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Game 66 Open Thread- 17th June, 2009

Detroit Tigers at St. Louis Cardinals, Jun 17, 2009 8:15 PM EDT


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  E. Jackson        The Colonel

 

The Tigers' attack

No match for our birds of prey

Dirt can't save you now

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"Dirt can't save you now"

there’s a poetry prize in this for you.

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

by tom s. on Jun 17, 2009 6:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Let's start with some good news shall we...

TLR will be an All-Star coach this year, per Yahoo! Sports. Charlie Manuel picked TLR and Torre as his two coaches. So hopefully we’ll have 2 starters, a few pitchers, and Tony!

Yes, I am a proud to be a Hyperventilating Prospect Geek.

by mtzxc on Jun 17, 2009 6:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sweet!

At least our guy will be in there to make sure Albert gets a quality AB in a crucial situation…..

by goodymobb on Jun 17, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know a lot...

of people don’t care about the ASG b/c it’s not “real,” but I was furious at TLR when Rowand wasn’t called back…. maybe more furious than I have been at anything else he’s ever done.

by guayzimi on Jun 17, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not even this?

link

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I took 1993-2002...

off from being a Cards fan. What’d he do?

by guayzimi on Jun 17, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

PH Kerry Robinson for Mark McGwire in order to sac bunt

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still don't like it

That is not how you end a career, and McGwire just had to time one pitch to possibly win that game….I really don’t like thinking about this, back to my drink.

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jun 17, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly

Imagine if La Russa pulled back Pujols so Thurston could pinch-bunt. How would everybody feel?

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I bet there's at least one poster on this blog who would

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Imagine if Tony pulled back Ludwick so Brendan Ryan could pinch-hit instead

There's no "I" in team. There's also no "I" in "B-g Mac Land".

by mattybobo on Jun 17, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

related note from mlb.com announcement
Keeping an eye on the players, St. Louis head athletic trainer Barry Weinberg and Chicago Cubs director of athletic training Mark O’Neal will tend to the NL All-Stars

by ubeddie on Jun 17, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good god I can't believe the MLB Players Union

signed off on Barry effin’ Weinberg et al.

by goodymobb on Jun 17, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Our new Secret Weapon

12 all stars end up hitting the DL for August. Cards build 15 game lead.

by ubeddie on Jun 17, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

nice...

sneak ’em in Trojan horse-style

by goodymobb on Jun 17, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Honestly, I would say it has to do

with Barry and Mark O’Neal having experience working in St. Louis. It wouldn’t make sense to have the Dodgers or Marlins head trainers come all the way to STL and not know the landscape of the medical community in town only to have a player get severely injured. This seems more of a logistics choice than a performance choice…

Yes, I am a proud to be a Hyperventilating Prospect Geek.

by mtzxc on Jun 17, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ENOUGH

 with your logic and objectivity.

Because chicks dig the intentional base on balls.

by Felonius_Monk on Jun 18, 2009 6:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess he wanted all the ASG experience in the dugout he could get

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't paid attention

Does the hometown host’s manger normally get picked?

by Evilfrog on Jun 17, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep...

"In this game, don't nobody know nuthin' about nuthin'." -- attributed to Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra

by The Ol Goaler on Jun 17, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well let's take a look...

here are the locations and hometown host coach picks (if applicable) picked within the past 10 years.
2008 – New York, Yankee Stadium, Joe Torre was picked as a coach by Terry Francona
2007 – San Francisco, AT&T Park, Bruce Bochy was picked by TLR
2006 – Pittsburgh, PNC Park, Jim Tracy was picked by Phil Garner
2005 – Detroit, Comerica Park, Alan Trammel was picked by Terry Francona
2004 – Houston, Minute Maid Park, Jimy Williams was picked by Jack McKeon
2003 – Chicago, US Cellular Field, Jerry Manuel was picked by Mike Scioscia
2002 – Milwaukee, Miller Park, No hometown host manager pick
2001 – Seattle, Safeco Field, Lou Pinella was picked by Joe Torre
2000 – Atlanta, Turner Field, Bobby Cox was the manager
1999 – Boston, Fenway Park, Jimy Williams was picked by Joe Torre

