Game 103 Overflow Thread III
by azruavatar on Jul 29, 2009 12:03 AM EDT
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PrintWainwright pitching deep again. . . I don't want to be around the day his elbow blows up.
Just 1 inning left and we've split the series. Not something I would have guessed leaving Philly. Does Franklin go for the 9th here?
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new thread good luck for Colby?
maybe?
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thank you
this was very necessary
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
Tomorrow is Wednesday
so this thread will carry over till about lunchtime usually.
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VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
FAIL
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Trifailatops
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by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Recasaurus
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Failapotamus
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
Great movie.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
Well, sure.
But I was happy with the aesthetic of the movie.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
I have an obsession with avatars matching screennames
Besides the fact that distinctive pictures make reading a thread much easier for many people, there’s an air of well coordinated planning that just soothes my anal retentiveness makes me chuckle.
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So
I guess I need an avatar of a pair of pants with an S on them.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
I've googled spants on many occasions
nothing distinctive.
The other method to get a good avatar is to have one that’s clear and distinctive and just stick with it for a reallllllly long time.
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That's what I've done.
I don’t think I’ll ever change it.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
Don't change the avatar, spants
I love that picture. It’s from a really old scorecard, isn’t it?
by cardsgirl95 on Jul 29, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.
Someone uploaded a faded scorecard. I cropped and color-restored in Photoshop.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
Your icon (except the full body)
Is my avatar on pretty much any other forum I post on. It’s a good one, and I’ve used it on one forum since 2002.
You've been here longer.
How did I win out?
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
I didn't post much at first
So I never had an avatar. I did try to use the full-body picture, I think:
But it looked stupid in the tiny box.
I remember it now.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
Yours
is good. Funny b/c it’s Eck.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
the hilarious part
is the look on his face. Apparently he pretty much never drinks, but I guess he figured he didn’t really feel like driving his brand new yellow hot rod that night….
True story: I was fortunate enough to be at that game and the funniest thing we saw was Scott Rolen running around on the field afterwards with three Bud Lights stuffed in his back pocket and a huge grin on his face.
Eckstein said he couldn't drive a stick anyway!
He gave the car to his dad, I think.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
I just googled
spants for the first time.
Interesting.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
hah.
that your twitter?
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Any ideas for me?
Should I ditch the Wood-faced Albert from the Nike Commercial?
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by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I wanna avatar suggestion!
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
dill?
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Dr. Dahl or: How I Taught My Children to Stop Worrying and Take Powerful Drugs.
I mean seriously…one book was about flying in a giant peach with large talking creatures, another about a creepy pedophile type who lives in a big ass place made up of candy and mirth.
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by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll liked little girls.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
Most good children's stories are completely whacked out
They have imaginations. It’s only insano druggie nonsense to adults.
Speaking of druggie nonsense
I just saw Dumbo again recently. Kind of disturbing.
by peach concrete on Jul 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
but the scene where
slim pickens is riding the bomb is sheer genius!
by hangingfromatree on Jul 29, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
was a dr. strangelove joke.
but admittedly awkward.
by hangingfromatree on Jul 29, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
THANKS A LOT
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:05 AM EDT reply actions
yes
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
sadly yes,
the fact that he doesn’t have a “real” complete game shutout means Tony will try to “reward” him
Maybe, but doesn't make sense
This is a guy you need for the post season. The game is won. Give him a well-deserved rest and let him get set for houston.
Probably
It’s the TLR hero thing.
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by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
dan and al have reached the Making Fun of Children portion of the night
Hi Guys in the Truck
"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
But with Wainer as the only alternative...
I think throwing that piece of shit out on the mound is maybe our best option.
by Ferociousaurus on Jul 29, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
for a bunch of guys/gals
who hated the holliday trade, it sure did get us all pumped up
3 overflows
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
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Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
BOOOOOOOO!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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Cocaine is a hell of a drug
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
He's on a truly historic tear right now...
Let’s hope he doesn’t peak too early. We’ll need his best stuff for the playoffs.
or craps
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Here we go Colby...
HERE WE GO!
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by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:06 AM EDT reply actions
CLAPPING NOISE CLAPPING NOISE
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
That may be the best caption EVAR!
Philles announcers about Toronto:
"Well they go out West after this series, this weekend, against the Tampa Bay Rays"
That might be my favorite.
So elegant in it’s simplicity.
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That one was awesome.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
I remember it but I don't
which game was that?
Philles announcers about Toronto:
"Well they go out West after this series, this weekend, against the Tampa Bay Rays"
natinals
i think
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
just noticied this thread
let’s win this!
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2009 12:07 AM EDT reply actions
I just read the photo caption
Wow, AZ…Just wow. You knocked that one out of the humor-park. You deserve…well whatever rewards a good robot receives.
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by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:08 AM EDT reply actions
oil can
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
an oil change?
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Cardinals have six runs, five hits
The Dodgers have zero runs on eight hits. Are we scattering their attack or what?
Very nice hitting.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
-APU
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
yaaaay Yadi!
no GIDP makes me happy
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
It's probably already been posted...
but they went crazy in memphis tonight.
Both Greene’s and Allen Craig hit 2 hr’s
now Boog
make me REALLY happy
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
well i jinxed that, didn't i.
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm all for the WW shutout complete game and all
But if we’re up 6 runs i’d much rather see him out of here so we can conserve his arm for domination in October
"You wait for a strike, then you knock the shit out of it"- Stan Musial
Did they just say Ankiel was a better defender than Rasmus?
F%#& Billy Beane. Actually... I kinda like Holliday
Why is Jim Hayes singing?
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
wat
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
adam's going to go back out there?
and jim hayes is singing on FSN. WTF!>!>!
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2009 12:11 AM EDT reply actions
No save opp... How can I drink these?
by vexedtechie on Jul 29, 2009 12:11 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Franklin's are good any time!
(Franklin’s suck!)
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
Sunset Wheat
And there’s plenty more where that came from
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by Ted Glover on Jul 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm a fan of the Red...
granted haven’t had it for over a year. I almost cried when they killed off Big Butt.
They killed off Big Butt?!?!?!
Red is a-mazing. Sunset Wheat doesn’t do it as much for me, not enough beer flavor.
Not afraid to nitpick
Yeah they have some other non sense for the winter beer
1888 Bock… which smells like cat food to me… it’s awful.
1888 Bock was okay
but yeah, it does have a different smell to it now that you mention it. And thanks for the cat food reference; I have two at home I need to kill off when I get back, and all I’ll think of is ‘this smells like cat food’.
