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It's an offday. We've racked up 1200 comments about candy bars, sodas and Allen Craig. This is your overflow thread for the evening.

Star-divide

7567_mediumHey Nick. Ya, over here.

7228_mediumUmmm. . . yes.

7567_mediumWait a second. You're not Nick. Man you fooled me again Aaron. I was looking for Nick.  I wanted to know why Nick was pitching?

7228_mediumNick wasn't pitching. I pitched the last inning.

7567_mediumGet out. I could have sworn that was Nick. Hey you look just like Nick. I can't believe that. Has Nick seen you yet? You could fit in his pocket. Has anyone every tried to put you in a pocket? Have they tried to just pick you up? I bet I could pick you up.

7228_mediumWhoa whoa whoa. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this situation. Nick's down in Memphis. That's why he hasn't heard you.

7567_mediumNot possible. Nick and I are tight. I would know if Nick had been sent to Memphis. Nick plays right field. I play second. Did you know I play second? People love when I play second. I've got a strong arm for second. Have you seen me throw? People love to watch me throw.

7228_mediumUh ya. I've seen you play second.

7567_mediumSo why did you get to pitch? I bet I could pitch. Tony's never let me pitch. I think I want to pitch. I'm going to go talk to Tony. Tony and I are tight. Have you met Tony? YO! T-DAWG.

Life_g_larussa01_200_mediumI told you to stop calling me that. Hey, Nick what's up.

7228_mediumUh, Tony . . . It's me. Aaron Miles.

Life_g_larussa01_200_mediumAARON. [bearhug ensues] I thought you were Nick.

7567_mediumI TOLD YOU. You look just like Nick. Hey. Tony, I want to pitch.

Life_g_larussa01_200_mediumNo. Not tricky enough. You look like you could pitch. Need trickier.

7567_mediumSee Ni . . . Aaron. I told you I would be a good pitcher. I mean, just look at me. I bet Papa Dunc will let me pitch. YO DUNC!

Dave-duncan-smi2_mediumWhat?

7567_mediumTell them that I could pitch.

Dave-duncan-smi2_mediumNo. You're tipping your pitches.

7567_mediumI haven't thrown any pitches yet.

Dave-duncan-smi2_mediumI can see your tell already.

7567_mediumSo what am I going to throw? (whispers to Tony) When did Papa Dunc lose it?

Life_g_larussa01_200_medium(whispering) Don't doubt him. And don't make eye contact if you want your soul.

Dave-duncan-smi2_mediumYou're going to throw a slider.

7567_medium OMG you're right. I am going to throw a slider. What about now?

Dave-duncan-smi2_medium Slider.

7567_mediumNow?

Dave-duncan-smi2_mediumCurveball.

7567_mediumNow?

Dave-duncan-smi2_mediumFake to third throw to first.

7567_mediumGet out of my HEAD!

7228_medium[To Tony] Um does Skip know he's in the dugout? And that the game is over?

Life_g_larussa01_200_mediumDon't interrupt Duncan.

Dave-duncan-smi2_mediumAaron. Go throw from the mound for practice.

7228_mediumAt least you remember who I am.

Dave-duncan-smi2_mediumThat's because you're tipping your identity.

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I don't want to take all the credit for that last thread but...

You guys would be lost without me

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Aug 5, 2010 11:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Shouldn't you be out and about on the town in Seattle?

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 5, 2010 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

No... a low key weekend is MUCH needed for me

In the last month:
I have had 3 guests visit on 2 different weeks, so I’ve spent money taking them out to places, which includes a $25 all-you-can-eat seafood buffet

My fiancee left, so I took her out to our favorite Seattle places one last time

I flew to Tampa for a wedding

I’ve gone out to bars with everybody mentioned before

Apparently interns don’t get paid enough to live that lifestyle. Who knew.

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Aug 6, 2010 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions  

A low key weekend can be nice.

Especially if you have had a bunch of packed weekends in a row.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 6, 2010 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah. I might go grab lunch and a movie with a friend this weekend. Go out to the bar one night to celebrate my last weekend in Seattle

But I’m just going to make my roommate, who apparently makes $$$ at Microsoft, pay for it

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Aug 6, 2010 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

You're telling me, man

I literally can’t believe it’s August already

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Aug 6, 2010 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

you just sound like you've had a blast.

therefore going by a lot faster. by summer has draggggggged to the point where i’m literally counting days of work i have left and days before i get to back to kirksville (pathetic, i know).

