Memorial Day Overflow Thread
by DanUpBaby on May 25, 2009 4:00 PM EDT
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"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
KKKKKKKKKK
but mlb.tv is on its last legs for me, breaking up…
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
cardinals
where did your april hitting go?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions
they weren't thinking ankiel and ludwick would be out, and Glaus would be back by now
so the thursty-bardo combo has worn thin
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Does Carp have a pitch limit today?
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he is laboring a bit here
I bet this is it for 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."
by Smokin Turkeys on May 25, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
he's only @ 85
he probably expressed displeasure to Tony at being removed after 5 IP/67 pitches last week….
again, no big innings, keeping the pitches below 20 an inning
doesn’t exactly look like laboring out there
by Expatcardfan on May 25, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
One pitch could end the inning, Carp
"I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all."
by sirensofsilence on May 25, 2009 4:04 PM EDT reply actions
I thought Gamel got more of that ball
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likewise
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
that was scary
"I've played a couple of hundred games of tic-tac-toe with my little daughter and she hasn't beaten me yet. I've always had to win. I've got to win." - Bob Gibson
good thing they aren't playing in STL
raining like cats and dogs out
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Phew...Gamel smoked that
but right at Raz
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Catalanatto
below replacement level since 2008 ©
And still probably going to kill us today :-)….
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woh
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions
and, as the Brewers announcers said
“it was foul by plenty”. because 18" is plenty.
by Expatcardfan on May 25, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
What are the odds Carp's spot comes up in the 9th inning? He's fifth.
by BTown Birds fan on May 25, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, he probably should be - at least that would be my call if TLR were to ask me.
93 pitches is enough for his second start.
by BTown Birds fan on May 25, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Not high
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by sirensofsilence on May 25, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Whew
toooooooo close
"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
Chris Duncan was no where near that ball
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dunc looks so bad at-bat at the moment
I ouldn’t mind that. Especially when luddy’s back.
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
wwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooowwwwwwwww
lets get this one carp.
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nice cuttr
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions
Can we get that HR Rasmus hit off Gallardo during the rainout back?
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wow
what an inning…. ok, get some friggin runs!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions
Carp is un-fucking-believable.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
by spants on May 25, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
YES
nice work carp. A bit lucky there though, 3 well-hit balls.
I’ve put mlb.tv down to an almost-unwatchably low quality and it’s still dying on its knees. Boooo….
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Ahaha.
True story.
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by sirensofsilence on May 25, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
let's string a few together now boys...
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I'm still trying to find my thumber
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Nahhhh...
I ain’t touchin’ that line…
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by The Ol Goaler on May 25, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
it's not in skippy?
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
————————————- < the line
Felonius_Monk < crossed the line
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oh wow,,,,
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
Please, just one freaking run
that’s all I ask
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Carp
8.0 IP 2 H, 0 BB, 10 K
93 pitches/61 strikes
Fangraphs gives him a WPA of .563, probably since he eventually let some guys on base. Weirdly Gallardo has the exact same WPA.
Yep.
Hoffman in.
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by The Ol Goaler on May 25, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, they pinch hit for him last inning
by BTown Birds fan on May 25, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
probably still mad about last night
when the umpire changed his call after Gardenhire argued it, and then Morneau hit a grand slam
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Looks like
Hoffman is set to bat second next inning?
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on May 25, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
ok
let’s get to hoffman
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:12 PM EDT reply actions
Chris Duncan versus a change up specialist
this should be hilarious
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well maybe Hoff will hang one up
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:13 PM EDT reply actions
and that's why Albert swung at ball 4
Duncan can’t be counted on to do anything
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Or pop up
Sigh
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by sirensofsilence on May 25, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm disappointed in Stav today
he just looks natural being in Milwaukee
by Expatcardfan on May 25, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
On days like today
it’s hard not to feel like John Mozeliak really dropped the ball this offseason.
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in what way?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
by not signing any legitimate depth
and relying too heavily on options from within, none of which have been that good (except for the bullpen).
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our pitching in general will be fine if carp stays healthy
good to have him back, but we were able to not do too horribly without him. I guess they coulda tried to do something about Glaus, but it seemed like we had a ton of options at 3B…. then Ludwick and to a much lesser extent Ank getting hurt was hard to work around, except the one thing that did tick me off about mozeliak is the barton trade, he woulda been nice to have. but mather getting injured too is another limitation
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
that's the point though
he didn’t sign any legitimate depth. He just crossed his fingers and hoped he could fill holes with options from within or career minor leaguers.
