Game 27 Overflow Thread
by DanUpBaby on May 5, 2009 10:02 PM EDT
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PrintWainwright looked like he was pitching without an index finger for a while, there.
(The trivia fact I cut from the game thread: Wainwright had allowed just the 26 home runs in two seasons of starts, but somehow gave up three home runs three times in that period.)
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Pujols hiding an injury?
Albert is hitless since he tweaked something near his left shoulder in his last AB versus the Nationals, last Friday.
This is not good.
Don't worry.
Adam has been taking extra batting practice in game.
He’s _got _ this
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
WW batting for himself
and getting a generous noncall on pitch #1….and then getting on base too, holy hell
boom shaka laka laka
boom shaka laka laka
boom shaka laka laka
boom shaka laka laka
c’mon Skippy.
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skip skip skippppaaaaaaaayy
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:06 PM EDT reply actions
and of course
tony makes us look dumb
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Phillies go to the bullpen
here’s everybody’s chance to second guess Charlie Manuel….removed Myers @ 87 pitches….
no kbot please
gonna need more franklins to get through this one.
by hoofhearted-pujols on May 5, 2009 10:07 PM EDT reply actions
we now have one bat on the bench
this is fucking ridiculous. DL Ankiel or send a pitcher back to the minors.
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ya...really silly to have Ank on the bench tonight
when we were short already
Milt Thompson FTW!
no kidding
pinch hitting for your leadoff man with bases loaded, 1 out in the 6th inning? seems kind of goofy, he’s in the 1-hole cause he’s got high OBP right? Right??
I'm not sure you can let Skip face a lefty there
but it’s stupid that we have 3 spare player right now. It’s stubbornness from management and it needs to stop.
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KBot? really?
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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Um, Barden?
hello?
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions
I'd say they're a push
at my most generous toward Barden. And if you’re not sure about Greene in the field (they apparently are) you might as well use him first. (Barden MLEs)
more like 6
that’s what she said!
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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damn you dan, stop doing that
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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dang
gonna need more franklins to get through this one.
by hoofhearted-pujols on May 5, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions
well
coulda been worse (hopes it doesn’t go into extras)
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions
I'd rather go into extras and win than lose
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 5, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I was just referring to the thin bench situation
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Jd,
maybe we can be the first team to pitch hit a pitcher with another pitcher if we go deep?
(*note, exclude the three or four pitchers who can actually hit)
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
pinch hit*.
franklin’s talkin’
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
so...
does k bot stay in the game now? has to right?
gonna need more franklins to get through this one.
by hoofhearted-pujols on May 5, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions
i'll jinx him
but thurston is the clutchest we got right niow
Milt Thompson FTW!
sure could use a thursty double right now
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easy there chief
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
what did the bench do to warrant that?
K greene made good contact and you arent gonna pinch hit for Thurstopn
Milt Thompson FTW!
how much better are the odds going to be for
a pinch hitter, given how badly pinch hitters usually hit, compared to Thurston against a lefty?
It’s a bad bench, but that’s not making the difference in this game, Wainwright pitching through a dead arm is.
It limits our options and it prevents us from putting the best defensive arrangement on the field.
It’s poor roster management. We now effectively have one pinch hitter for the next 3 innings. You don’t think that’s important?
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Heck they were letting relievers pitch last night
because they hadn’t gotten enough work lately. It’s lunacy.
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oh, I think the roster construction is dead wrong
but then I also think LaRue’s not a very good backup catcher. I think on a game to game basis both of these things are not worth F this F-ing, and I think it’s had no significant effect on the outcome of this or any one game.
in this one game
I’m not sure what else is going to do it. You’ve replaced the worst defensive player, you’ve used two pitchers. There’s nobody out there on offense I’d absolutely want to pinch hit for in a platoon situation now that Schumaker is out.
Don’t get me wrong, I wish this team had 11 pitchers and a big bench, and I certainly don’t get leaving Ankiel on the active roster unless he’s playing tomorrow, although if he is near game shape that’s worth taking into account in this whole value equation.
But the fact is that back when teams had all those bench players they were underutilized in much the same way that Brad Thompson is now.
So we should wait until it costs us a game before we get mad at the roster construction?
Not to mention that the Cardinals have now locked themselves into the players on the field for the rest of this game.
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When your catcher plays 140+ games in a healthy season, who would be a better catcher?
LaRue’s got a cannon and can handle behind the plate, and while he’s not slamming homeruns his bat isn’t the Red’s version.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Have I been watching the wrong team?
