Reflective Robot Reflects Both Light And On A Season
by azruavatar on Sep 26, 2010 2:00 AM EDT
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It seems like the Cardinals have experienced a precipitous decline from "in contention" to "also ran" over the last 2 weeks or so. Even when the team was frustrating, it was frustrating because they were still in the thick of things or at least conceivably in the race. The disillusionment with that notion seemed to settle on Cardinal fans (and VEB) in quick fashion.
That all goes to make little affectations like Aaron Miles at second or Mike MacDougal pitching in relief less of a short term frustration and more of a long term fear. My favorite late night fear is Matt Pagnozzi. I'm generally not a fan of litmus tests for anything other than high school chemistry, but I'm relatively certain that a Pagnozzi start is an automatic fail for Tony La Russa. There's not of lot of guys you need to get time right now but of the few that are available to you, Pagnozzi is simply not one of them.
One of the positive narratives this year that has been overwhelmed by the team's crappy performances, has been the bullpen. I'm doubtful that the team will make the right decision next year and trade/release guys like Blake Hawksworth or Mike MacDougal for more talented prospects (Eduardo Sanchez, namely) but even those players are only borderline bad. Blake Hawksworth's gotten taken out of the yard far to much this season and continues to be unable to strike anyone out despite a faster fastball than he's had since like 3 shoulder surgeries ago. MacDougal hasn't been as bad as his ERA but he's wild and completely unreliable.
Even with the "poor" performers, it's hard to complain to much and there would seem to be, acknowledging that relievers are highly volatile in year-to-year performance, several very big positives to take away from 2009. Fernando Salas has pitched 26 innings in the majors this year and they've largely been good innings. This is a huge step toward removing the dreaded rookie tag and, while, his command hasn't been quite what he's shown previously, he's looked like a legitimate middle relief arm.
Jason Motte improved both his strikeout rate and walk rate in 2010 relative to 2009. He's maintained a 95mph fastball and seems to have found a functional cut fastball mostly ditching the useless slider that has gotten him in so much trouble in the past. (I'm not sure the curveball classifications on fangraphs aren't some sliders in there too.) Even with the late season DL time, he'll still get to 50 IP and he's shown the kind of back end stuff that makes you confident he can be a late inning reliever.
Perhaps the player who took the biggest step forward in the pen was Mitchell Boggs. His fastball was actually a bit faster than Motte this year (0.2 mph) and his peripherals aren't terrific but Boggs has gone from being a fringy starter to someone who shows a lot more potential in the pen. The qualm with Boggs, as it often was in the minors, seems to be the question of why his results (a K rate < 7 per 9 IP) don't quite match his above average stuff. I don't have an answer for that but when Boggs has looked good, he's looked VERY good.
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We're apt to pick at La Russa for playing guys like Miles or Pagnozzi over more talented players but it's at least worth remembering that the Cardinals aren't the only team this happens on. If you follow RJ Anderson on twitter, you'll learn about the Stallionaires and get some frustrating tweets regarding the refusal to platoon SS Jason Bartlett and (earlier in the season) Dioner Navarro getting ABs over Jahn Jaso.
While I'm absolutely fine with the Cubs shooting themselves in the proverbial foot, I've seen twitter disgust, which is to say 140 characters painfully etched into the Library of Congress, over games where Geovany Soto was benched for less talented players via Colin Wyers.
As much as it hurts, just remember that you aren't unique. You aren't some special snowflake whose pain is unknowable by others. You are, in fact, normal. When your mother said you were special, she lied . . . at least in this instance. Heck, Craig Counsell, at age 40, has gotten over 200 plate appearances while posting a .286 wOBA. Somewhere a non-Cardinal fan is gnashing their teeth over a lineup decision today.
* * *
As I was perusing Fangraphs, I noticed that Matt Holliday is having a crazy awesome season. If everything were to end today, he'd be about half a win shy of his highest WAR total of his career. A good bit of this is predicated on his defensive UZR rating -- though both UZR and +/- agree he's been quite good -- so take this with a grain of salt. He's had a second half OPS that's 66 points higher than his first half OPS. For his career he's hit 73 points better in the second half so this isn't unexpected but it's still a huge positive to see him play so well in the first year of his contract.
* * *
Felipe Lopez picked the right time to get kicked to the curb. In retrospect, it seems safe to assume that the times he looked disengaged on the field, he actually WAS disengaged from the game. Albeit at one point he was playing exceptionally well, things didn't work out over the course of the season and the team released him.
Post-release, he's gotten off relatively unscathed in these parts from what I can tell. Considering how frustrating he's been to watch at times I find that perplexing. I also think it's note worthy that his behavior had gotten so bad the the organization simply cut him -- something they rarely do. I also have to wonder how this all fits in to the narrative of La Russa being able to get everything out of his role players. Is this the TLR equivalent of Dave Duncan's Kip Wells? How does Felipe Lopez get rationalized into that storyline or is he simply dismissed as a irredeemable case?