So long story short, yes, it is normal for the hometown manager to be picked…unless your from Wisonsin. =)

Yes, I am a proud to be a Hyperventilating Prospect Geek.

by mtzxc on Jun 17, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lineup tonight

2B Skip Schumaker
CF Colby Rasmus
1B Albert Pujols
LF Chris Duncan
RF Ryan Ludwick
C Yadier Molina
3B Joe Thurston
P Todd Wellemeyer
SS Tyler Greene

by ubeddie on Jun 17, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Amazing lineup

St. Louis relievers... defying win expectancy since 2008
http://www.drivelinemechanics.com/

by vivaelpujols on Jun 17, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wouldn;t go that far

but I like it.

That being said: COMMENCE SHUTOUT.

"I usually don’t read other peoples sigs." -Cuttah

by Alxfritz on Jun 17, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This will be the day...

That we look back at the end of the season and say, “That was the game that Ludwick turned it around.”

by Evilfrog on Jun 17, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dirt may not be able to save them

But Edwin Jackson is a pretty good start…

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

wellemeyer starts
edwin jackson counterpunch
what is in the cards?

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 7:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

tv blackout

is there a reason that the last two games have been blacked out on fsn? this is really aggravating not being able to watch baseball now after everything so far has been fine. i live in champaign if that helps matters at all.

by Chicago Cardinals on Jun 17, 2009 8:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it is probably your cable company's fault

a couple of the cable providers have about 20 games this year that they are blacking out. There are quite a few here that feel your pain.

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jun 17, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not what i wanted to hear but probably the best news i could hope for thanks

by Chicago Cardinals on Jun 17, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wonder how pissy Al will be tonight

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

depends on

how good of a night colby has

by prophetjohn on Jun 17, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

intermingling?

i’m more of a fan of extramingling. or even intramingling

but intermingling? talk about gay

by prophetjohn on Jun 17, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yay baseball!

hooray south-siders! go tribe! go birds!

i can’t believe the cards are only a game out. amazing.

by Scarecrow7775 on Jun 17, 2009 8:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

cmon cards, turn on the heat

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Whoa

Welley touched 94 on the second pitch of the game. Good!

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

about to post that

We’ll see where his next FB is at. Of course he totally missed on that pitch.

by TheBirds on Jun 17, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Groan

Gets him to 1-2, walks him. Bad start (even with a 94 and a 93 in there)

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

making the colonel work

let’s go, welley

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

93

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

93-MPH sinkers...

tough to hit!

"In this game, don't nobody know nuthin' about nuthin'." -- attributed to Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra

by The Ol Goaler on Jun 17, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not watching TV

but I recall in one of his recent well-pitched games he was making a point of starting his windup with his hands over his head.

by nota bene on Jun 17, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's cut down on his windup...

…& trying to go “straight” towards the plate (as opposed to throwing “across” his body.)

"In this game, don't nobody know nuthin' about nuthin'." -- attributed to Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra

by The Ol Goaler on Jun 17, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

some t-storms headed down 70

I bet we’ll get 5+ in but the late innings may get dicey

by nota bene on Jun 17, 2009 8:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Throw strikes, Welley

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

heh, he can nibble against Cabrera

i won’t begrudge him for that.

by TheBirds on Jun 17, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Need more noms

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

K

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that's one way to back him off the plate

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

wait

so the cardinals crashed through on wainwright?

dow does that work?

by prophetjohn on Jun 17, 2009 8:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice pitch

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Welley at 25 pitches......

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lots of 3-2 counts

the second coming of Mike Morgan

by Scarecrow7775 on Jun 17, 2009 8:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

welley 2K

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

sounds like

the worst video game ever

by prophetjohn on Jun 17, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions   5 recs

lol

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rec

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

We're in the Welley-ennium

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

rec 2k

Decrease runs scored?
Maybe.