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its been a rough 2 - 3 weeks
we’ll be fine. long season.
by Expatcardfan on May 25, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree
With Duncan getting out almost all the time, because he can’t hit an off-speed pitch, we need someone who can actually get a hit occasionally. Hell, put Ryan first and Schumaker 4th. Even that would be better than what we are seeing from the 4-spot right now. Hopefully Ludwick will come back and keep his good season going. He will be a HUGE lift for this club if he can produce!
by PigSooie92 on May 26, 2009 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions
yay
good work stav
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions
Let's play a game
let’s see who can get out the FASTEST
at least it's over quickly
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hmmmm
well that was a pleasing inning. It’s good to be a Cards fan right now.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
that 86 MPH fastball of Hoffman's
overpowering our AAA hitters
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the brewers know how to shut us down
that’s for certain
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions
7 f'ing pitches....
Carp best be on a 120 pitch count…
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Yah, typically the team that bats last wins games like these
I’d love to be proven wrong though.
by cloistermaximus on May 25, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
if we win this
I will be surprised and happy.
Getting dark and wet over here…
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Kendall, Hoffman, and Counsell up next
Im shaking in my boots
My avatar is 3 years into the future for sure...
Carp out?
low-ish pitch count. Fair enough I guess as a couple of balls were smoked last inning.
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i feel like they're hitting better than we are
which isn’t a good sign in a game where one run wins it…
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm a dismal scientist
and even i think we’ll hit again
by Expatcardfan on May 25, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice catch boog
I’ve got to get down to the park to watch the Walrus hit for the Redbirds in 2 minutes.
by cloistermaximus on May 25, 2009 4:18 PM EDT reply actions
buy him a ticket to Milwaukee, please
and get him on the next plane
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still better than Thursty
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barden with the out
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:18 PM EDT reply actions
Please don't let any shirts be untucked today
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who knew the brewers did that before it was mentioned in a news story?
i didn’t
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alot of people did
people were complaining about it long before it was a news story
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phew
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nicely done
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:19 PM EDT reply actions
he was a surprise very good CF for them last year
then fell off a cliff, somewhat as expected, so far this year. I think they traded him to the brewers for a bag of balls.
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Amazingly, they look even worse than we did in the 9th
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by sirensofsilence on May 25, 2009 4:19 PM EDT reply actions
Nice play #5
That guys got a future. Hurry up and hit a homerun so I can leave the house feeling good boys.
by cloistermaximus on May 25, 2009 4:19 PM EDT reply actions
free baseball!!!
C’mon Cards!
if you can’t trust a southern lawyer cooking a kosher meal in a dumpster,
well, then, the world has grown far too cynical
by RosevilleRedbird on May 25, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions
except that the beer here is miller, and it's 7-8 bucks
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i was at a place yesterday
ordered a Sierra Nevada draft. thought to myself “that’s not bad”. then saw the size of the cup they gave me. suddenly decided it was bad.
by Expatcardfan on May 25, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Thursty-Barden-Ryan
Today, they are as Gods.
by BTown Birds fan on May 25, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions
Next inning = scary
Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder coming up and no Carpenter to embarrass them
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yeah
we really need some offense NOW. Is hoffman back?
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I want to see Motte vs. these guys
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getting a rally franklin
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:21 PM EDT reply actions
is it too late to send him back to Pawtucket?
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thurston
bunting down first base line. Get the fuck to memphis where you belong.
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why does TLR keep starting thurston over barden?
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because... thurston is....
fast???
No clue.
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
hanging slider from villa
cut foul. We miss a lot of pitches like that with this horrible lineup.
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barden fail
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:23 PM EDT reply actions
Barden = fail as well
jesus christ Mo, please trade for DeRosa
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I'd settle for replacement level over these guys...
My avatar is 3 years into the future for sure...
thurston barden ryan is a deadly combo
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
anyone get the feeling we wouldn't score a run
if we carried on playing this game until tomorrow?
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
How was that a strike on Ryan?
