB Day : The Minor League Edition?
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Half of my family is from Memphis
I’m there like 4-5 times a year. It’s always a good time. Autozone Park is amazing! Of course, it might be weird for me to say “sorry, I have to go visit with my friends from the internet”…
Although, several of you have offered couches to friends from the internet, so I really can’t judge…
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Blast!
I’m trying to do a fantasy lightning round draft and watch this game at the same time. This is fun but really confusing.
I'm thinking
that with his his elbow cleaned up a little, he will have like 80 homers and a 1.500 OPS.
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by vivaelpujols on Apr 4, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
only 80? talk about selling a guy short,,,,
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Remember in 06
when he was on pace for like 90 homers and 200 RBIs before he strained his oblique?
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by vivaelpujols on Apr 4, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
powerful lineup...
ank, pujols, greene (for a ss), ludwick, duncan… even rasmus and freese some.
by longhornscardinals on Apr 3, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions
i am too
he gives hope to us nerds everywhere, or at least the ones who are still young enough to be considered for a professional baseball career
by krippledmaster on Apr 3, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
It seems unfair
to have Pujols play vs a minor league team.
Felipe Lopez - next year's Joel Pineiro (on another team, thank you Mo!)
i am already getting annoyed
at the new player. i mean, i love that i can adjust the quality for my sloooow computer, but those commercials with the really high volume are just excruciating.
The commercials
at that volume are killer.
it may be better during the season
when we get to major league ball parks… hopefully they are saving up the good cameras and mics for then. that way, the sound difference may even out
by krippledmaster on Apr 3, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
well there's a big ass "Beta" tag
so this isn’t even “live” software yet.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
yeah, it sucks leaping for the volume every few minutes.
I also wish that you could further adjust the size of the player. only having small and fullscreen kinda sucks. I wonder if there is a way to stream the feed to vlc media player.
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by davethebutcher on Apr 3, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
there was last year
for a while that was the only way to get it to work in Linux. You could also record games, though I never bothered to do it.
They may have “fixed” the bugs that let you do that this year, though.
- So, to ease his pain, you're supposed to take him to a ball game?
- Yes.
I like the new flash. I'm at work so I can't try mosiac...
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
n/m. My vid feed keeps dying...*shrugs*
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
meh
not even half the stadium was full, c’mon memphis fans….i don’t care if it was cold, it’s the cards! and besides, It’ll be colder on opening day!
Cardwash Definition: Birds on the Nat.
OHHH YEAHHHH!!!!!!!
saw the highlights on BB Tonight a while ago
teams look good, of course they only showed the two big HRs. but it was good to see that LUD & Albert looked locked in & ready to go. i think i’m finally excited about the season starting.
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well
they were facing minor leaguers
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cmon and let the games begin
confusion will be my epitaph
I think I have more sigs than gdm now, hah!
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Apr 4, 2009 4:27 AM EDT up reply actions
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