Decrease winning? Never seen that proven.
-SFTU

by hazel on Jun 18, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

28-pitch innings make baby Jesus cry

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

on the other hand

not giving up runs in any giving inning… that’s about all we can ask from Welley, pitch-count be damned

by Scarecrow7775 on Jun 17, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Don't swing at pitches outside the zone" ????

is that advice to a MLB team or a high school team?

by Scarecrow7775 on Jun 17, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ANY team...

(unless your name is Yogi Berra, Vlad Guerrero, etc.)

"In this game, don't nobody know nuthin' about nuthin'." -- attributed to Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra

by The Ol Goaler on Jun 17, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes, but do MLB hitter need to be told that

base on performance, I guess I’d have to say “yes”

by Scarecrow7775 on Jun 17, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Question of whether "plate discipline"

is a learned skill, or not… (I think it is, but hard to do the further along one goes in pro ball…)

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by The Ol Goaler on Jun 17, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

colby got robmus

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

"I feel nothing"

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

give me a break

that’s what Albert said when he hits long home runs

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seems like we took a few strikes that half-inning

Maybe we’re starting to be more patient?

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

One pitch, one out...

helps the under!

"In this game, don't nobody know nuthin' about nuthin'." -- attributed to Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra

by The Ol Goaler on Jun 17, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm gonna guess 16

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Push

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

FAIL

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow

very efficient so far

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

how many was that?

9?

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

10

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by gocards62 on Jun 17, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it was 9

He was at 28 after 1, at 37 now

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

now that was a fast out

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ok, it worked last time

over/under on runs this inning?

2

by Scarecrow7775 on Jun 17, 2009 8:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Push

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?" - Jeff Francouer

by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting to SEE the Cards now that I am back in Japan with access to AFN media.

Overall the team looks sluggish – despite yesterday’s slugfest. Sort of reconfirms the impression that I’ve had listening this year. Is sluggish an accurate perception?

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 17, 2009 8:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yesterday did not look sluggish

i would have preferred the term feckless to describe the O, but that’s just me. Sluggish, incapable, feckless, depressing, whatever floats your boat.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

by jacksonian on Jun 17, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dunc whiffs. . . Surprise

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 17, 2009 8:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ludwick?

did we just trade for this guy or something?

by Scarecrow7775 on Jun 17, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he is going up against one of the best pitchers in the AL

fwiw

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow!

Al just said that Rasmus should be playing every day

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is the new offense?

same as the old offense.

by TheBirds on Jun 17, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Anybody notice the huge amount of moths swarming on the field tonight?

Two times they have shown Tony swatting at them.

Brought to you by Karl's Jr.

by The_teague on Jun 17, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Isn't Larue Wellly's personal catcher?

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by akaitori on Jun 17, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Glad he's NOT, now!

Atta boy, Yadi!

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by The Ol Goaler on Jun 17, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

YAMO!

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

by jacksonian on Jun 17, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

YADI!!!!

knew that one was going out

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yadi!!!!

Huzzah!!!!

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

turned around that 95 MPH Fastball

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by gocards62 on Jun 17, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Twas up,

but not up enough!

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by The Ol Goaler on Jun 17, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice, Yadi - maybe a new day . . .

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 17, 2009 8:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

anyone surprised Thursty offered at the first one?

something new, though. A bunt attempt

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by gocards62 on Jun 17, 2009 8:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Bunting with two outs and no one on?

We do that way too much.

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by The_teague on Jun 17, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

After watching Thirsty

ground out on 97 MPH heat, I’ll give him a pass on the 2-out bunt… (grin)

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by The Ol Goaler on Jun 17, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And Everett's bunt

weas ‘cause he can’t hit!