Damn you ducttape, damn you to hell
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Was never a fan of the Big Butt
beer, anyway. Like the Honey Weiss, and the Classic Amber isn’t too bad. Leinie’s Red is okay, but Sunset Wheat is the be all, end all for me as far as American beers go.
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Delicious
but too sweet to drink more than 3 or 4 for me, honey weiss is my favorite
by Frozen_Beltran on Jul 29, 2009 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
LOVED IT!
Of course, I was a kid.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
I'm with you guys...
Of course, my main reason for liking Crystal Pepsi is that my parents never bought soda for me back then and the grocery store was giving Crystal Pepsi away as part of a promotion to try to get people to buy it, so for a couple months or so, I could grab a few free sodas to take home every time we went to the grocery store.
I’d be interested to try it now and find out if it’s ACTUALLY any good or not.
Leprechaun urine
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Right now!
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
Back when I was a kid in the 60s, my mom used to stock up on Tab
We usually drank the leaded stuff, if/when we ever got to drink sodas (a rarity), so on occasion I’d sneak a Tab….this was when Coke used cyclamates as a sweetener. It tasted great, and I still miss it to this day. Thought I heard a few years ago that they were bringing cyclamates back from the “It’s leads to cancer in rats” trash heap, but haven’t seen it anywhere yet.
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Jul 29, 2009 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions
pepsi is awful
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
WRONG
though i’m trying to get away from soda. so i guess i don’t care….
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
+1
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Franklin: The Beer that Never Fills You Up, But Often Lets You Down (that was the 2008 version).
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by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The 2009 version
Franklin: The beer that relaxes all the sphincters in your body at the same time
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
fuck
F%#& Billy Beane. Actually... I kinda like Holliday
by vivaelpujols on Jul 29, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
ankiel isnt fully healthy
though i forget what it is exactly
"I throw him four wide ones then try to pick him off first base." - Preacher Roe on Stan Musial
groin
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Well hes bringing in THurston??
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:12 AM EDT reply actions
good move Tony
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
hawk, plz
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
push.
one pitcher for each out
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
ceremonial on-deck for the Wainer
"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
My favorite was the time somebody reply-FAIL'd a +1
Just a +1 in the subject of a new thread for a post. Like a +1 to the whole thread
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
mr. torre
it’s a six run game in the bottom of the eighth and i’m tired. is bringing in a new pitcher to face the worst batter on the team really necessary? ugh
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2009 12:13 AM EDT reply actions
tony
will counter with lugo
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
nope, stavinoha
the second worst hitter on the team. haha
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
or infection
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
or stavinoha
whoever
"I throw him four wide ones then try to pick him off first base." - Preacher Roe on Stan Musial
ugh, right
i is a kollege student
"I throw him four wide ones then try to pick him off first base." - Preacher Roe on Stan Musial
Bahahahaha
Infection time
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Fat MIles
Forgot he was on the team. Huh.
by cloistermaximus on Jul 29, 2009 12:15 AM EDT reply actions
Sorry if this has been mentioned...
But Mitchell Boggs did not start tonight in Memphis. Looks like he’s our man for Friday!!
THE SKIP IS LEGIT!!
it's been confirmed for a while
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
And Trey Hearne was promoted and made the start.
7ip 5 hits (3 were solo homeruns) 3er 6k’s
THE SKIP IS LEGIT!!
wait Stav's still on the team?
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
till friday
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
If I squint real hard
I think this is Allen Craig
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we were trying to figure out who's going down on Friday
when Boggs gets called up, think it’s gonna be Stav?
I'd guess so
unless they go with a reliever swap
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in which case
is it Hawk or PK? They’ve had a normal number of pitchers for a while now, Tony has to be getting antsy.
Tony La Russa
+1
No need to push your 1a ace over 120 pitches just for a stupid CG.
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by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:15 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
CGSHO
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
that is one persistent stav infection
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT reply actions
okay, dan def reads veb
he just said “quar-ter”
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
woh, stav got a hit
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions
He should have known...
Joe Thurston vs. a tee is better than any other hitter vs. any pitcher…
V, b.
WOW HE GOT A HIT!
what is with our outfielders
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
cuz he hit 20 HRS
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
+1
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Martin's hadd 11 PB/WP tonight
and a terrible impression of a Molina pickoff attempt at first
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Shouldnt you be readying to address the media?
I'm the guy that does his job, you must be the other guy.
By posting here
He is addressing the guys in the truck.
HI GUYS IN THE TRUCK
by mojowo11 on Jul 29, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
agreed
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
it's socially useful
If you guys all had Twitter accounts, you could all get Goold to follow your feeds, then spam him with FREE ALLEN CRAIG.
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
YES!
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by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
I Love Ball Bearings
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:20 AM EDT reply actions
Martin
Is he bloody asleep behind the plate tonight? Not calling good pitches for anything right now.
Craig, future PTBNL w/e 2 HRs tonight
Bringing his season total to 17, he’s tearing it up this month.
flagged!
although if Craig got traded to the Indians, it would be like Cardinals West
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2009 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
directional geography FAIL!
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 Jul 29, 2009 12:45 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
obviously SBNation screwed me there
although if Craig got traded to the Indians, it would be like Cardinals Old West
fixed
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Lyon just said on Dodger Broadcast
He doesn’t remember seeing Martin on his knees this much in a long time.
HOF please
That would be stupid
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Wow.
You guys nailed it.
The first thing that a pitcher has to understand is that Albert is better than you.-- Jim Palmer
LOL
beat me to ilrosso
Philles announcers about Toronto:
"Well they go out West after this series, this weekend, against the Tampa Bay Rays"
Someone ask them what stocks will be like in 2015.
The first thing that a pitcher has to understand is that Albert is better than you.-- Jim Palmer
DERO BOMB
AGAIN
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions
DERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions
The Rose doing his Albert impression
"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
DeRosa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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it's 10 run tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to be the no-talent ass clown!
by RosevilleRedbird on Jul 29, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions
man this guy has some oppo POP
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
I think DeRosa was a very good trade
Perez and Todd are both relievers and easily replaceable. Wallace OTOH…
F%#& Billy Beane. Actually... I kinda like Holliday
WIll be a good 1B/DH in the AL
And Matt Holliday will be here for a long time.
Anyways, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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+10
jeez people its over, live with it and embrace the new
by from First to Third on Jul 29, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
mlb.tv froze at the wrong time for me
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
10 run tuesdays!
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
TEN RUN TUESDAYS I LOVE IT
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:22 AM EDT reply actions
Oh. My. God
How about a back to back to back??