Because I don’t recall our catcher playing 140 games in any of the years he’s been with the club. . .
And I’ll take a LH catcher to utilize platoon splits when possible. That would be better than LaRue.
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I meant 120.
So, inform me please.
How many catchers that can actually defend the plate hits LH at a rate that makes it worth while and has been avail for the 40 games a year?
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks for showing us Adam's OK FSNMW
why would Al say that & they not show what happened?
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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Al's just gotta be Al
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Fine time for a 2-game series
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions
Thursty got bent over by that 'zone
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions
pitch 1 was not a K
i for one welcome our new robot umps overlords
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I’d say both of them weren’t, but I could play along with the ‘borderline’ on one of them.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
nice pitch
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions
gotta hold'em
pork chop
"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension
This bench situation is a debacle
Why are we only carrying 12 position players, to start with, and then when one of them gets injured, for what will probably be at least a few days, we don’t DL him and play it on the safe side, and don’t call up anybody to solidify the bench. There is absolutely no defending management (be it all TLR, or a little bit of Moz…I doubt it’s all on Moz) on this one.
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
we gotta tell tony
that ‘living on the edge’ is not a cool song anymore
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure someone would ask Tony
…but would YOU want those broken fungoes on your conscience?
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Fungoes gotta roll...
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
MO said they will give it a day
based mostly because the kid they would call up can come the minor league DL tomorrow
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Play it safe?
He only just missed breaking his neck. Just rub some dirt on it.
One time in the minors Al was dead for 3 days. They brought him back to life and he threw a 22 inning shut out. throwing 225 pitches.
by Harknights on May 5, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but I'm pretty sure we're making the same point
Which is, why not DL Ankiel?
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Think it’s really Tony?
Personally i think it’s the boys in the FO thinking “no one is hitting, and we’re not using a 40 man” (which is stupid considering the 60 man we could put a couple on) and let Stav walk on waivers.
Chock full of OF and we keep stav and worry about the 40 man. unfknbelievable
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Personally if they're not going to touch the 40 man
Throw Mather in the fire and let’s get on with it.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
That's what I'm saying
Mather is a good player, he’s just in a prolonged slump right now. Probably has SARS or something. I doubt he forgot how to hit.
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d love to see him come up. Put his ass in the cages and work him through it. He can pinch hit and be a defensive sub until he wakes.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
it's lupus
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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didn't he play shortstop for the Bad News Bears?
Lupus that is.
Milt Thompson FTW!
there's gotta be some kind of effect on the psyche
on being in the majors and then getting sent down for a while
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it was his weight loss and lingering issues from wrist.
Possible 3b concerns as well, but screw it, we don’t need him there at the moment.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
sheeeeeeeeit
don’t hit the guy, Dennys!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:17 PM EDT reply actions
cmon
DP time, eh?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:18 PM EDT reply actions
Let the hair pulling out resume...
"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."
stop pitching to howard already
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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?? If reyes doesn't pitch to Howard
then he has no reason to be on the team
Milt Thompson FTW!
sweet mother of stanky ballsweat
I hate Ryan Howard
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions
be glad it wasn’t over the fence
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
woh
i didn’t know there were any commercials on mlb.tv, even if it was just a short subway commercial
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions
Ugh
I hate it when our LOOGYs don’t OOGY
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
he missed location by a mile on that pitch
hence my anger
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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wow
that almost looked like a sidearm pitch from perez there
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions
+1
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope we go all Navy SEALs on the Pirates
This two-game series has pissed me off
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Milwaukee up 8-5 over the Pirates right now
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
this is just grrrrrrreat
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions
mother of ass
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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the only way he’s going to get a hit off of Perez.
close your eyes and imagine playing golf
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
He's PEDRO F'ING FELIZ
He eats lighting and craps thunder.
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
that's what I was wondering
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
from your lips to God's ears
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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F this S
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
Perez should have learned how to step on 1B by now
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
it’s tough to come to terms with blaming albert
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
It pains me to say it
Pujols fault. he threw it behind him so he lost his path to the bag. Its a timing play and when it works it works well when it doesn’t the pitcher looks really bad
his mo was taking him towards second, that wasn't an easy throw to make
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we just can't hang 0's on them
we are hanging around this game, but the pitching staff can’t get enough OUTS!!!
Milt Thompson FTW!
finally
there’s the DP
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions
Silver lining?