It was at his ankles
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i know this, and you know this
the home plate guy today does not know this
by Expatcardfan on May 25, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
This has to be...
the best pitched game this year and maybe in a couple years.
The teams are 4 for 60, all singles.
unfortunately
braun & fielder due up. Can’t help but worry that extra bases may be imminent :-)
Perez? Motte? Another for KMac I guess.
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
brewers announcers
“hows this not a strike???”
same way balls 1 & 2 weren’t strikes. Missed the zone.
God we suck.
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Odds of us hitting again?
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this game or this year?
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probably a little better than 60:40
I would guess.
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Can someone ask TLR if I can bat for at least Thurston?
My avatar is 3 years into the future for sure...
error.
We didn’t need that. We did not need that.
GAH I hate the brewers.
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that's how
games are given away
"I've played a couple of hundred games of tic-tac-toe with my little daughter and she hasn't beaten me yet. I've always had to win. I've got to win." - Bob Gibson
and get derosa?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
dunno...but barden, thurston, rasmus and stab are all minor leagers
by tiimbitz4786 on May 25, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the verdict is still out on rasmus
and barden and thursty are like AAAA, stav is def. minor leaguer though
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
who the hell do we bring up
there’s at least 5 AAAA players on our roster, and no-one hitting a lick in memphis. I’d keep barden, mind you. I think Thurston & Stavinoha probably shouldn’t be here though.
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I miss Glaus
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:29 PM EDT reply actions
Abraham Nunez?
if you can’t trust a southern lawyer cooking a kosher meal in a dumpster,
well, then, the world has grown far too cynical
by RosevilleRedbird on May 25, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
whatever his name was
i’m not good with names
by Expatcardfan on May 25, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
nice work boog
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:30 PM EDT reply actions
yeah
he’s as good an option as any for SS
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
miss the bag?
a little help for the gameday folks
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comebacker
KMac knocked it down with his bare hand, but it went to Ryan he threw out Braun at 1st….would’ve been a double play if he’d let it go thru
I dont like
Mike Cameron
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!
cameron,
while not as scary as fielder, is still scary…
"I've played a couple of hundred games of tic-tac-toe with my little daughter and she hasn't beaten me yet. I've always had to win. I've got to win." - Bob Gibson
at least he has a low average
but you gotta think our win % is like <20% now…
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel that Gameday doesn't tell the whole story on that last play...
K-Mac to Ryan to Pujols for a…single out? Question mark?
Loading up the bases would have been the perfect thing to do at the end of that game. That gives us a fresh pitcher, a lefty-lefty matchup, and a force out anywhere. That was a really stupid decision Tony La! Play it by the books when it makes sense. I really want to hear the explanation for that and why Skip was out of position for Counsel when he broke up the perfecto. This loss was horrible!
by boba schrute on May 25, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
eliminates force out
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!
Hall one for his last 28
Means he’ll get a base hit
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you had to
say that?
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!
got no problem with that
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true nuff
game-losing error.
But the offence have to be the culprits today. Some awful at bats, some pretty bad players there. With this lineup you feel it’s a miracle if we get more than 2-3 runs a game…
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
or 1 run..
"I've played a couple of hundred games of tic-tac-toe with my little daughter and she hasn't beaten me yet. I've always had to win. I've got to win." - Bob Gibson
Fuck you offense?
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 26, 2009 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
hall is appalling.
I hate losing to scrubs like him.
Still, I never thought we had a chance of getting a run in today.
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There was no way we were going to win with the hacks we were taking...
Might as well give them the next two games and take a few days off, absolutely terrible hitting versus Brewers pitching…
I hate losing 1-0…Mozeliak PICK UP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS.
shit
"I've played a couple of hundred games of tic-tac-toe with my little daughter and she hasn't beaten me yet. I've always had to win. I've got to win." - Bob Gibson
well
that was kind of a waste…. nice job though, Carp, you deserved the win!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:35 PM EDT reply actions
derosa please mo k thanks
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
good one bard....
"I've played a couple of hundred games of tic-tac-toe with my little daughter and she hasn't beaten me yet. I've always had to win. I've got to win." - Bob Gibson
K-mac didn't
work the guy well
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!
