Game 33 Overflow Thread
by azruavatar on May 12, 2009 8:29 PM EDT
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PrintI really hate losing to the Pirates. I know in the macro sense of 16 games or whatever we play them, we're bound to drop a few. But in the micro, on that game-to-game level, we're a better team than they are and I don't like dropping games to teams we're better than.
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Never gets old
by which I mean it does.
"Well, folks, this game began as a tiny worm and is blossoming into a large cobra." - Mike "The Moon Man" Shannon
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Thats what she said
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Gibson
by davethebutcher on May 12, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
My pleasure
Cards, Colts, and Pacers - Baseball, football, and basketball or gambling, guns, and old cars?
I have got to step in here
do what you have to do, but please don’t ever diss a "That’s What She Said! " again. Thankyouverymuch
carry on
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Dan IS a fruit basket.
I don’t mean that. I’m just speaking out of hurt.
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 12, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Poop
that’s all.
hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit
by Alxfritz on May 12, 2009 8:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I think Wellemeyer is confused
I don’t think he knows that you don’t have to go five innings to qualify for a loss
Stat Whore
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions
you were 4 late
when are you going to learn to take these threads seriously?
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got any beer?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
this game sucks
im out. I normally will watch a game until the end. But this last week has really sucked for me and I doubt feel like seeing the Cardinals getting pounded.
Plus this Casino queen Comerical is really getting to me.
Enjoy the comeback everyone!!!
I totally agree
with your sentiment, Az – I hate losing to teams that we are better than.
Also,
since I wasn’t in the other thread, was there some explanation that I missed as to why in the name of the GOB Shane Robinson is starting over Colby Rasmus. That’s the kind of dumb player choices that makes me want to tear my antenna out.
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only explanation
trying to give the guy playing time
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
That's not an explanation
that’s stupidity.
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you're confused.
stupidity is the explanation.
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by tom s. on May 12, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
rec'd
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
me stupid
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Colby doesn't have the track record
of success against LHP that Skip and Dunc do.
Silly Robot
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Wellemeyer
we miss you
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:33 PM EDT reply actions
this is all a big plan to make boyer feel better about himself.
if you come in a two-homer fifth inning down 7-1, it’s hard to look worse than the starter.
building confidence, ladies and gents, building confidence.
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a strategy question
Sometimes, in cases like this, do you just want your starter to suck it up and eat the innings? I know we just had a day off, but Welley is a veteran pitcher, he’s a #4 quality starter, do you just leave him out there to die a little longer until his pitch count hits its max, or do you start the parade of relievers?
and by next spring, you mean August, right?
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm really starting to wonder about this concept of "starting rotation"
with so many injuries that happen to keep a guy out for a couple of weeks, and so many marginal 4 – 5 starters for any team (if they’re lucky), can you have enough Boyers/Boggs on any team?
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
tell us what you really think!
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seriously though
2 homers? thats just rude
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
if that's rude, what's the orioles starting rotation?
sid ponson?
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they are a jerk team
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like how Al is explaining how TLR will protect our pen
Screw that, let’s just make it 14 guys out there.
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You know?
He really will, Al.
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 12, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I just can't believe we have to have conversations about protecting the pen
when there’s 13 guys out there. If you can’t get buy with an 8-man bullpen, than you aren’t managing your resources correctly.
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I can believe it
I really can. I was amazed at the game last week that Welley started that there were 5 guys left in the pen that did not pitch.
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How about
8 starters
8 relievers
8 position players
1 Albert
I've got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans, to wear that ball and chain
by jd is legend on May 13, 2009 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
maybe boyer shoulda started today
him and Welley can alternate being in the bullpen and starting, or something
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions
at this point
i’d just be happy w/ this game if colby goes yard off a LHP so Tony can quit acting like he can’t hit them … ok so that prob won’t mean anything Tony but I still want it to happen
Hardee's Prime Cut
Really the only cut for us the entire game.
Patiently awaiting the day Colby Rasmus does this: .275/.381/.551/.932, 29HR, in St. Louis...and I'm wanting an Allen Craig call-up!
If we can get Pujols 7 more at bats
we might have a chance…
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by davethebutcher on May 12, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
jack wilson
hates us
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:39 PM EDT reply actions
Jack Wilson always kicks our ass. He gets up in the morning to play the cardinals. If I were a Cardinal I would take that as a compliment.
*Rasmus is to CF as Longoria is to 3B*
Let's take it as a challenge to
SIT HIS ASS DOWN!
"Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." --Churchill
I'm really torn.