We got the Greene-Greene DP
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vert et vert for you cheese-eating surrender monkeys out ther
sorry, my french final has got me parle-ing every which way
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
who says MLB doens't love mother earth?
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The grass is always greener
on the other side of the base
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
double greene double play is quite nice
I have to admit
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Time for a Pujols grand slam
Leading off the inning. Don’t put it past him.
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Why oh why
Did I finish my whiskey last night…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Gibson
good lard Pu is in a funk
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Except for, you know,
those five runs and all…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Gibson
by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
umm...Albert struck out in about 10 seconds
sighh….:-(
Milt Thompson FTW!
ouch
handled.
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I might not be right
but it seems like Albert is swinging harder than usual lately… his swing doesn’t seem as smooth
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions
he needs to re-calibrate
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Woo!
Where’s my celebratin whiskey!
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by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm fixing to throw in the towel on this night
Hawks getting curbstomped, Cardinals looking like dick, etc.
I can always take my frustrations out on MVP ’05 with my created self and fantasy drafted Cardinals team (J. Reyes, Ichiro, A. Rodriguez, D. Lee, P. Burrell, G. Matthews Jr., B. Schneider, pitcher, B. Roberts)
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
Definitely
That’s why I still play it
I've got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
my cards have won 4 consecutive WS titles(fantasy drafted roster) with Mauer, Teixeira, whoever Matt Derksen is, Jake Peavy and Rich Harden
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
I also have
Mark Prior, Dontrelle Willis (both when they were good), Brian Fuentes, Billy Koch, Joe Nathan
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
prior is really the only one, along with johan, to touch peavy. when they throw 100, a 71 mph hook, a 91 mph slider/2 seam, and a 73 change its so much fun
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
matt derksen
was the best computer created player on that 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
2005 D. Lee
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
hahaha. nice. the fictional players can turn out to be so good. but mauer/peavy are easily the 2 best players in the game
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
I dunno
I’m gonna get to 30/30 with Ichiro by Memorial Day I think
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
mauer turns into a 100 contact, 100 pwr, 80 speed, 100 fielding 95 arm by year 5.
which is just nast.
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
Just finished a day of my dynasty, and THIS happened
Aaron Miles was traded straight up for Chase Utley. Moz should be fired for not thinking of that first!
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by jd is legend on May 6, 2009 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
oh,
how I miss MVP. I’m sure the PS3 series is as great as my friends keep telling me it is, but I played all three of those MVP games until I’d gone from loving all the songs to hating all of the songs back through to loving them, in a Stockholm Syndrome way.
I actually got to a point where I downloaded some of them
“You owe me an IOU” is a fave
I have yet to play a “new-wave” baseball game that touches MVP. Of course, I’ve yet to play any on PS3 or 360, but I got The Show for PS2 last year, and wasn’t too impressed.
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I have that one, spitting games, swing swing, and we got the noise
my favorite MVP foible was playing 04 with the left-handed batters glitch and hitting the weirdest-spinning triples in video baseball history.
I feel like when I played 2004 that season, I hit like 80 HRs with Pu and Rolen, but maybe 10 with Edmonds
I had a friend who had a similar experience. We concluded that it was almost impossible to hit a HR with a lefty.
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
they're endearing,
i’m partially to let it die, its a good song on its own. but mvp 04(with APu on the cover) had the best music.
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
8 pitches
2 walks
Condrey must have said something about the ump’s mother cause he didn’t get any borderline calls to either Duncan or YaMo….
ATG
Condrey getting squeezed.
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions
gameday had two pitches on the black of the plate and one right on the bottom of the zone. close, but i guess that’s what you get for nibbling.
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
BASE HIT!!!!!!!
:( send yadi home!!!
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errr..unless the right fielder fell into quicksand, sending yadi isn't always the best choice
"...and pujols has given st louis the lead"
very nice
I was sort of spacing out and then all the sudden realized that shit was happening
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions
That went all the way to the wall and Oquendo didn't send Yadi?
I know he’s not that fast, but did he have a good shot at scoring there?
by BTown Birds fan on May 5, 2009 10:36 PM EDT reply actions
Come on
He would have made it
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by TigersInThree on May 5, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
We trust greene's bat over yadi's legs?