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2010 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

Worst feeling, right?

I worked at K-mart for awhile during high school. Picking up trash.

It’s not that I was too good for the job; I really appreciated it. But I feel like I could learned a lot more from being put in Customer Service or something

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Aug 6, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

agreed.

i mean, i do have a decent job that a lot of other kids my age would kill for. i do simple purchasing, shipping & receiving, and courier duty. it’s 40 hours/week. full time. a lot of kids would kill for that.

however, i’ve been doing it four years. i basically know everything about the company but still have the same limitations that i did three years ago. it’s just frustrating. it’s just that i finally felt that the job was below me this summer. and that sucked.

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

Honestly, if my job was at any other building,

I’d hate it. I sit at my computer and do Excel stuff all day. I get to browse the internet as much as I want, but I don’t feel like I’m using my brain at any point

But I mean, I drive into Safeco Field every day. I bump into Jack fucking Zduriencik every day. I get to go to as many games as I want for free, and everybody at the office is awesome.

There is something to be said about office culture, and that probably boils over into baseball somehow. At batting practice, Texas was fucking LOOSE, you know? Laughing, jumping around… That might be BECAUSE they were winning, but it’s sort of a circular process that a team like the Mariners have to break into

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Aug 6, 2010 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

Aside from the fact that you have a girlfriend

how cute were the girls in the office? Be truthful, now.

"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson

by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Aug 6, 2010 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

Generally, everybody at the office was older

But the interns were all REALLY attractive and REALLY well-educated

The one I’m closest to plays on the women’s golf team at University of Oregon, and she’s definitely cute

Another intern plays basketball at Yale

A bunch of interns who go to UW, obviously

One who’ll be going to Stanford next year

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Aug 6, 2010 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

Sigh

I miss being that young.

"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson

by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Aug 6, 2010 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions  

It's exciting, isn't it?

Don’t worry, it’s definitely not lost on me that it goes all too fast.

Right now, at this exact moment, I’ve never been more excited about my future. I’ve got my senior year of college coming up, I’m getting married in the summer, and hopefully, this scout school thing’ll work out.

Doesn’t you missing your youth mean that you did your youth right? Like, you fucking took advantage of it? When I’m 50, I want to think back on these days and wax nostalgic about how fucking dumb I was and miss it. I don’t want to think back and say, “Eh, my youth was okay”

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Aug 6, 2010 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah

Not so much. I enjoyed my 20’s, make no mistake. But I could have taken better advantage of a lot of opportunites that came my way. I envy you the chance to work for a major league baseball team, even if it’s not your favorite. Relish it, and all that’s to come. I’m in my early 50’s now, and I don’t regret much that I’ve done, only things I didn’t do.

"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson

by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Aug 6, 2010 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

A sound strategy, I would say.

Of course, you’re commenting to someone who once left London with two pounds and thirty-seven pence to his name.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 6, 2010 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

Actually,

the Iowan in me allowed me to maintain my budget that well. I was only twenty at the time and I didn’t have to ask anyone to borrow any money during my time abroad.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 6, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

Being 20 in London is awesome.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 6, 2010 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

How was the exchange rate while you were there?

If I were studying abroad, I’d go to fucking Thailand or something like that with a really awesome exchange rate

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Aug 6, 2010 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

It was like 1.30:1.00,

which is a lot better than it was in 2007. Of course, back then, the dollar was favorable to the euro, if ever so slightly, so trips to continental Europe felt really, really cheap.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 6, 2010 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions  

I was abroad in '07

2:1 Pound:Dollar
1.5:1 Euro:Dollar

"Very accomplished bunter" - Rick Horton about Aaron Miles

by jd is legend on Aug 6, 2010 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

tell us how the mariners are amazing

Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT

by Yadi2Second on Aug 6, 2010 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions  