+10000000
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah pretty tired of them too
also annoyed that i’ve spent ~ 5 hours today watching two games (today and last night) where we pitched brilliantly and yet couldn’t lay a bat on a ball. Absolutely dreadful. It’s not so much the fact we’ve been near shut-out for the majority of games in the last fortnight, it’s the complete ineptitude and over-matched-ness of so many of our hitters. There’s at least 3 or 4 guys in our lineup, regularly, who are wayyyy below average MLB hitters, and when your defense is poor as well, that’s putting way too much onus on the pitching to win games.
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Boggs for Derosa?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:36 PM EDT reply actions
Something needs to be done
Ludwick isnt going to come in and heal all our problems. We need more than that.
"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 25, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Ludwick is kind of a streaky hitter
and chances are he won’t carry the team right away, when he gets back after this series, which we need to win now
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
well
that was brutally painful
"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."
So was Barden's error
It’s really cliche, but you can’t give good teams extra outs.
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Barden
needs to go down to Memphis. BRING WALLACE UP FOR CRYING OUT LOUD
Sorry for the shouting
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'd like a good 3B too
If Glaus has a setback I swear to god
My avatar is 3 years into the future for sure...
Wallace isn't good defensively either
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
But he is better
than Barden in every aspect of the game
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!
well, he's not better than barden defensively
so, no.
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by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm assuming you mean 3B
and I wouldn’t say he’s a train wreck, but he’s not better than Barden
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
no you got it right
the fact that Barden is capable of playing SS and 2B makes me think he is much more apt defensively than wallace.
If wallace tried either…trainwreck.
gotta do something
the pitchers can’t keep throwing shut outs. Trade for DeRosa, trade for somebody, anybody, that can goddamn hit. We’ve got a badass pitching staff and one of the all-time greats playing 1st, we should be WINNING.
Just one game
Once Ludwick gets back, we might actually score some runs during Carp’s starts.
It’s really hard for me to get too depressed.
Ludwick isn't THAT good
he’s good, yes. But he’s not going to come in and fix this offense.
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
Ryan Ludwick isn't going to make players like
Thurston / Barden / Ryan / Rasmus remember how to hit.
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
we're not missing our leader
and waino and lohse are already good pitchers. who’s as good as them on the offensive side? pujols and ludwick.
oh, and glaus
and in other news....
I still don’t like Bill Hall
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"OOHHHHH!!!! He knocked out the I in Big Mac Land!!"
by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:37 PM EDT reply actions
He didnt even celebrate on the field...
He ran to first, touched it, and immediately ran into the clubhouse…didn’t untuck his shirt…that was strange…
they only do that when in St. Louis
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Just a theory...
… but I think it was in response to all the bitching from the Cards and Cards fans about untucking their shirts on the field. I could be wrong. After the game he said they just wanted to celebrate by themselves today.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 25, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Also...
… Hall’s not exactly popular even among Brewer fans, particularly now that Gamel is up. That coud have had something to do with it too.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 25, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
The 5 game winning streak masked this teams offensive woes
this is still the same terrible offense that got swept by the Brewers
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
No runs in 10 innings
We need Ludwick back in the worst way. Agreed on the need for a 3rd baseman as well.
Incredible pitching by Carp
None of the hitters came through. Add a bat, don’t add a bat – not gonna matter if no one can produce
if we add a bat, we'll take ABs away from players that aren't producing aka thusty bardo duncan, hell even rasmus's hitting is pathetic
Cardwash Definition: Birds on the Nat.
OHHH YEAHHHH!!!!!!!
at least he can provide some random power
and he can field better than ankiel
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I must admit I've seen just about enough of Thurston
he’s been replacement-level so far at 3B, and he’s not even been especially unlucky with BABIP or anything. A supposedly competing team should not be coping with a replacement level starter. Craig, Wallace, or DeRosa, I just don’t think we can go on running out 3Bs who are such a drain on our effectiveness.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
when Albert struck out on that really bad pitch
I knew that was the end of the game
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
the sad thing was
he had to swing there, because you knew Duncan would fail coming up next
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
he was crushed in his past couple starts before today
nothing like the St. Louis Redbirds to cure your pitching woes.
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
this was inevitable
milwaukee’s offense is miles ahead of the carinals’
especially when you effectively take pujols bat out of it
I would swap gallardo for carp
even though CC’s my favourite cardinal.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't
he’s younger, but he is just as injury prone as Carp
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
Hey...