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by TigersInThree on May 5, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Dunno if I would test Vic. But with two outs I can see the case for it.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure I agree
I’ve only got radio so I don’t know what it looks like, and I don’t know what Werth’s arm is like, but that’s a really big run, and with two outs already you can’t get him in with a sac. Seems like a decent risk.
by BTown Birds fan on May 5, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:36 PM EDT reply actions
said it before, will say it again
i want to see a side-by-side replay of Jose Reyes hitting a double, and Yadi grounding out to short. I want to see which takes longer
by Expatcardfan on May 5, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
That would be the most exciting side-by-side replay in baseball
(at least half of it)
by BTown Birds fan on May 5, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
just realized that thurston has more rbis than Yadi
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:37 PM EDT reply actions
albeit
just one more
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
more than everyone but dunc, albert and luddy.
not bad
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess I'll say it
things just got serious
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions
rabbit on the field
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions
fuck
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by vivaelpujols on May 5, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
looked like werth almost missed that catch
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions
Should have send molina :(
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I still say no...
So what, it would be 9-7 instead of 9-6? If Greene gets into one there, it’s a tie game. The risk isn’t worth the reward to me…
Especially since it was Yadi...
and regardless of how good of an arm Werth has, anything on line is going to get him…
Would have been a good idea if you would have gotten a base hit there..
But swinging first pitch against new reliever….not advisable…
ATG it was a meatball
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
and there was no guessing what pitch it was, high heat was coming and he was sitting.
I don’t recall Madson ever being wild anyways, but I don’t have that much recollection on his outings outside from our games we see him.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
in short, you have a young guy batting and you know what pitch is coming. Do you really want to sit on a couple of pitches and have him bat while behind in the count, or tell him to expect and make contact with the high heat?
I’d chose the latter myself.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm really hoping
ATG catches on
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
The best idea would have been jacking a game-tying dong
He was only about 100 feet short….
by BTown Birds fan on May 5, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Well you knew what was comin'
but still.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:41 PM EDT reply actions
at least it's not RAINING
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by TigersInThree on May 5, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
meaning the high fastball.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
ballpark village:
the most exciting collection of shops, condos, and bars you’ve ever parked on top of.
Can I get my taxes back?
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I am watching this game still
to watch Perez and Motte develop… time for The Sauce!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:45 PM EDT reply actions
^__^
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
(my impression of motte's gameday pic)
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
when was the last time
8 position players played a full 9 inning game on a TLR managed team? That’s it, LaRue is the only non-pitcher left on the bench now.
what goats me is the fact that if you were planning on replacing greene, why not give Barden a look at Madson’s fastball?
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Barden represented the tying run, I was worrying about the ninth when it came about
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
greene
hit the ball well today, with a short bench you have to give guys shots and save something for the pitchers spot whenever it comes up. If barden pinch hits and reaches and doesn’t tie the game you have perez virtually end that inning immediately, and you gave away one of your last 4 outs
I agree he’s had a good day, and defended him as such earlier. But lipping Madson’s fastball had a fairly solid chance.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
What I dont understand is that you can turn your shoulders when you arent set,
but I guess it is a balk because he didnt turn towards first? that is my interpretation.
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i umpired up through Babe Ruth League
And I still don’t get half of the balk rule. I just know one when I see it.
by Expatcardfan on May 5, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
97 mph
ya can’t hit it dude!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:51 PM EDT reply actions
Oh Motte,
You move like an angry ballerina.
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by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 10:51 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
the hoople
brings the sauce
"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckeroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension
rec'd
because that simile warmed this English teacher’s heart.
mel
I didn't go to the college
fur nuthin.
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by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Are they anything like this PSA?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww3GTNv9hHk
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 5, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
give him the stick
DON’T GIVE HIM THE STICK!
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Johnny, do ya play baseball?
"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."
by Smokin Turkeys on May 5, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Look at all your different colored hats!
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice catch blano nino
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by jd is legend on May 5, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember discovering those on ebaums years ago
my friends and I still quote them everyday.
"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 5, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
wow
It’s still on Motte pitching to Victorino
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by vivaelpujols on May 5, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
La Russa Bashing
I enjoy coming on this site to see what our fans are saying about our beloved Cards, but it seems that there is so much hatred towards La Russa that I really don’t understand…We all know Tony is unorthodox in many ways, but what seems to be ignored is how more often than not, those odd decisions pay off. With the exception of the ‘07 disaster, the Cards have exceeded expectations. Many times in this young season, Tony mixed and matched and many of these unheralded bench players have come through, just like so many times in the past. It doesn’t work every time, but it sure does work alot. Why do many people on this site only tend to focus on the negatives? We have a great record, but have hit a rough spot…We will get through…
I'm pretty neutral on the guy
he makes a lot of interesting good moves, but also makes a lot of moves that I can’t really defend
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I stopped reading
after “I enjoy coming on this site”. I assume the rest was positive.