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by The Ol Goaler on Jun 17, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he was just trying to catch them off guard

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he could do that by swinging at the second pitch

and taking the first one

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by gocards62 on Jun 17, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

there's a lot of options

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thing that bothers me is that the pitcher is still on deck

So unless there is a much better of a chance of Thursty getting on base through a bunt (which I doubt), he might as well just swing the bat and hope to get an XBH.

by TheBirds on Jun 17, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

D'oh

Micah Owings just hit a 3-run HR to put the Reds on top of ATL 4-2. I think when judging Micah Owings as a valuable pitcher on your team, you have to include his hitting ability. Like take his OPS given up, and subtract (his batting OPS * 1/9). That will give a more accurate count of what he does.

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice play there

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dear lord, Albert let some of those danger zone throws go. . ..

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HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 17, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

colonel 3000

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What's cooler than being cool?

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

taking rap to the year 3000

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

crap

at least it was a solo shot

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Damn

Granderson is turning into the new Ricky Henderson

by Scarecrow7775 on Jun 17, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The colonel giveth

The colonel taketh away

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

good news though.

tribe just tied it up vs suppan. 3-3 in through 4.

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by jacksonian on Jun 17, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ok welley

don’t throw it right down the middle

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

and away we go. . . . .

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 17, 2009 8:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Smellemeyer . .

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 17, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

cmon welley

just get one more out

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 8:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

hmm 4 inning outing today?

is it bad i hope he gets pulled soon?

by FunkeeC on Jun 17, 2009 8:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey now

He had a no-hitter through 2.2

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thames is a mistake hitter

Welly is a mistake pitcher…

Oh boy.

by TheBirds on Jun 17, 2009 8:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Get this guy

and rattle some bats, boys!

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by The Ol Goaler on Jun 17, 2009 8:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the colonel needs to get his groove back

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

idk

it has always seemed to me that welly does not have command

The Redbirds are of the highest priority to me... As it should be

by ANDYAK47 on Jun 17, 2009 9:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he did last season

in his one good season

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

PHEW

The Redbirds are of the highest priority to me... As it should be

by ANDYAK47 on Jun 17, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He has the same command he's always had

Only this year, his misses are right down broadway

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seems to me he IS in his groove

An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.

HL Mencken

by akaitori on Jun 17, 2009 9:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that last guy barely checked his swing

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ordo

w/ bases loaded. Not good….

by nota bene on Jun 17, 2009 9:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ground ball

thank goodness

The Colonel owes Schumaker & Greene a beer.

by nota bene on Jun 17, 2009 9:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Skip flipping that to second rather than taking it himself

almost gave me a heart attack. I worry to much, and I just expect everything to go wrong that can. I couldn’t believe Welly was actually going to get out of that inning.

by TheBirds on Jun 17, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

same here dude

The Redbirds are of the highest priority to me... As it should be

by ANDYAK47 on Jun 17, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that home run was well placed

given the context

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he got kinda lucky there

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wooo hit!

you really need to work on your OBP though, Tyler

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey, hits count toward OBP

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

true

so it’s over .300 now

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

nice D, Tigers

thanks for the WS, btw

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

heh

what is it with the Tigers and throwing errors @ Busch….

by nota bene on Jun 17, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

heh

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Such a pretty wife sitting with that man...

Its a shame, really….Atta boy Rasmus

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by The_teague on Jun 17, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm guessing

she must drink a lot, too.

by DiscoJer on Jun 17, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

idiocracy!

it’s got what plants crave

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yah

these guys always talk about the stupidest stuff but jeeeeez. any more mentions of the champions club and its going on mute

by dugmartsch on Jun 17, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ugh.

Great example of why I almost never go to ball games in person any more.

by DiscoJer on Jun 17, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

would the grounder Schumaker hit

have been a double play without the E1?

by nota bene on Jun 17, 2009 9:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

tonights broadcast from the champions club

Is really goddamn annoying. I mean the broadcasts are always insip but this i’m about to mute this crap.

by dugmartsch on Jun 17, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

razzles!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah Colby!

Keep the inning going for Al!