...Okay

Well, if you didn’t see my post before, I am currently trying to convince them to send me to the MLB Scout Development Program, or informally, Scout School. I don’t know what my chances are, but I’m optimistic that I’ve made a good enough impression on people that they’ll let me. 70% of people who do the program currently work in a baseball operations department somewhere in the Major Leagues

My boss took me down to batting practice yesterday. Some impressions
1) Vlad’s just an amazing hitter. Easily the most impressive that I saw
2) Nelson Cruz looks kinda fat on TV, but it’s all muscle. He’s a great runner, has a great arm… in general a great player. He and Ryan Ludwick are really the players that I would focus on finding if I were a GM. Guys who don’t figure it out until a later age, when they just explode
3) Heard some good stories about Ozzie, who my boss is pretty close with. The security guy we were chatting with said that in the 5 years that he’s worked there, that’s the only team where the pitcher comes out of the game smiling. Ozzie has that effect, I guess

Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'

by mysterui on Aug 6, 2010 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions  

smith?

"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
twatter

by prophetjohn on Aug 6, 2010 3:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

Very Nice Azru.......

Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.

by RiverRat on Aug 5, 2010 11:19 PM EDT reply actions  

Thanks azru,

I haven’t laughed that hard in a while.

be the trouble you want to see in the world.
never forget

by il rosso on Aug 5, 2010 11:20 PM EDT reply actions  

Lately I haven't.

I’ve been a work-a-holic for about 4 weeks now. Lots of long days.

Silly humans, this world is for robots.

by azruavatar on Aug 5, 2010 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

addicted to workahol?

when people give me shit for leaving at the exact same time each day – regardless of the workload i leave behind – i like to ask them a theoretical question:

on your death bed will you utter, “if only i had stayed those couple of hours on thursday”?

so yeah. work/life balance. those jerks at the office can shove their forced smiles and salutations up their ass.

"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5

"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.

by Tudor's Electric Fan on Aug 5, 2010 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

erm. depends on why you are working

if it’s just to pay the bills, and you don’t get paid extra for working extra hours, then yeah, gtfo when that bell rings. if you’re working to accomplish something, then you stay until you’ve got it done, imho.

I can think of absolutely nothing that I’d do in my free time that I would look back on in 30 years and say “i should have done that” instead of some of the things I’ve done at 8 or 9 PM in my current job.

Well the girls would turn the color of the avocado when he would drive down the street in his El Dorado... -the modern lovers

by SleepyCA on Aug 6, 2010 3:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

I love my job.

I don’t mind putting in the extra hours. It’s just very stressful at the moment.

Silly humans, this world is for robots.

by azruavatar on Aug 6, 2010 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions  

VEB off topic thread tiers

Awesomer tier:
Movies
Candy bars
People who look like the Cardinals
The Simpsons

Awesome tier:
Soda vs. pop vs. Coke
Don’t cross the memes!
Dragonball Z
Videogames

Not Awesome tier:
Politics
Social issues
Basketball

Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.

by mattybobo on Aug 5, 2010 11:22 PM EDT reply actions  

You forgot Prenups.......

it was the best OT of all time.

Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.

by RiverRat on Aug 5, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Damn it!

I guess you could file that under “social issues”.
I included the generic “marriage” at first, but didn’t want to be seen as dissing marriage itself, since I’m kinda married.

Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.

by mattybobo on Aug 5, 2010 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

OF ALL TIME!

>Pitcher Change: Felipe Lopez replaces Ryan Franklin, batting 7th, replacing third baseman Felipe Lopez

Adam Wainwright reaches on force attempt, throwing error by Aaron Heilman. Jaime Garcia scores. Brendan Ryan to 3rd. Adam Wainwright to 2nd. None out.

by TBender on Aug 6, 2010 8:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

and i missed these tiers

although scrolling through, it was interesting.

Albert's grand slam, 7/3/09
Waino's CG, 7/4/10
@zoomzoomj88
Fire Tony LaRussa
The Cardinals need to hire a baserunning coach. Hello, Larry Walker.

by zoomzoomj88 on Aug 5, 2010 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

How could you possibly forget hand-egg?

People here seem to pretend it doesn’t exist!

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)

by Taskmaster on Aug 6, 2010 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions  

What is it?

Whatever it is, I’m sure that it doesn’t exist. Baseball is life. Everything else is a dream (or maybe a nightmare).