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Dodgers are overrated
beating the D-backs and Padres should count as half-wins
"You wait for a strike, then you knock the shit out of it"- Stan Musial
TEN RUN TUESDAY! TEN RUN TUESDAY!
TEN RUN TUESDAY!
Who needs a tendon sheath
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
i should get mine removed
maybe i could hit a bunch of home runs
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Bitches, that's who
And does Mark DeRosa look like a bitch to you? Huh? Does he?
That’s what I thought.
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
I like to quickly skim game threads
…and hand out rec’s if necessary. This one deserves two…two (see what I did there?) bad I can only give one. Swallow sadness.
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Brett: WHAT?
Don't argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - anon.
day off?
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I still think he hasn't looked quite right most of the month
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
true. he has 4 hr this month?
2 off garland so they almost don’t count for the purposes of this discussion.
I put up his numbers since the Milwaukee series
Harden and Garland are his last ridiculous outliers. Everything including the all-star game is as you see here, with some of his normal hitting sprinkled here and there.
It’s funny that everyone notices now that there isn’t one IBB every game.
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
he loves it here
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
DMAZING!
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
go cards.
When Albert gets outta this slump
we’re gonna be one hell of an offense
"You wait for a strike, then you knock the shit out of it"- Stan Musial
ha typed that before dero's 3 run bomb
"You wait for a strike, then you knock the shit out of it"- Stan Musial
I like DeRosa's swing
He clearly didn’t learn to hit through intense, one-size-fits-all instruction. He just sort of waves the bat around and then swats at it. Fun stuff.
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:23 AM EDT reply actions
Wow, 10 runs with an oh-fer from ALbert
Three weeks ago, the only way the Cards get 10 runs is if ALbert his 3 dingers
Thoughts on the Vikings, Buckeyes, and Cardinals
www.purplebuckeye.blogspot.com
That's his Bicameral brain.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
by spants on Jul 29, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I spit beer....
thanks
Philles announcers about Toronto:
"Well they go out West after this series, this weekend, against the Tampa Bay Rays"
Hope your computer is okay. :)
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
What's wrong with Albert?
He seems to have totally lost the ability to lay off low breaking balls, and he’s not fouling them off anymore either. He’s horrible. Bench him for a couple days? Maybe he needs extended rest.
Injured kness? Injured something else?
shhhh
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Ankiel foe Holliday?
/sarcasm
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:25 AM EDT reply actions
Who is walking up tot he chicken fried song
That’s Steven Hills walk on music
Future Redbirds - tracking Cardinal prospects for Cardinal Nation
OH MY GOD, THAT'S THE BIG SHOW'S MUSIC!!
Sorry, WWF flashback. haven’t had much sleep in the last few days
Thoughts on the Vikings, Buckeyes, and Cardinals
www.purplebuckeye.blogspot.com
also JJ Hardy
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
oh come on torre
this is worse than tlr. its 10-0 w/2 outs in the 8th!!
"I throw him four wide ones then try to pick him off first base." - Preacher Roe on Stan Musial
it's only 12:30 over here on the east coast
I still have 3 innings of a Pirate game to vaguely pay attention to
"You wait for a strike, then you knock the shit out of it"- Stan Musial
Robots sleep?
Can’t you just re-boot?
I want to be the no-talent ass clown!
by RosevilleRedbird on Jul 29, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
WOW
just WOW
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
He has pitched in a total of two games lifetime
One inning total. One hit. I like Holliday’s chances.
if yadier molina pitched
would he throw 115mph and drill his spots?
by longhornscardinals on Jul 29, 2009 12:27 AM EDT reply actions
We'll never know...
but I think he’d be somewhere in the 90’s…
"In this game, don't nobody know nuthin' about nuthin'." -- attributed to Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
by The Ol Goaler on Jul 29, 2009 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
What is wrong with IE and VEB
For some reason Firefox crapped out on me and that’s what I usually use, and it always ran gamethreads super smooth. Does anyone else notice this difference?
yup, chrome is clean
IE is hoooorrrribbblllle (in general) but specifically in game threads.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
I have to use Chrome for game threads
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Nobody listens to him
It hurts your brain to try.
Oh you weren’t talking about OperaCard … sorry, carry on.
Don't argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - anon.
FireFox won't even load for me today
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm on ff now
just need to let it sit to load for a few posts.
I'm on a netbook
Chrome takes more resources, opera the least, using FF cause it likes my email.
freaking absolutely
IE and game threads don’t mix. switched to firefox about a month ago, couldn’t be happier.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2009 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Get the following extensions if you haven't already:
AdBlock Plus
All-in-One Gestures
CustomizeGoogle
Download StatusBar
ieTab
StumbleUpon
And, if your computer can handle it, get Ubiquity. It will revolutionize the way you browse.
I won't be using chrome until I can use mouse gestures with it
I’d prefer to be able to block ads as well. That’s just the way it is.
eh
just something i don’t care about
ff is simply too busy for it to be worthwhile
it’s like tv… in order to get the channels you want, you have to get all this crap you would never want in a million years
by BirdsonFire on Jul 29, 2009 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Linkification
Thank me later
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Cannot access Firefox today - VEB generally workds better with Firefox than IE
An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.
HL Mencken
No doubt
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Loretta is pitching
I love this shit so much
by cloistermaximus on Jul 29, 2009 12:28 AM EDT reply actions
YES...YES!
Position player pitching and its NOT a Cardinal!!! Brilliant!!!
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:28 AM EDT reply actions
10 runs on 8 hits
awh yeah
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 12:29 AM EDT reply actions
As much as I love winning
this Boston Red Sox 5 hour games bullshit sure starts to wear on you.
If we could score eleventy billion runs quickly, I’d appreciate it. Mmmkay?
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:30 AM EDT reply actions
Tyler Greene, Allen Craig, and Khalil Greene
EACH with 2 homeruns tonight.
Yes you read that correctly.
THE SKIP IS LEGIT!!
Even if Khalil wasn't a headcase now
Where would he play on this team? I’d take Lugo or Ryan over him at this stage.
TLR will promote KG even if he had three Ks. Can't beat experience . . .
An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.
HL Mencken
woah
is that the Khalil i smoked talking, or was that Mark Loretta pitching to Luddy
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
it's Sauce time
"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 much as i love my sauce
now we’re going to NEED him tommorow, Tony’s gonna pitch him, and he’s gonna be useless because he pitched today. god damn it, TLR.
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
don't leave the sauce out too long
or it starts to burn
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Mark Loretta > Todd Wellemeyer...
V, b.
by LukeMP1186 on Jul 29, 2009 12:31 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
No.
Loretta > Franklin.
Franklin sucks.
by vexedtechie on Jul 29, 2009 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
heh
Motte still thinking like a catcher.