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Rasmus gets robbed in the first

Gets jammed in the 3rd for the RBI single

by Evilfrog on Jun 17, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

watch it, buddy

you don’t want a 1000 fans charging you on the field

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

haha, I have this mental image

of albert getting plunked in the head and then a riot ensues on the field, and someone comes out of the scrum with Jacksons severed head on a pike

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by dcfcblues on Jun 17, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Coach Leyland?

“I’m part of the mob!”

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

now I have a mental image

of someone bringing a pike to a baseball game, sort of like steve carrol in anchorman

by YesWeOquendo on Jun 17, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hahahaha, yea

after I typed that. I was like…who the hell brings a pike to a baseball game?

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by dcfcblues on Jun 17, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Brick, where did you get a hand grenade?"

Steve Carrell – “I don’t know”

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by The_teague on Jun 17, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

forget a fan riot

if Pujols gets pissed he will hit a 900-run homer. If you doubt him he might hit two. In the same at bat.

by nota bene on Jun 17, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yikes

ATG Jackson’s strike 1 to Pujols is a fastball (@ 95)….it started over the inside edge of the plate and tailed a few inches towards Pujols….that’s tough to hit, I’m impressed (if that trace is accurate) that even Pujols managed to foul it off….

by nota bene on Jun 17, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that's what I thought

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

seriously

it looks like it broke the wrong way. GD sez 4" break, 13" pfx, whatever that’s worth.

I haven’t been at the computer all game—I keep wandering off to do other stuff—so that AB was the first time I was really watching GD closely….does Jackson feature that reverse breaking pitch or what?

by nota bene on Jun 17, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

damn

he keeps pitching up and in

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I remember last year

Albert hit a line drive that was literally 3 inches from killing Edwin Jackson.

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by dcfcblues on Jun 17, 2009 9:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Great PA, Al

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dig the new sig.

Did you see that the Braves do, in fact, put OBP on the scoreboard?

Mang Says...
"There is no "I" in team, or in B g Mac Land, either."

by all4tookie on Jun 17, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

They do

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

apparently they've been doing it for awhile

if Marcus Giles is on the scoreboard

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by dcfcblues on Jun 17, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

Furcal, Giles, Andruw Jones, Franco, Estrada, Kelly Johnson in LF (maybe?)

Probably 2005

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BB

color me astonished

by nota bene on Jun 17, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Duncan is back to being terrible

:(

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by dcfcblues on Jun 17, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

a lot of guys look terrible against edwin jackson

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and a nice loud f bomb

I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2

by punchinjudy on Jun 17, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

made him work, Apu

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Damn it Dunc

We had him on the ropes! Make him throw a pitch or two!

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Duncan is not a #4 hitter

and yes, I was watching yesterday.

by TheBirds on Jun 17, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This phrase is on the tip of my tongue

I can’t think of it, but I think it somehow involves acorns and blind squirrels. Any help? :P

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ugh...telling juxtaposition

Albert makes Jackson labor and almost gets himself plunked in the head to do it, Dunc comes up hacking and just gives his PA away.

by mattyp on Jun 17, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

welley

you want a double play right about now

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yay

signing old lady boots!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Al Hrabosky was actually a player

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and isn't this Ricky Horton talking, also?

who was a mediocre pitcher in the late 80’s for Whitey?

by Expatcardfan on Jun 17, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh yeah

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Big Mac

lulz

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I could dig a Mark Whiten/Ray Lankford announcing team

I’d go with Willie McGee and Mike Matheny

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if we're going for sheer comedic value

I’d say nobody could top Andujar….

by nota bene on Jun 17, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

how about Andujar/Keith Hernandez duo

granted we’d have to steal Keith back from the Mets, but who knows

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

how about Terry Pendleton/Jack Clark?

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So Taguchi/Ray King

Forget as an announcing team. I want to see that sitcom!

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by jd is legend on Jun 17, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

lol

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jun 17, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

which begs the question

why did you ask?

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