I love seeing Boyer used in this sort of a situation, as I think it fits his profile beautifully at this time, but if he’s going to be used to eat up marginal innings in the middle of the game, then I’m going to need someone to remind me, just one more time, I promise, why the fuck we still need Brad Thompson on this team.
If you've got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
by the red baron on May 12, 2009 8:40 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
because Tony is a sucker for players with no talent or upside
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Aaahhhh.
See, I keep forgetting that.
If you've got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
by the red baron on May 12, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn
Sign me up!
I've got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans, to wear that ball and chain
by jd is legend on May 13, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
thompson and boyer
are in competition for mop up duties (says a lot)
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Boyer is a lot better than Thompson
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
but Thompson is a good boy
tlr likes patting him on the head
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
WHY IS MILLER WARMING UP??????????????????
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WHY DO WE HAVE A LONG MAN?????????????
This is insanity.
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I really think that Tony has to stop being retarded
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
that's a fantastic question
when did Thompson pitch last? why are we using a LOOGY in long relief? isn’t a 6 run deficit the SOLE reason you have a long man??
No joke
Isn’t a LOOGY meant to get a lefty out when you’re trying to preserve a lead? Srsly, why burn up our relievers in a lost cause?
Patiently awaiting the day Colby Rasmus does this: .275/.381/.551/.932, 29HR, in St. Louis...and I'm wanting an Allen Craig call-up!
by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
someone get him a drink
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Oil Can.
Oil Can.
I've got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans, to wear that ball and chain
by jd is legend on May 13, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
idle concept for a fan post which someone is free to steal.
reimagine the 00’s cardinals with polanco and wilson remaining on the team through today. with the deals not done. think about what we would have done instead. perfect 20/20 hindsight poll.
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I like Renteria for the first 6 years of this decade better than Jack Wilson for however long
It would have been nice to have a stable 2B after Vina though
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by jd is legend on May 13, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
why the hell is there no warning?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:42 PM EDT reply actions
He did
what every batter does when a pitch is coming in. It wasn’t intentional.
Classic underachiever.
to be fair, pirates are kind of above the law.
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by tom s. on May 12, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
They abide by The Code
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
But The Code is actually more like guidelines then actual rules
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
heh
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
above?
i thought it was outside of the law
Throw him the heck out!
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
??
both benches were warned after Welly threw it behind Sanchez, right? And Rasmus has now been hit, doesn’t that mean Duke is automatically out of the game? What’s the point of warning the benches then?
not a logic fail on your part
I am just as shicked as the rest of you.
Fuck it, time for another franklin
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I'll be the headhunter
someone needs to be hit.
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as hard as rasmus throws
it would have been pretty cool to let him take the mound and do the headhunting himself.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
ump was just owned by tlr
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:43 PM EDT reply actions
what happened?
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
larussa lawyered at him
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Damn it Tony
make it worthwhile and just get fucking tossed!
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he needs to stay in to make his brilliant moves later in the game.
when he puts shane robinson at ss and brad thompson at 2b.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
This is why warnings are stupid.
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
By one of our 37 relievers on the roster
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
no, make it hurt
Motte
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
Can you imagine
stepping in against one of them, knowing you’re gonna get drilled?
Classic underachiever.
some of them aren't that bright.
i bet hinske wouldn’t figure it out until he was halfway to first.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
did you know that Hinske is Albert Einsteins grandson?
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
he definitely got the bad end of the genome there, if so.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
Motte's too chill for that job
Get Ank on the mound and tell him to let ’er rip
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I'm going back to New Orleans, to wear that ball and chain
by jd is legend on May 13, 2009 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions
and you'd have plenty of plausible deniability
no sir, i wasn’t aiming at him, just got real nervous.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
I nominate Motte
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
does he have an extra $750 laying around?
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
surely more so that I
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
Forget that
Zack Duke needs one in the Ribs. Let him know how it feels. Isn’t like we’re going to win this game anyway.
by cloistermaximus on May 12, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I miss the Lloyd McClendon-TLR era where they would yell at each other across the dugouts
someone needs to show some spine.
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Honestly that was the perfect moment for TLR to get himself tossed.
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i've been looking for a positive impact from TLR
aside from the fact that he and Dave Duncan inseparable.
I'd give TLR a pass for the night
if he had stayed out there and yapped himself out of the game. There are times and places to get tossed. That was one of them.
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he can hit lefties now
you missed that memo
[.250/.333/.250]
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What is Skip's ISO vs. lefties?
Zero point zero
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by jd is legend on May 13, 2009 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I really don't think he has one
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah we know
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
Well as long as we're talking about things that aren't going to happen
I could really use some fresh pancakes cooked up by a wookie.
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by albrtfn on May 12, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
mmm . . . wookie pancakes.