… you’d be injury prone too if Prince Fielder dove at your legs!
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 25, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
he hasn't had a single arm injury yet
the reed johnson sliding into first thing isn’t what id call a typical pitcher’s injury
by MKEtotheATX on May 26, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
how often do we lose to the brewers in walk-offs?
didn’t this happen like about 8 times last year? I remember weeks, braun and maybe cameron hitting walk-off dingers, I’m sure there were a few other games late & close we lost… Sick of it.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
Carp on the season
23 IP, 0 ER, 23 K (9 K/9), 4 BB (5.75 K/BB), 0.61 WHIP, .120 BAA.
by BTown Birds fan on May 25, 2009 4:42 PM EDT reply actions
awesome.
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
carp didn't even walk anyone
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 25, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions
On the plus side
Carp is healthy. Carp is awesome. If all our pitchers stay healthy, we have one of the best rotations in the national league.
Carp’s a legit #1.
Waino’s an above-average #2.
Lohse is a slightly above-average #3.
Pineiro’s pitching like an above-average #4 (not holding my breath)
Wellemeyer, even on current form, is about an average #5/.
Lot of talent there.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
welly is kinda doing what looper did his first season of starting
good start, bad start, good start, bad start.
Cardwash Definition: Birds on the Nat.
OHHH YEAHHHH!!!!!!!
It's just so unbelievably frustrating...
to be so thoroughly dominated by a team two years in a row, who was marginally better last year and maybe not better at all this year. That isn’t supposed to happen in baseball. I know we’re running a AAA linup out there every day but my god, you’d think we’d sneak one in every now and again. They are 9-1 in their last 10 at Busch, 9 -1. And now this, with no help for the offense until the end of the week.
and that help is only one player
and he isn’t exactly ARod.
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
I wish
Drama / Steroids be damned, the guy can mash.
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
OPTIMISM people!
here is a cute kitten to cheer you all up.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
I want to punch it in the face
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
you should join our bullpen
a puppykicker/kittenpuncher 1-2 would be awesome.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
probably was when that picture was taken
they use stuffed models, you know
by Expatcardfan on May 25, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
you know what the most depressing part is?
this game was scheduled to last until 5:05, local time. that’s still 15 minutes away. its just rude to screw up somebody’s schedule.
It's going to get ugly around here tomorrow...
if Waino pitches well and we get shut down by the great Jeff Suppan again. I don’t even want to think about it, especially with 3 lefties coming in the following 4 games. Sigh…
V, b.
ugh. Lefties.
At least that might mean we get a few days off from Joe Thurston.
Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.
by Felonius_Monk on May 25, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Incorrect
Unless Ludwick gets off the DL in the next couple of days.
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 26, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
So frustrating
Carp is wonderful but the offense totally sucks, Pujols tried to do too much and we lose on an error (oops, because of an error).
Glad I went ahead and went out to mow the yard after the ninth. I shoulda just kept watching the Land of the Lost marathon.
I want Wallace once Ludwick get back. Put the kid in the 4 slot and Luds 5th (RLR) and let's get some damn runs.
"Rasmus doesn't hit lefties. Instead he bashes them over the head with their own bleeding arm he just raced to the mound to rip off before the ball arrives to the plate. He then smashes that baseball with the pitchers bloody arm over the wall because he does not hit lefites he bashes them." Ted Lilly
Just came back from a Redbirds game
I don’t think he’s ready yet. He’s got a hell of a bat, but isn’t all that great at identifying pitches just yet. Full report later this week.
by cloistermaximus on May 25, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep
after mashing right after his call up, he’s hit a slump and has like 1 or 2 hits in like 20 at bats.
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
Well then if he makes an adjustment and goes on another tear then maybe he will prove he can hit anywhere.
"Rasmus doesn't hit lefties. Instead he bashes them over the head with their own bleeding arm he just raced to the mound to rip off before the ball arrives to the plate. He then smashes that baseball with the pitchers bloody arm over the wall because he does not hit lefites he bashes them." Ted Lilly
he's got 34 ABs in AAA
and hits. you tellin me he was 11 for his first 14?
he was 0-4 yesterday and 1-4 today and he’s .342/.366/.447 in 9 games. pretty good and he hasn’t had enough time in AAA to have a slump of those proportions
If that's his line...