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
since I've been doing some of the criticizing
I don’t hate TLR and I’m glad he’s still managing the team, the guy is going to richly deserve his first ballot HOF selection when he’s up for it. In fact I think they oughta retire #10 when he’s done with it.
Sometimes Tony makes decisions that are wildly unorthodox, but he has his reasons for them (for example, batting the pitcher 8th). But then Tony makes these goofy, seemingly impulsive decisions that don’t have any discernible logic to them—like carrying 13 pitchers and 3 bench players and pinch hitting for position players in the 6th inning, or pinch hitting with Brendan Ryan instead of Ryan Ludwick with the bases loaded, or not using Albert Pujols in the All-Star Game………
I disagree with many moves as well
and by all means, voicing those opinions are exactly what sites like this are for…but…there are a good number of people who only choose to blast and never tend to look at the positives…I don’t get alot of his decisions either, but I sure am glad he’s our coach…we could have a revolving door like so many other teams…
by husker4cards on May 5, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I, for one,
love having Tony as a manager…I just CAN’T STAND some of the crazy indefensible moves….but all in all I think the club and the fans are really gonna miss him when he’s gone. See Jim Leyland: Pirates
"Greene over to Schumaker, on to first! Double Play!!"
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on May 5, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
such as
pinch hitting Brendan Ryan when you have Ryan Ludwick on the bench?
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 6, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I am in with you there
but since i am here a day late to complain. why Motte for Perez in the middle of an inning, plus a double switch? Sometimes I think Tony just likes giving himself a tiny bench
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
I think some of it is just because some of the moves are so shocking...
Like pinch hitting Brendan Ryan instead of Ryan Ludwick with the bases loaded in the 9th inning. or continuing to use jason isringhausen as the closer when he clearly can’t get it done
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by The Ghost of Todd Burns on May 5, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
heh
yeah
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 6, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
La Russa makes a lot of really stupid decisions
Whether we win or not, or whether or not the moves pays off, doesn’t affect my feelings towards La Russa. If he makes a stupid move, AND HE GETS PAID TO MAKE SMART DECISIONS, then I am going to be pissed off.
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by vivaelpujols on May 5, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
How long do you think it’ll be until we have a manager who plays pure stats based baseball? I mean a sabre freak of a manager.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know
Either way, I think that the most important job of a manager is being able to motivate players and keep the team chemistry. However, given the fact that most guys who do that well, have absolutely no clue when it comes to strategy, maybe they should just make “strategist” a separate position.
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by vivaelpujols on May 5, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d like it to be a pitching coach who’s “relied upon” for certain situations. Let a manager be a figure head, I don’t care, but I’d love to see one.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
he does make a few too many impulsive decisions for my tastes
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 6, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m outta here, somehow win this!!!!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 5, 2009 10:58 PM EDT reply actions
no...
kelvin jimenez is
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by The Ghost of Todd Burns on May 5, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
wasn’t that back pre shoulder issues? I remember right around that time he had shoulder weakness issues, but he did carry a large scoreless streak.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s when his masterful pitch died :( sigh
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
And a career 4.26 FIP in the minors
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by vivaelpujols on May 5, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
yea...
it was while he was in AA something like 38-43 innings….he was starting due to an injury to another starter
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by The Ghost of Todd Burns on May 5, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
*here
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by vivaelpujols on May 5, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
That pitch was about 2 feet off the plate
That’s how you can get Werth out I guess.
by cloistermaximus on May 5, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
it was sarcasm
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by vivaelpujols on May 5, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
did you type that whole thing while the ball was falling?
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by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
if you'd stop your puppy from crapping on his lawn, he'd stop kicking it
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
BEN MOTHERHUSHYOURMOUTH SHEETS
Wow.
As we get out of the inning?
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by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
It's not that I hate him
I hate what he represents. A sub-replacement level reliever, who is constantly getting put into important situations.
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by vivaelpujols on May 5, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
NICE
"I remember once talking to one guy on the Cardinals and asking him what Pujols was like as a teammate. He said something that’s really special, if you think about it. He said: "Albert is so good that you feel like you let him down when you screw up." I thought that had to be the ultimate line that could ever be said about a ballplayer. I build my baseball team around that ballplayer."