"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
hitting and pitching have acheived parity. . . .
An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.
HL Mencken
Cardinals offense, now with Matt Holliday and Mark DeRosa!
Goes from zero to serious in one inning!
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
he could use a confidence boost
"I throw him four wide ones then try to pick him off first base." - Preacher Roe on Stan Musial
rebuild some confidence?
young dude, just gave up a slam to Rollins…and then a homer to Victorino.
by longhornscardinals on Jul 29, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Motte is using a new glove
Wilson A2K or A2000 I believe.
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:33 AM EDT reply actions
I'm buying ad space on the Busch Stadium wall
just for Allen Craig.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:33 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'll pitch in 20 bucks
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
We score 10 runs
and Albert basically had nothing to do it….
I'm the guy that does his job, you must be the other guy.
I HOPE I'm Motte Watching isn't watching
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Brett Wallace
for anyone interested- at this point (7th inning) has had 3 AB, no hits, no BB, 1 lob
I want to be the no-talent ass clown!
by RosevilleRedbird on Jul 29, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions
Everyone remembers the memorable night?
If they didn’t remember it, would it not be memorable?
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions
is dan the new michael jackson?
he’s REALLY into the kids tonight.
by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions
8 Year olds, dude.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
Wow
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
10-run Tuesday?
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
winner!!!
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions
If I'm reading Tony right
Motte closes these blowouts because it’s part of his ‘training’ to become the closer.
Right?
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions
I think so
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
and that, fine people, is a winner!!
I want to be the no-talent ass clown!
by RosevilleRedbird on Jul 29, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions
I really hate the new 6 commercial
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jul 29, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions
And 99.99 ends it
This is the anti-TESS game
Thoughts on the Vikings, Buckeyes, and Cardinals
www.purplebuckeye.blogspot.com
Hey Cubs...
Need any help getting our flag above yours in that dump you call a stadium?
by cloistermaximus on Jul 29, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions
99.99 for the win
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
it's weird winning without albert doing much
but I’ll take it!
DeRo, DeRo, DeRo!
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 12:36 AM EDT reply actions
yeah
what are we 5-5 now?
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
A.D.A.M.
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of the machine...
Any chance he could get to 20 wins this year? That would be most triumphant.
by cloistermaximus on Jul 29, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Annnnnd...
Thanks for your time, this time, ’till next time, so long!
"In this game, don't nobody know nuthin' about nuthin'." -- attributed to Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
Yadi high-fives with the back of his shaka sign
badass.
"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
carp
now tied for best era in NL, second best in MLB
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
greinke
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Greinke
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
oh, i get it
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I think a certain individual who pitches in the NL West has a lock on it unfortunately
but Carp, Adam, and the Pinata are all pitching their brains out this year
Haren needs more wins
The Cy Young Award is all about wins
unless you are talking about Matt Cain, who stands a better chance than Danny boy.
who's Haren?
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
oh, ok
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
lincecum won last year
i think wins can be overlooked
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
one of these years
but yes, if he keeps it up
still a lot of season left
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Good thing
the voters for the Cy Young Award don’t take WHIP into account
Wins and ERA = Cy Young Award
and Ks
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Jul 29, 2009 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
If he wins 20 games
and gets his ERA in the top 5 of MLB, maybe.
But it is Lincecum’s to lose at this point.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Lincecum doesn't even have the best shot on his team
unless he wins it based on reputation (which is certainly possible)
Cain has more wins and a better ERA
actually, i take that back
Lincecum has sick enough peripherals to go with his reputation, that you are correct, it is his to lose
Lincecum has 183 strikeouts
is 4th in ERA (right behind Cain) and has one fewer victory than Cain. The Freak’s FIP is the best in the NL at 1.98.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
but cy young voters
do not look at FIP
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
The Freak's FIP is FAP worthy
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I like getting as close to the line as possible
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2009 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Yea, after you said that
I went and looked at his other numbers and they really are incredible.
But he has the absurdity of the Cy Young voters working against him.
And grad students,,,
Whats up with summer classes, do you all not take 12 hours during the semester?
This might have been my favorite game all year
Beat up the Dodgers best starter, and shut out the NL’s best offense ALL without any real contribution from Pujols…very good sign
"You wait for a strike, then you knock the shit out of it"- Stan Musial
Only game i've been to this year
it was spectacular
by Frozen_Beltran on Jul 29, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
thegodfather
game me his tickets that night. It was spectacular.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
To be fair here
Billingsley has been putrid for like, a month and a half. So he hasn’t really been their best pitcher lately.
can we have a better name for the lineup than New Look Cardinals?
"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
Ridiculouser
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
How about
“I am become death, destroyer of worlds”
Or the Raking Oppenheimers
Thoughts on the Vikings, Buckeyes, and Cardinals
www.purplebuckeye.blogspot.com
Oh... Well I'm cool with kickin' it old school...
…and calling them the Cardinals.
by vexedtechie on Jul 29, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Like "Metropolitans"
"Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it." - Whitey Herzog
by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Jul 29, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
And "Redlegs."
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
cue spant's avatar.
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
god.
i don’t want to be overconfident
but this rotation in a division series?
filthy. filthy.
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
stay healthy, stay healthy, stay healthy
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
in a division series
i bet you good money lohse doesn’t see the field
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm predicting we destroy Kuroda on Thursday...
So if Jo-el can be his new self tomorrow, I’m feeling good about it…
V, b.
Joel, Carp and Waino can beat ANYONE in a 3 game series
F%#& Billy Beane. Actually... I kinda like Holliday
by vivaelpujols on Jul 29, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah.
i think this was honestly the biggest reason AGAINST making a trade for Halladay.
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
don't bet on it
I think he’ll regress to the mean on walks on homers a little bit, but I think the new Joel is for real.
Have to make it to the POs first, buckoo. . . .Tough with Welly (or whomever) and Lohse comprising 40 percent of the starts. . .
and Motte and Kinne (or whomever) picking up the (shattered) pieces. . .
An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.
HL Mencken
yeah
we looked bad against Philly after Pineiro….we won that game, then Lohse had an short outing, and they scored a whole buncha runs off a mismanaged bullpen. And then Welly came out and stank up the joint in the third game.
This series, we’ve looked pretty frigging scary….
They aren't dead yet
if they pick up a pitcher before Friday, they’ll be fine.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
They're feeling quite better
Thoughts on the Vikings, Buckeyes, and Cardinals
www.purplebuckeye.blogspot.com
around...
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh no...
…an Uluru WP Graph.