"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson

by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Aug 6, 2010 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions  

You're living up to your screen name.

You're the fail to my win?
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.

by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 6, 2010 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions  

I follow the lead of Albert Pujols...

From the end of the season to the first day of spring training, Albert sits in his bedroom staring at the wall. Waiting.

>Pitcher Change: Felipe Lopez replaces Ryan Franklin, batting 7th, replacing third baseman Felipe Lopez

Adam Wainwright reaches on force attempt, throwing error by Aaron Heilman. Jaime Garcia scores. Brendan Ryan to 3rd. Adam Wainwright to 2nd. None out.

by TBender on Aug 6, 2010 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions  

Hand-what?

>Pitcher Change: Felipe Lopez replaces Ryan Franklin, batting 7th, replacing third baseman Felipe Lopez

Adam Wainwright reaches on force attempt, throwing error by Aaron Heilman. Jaime Garcia scores. Brendan Ryan to 3rd. Adam Wainwright to 2nd. None out.

by TBender on Aug 6, 2010 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

Also, this was really funny, azruavatar

Well done

Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.

by mattybobo on Aug 5, 2010 11:23 PM EDT reply actions  

Can we trick somebody into claiming Lohse?

Please? 12 hits in 5 innings of AA ball? Was he only throwing fastballs or something?

Haven’t been this disappointed in a season in awhile. Feels like nothing is really going right.

by Stanley1 on Aug 5, 2010 11:30 PM EDT reply actions  

According to Kyle,

yes…he pretty much just threw fastballs.

Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.

by RiverRat on Aug 5, 2010 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

The AA baseballs have the wrong seams.

And no mud.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 5, 2010 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

...
“If I wanted to throw all offspeed, it could have been a lot different, but I’m trying to work on stuff.”

I hope he’s right.

Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.

by RiverRat on Aug 5, 2010 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’m trying to work on stuff.

That’s the story of human existence right there.

be the trouble you want to see in the world.
never forget

by il rosso on Aug 5, 2010 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

i think that's the purpose of these rehabs

trying to work on stuff, not go out there and whip it out for 19 year-olds

"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
twatter

by prophetjohn on Aug 6, 2010 3:06 AM EDT up reply actions  

Unless Randy Winn is playing the outfield.

You're the fail to my win?
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.

by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 6, 2010 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

One thing about SOs and BBs though,

what if the ump is squeezing the zone? Or has an inconsistent zone? How can you determine anything from things that? Not that it happens all the time, but it does happen.

You're the fail to my win?
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.

by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 6, 2010 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions  

aaron miles has a .214 babip as a pitcher.

St. Louis Cardinals -- 2006 World Champions

by greenback06 on Aug 6, 2010 4:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

clearly aaron miles is the new market inefficiency

Well the girls would turn the color of the avocado when he would drive down the street in his El Dorado... -the modern lovers

by SleepyCA on Aug 6, 2010 4:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

So you do NOT blame a pitcher.....

when guys are lining doubles all over the park, but you give him credit for good pitching, if say , the other team is simply swinging at a bunch of crap? I mean, I understand the thought process behind “if a team is swinging at balls, throw more balls”, but that kind of sucess bothers me, b/c in 5 days, if you face a team doesn’t swing at crap, can that pitcher have sucess throwing strikes?

To say that a pitcher has NO control over hits, when he is getting roughed up, well…..I don’t agree. Maybe the other team doesn’t have much power. Or maybe the wind/park played a role. Who cares. Hard hit balls are hard hit balls. 12 hits (assuming they weren’t bloops) would probably translate to several HR’s at the ML level anyways.

by Stanley1 on Aug 6, 2010 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

Pitchers are known to generally control FB%, but not HR/FB ratios.