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by tom s. on May 12, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
lol
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
This has all the signs
of ….
T.E.S.S. 2 : The Return of the Revenge of the….
Screw it, i really need to stop drinking for the night
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This is dumb.
We are having our pitchers throw an insane amount of warmup pitches because TLR wants to tinker every god damn game with every god damn reliever he has available to him. We’re down by six; but in Thompson and tell him to throw 4 innings. Sit back, drink a bourbon.
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yup
we need some good old hard nosed grit fightin’
Exactly
Heaven forbid we need a decent reliever tomorrow in a game we have a chance of winning
Let puppy kicker finish up this craptastic game
While I don't want a fight
sometimes in games like this, when you know Tony isn’t going to do anything, I wish the player would just charge the mound a little. Not start a fight, just go and have a few heated words with the pitcher.
The way this team has been playing so listlessly, and how many times it’s been hit the last week or so, it’s painful to watch them act so meekly when it happens.
Colby did a pretty sweet job of slamming the bat down
and taking his sweet time walking down to first
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
good news
cubs still losing, peavy due for a win
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:49 PM EDT reply actions
ironyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
sorta
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess
it was lost upon me
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
cubs pursued peavy all offseason
now he is beating them?
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
so far so good
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah,
I think that is the irony he was talking about.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
oh
duh
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
There is still the BrewCrew and the Reds to worry about.
even if the cubs struggle. Both clubs are pretty wounded right now, but at least the cubs can pitch.
the Brewers are a pretty damn good team
I’m not worried about the Reds at all though
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
what's the word on Carp right now?
a week or two, right?
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
not soon enough.
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Gallardo is an ace
probably one of the best 10 pitchers in the league, and Bush, Parra and Looper are okay, and Suppan is replacement level. So their probably a little worse than us. But their offense and defense is sick.
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I always thought of their defense as being a little subpar
but it’s probably doing better than ours’ tihs season
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
well, they don't have Adam Dunn anymore
my dream is to trade Dunc for Zimmerman. The Nats outfield would be the greatest thing to watch. Ever.
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Ryan or Jordan?
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Ryan Zimmerman
Jordan Zimmermann
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
wonder how long Ryan's hitting streak will be?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
i dunno, but that's kind of amazing at this point
out here, we don’t have much else to cheer for locally, baseball-wise. just found out today that my friend who works for the Lerner Corporation (Nats owners) just got laid off.
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
close enough
i mean, we had Brian Barden/Barton at one point.
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that's even worse
same first names
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
talking about brewers defense
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
this is a confusing subthread
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
votto and bruce are a nice core
but yeah, their hitting is not very dangerous
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
at least
it shouldn’t be (shudders at last series)
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
somethings just can't be fixed
unless carp is also a horse doctor
nope
severed that tie
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope his contract ended w/ us after last season. Luckily.
Patiently awaiting the day Colby Rasmus does this: .275/.381/.551/.932, 29HR, in St. Louis...and I'm wanting an Allen Craig call-up!
by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh
how I would love to see LaRue charge the mound!
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
could he get thrown out for charging brad thompson?
oh, you mean duke.
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absolute best cardinal to charge the mound!!
comedy potential, bad-ass looking dude potential, who care if he’s suspended potential :)
Larue does look like a hockey player. The kind you get to protect your team from Oglethorpe.
*Rasmus is to CF as Longoria is to 3B*
varmint destruction potential
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
don't we have a catcher?
put Motte back there
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
tonight is really not our night
our problems with the pirates continue
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 8:59 PM EDT reply actions
Come on PK, if you're going to hit them
make it hurt.
hit 'em in the gut
that’s a vulnerable spot
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
BT going after 'em!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions
wow,
it’s hard to believe that all these HBP are on accident.
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cardinal killer jack wilson up
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:05 PM EDT reply actions
or you could say
plank him
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
wait, what was the purpose of warning the benches?
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theatricallity
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
is that a word?
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it's a word
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
i can figure out what it means
so it becomes a word, if it isn’t already
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
It's all
up to the umps, even after warning the benches. They have the discretion to toss them or let them stay in the game. It is ridiculous.
Classic underachiever.
so it basically
doesn’t do anything
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
and the umps have the discretion to toss somebody without giving a warning.
right?
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swine flu
and how to practice precautionary hygiene
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 12, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
does that go as an out of zone play
since it was originally directed up the middle?
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I'll forgive Wellemeyer for the Morgan triple
on further review, that was a routine flyball if Ludwick doesn’t tear his hammy.