That means that the graph looks similar to one half of this:
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Damn that was a big pic...apologies
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
it's kind of a big rock.
The pic itself is only 50K. With jpgs, size doesn’t actually matter. Er, dimensions. File-size does. Even my biggest cut/paste graphics aren’t much more than 100K.
"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
It is a big-ass rock
My mom has actually been there. Apparently it takes forever to get out to that thing, but she got to go on one of those bush planes. Pretty impressive apparently. Maybe one day…
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions
They will trade for Jarrod Washburn before the end of tomorrow
they are in a death spiral, Melvin HAS to make a move for a starter
Sadly (for them, not the Cardinals)
They need a drastic rotation overhaul. Everyone not named Gallardo is just doing an anchor impression right now.
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Came late to the party tonight
but want to commend the board for making me laugh out loud multiple times. You all were in rare form.
Will now be working to get bicameral into a conversation whenever possible.
"He ran hard, but he didn't run fast. He runs like he's mad at the ground." - opposing broadcaster describing Yadi's speed.
That. Was. Amazing.
I was particularly amazed by one of his/her comments so I decided to mock him/her in a teasing manner…but then he went off with that bicameral comment and OMIGOD!!!
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I was disappointed to not get in on the fun
in real time. But trust me, it’s just as crazy funny an hour later.
I’m seriously thinking that “You coulda went with dual, but you had to say bicameral” is gonna be my facebook status tomorrow.
"He ran hard, but he didn't run fast. He runs like he's mad at the ground." - opposing broadcaster describing Yadi's speed.
I'm honored.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
If I told you Oswalt left in the 2nd inning
what would you think?
And you’d be wrong!
Double bonus for us
Cubs lose, and Oswalt is heading back to Houston after leaving in the second. Maybe he misses one turn in the rotation, which if I am figuring correctly, means he misses his start against us this weekend
Thoughts on the Vikings, Buckeyes, and Cardinals
www.purplebuckeye.blogspot.com
he will start in 7 days
which means, yes, he misses his start against us.
we will return the favor to houston and sweep them. their rotation is so weak.
only good starters are oswalt and wandy
by CardsCentralChamps09 on Jul 29, 2009 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I think I have seen this posted 20 times now...
I get it…They lost.
I'm the guy that does his job, you must be the other guy.
someone asked for it
and someone asked if they won.
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
It is funny,
but it slows down the thread.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
my apologies
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
It's okay.
I’ve enjoyed it. But all good things – like my rec spree – must come to an end. (Or at least get a smaller picture.)
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
not my picture anyway :P
only time i’ve ever posted it! but i’ll let others do the honors if it’s gona happen in the future
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Ah - I wasn't even looking at who posted it.
Wasn’t trying to single you out. My apologies if it came across that way.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
nah nah it didn't
s’alll good
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I liked your part in the rec spree!
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
One last time.
Rec’d!
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
It's a pretty big picture, which chokes the loading
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions
good thing we got out of that subduction zone
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions
don't get these guys started
on grandiloquence.
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I was just lurking Brew Crew Ball to follow the carnage...
And someone turned green with just 3 recs. Do we just hold ourselves to a higher standard?
V, b.
of course.
we don’t drink miller.
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
by tehzachatak on Jul 29, 2009 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
ba-zing.
Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008
by Felonius_Monk on Jul 29, 2009 6:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd make it 6
Because then posts would have to be SERIOUS before they turned green.
by mojowo11 on Jul 29, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
Oh come on people
This is easily the best idea I’ve ever had. I fully intend on pitching this to the site admins.
some blogs turn green with one rec
"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
I think Royals Review does 1 or 2
But then again who cares about the Royals other than their 105 season ticket holders.
VivaElBirdos...Scoring less, but more frequently since approximately 1903.
by redbirdnation8206 on Jul 29, 2009 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
rec'd
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
Not green yet?
You should go to BCB
F%#& Billy Beane. Actually... I kinda like Holliday
by vivaelpujols on Jul 29, 2009 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions
that was a lame comment also
F%#& Billy Beane. Actually... I kinda like Holliday
by vivaelpujols on Jul 29, 2009 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Seriously...
How much would you hate Hawk Harrelson if we were in the same division as the White Sox?
V, b.
Mercy
F%#& Billy Beane. Actually... I kinda like Holliday
by vivaelpujols on Jul 29, 2009 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I love e-mail
Northern burbs, I hear more than enough of the guy. Although I can honestly say that it feels good, in a chakra-cleansing sort of way, to let out an occassional “You can put it on the board … YES!”
Don't argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - anon.
Waukegan
Work down in Elk Grove Village (yeah, it’s a bit of a haul). Been living up here for about 13 years now.
Don't argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - anon.
WPA leaders for tonight per Fangraphs
Waino .380
Ludwick .161
Holliday .071
Molina .041
Despite the 3-run DONG, DeRo ends up @ -.094, presumably cause he didn’t contribute much in the 6th inning.
'Take On Me' the 80's song playing in the background of Adam WW's interview?
What do these guys listen to?
I'm the guy that does his job, you must be the other guy.
great song though!
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
It was a rhetorical question.
So I didn’t think anyone would answer.
I'm the guy that does his job, you must be the other guy.
Not a fan of this Cardinals Tournament of Champions
But that’s just me
Thoughts on the Vikings, Buckeyes, and Cardinals
www.purplebuckeye.blogspot.com
Sick
Man, as a Dodger fan these last two games made me sick. The Cardinals always kill us in The Mound City. It’s almost like the Cardinals are making the Dodgers look like a minor league team. Great pitching, great defense, timely hitting, no timely hitting on our part.
Kershaw pitching tomorrow will be our best chance of taking a game.
vr, Xei
Head up Sunset to one of the great Mexican after-hours Dodger hangouts, have a couple of cervezas . . .
.. .and know that this too, shall pass.
An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.
HL Mencken
I don't know if you guys commented on this earlier or not
but Dan said that ‘with all due respect’ the Oakland A’s don’t have as much tradition and history as the St. Louis Cardinals.
With all due respect Dan, the A’s were TIED with the Cardinals for World Series wins until 2006, they have 12 HOF’ers that played more games with them than anyone else, they have Connie Mack, 11 MVP Awards, 5 Cy Youngs, and 15 pennants.
That just rubbed me the wrong way when he said that.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 1:29 AM EDT reply actions
Not agreeing or disagreeing with Al
But not all of that is in Oakland. When I think of the Oakland Athletics, I don’t think of Connie Mack. I know the franchise kept all the old records with the move (and why wouldn’t they?), but for some reason that affects how I feel about them and their tradition.