Then he definitely should not be called up.
This team needs a well rounded hitter. Not yet another all or nothing, never talk a walk guy. That line looks like he’s taken 1 walk (or maybe 2) in 9 games. Not terrible compared to some of the players now in the majors for the Cardinals, but not very good, either.
well, in springfield
he was on base at a .403 clip with .395 for the season in 166 ABs
i’d rather go off his overall 2009 clip of .295/.395/.440
just wanted to point out that there’s no way he’s 1 for his last 20
Ryan Dempster has crashed back to earth this season
I couldn’t be happier.
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
Wow, Izzy....just wow
That 9th inning in Cleveland was BRUTAL. That was the Izzinator in fine form.
by Hardcore Legend on May 25, 2009 10:02 PM EDT reply actions
I feel bad for the guy
I wanted him to get to 300 and bounce back in Tampa
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
News from the same game
Reyes could be out for the year.
Two former Cards I wished well but was not sad to leave having terrible days. that blows.
hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit
-.952 WPA. Yea gods.
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
Wow; that game graph burns my eyes
Speaking of game graphs, this is what one looks like for a game in which neither team has a serious chance of scoring for about nine innings. Then in the tenth inning it gets sad.
by BTown Birds fan on May 25, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
In a post, rather than link form
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 26, 2009 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Once I heard the Rays had blown a 10-run lead
I just knew Izzy was somehow involved. Tampa has their own TESS now.
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 26, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
When did Jonny Gomes go to the Reds?
TRADE FOR DEROSA!!!
Will Tampa Bay please take Khalil Greene from us
for a reliever that we can then send to Cleveland for Mark DeRosa?
by Hardcore Legend on May 25, 2009 10:16 PM EDT reply actions
agreed & approved by the board of agreeing & approving
we need some bats. it’s a crime against everything holy to waste Carp’s & Albert’s greatness.
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
Doesn't Tampa Bay have Reid Brignac? I would think that would be the way to go unstead of taking a known headcase who can't beat out Ryan/TGreene/Barden for the starting SS position. Hell we already sent them Izzy and Kennedy that would just be cruel.
"Rasmus doesn't hit lefties. Instead he bashes them over the head with their own bleeding arm he just raced to the mound to rip off before the ball arrives to the plate. He then smashes that baseball with the pitchers bloody arm over the wall because he does not hit lefites he bashes them." Ted Lilly
ever notice the Cards are only the lead story on USAToday.com when the lose?
that really pisses me off. if they win, it’s either a non story or it’s one of the lesser stories down the side of the page. but almost every damn time they lose to a rival, especially like they lost today, they are the lead story. now i know because of the pitching today it’s probably the biggest story in baseball. but i check that site every night & the only other time the Cards are the lead story is when they beat chicago. and even then it’s not a guarantee they’ll be the lead. i probably should not care, but i do. damn inferiority complex.
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
I never look at their web page and very rarely read the physical paper,
but I do remember that they did a very positive profile of Pujols at the start of the season. Of course, it seemed like just about everyone did a very positive profile of Pujols at the start of the season; I think after the A-Rod scandal there was even more of an interest in highlighting an elite player who hadn’t been connected with anything unseemly.
But the upshot is you’re right – you shouldn’t care. We know where we’re at: Carp’s back, our pitching looks surprisingly solid (which might be a mirage), we can’t seem to hit our way out of a wet paper bag (which hopefully is an injury-induced mirage), and we still have the best player on the planet wearing the birds on the bat. Any slights from the media, whether real or perceived, won’t change that (remember “Tigers in three”?…heh heh…).
by BTown Birds fan on May 26, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
If we had the Walt Jocketty of 5-10 years ago
We’d be flipping some marginal prospects for DeRosa right now, and probably extending him. Other than Wallace knocking at the door, I wouldn’t be opposed to that (the extending him part, anyways).
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
You're probably right.
And it would be okay for this year, and then the extension would get signed, and then DeRosa would do what players in their mid-30s tend to do, and just sort of fall off a cliff. No thanks.
Don’t get me wrong; I wouldn’t mind having DeRosa this season, and if such a move were to happen, I wouldn’t be upset.
If you've got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
by the red baron on May 26, 2009 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions
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