YEAH BOY
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
BEN MOTHERHUSHYOURMOUTH SHEETS
sweet
"Greene over to Schumaker, on to first! Double Play!!"
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on May 5, 2009 11:10 PM EDT reply actions
LOL lidge
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No...
but they did a cutaway to Andy Pettitte in the Yankee Stadium dugout. He said “Oh my God”…
by LukeMP1186 on May 5, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Steak extended
That keeps Albert’s steak of games reaching base intact
mmmm...
steak
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by The Ghost of Todd Burns on May 5, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
i'll take a rib eye, medium rare please
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
BEN MOTHERHUSHYOURMOUTH SHEETS
i could watch his swing all freaking day long
man that was sweet
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
BEN MOTHERHUSHYOURMOUTH SHEETS
Dear Gods of Baseball,
Even though we’re going to lose, that was a nice touch. Thanks
by Willie McGee's Twin on May 5, 2009 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
That and seeing the fake to third throw to first work
I’d say it’s been a worthwhile game.
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by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Throw in Colby’s double and I’m thrilled. Kinda regret not going to the game now.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Luddy Yadi Albert home run day!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 6, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
far
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by vivaelpujols on May 5, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
447
"Greene over to Schumaker, on to first! Double Play!!"
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on May 5, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Or if wainer pitched like wainer?
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by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
He did a couple/three innings. The others.. not so much
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, im just asking for one party to stand up and shut em down
If Waino doesn’t give up that homer to Werth, we are tied too.
Werth and Victorino
Killed us – 7 RBIs.
by kkkkathmandubirdsview on May 5, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
that's a loser :(
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I had fun.
Wayyyyy better than last night. And our offense woke up.
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by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed
I’ll take a little Lidge abuse at the hands of Albert regardless of wins and losses
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Hm.
I wasn’t able to look in on the game til just now. Looks like our pitching has been rock solid if you don’t count the odd-numbered innings.
At least some batters showed up tonight...
Now we gotta get the rotation back…3 game loooooosing streak…
17-9
After a three game loosing streak? I’ll take it.
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by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, not too bad...just dont make it a habit
Remember the losing streaks we had to put up with during the 06-07 campaigns?
this team has already put together a couple of nice winning streaks, something we really didn’t do last year at all. says a lil something.
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by AdjustedExpectations on May 5, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
It's 17-10
but i am not worried yet. if we dont sweep the pirates I will be frustrated though.
"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 5, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
2 game sweep shouldn't be too hard
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 6, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
That homer...
was hit 35 feet farther than the one off lidge in the playoffs
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by The Ghost of Todd Burns on May 5, 2009 11:18 PM EDT reply actions
I never trust the measurements of hr's
"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 5, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
http://www.hittrackeronline.com/
Is pretty fun though.
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by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
all 3 of Duncan's bombs this year have been "lucky." interesting
"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 5, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
this is sweet,
thanks!
"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, they love Pujols'
home run in PETCO off the building, it’s been the highlight one when ever I go there.
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by davethebutcher on May 5, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
anyone got a matching gif to go with 05?
I could use a little animation.
"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
Ah, what the hey...
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on May 5, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry, I meant tonight's
Not that I couldn’t watch this over and over. Thanks!
"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
linky linky to the video
"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
for the 2005 version
"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
velocity good, location off.....
A gif of 09 to pair with 05.
"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
As Al so eloquently put it
the reason the Cardinals lost tonight was because they were only putting up single digits in the innings they scored.
We just needed that 10 run inning to pull this one out!
by Hardcore Legend on May 6, 2009 12:13 AM EDT reply actions
or a LOOGY who got an LHB out
and the catcher who can score from first on an inside-the-park home run by colby rasmus.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
and yes, i know, colby only got to second
but that wasn’t his fault.
I’ll never again propose that Yadi bat second, after tonight. Not because he’s slow, but because he didn’t effing hustle around the bases.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
heh
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 6, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought Milwaukee was probably still basement dwelling
but lo and behold, they are in 2nd place all the sudden
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 6, 2009 12:12 PM EDT reply actions
and Pittsburgh is starting to fall back a bit
they are below .500… we need to beat them both games
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 6, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Pujols is behind only Carlos Pena in home runs
his BA will probably get better btw, due to a low BABIP. Chase Utley has a ridiculous OPS right now btw (glad I have Utley and Pena on my fantasy team!)
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 6, 2009 12:22 PM EDT reply actions
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