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions
It's the same team
it is there tradition. People don’t do the same thing with the San Francisco Giants. No one says “The Giants haven’t won any WS”. Jackie Robinson never played in Los Angeles. Yet, he’s still a Dodger.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions
As ever, HCL, spot on with your insights. . . .
An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.
HL Mencken
Even still
since moving to Oakland, they’ve played 31 seasons (including 2009) and have made the playoffs 15 times and won the WS 4 times. That’s a GREAT percentage.
I’m trying to think of teams outside of the Yankees that have won the WS 4 times since 1968.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Touche
Maybe it’s a matter of me being so young. The A’s have been relatively mediocre since I’ve been following baseball (’90s and ’00s).
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 2:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I see your point of view...
But I think Dan’s opinion was more or less based on the fact that no one in Oakland gives a shit about the A’s now. So it’s a mostly empty (football) stadium and a lifeless atmosphere, despite the tradition of winning. Because wasn’t he talking about St. Louis energizing Holliday? I think he just did a poor job of saying what he meant…
V, b.
I just read the three game threads--
I had friends over to watch the game, so I was unable to participate here tonight—and I just had to say that I laughed so many times. Tonight was an awesome night for the Cardinals, and, relatedly, VEB.
Thanks for the awesome-sauce, people! Good night and see all you tomorrow.
The first thing that a pitcher has to understand is that Albert is better than you.-- Jim Palmer
ditto!
Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008
by Felonius_Monk on Jul 29, 2009 6:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I must say.
I lucked out and picked a hell of a game for my first one at busch this season. Ludwick is a studio. And that diving catch Kemp made was pretty awesome.
What is a studio?
Like, he shoots his own scenes?
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions
don't mind me.
I had a DD. Im lucky i was able to find this website. We walked around Busch during the rain delay trying to take as many pictures of the tarp as possible…
Anyway. I meant to say Ludwick is a sussudio. I hope you can understand the confusion.
Must be a typo
because no name comes up on Fangraphs. Just a space and some stats.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 1:56 AM EDT up reply actions
That keeps happening to me too!
Must be a conspiracy
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
My favorite part of dugout meltdowns...
The way everyone just stares out at the field as if their teammate isn’t screaming and yelling and beating the living hell out of the Gatorade jug. Jeremy Affeldt was the aggressor tonight…
V, b.
By the time Red Baron gets up tomorrow
we will know whether or not we need to win to stay in 1st place!
ZING!!
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 2:07 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
To find a thing in the dark so rare
just follow the roar of power tools so fare
when smell of hair with flesh doth burn
hang a left, or was it a right hand spurn
and pray, yes pray that to dental records we must not turn.
ermmmmm......
Felonius Monk - bitching to contact since 2008
by Felonius_Monk on Jul 29, 2009 6:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Wainwright quote after the game
Our offense, we’re kind of like the Rams when they won the Super Bowl, that quick strike offense.
Hyperbole much?
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
I'm sorry, what?
I was watching Derosa highlights.
So. Pujols' RBIs
What’s the difference this year? Is he hitting for extra bases more often? I don’t think Skip’s OBP is up. Rasmus doesn’t draw walks much, but have his hot streaks helped Pujols get more RBIs?
Loretta volunteered
“It’s been eight years,” he said. “I was well rested.”
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 9:31 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
...smug?
From http://www.dodgerblues.com/content/news.html:
Meanwhile, the Dodgers had more hits than the Cardinals… and lost by ten runs. Nine of the Dodgers’ eleven baserunners were stranded (and the other two erased on double plays), and the heart of the Dodgers’ order went a combined 1-for-15. Chad Billingsley kept the Dodgers in the game for five innings before bending over in the sixth when he gave up four walks, three singles, and six runs. Wouldn’t be so bad if Cardinals fans weren’t so fucking smug.
I don’t get the smug thing. Dodgerblues used to be one of my favorite baseball sites. I expected a little more perception than that.
"Every epoch dreams its successor" - Jules Michelet
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Jul 29, 2009 10:05 AM EDT reply actions
I don't think they were around for the long national nightmare
That was 2006, 2007, 2008, and a good chunk of 2009. That’s relief, not smugness.
Also we have to be on our best behavior for Matt Holliday.
…unless of course smug=booing.
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Reminder: it's a blog
Not necessarily a connection to reality.
ENGAGE MIDWESTERN NICENESS
This fan base can s it’s own d like nobodies business, I will give them that.
"I usually don’t read other peoples sigs." -Cuttah
actually we're both wrong
It’s “Midwest-Nice Engage, Please.”
"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
by Yadi2Second on Jul 29, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
He's probably upset
because we keep booing Manny and it is clearly getting to him.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I could be wrong about this, but it's hard for me to imagine Manny not getting booed everywhere he goes this season
This was his first stop in St. Louis this year, right? Entirely predictable. Unfortunately we can’t seem to shake the “best fans in baseball and we love to point that out” reputation.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Maybe
He thought he would get some respite from the booing from the Best Fans®. Maybe he thinks “If even the St. Louis fans are booing me, I must REALLY be hated!”
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Jul 29, 2009 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
ya I was kind of shocked myself.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
Perhaps
But I also thought the “Best Fans” cat was out of the bag by now. We booed Ted Lilly at the freakin’ All Star game! For the purposes of that game he was on our team and we booed him. Maybe I’m overreacting to something, I dunno, but I don’t see how anybody really believes the “Best Fans” cliche anymore. I truly think we’re probably one of the better fanbases around for various reasons, but we’re not that awesome.
Anyway, I can see I’m getting riled up for now reason about something only tangential to the game so I’ll just chill now. And listen to some jazz. Groovy…
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
arrogance...
everybody is a special and unique snowflake and better than the other snowflake!
Did Bonds get booed at allstar games? I’m asking, I don’t know…but I’d be a little shocked if he didn’t.
People that believe in the best fans BS are probably the same ones that believe RBIs and Wins are good metrics and Derek Jeter is a great defender.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
Good question about Bonds, I have no clue. I assume he did.
Clearly Ted Lilly is not exactly at the level of Barry Bonds, however.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
He wasn't on our team
He’s Ted Lilly. And he plays for the Cubs.
Strange
I’ve never heard Cardinal fans described as ‘smug’. The few I’ve met in my lifetime in person when they’ve been up here to see games at Fenway were A) polite, B) unwilling to be baited by Sox fans, and C) perhaps a bit cheesy. And this held both before (2003) and after (2008) the 2004 WS sweep.