Well Todd is relieved then
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn right he is
his life revolves around what I think about him
We have 4 hits, 1 run, 5 K's and 1 BB againts Zach F. Duke
and he’s only thrown 92 pitches!
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This game sucks
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yep
pinch hitters are definitely supposed to swing at the first pitch
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0-8
In front of Albert tonite….
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atta boy tony
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
and again.
I miss our ++ defensive teams. It’s a shame they involved having players like Cesar Izturis and Adam Kennedy.
that's pretty much all of them, I think.
the rest of the city are busy posting to steelers boards.
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he's pretty stalkable
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
LA
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I quit.
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
Don't even hit the balls any more
all it does is give the Pirates a chance to feel good about themselves by making a nice play.
well
the Pirates are back to playing like superstars against us, what is that, 4 defensive gems?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions
Nate "-40 by +/- rating last year, but still won the Gold Glove for some fucking reason, probably because nobody actually saw him play because he is on the Pirates, and the one time the managers actually saw him play in the ASG was when he actually made
a good play" McClouth no less.
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thompson's sinker actually looks pretty sweet tonight
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions
figures that PK is the one guy who starts to shut them down
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
it’s like bizzarro world when we play the pirates
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
A little levity on this dark evening
There was a streaker at the Mets/Braves game, and for some reason Yahoo Sports decided they should put a photo of him up at their main page (here’s the photo link; it may not be on the main page if you go there because they rotate them). NSFW, if a guys’ naked bum is NSFW.
by BTown Birds fan on May 12, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions
Please not a rally monkey...
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
HAH
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
why the hell do we turn the effing pirates into the 27 Yankees?
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
that's one of the reasons
why I can never figure out anything
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder
Do they have that Mobil on the run promotion (and commercials) in other cities? Watching the commercial, it looks like they were at Busch stadium for at least part of it…
I need something to cheer me up
Taco Burrito King!!!</strong
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nice hit razzle!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions
it's really frustrating how everyone has to get hurt for who I would argue is the second most productive outfielder
to see playing time.
And even then, Shane Robinson……..
it's safe to assume Rasmus has a full time job now
with Ank and Luddy out
unless Tony brings up Stavinoah
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
he's a decent hitter
but he has no place on this club
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
another piece of lumber
dies a hero!
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
Well since he can't do 162 lineups in 162 games now
He’s got to set a new goal
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
If Dunc goes deep here I'll believe
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
don't kill the rally!
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
is capps pitching now because
a) he’s coming off the DL and needs a low-impact opportunity; or
b) it’s the ninth inning and they’re gonna use their closer regardless of a 6-run advantage?
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a
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Can you pick up a 1/2 save if you pitch with a 6-run lead?
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
probably
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
the better question
If you come in with a 6 run lead, and have a manager that has ran your bench completely empty, can you earn the save if , I don’t know , you give up a couple hits and then your LF breaks his leg. You then have to be moved to LF. The next reliever then comes in and gives up three runs. Your wise manager then brings in a reliever that has been used the last three nights and is unavailable, but alas, he brings him in to play LF, and you move back to the mound.
Will you pick up a save in this scenario?
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
How many Franklins have you had tonite?
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Indeed!
but will this guy pick up a save in this situation?
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
Ah hell
Why not? I’d give it to him!
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
heh
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
just hit a home run Dunc
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:28 PM EDT reply actions
I believe there is merit to the rally killing theory
as dumb as it is, but if he wants to, by all means….
a walk is nice too
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
thats the type of ball that gets down against us
ALL the 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."
But is it
T.E.S.S.-tastic?
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 12, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
getting a little more interesting
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:30 PM EDT reply actions
Rooney
does a pretty good Vin Scully impersonation.
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Okay Tyler
DON’T hack at the first pitch
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Dammit
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
fail
"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 May 12, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
unless it's a good one.
nice bench management — AW is our first go-to PH.
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I'm pretty sure he'd swing at a HBP
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Congrats
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
The guy walks 2 in a row
and Greene is up there hacking at balls out of the zone
Greene is the last guy I want up in this situation
expect for Robinson… crap
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GD predicts
an 8 pitch AB for Greene.
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50% Accuracy Rating
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Khalil
yr losin me
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:32 PM EDT reply actions
we need more original names on this team
has there ever been another player named Pujols in the majors?
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
i mean, i'm still confused by Shane/Kerry Robinson
and the Barden/Barton thing, now we have two middle infielders named Greene? My brain ain’t so good
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
that poor man
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Luis Pujols
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pujollu01.shtml
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wow
my knowledge of marginal baseball players basically extends from 1986 – 1994 and 2003 – present. high school and college (i.e, parties and girls) got in the way there for a bit.