Non-true outcomes are still affected by pitchers, there are just more variables!

by astrostl on Aug 6, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

someone do a god/good/shit tier

for poets so i can pedantically argue with them.

be the trouble you want to see in the world.
never forget

by il rosso on Aug 5, 2010 11:31 PM EDT reply actions  

God
DanUp

Good
IHeartBoog

Shit
The Continental

jprutherford- Bud Norris could get @dgoold and @matthewhleach to stop twittering. #layup

by The Continental on Aug 5, 2010 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not a haiku

>Pitcher Change: Felipe Lopez replaces Ryan Franklin, batting 7th, replacing third baseman Felipe Lopez

Adam Wainwright reaches on force attempt, throwing error by Aaron Heilman. Jaime Garcia scores. Brendan Ryan to 3rd. Adam Wainwright to 2nd. None out.

by TBender on Aug 6, 2010 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

God is Yeats, and Yeats is god then, fill in the rest for yourself

WINE comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That’s all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.

by mattyp on Aug 5, 2010 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

It appears that the team was not the only one with a day off from baseball. So Thai connection to the rambling. . .

Recently I was walking near Nana Plaza (Google it) and noticed gaping man holes with covers ajar haphazardly watched by an indifferent armed guard. Horrible black waste was cascading over the pit edges, and I feared some poor bastard would fall in. Then from the depth a head bobbed up. I noticed the guard was a bit more alert. Turns out that prisoners are dispatched to the city sewers to clean out the traps and filters. Thought if the Cards’ bench was DFAd, they might find employ over here. . .

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 Aug 5, 2010 11:37 PM EDT reply actions  

This is Thailand we're talking about

Can we even be sure they are, in fact, “man” holes?

Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.

by mattybobo on Aug 5, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

My bad - but perhaps a better purgatory with separation. . .

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 Aug 5, 2010 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

gaping man holes?

you goatse it to believe it.

"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5

"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.

by Tudor's Electric Fan on Aug 5, 2010 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

wOBA Quiz

Jon Jay: .406
Albert Pujols: .405
Matt Holliday: .388
Colby Ramsus: .373
Felipe Lopez: .330
Randy Winn: .312
Skip Schumaker: .296
Yadier Molina: .285
Aaron Miles: .280
Jason LaRue: .271
Brendan Ryan: .264
Allen Craig: .255

QUESTIONS:

1) When will Craig attain a higher wOBA than Miles?

2) When will Craig attain a higher wOBA than Jay?

3) Will LaRue or Ryan end the season with a higher wOBA?

4) Will Colby or Holliday finish the season with a higher wOBA?

5) Will Winn or Skip finish the season with a higher wOBA?

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Aug 5, 2010 11:44 PM EDT reply actions  

1. august 21st
2. he won’t.
3. boog
4. holliday
5. winn

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 5, 2010 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

...

1. before long
2. won’t
3. boog
4. toss-up… i’d say colby
5. skippy (at least, i would hope so)

Albert's grand slam, 7/3/09
Waino's CG, 7/4/10
@zoomzoomj88
Fire Tony LaRussa
The Cardinals need to hire a baserunning coach. Hello, Larry Walker.

by zoomzoomj88 on Aug 5, 2010 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

1. with Craig on the pines and Miles in the field, about 20 ABs

2. Maybe next year
3. Which Ryan? My money is on Luddy – whoops forgot
4. Hollday – too many double switches for Colby
5. Maters little when you’re charting numbers in the third quadrant. .

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 Aug 5, 2010 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

1. friday
2. april 7th,2011
3.pass
4.tie at .420
5.tie at .370

I am the Batman .
@CodeeG

by CodyG on Aug 5, 2010 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

chris carpenter.

the answer is always chris carpenter. regardless of the question.

"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5

"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.

by Tudor's Electric Fan on Aug 5, 2010 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

i thought the automatic answer was tony larussa.

Albert's grand slam, 7/3/09
Waino's CG, 7/4/10
@zoomzoomj88
Fire Tony LaRussa
The Cardinals need to hire a baserunning coach. Hello, Larry Walker.

by zoomzoomj88 on Aug 5, 2010 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Too bad I can only rec this once.

You're the fail to my win?
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.

by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 6, 2010 1:40 AM EDT reply actions  

Spectacular.

>Pitcher Change: Felipe Lopez replaces Ryan Franklin, batting 7th, replacing third baseman Felipe Lopez

Adam Wainwright reaches on force attempt, throwing error by Aaron Heilman. Jaime Garcia scores. Brendan Ryan to 3rd. Adam Wainwright to 2nd. None out.

by TBender on Aug 6, 2010 8:46 AM EDT reply actions  

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