Fans
Generally speaking, we Card fans are no more special then any other fans. I have been to many Cardinal home games. We as a group are no smarter or less smug then the average fan. At one game a fan had to ask me what the numbers on the scoreboard meant (such as in a 6-4-3 double play). I was at the All Star game where Card fans ( more then a few) cursed at one usher all game long because the usher was doing his job by keeping the aisle free of people. Also one guy swore he had caught a batting practice home run from Pujols even though Albert was over in the outfield corner signing autographs for some troops. And don’t forget the booing of Lilly at pre-game introductions. Or the boos Izzy endured after pitching with half a hip left. Just because we throw terms like OPS around doesn’t mean we are more intelligent or better fans then the Red Sox or Blue Jays etc… The Cubs yes, but not the other fans.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Jul 29, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
There was some weeding out up here
Most of the fans who traveled up to Fenway for example were not of the fairweather (or “pink hat” as we say up here) variety.
by olddomination on Jul 29, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
The term is CFB
And, no, I’m not going to tell you what it means. It’s funnier when you discover it for yourself. (No crack at you, olddomination, just an open invitation.)
Don't argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - anon.
Not to mention the "this is a baseball town" nonsense.
Come football season that’s the only thing anybody around STL cares about because football is in fashion. I remember one season how many sports bars I had to go to to try to watch the baseball playoffs during football games….I even had problems at Pujols 5 and Ozzies…both owned by cardinals.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
I think that speaks to the overall popularity of the NFL
Boston is a Red Sox town, but unless it’s the playoffs, pro football takes precedence on Sundays. Even vital Red Sox/Yankees games get shunted a bit to the side for the NFL.
by olddomination on Jul 29, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
It's not really a great baseball town
but it’s a hell of a Cardinals town.
"I usually don’t read other peoples sigs." -Cuttah
For what it's worth
The STL region has produced a number of 1st round draft picks in recent years.
Not afraid to nitpick
So I couldn't listen to the game past the first few innings last night.
Did we win? Did Adam pitch deep into the game or anything? Did we manage to at least tag a run or two or three on the Dodgers?
Kthanxbye
P.S. Weird that there’s not a thread yet, on a Wednesday no less.
There may be sarcasm in this comment.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
OT: Rachel Nichols sounds like she's gonna be run over any minute now
Are they standing two feet from a highway or something?
"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
yeah it was like that yesterday as well
you would think they could find a better place to set up
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
by hoofhearted-pujols on Jul 29, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
So I honestly didn't know who Rachel Nichols was and out of curiosity I did a quick search.
I quickly came up with a YouTube video, and realized I recognized her and simply didn’t know her name.
However, the comments on this YouTube video were almost stunning in their idiocy. Sometimes VEB, with all its manners and intellectual vibrancy, makes me forget my own first rule of the Internet: Internet comment sections are the lowest form of communication employed by mankind.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Comment sections
Are evidence that man as a species is de-evolving.
by olddomination on Jul 29, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Mariners get Ian Snell?
according to MLBTR. Sigh. Might have been a nice pitcher to have.
Yup
Mariners get Snell and Jack Wilson, Pirates get Jeff Clement (I thought he was a way bigger prospect but maybe he’s getting old or something) Ronny Cedeño, and three A-level pitchers that I don’t know anything about.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
How can the Pirates still have any fans?
People sleep peacably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf--George Orwell.
At least teams like the Twins
who are in a similar financial situation, develop players and get them signed to deals somewhat into their prime (Torii Hunter, Santana, Morneau, Mauer) and stay competitive before letting them go. The Pirates just get rid of anyone as soon as they might start making real money.
At some point, you’d think management would get it, but they never do.
People sleep peacably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf--George Orwell.
Jack Wilson was not part of their future and for whatever reason Snell was not gonna be either
their new management seems to be doing a good job of increasing the talent base in the minors. the test will be if and when that starts paying off how they handle their young talent
I would buy that argument
If they had had some on-field success since 1992.
People sleep peacably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf--George Orwell.
Fair point
Forgot they made some front office changes. It would still suck to be a Pirates fan though.
People sleep peacably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf--George Orwell.
Mariners found out that he really
just can’t catch.
Philles announcers about Toronto:
"Well they go out West after this series, this weekend, against the Tampa Bay Rays"
Yeah, I guess that must be it.
Is Branyan a bad 3B? I wonder why they didn’t slide Branyan over to third and just play Clement at 1B. I only casually follow the Mariners so I don’t know a lot of the details of this stuff.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
The guy that got the call and jumped
Clement on the depth chart, Rob Johnson is a family friend. We were all excited that he got the call out of Spring. If they hadn’t signed Kenji to a ridiculous contract, I think it would have all been moot.
Those kind of things happen when your from Montana, where there is no High School baseball, just Legion. He deserved it defensively, his bat just isn’t very good. Great to see a kid that didn’t have the advantage of growing up in the sunny states get a chance at the big league level.
Philles announcers about Toronto:
"Well they go out West after this series, this weekend, against the Tampa Bay Rays"
Overall probably not
but there seem to be some who are OK with it.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Maybe he and Dan are conducting a science experiment
See how many days in a row they can skip the whole “main thread content” thing before this place turns into Lord of the Flies and we crack open each others’ skulls to feast on the gooey innards.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Well, that deserves a movie quote!
What are we gonna do with thieves when we catch them?
Ralph: We can’t have kids stealing and just running wild. We’re going to have to have stricter rules and hand out demerits… I guess.
People sleep peacably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf--George Orwell.
Simpsons, yes?
crack open each others’ skulls to feast on the gooey innards.
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
Yup!
I may have gotten a couple words wrong but Kent Brockman asks a professor at some point if it is “time to crack open each others skulls” etc. etc. It’s one of my old favorite Simpsons references.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Cliff Lee and Ben Fransisco to the Phillies
for some group of prospects…..looks like a win for philly not having to give up Drabek
I guess the Phillies didn't get the memo that we murder lefties now.
Clearly they made this move in anticipation of facing the newly Juggernaut-like Cardinals in the post-season, right?
Anyway, it’s always annoying to see the good NL clubs get better. Grrrrrr…..
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
oh f***
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
Hmm, I wonder who (if anyone)
will pursue Halladay
People sleep peacably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf--George Orwell.
My guess no one will get him
Stat Whore
by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree
Toronto couldn’t decide on what they wanted.
by madeintaiwan on Jul 29, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
They wanted just a quarter of the world for him
Stat Whore
by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha true
I guess they will probably have to wait till this time next year to get value for him again
by madeintaiwan on Jul 29, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I heard
The Nineteenth Century British Empire was going to make a run for Halladay
Stat Whore
by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably right
Unless, of course, Mozeliak the Madman trades the entire Memphis roster for him.