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I am thinking
this was the same guy who was a first base coach for the Tigers earlier this decade
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
teaming up with Andy Van Slyke?
is there any precedent for trading a coach? maybe we could get a pitcher for Oquendo?
by Expatcardfan on May 12, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
related
Wiki says he and Albert are cousins.
"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
just get a hit dammit
I want at least some small silver lining
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:35 PM EDT reply actions
Situations like these
Really make you happy we have middle infielders and a backup catcher on our bench. Oh wait, what?
stupid duke
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 12, 2009 9:36 PM EDT reply actions
ok, I'm going to Taco Burrito King
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i think i would have rather seen AW pinch hit for shane there.
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Or for Greene or LaRue
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
i don't like shane but he got good wood right there.
I don’t think I’d consider ADub a better hitter just yet.
I finished my finals today
Yay!
Cardinals lost
BOOO!!!!!!
What a shitty day….
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
yep, it really was a shitty ass day
FML
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
Well I was being halfway sarcastic
I’m hoping you were too.
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by RunninRedbird on May 13, 2009 7:23 AM EDT up reply actions
9th inning is a reminder...
of repeated offensive struggles…
I don’t see Greene starting for awhile, and I don’t see him staying up in the majors when Ryan comes back…
atleast with B.Ryan
you get an above average defender at both 2nd and Short.
Greene is probably a better defender than Ryan
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
His arm is stronger
But I’d say Ryan has the better range.
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by RunninRedbird on May 12, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
i have no idea what this means.
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Infielders in the outfield
this series. Consider it a lock.
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Where have all the Redbirds gone, long time passing...
Down by six,bases loaded, nobody out in the ninth. We see Tyler Greene, Jason LaRue and Shane Robinson. Ladies and gentlemen, these are your 2009 Saint Louis Cardinals.
I'd like to order the Jack Clark
Medium Well please
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Are you thinking that a power-hitter with career longevity
would beget a team of power-hitters with longevity? I don’t think managers work that way.
Wait…what was Larussa’s playing career like?
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 12, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
No
I was thinking that Jack Clark looks like he’s been cooked to medium well under some kind of heating lamp generally reserved for use at chain fast food restaurants.
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but he has NO TOLERANCE for STEROID USERS!
especially if they play baseball better than he did.
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He looks
like he ate some cow steroids. Or just a cow whole.
hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit
by Alxfritz on May 12, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Instead of taking hgh , he took bgh?
I think we have figured out bgh’s secret identity
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
Maybe I was hoping for a managerial suggestion.
Oh, and Larussa – mediocre middle infielder who was hit in the head with a wild pitch. I can’t see how that has impacted his managerial career.
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 12, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
i hate to think how that game would have turned out if we didn't carry 13 pitchers.
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Jack
His wife used to show up at Candlestick in ermine and pearls. Jack didn’t care, he just dimpled the walls.
fuck
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by vivaelpujols on May 12, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
wtf is the point
of even having a Jake Peavy, if Edwin Moreno is the guy you are going to bring in to fact the heart of the opponent’s order in a one run game after he leaves?
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
I went to Pittsburgh tonight
and saw the 2005-2007 Memphis Redbirds play.
Duncan
Robinson
Greene
Skippy
Rasmus
Tyler Greene spent more time making sure little kids got autographs, baseballs, etc during the night than Todd Wellemeyer spent getting people out.
by Hardcore Legend on May 12, 2009 11:47 PM EDT reply actions
I know autographs don't win games
but they make lifelong fans. I would be willing to say that I would probably not be as dedicated a fan as I am today if it weren’t for the time that Steve Kline spent signing and encouraging others to sign. Every game he was out there with the other bullpen guys signing autographs for a good hour. Now, rarely do I see players signing when I’m at Busch. I’m a fan of pretty much any player that takes time to sign autographs before or after a game.
"All baseball fans can be divided into two groups: those who come to batting practice and the others. Only those in the first category have much chance of amounting to anything."--Thomas Boswell
Yeah, it's a big deal
Funny you should mention Kliner. I’ve got a signed ticket from him.
Often times, you find the guys that have the biggest struggles in life signing for the kids. Eckstein, So, Kline, Flores, Ludwick, etc.
Ludwick and Skip spent time signing before the game as well, before going out and stretching. I blame those damn kids and their baseball for Ludwick pulling his hamstring.
by Hardcore Legend on May 13, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
So signed a lot too. I have a signed ball. It’s pretty cool, he signed it with the Japanese characters and the english Romanization of “So Taguchi”
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geesh, the effing pirates made 4 of SC's top 10plays of the day
mother of ass, that’s really fucking embarrassing.
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
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