People sleep peacably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf--George Orwell.
nobody.
unless Mo decides it’s a good idea to trade that guy Cody Ramos we have
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
seconded.
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
Nevermind, guys...
WWL is untrustable. Buster Olney (ugh) reporting the Jays are nowhere near dealing him…
Imagine if Cleveland trades V-Mart too
That is a quick way to rebuild your farm system
Stat Whore
by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
It should be noted
That this deal doesn’t overlap AT ALL with the potential deal they had lined up for Halladay.
They could trade for both of them. They blow up the future, but man, their rotation would be terrifying.
for sure.
that gives them the only 1 2 3 in baseball that beats ours.
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
Red Baron, where are yas?
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 2:06 PM EDT reply actions
I feel for him
I woke in a panic of unbelievable itching across my chest. I wigged out and jumped in my pool at 6AM. Regained myself and feel asleep till Noon today.
Stat Whore
by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I had difficulty falling asleep last night
think I slept like 5 hours or so
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
So Did I
I ended up getting drunk to fall asleep. I have gotten drunk in awhile but my body itched and hurt so bad I said fuck it
Stat Whore
by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't have the itch
but my body has been sore all over the last week or so, my right shoulder feels like it was stabbed, the back of my neck feels f’d up, I have a slight headache, and my body aches all over. and my knee and sometimes my foot hurts. as my grandma says, getting old is hell
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Try Franklins
works for me.
Philles announcers about Toronto:
"Well they go out West after this series, this weekend, against the Tampa Bay Rays"
oh
I do, trust me ;)
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Have you been playing outfield for the Cardinals lately?
Heh heh
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
heh!
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
does anyone else
really, really wish we would trade for Zach Duke? i don’t know what the asking price would be but it can’t be high, it’s the pirates..
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
never mind
a quick google pulls up Gammons saying the pirates want, and i quote, “a gaggle of prospects for him”
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
i dunno i'd imagine it'd include some b prospects too
but i still think it’d be well worth it. a young, cost controlled, inning eating LEFT HANDED starting pitcher? sign me up. too bad nobody’s said a damn thing about mo being even slightly interested.
Schumaker: "Finally, we get a middle-of-the-order hitter!"
DeRosa: "I guess I was just an appetizer."
Think we can trade both Greene and Glaus to San Fran
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 2:31 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah I'm friends with Sabean
brb I’ll call him as soon as I get out of the shower
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Yeah, probably not
They already have a SS 3B (Greene), and they just got that left-handed right-handed 1B they coveted for so long (Glaus).
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
why does everyone in the media
say it’s “Most encouraging for the Cardinals is their production without a contribution from Albert Pujols. The slugging first baseman is 1 for 7 with three walks in the series and 10 for 42 (.238) since the All-Star break with two homers and two RBIs — both in the first game back.”
that’s not encouraging… it’s never encouraging when our best hitter is toothless for long stretches.
i’m really glad our lineup is good enough to overcome that. but it’s not encouraging
He had decided to live forever, or to die in the attempt
Because if they hadn't made those trades
and Pujols went into this slump, then We probably would have been swept in Philly and dropped the first two against the Dodgers.
And then this place really would turn into Lord of the Flies, lol.
People sleep peacably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf--George Orwell.
it's more a way they frame it
that it’s encouraging to us that Pujols is in a slump so these other guys can shine.
that’s not encouraging. it’s encouraging that they’re playing lights out for the most part regardless of pujols slump which is in no way encouraging
He had decided to live forever, or to die in the attempt
Red Baaaron, Whyyyyyyy
We need content, we neeeds it
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Not even content as much a fresh thread
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by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I bet he thinks it is Tuesday
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by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
In honor of Red Baron
I won’t be writing tonight’s DFR until Saturday.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 2:38 PM EDT reply actions
4-0 Cubs bottom 1
Hampton looks not so good right now.
People sleep peacably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf--George Orwell.
Was terrified of Hampton when he pitched against the Cards when playing for the Mets.
Mo, you can trade anything of mine.
Now 6-0
2 outs, both have been of the sacrifice variety. Soriano has hit another homer.
People sleep peacably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf--George Orwell.
Game is QUITE over
Looks like we won’t be making up any ground today.
by olddomination on Jul 29, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Have you met the Cubs?
Or did you watch last night’s game? Heh. ALWAYS trust the Cubs to find a way.
Ichiro is so awesome.
He’d drive me insane if he was in our division but since he is not, I can revel in his greatness.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 29, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions
Ichiro is a beast.
He’s one of those players you almost have to admire.
The first thing that a pitcher has to understand is that Albert is better than you.-- Jim Palmer
I got Ryan Braun as my douchebag name
Unfortunately, the image is not copyable.
The first thing that a pitcher has to understand is that Albert is better than you.-- Jim Palmer
That one is a little clever, I must admit.
I came across this recently: the Cyborg Name Decoder.
I tried inputting the name of our favorite young starting pitching phenom who Makes Wagons, and here’s what came out:
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I like this one too
Because Albert just seems to get better and better, and certainly sabotages logic.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
hmm
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
Murder?
That’s intense!
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
It is is all part of my Forbidden Learning
I have already said to much
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by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds about right...
"I'll be glad to have Ryan [Braun] help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy." - Doug Melvin
hahaha.
Actually, I’m not sure what that means.
The first thing that a pitcher has to understand is that Albert is better than you.-- Jim Palmer
sexy
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
nocturnal investigation is the way to go
Cardinal fanatic since '82
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 29, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
A.D.A.M.
becomes much more interesting when you look at digital as “pertaining to the fingers” than “electronic”
He had decided to live forever, or to die in the attempt
They seemed to give way less for Lee
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by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I still think
we can match the Phills with our 1-2-3 and 4. Carp vs. Lee, Waino vs. Hamels, and Pineiro vs. Happ(?). Lohse vs Blanton is about the one where they seem ahead now.
no Drabek or Happ
I would say a lot less
"I think he's the best hitter of all time. I think there has never been a better hitter than him. And I know I didn't see them all, but I just don't think there could be." - Adam Wainwright on The Mang
Yeah.
The first thing that a pitcher has to understand is that Albert is better than you.-- Jim Palmer
From our very own Erik
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Why is fangraphs impeding my reading pleasure then?
Is this article a knock on Larussa? Specifically detailing the last 2 trades and his filthy hands in them?
Mo, you can trade anything of mine.
It's mariner fans bringing down the servers
Future Redbirds - tracking Cardinal prospects for Cardinal Nation
I heard it was a Denial of Trade attack on the servers
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by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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