In any event, the astute offseason signing for GM John Mozeliak ended in a rather unceremonious fashion. Much as September will fade in the coming weeks as an unpleasant and unexpected ending to the Cardinals 2010 season. There will be talk of all the faults of the club during the offseason, and they are easy to come by, but there are some positive takeaways from an uninspired 2010 campaign.
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Game time is 1:20pm. Have a great Sunday!
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Pagz gives me nightmares in more ways than one
but what confuses me more than how he continues to somehow rest on the laurels of his uncle is how we can release a Felipe Lopez but continue to employ and give substantial play to Stav, Miles, McD and (insert other favorite scrubs here) over your youngsters
i wonder, had Luddy not been too expensive and hurt, and had Freese had Adamantium ankles, if we’d ever have seen any of Jay and Craig at the ML level this year and brought back Miles (actually, Miles would have probably been here regardless)
..i miss ludriguez-wick..
by d-dee on Sep 26, 2010 2:50 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
the only rational reason for considering pags
is because the front office perceives Anderson as “needing motivation”. He’s clearly worse defensively, offensively, and aesthetically than anderson, and he isn’t nearly the perfect fit (LHB!) as a backup for yadi that anderson is.
Pags is so far below replacement level, in every aspect, that i just can’t see how he could possibly be considered for a big league backup job, given how cheap big league backup catchers are.
Well the girls would turn the color of the avocado when he would drive down the street in his El Dorado... -the modern lovers
exactly. as much as i'm a fan of going young,
Late-off-season pickups included (iirc) bengie molina and paul bako and a number of other good-to-tolerable catchers.
Pags is not better than any of those late february pickups, and at 28 is basically done developing.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
by tom s. on Sep 26, 2010 3:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
really wish we knew the whole story with Lopez.
I’ve been all over the place with him- loved him, hated him, thought his BABIP was crazy, but his defense was bad, then he proved me wrong in AZ, then he proved me right in STL, etc.
Seems like he’s a guy the stats community could learn from, if looked at closer. Probably not learn enough to discern anything concrete, but might help to ascertain which questions to ask.
Well the girls would turn the color of the avocado when he would drive down the street in his El Dorado... -the modern lovers
I hate to break it to you, guys...
the starters love Pags.
and yes. they call him Pags. he has a pet name already. he studies tape of Yadi like a lovestruck stalker. I’m hoping Steven Hill rides in on his ATV but I’m not holding my breath.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
inspiring performances
not as inspiring as 2009 Brendan Ryan, but they were there.
Matt Holliday on D. I cringed at him all last half-season, and this year I’m likin’ it. That hard-running, seed-spittin’ lope really won me over. Back in the day, he and Ludwick were awkward book-ends of stability out yonder. And then he volunteered for left field! True. Cardinal. Good on ya, Tremendous Skull. Let’s see if you beat Albert’s BA.
Mitchell Boggs. Okay, man, I don’t ever want to see him start. He is still the guy I watched get spooked by two high school marching bands fifteen minutes before gametime. But this season we went seat-hopping and got a good look at the radar gun climbing into the high 90’s then swinging down into the 80s, and fuck, y’all, it was badass. Whatever Carp started, his greatest creation got his finishing shine in the bullpen. ……even if he did highlights that one time.
The rest you know.
THE SAUCE!
JAIME GARCIA even if he keeps walking guys and for some reason his defense keeps mucking up!
YADI to second, to slam, oh my god please have knees next year!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Sep 26, 2010 6:09 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Boggs might steal closer from The Hoople
"Nah….He’s an infielder. Second base…..I played second base, how hard can it be?"
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Sep 27, 2010 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Am I the only one who is getting constantly logged out by SBN?
Firefox, IE, Home, Work, desktop, laptop . . . all the same problem.
Silly humans, this world is for robots.
No, you are not special
:-) Happening to me too.
by KingPenguin on Sep 26, 2010 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep. Been happening for a few days, actually.
I thought I had changed a setting on accident, guess not.
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 Sep 26, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
thank you.
I was just about to ask this same question.
Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.
- John Wayne
logs me out at home
"Nah….He’s an infielder. Second base…..I played second base, how hard can it be?"
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Sep 27, 2010 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Random Thoughts
I thought the stars and scrubs analysis by BP hit the nail on the head the other day. Adding Pags to the mix doesn’t seem like a way to fix that problem. The Cards need to do a lot more this winter to bring in some above average talent to upgrade the bench.
Holliday is having a great year, wish he could do it for a full year. We all knew he would be good for the first few years. I hope he can keep it going.
Are we seeing an average Carp from here on in? I guess it is to be expected that he is now human but with Lohse not coming around, it makes our rotation suspect for next year.
What’s the general view of the Chief Justice now — seems like he is out of SSS territory?
Just win
I still like the CJ.
even if he has fallen back to earth, he still impresses me. You don’t see him make too many bad PAs and he’s not terrible in the field. We will be a long time forgetting Ludriguez, but JJ seems like a suitable replacement.
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 Sep 26, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
someone wanted to explore the mystery of Felipe Lopez?
here you go. from the gnome:
- F. Lopez says he rejected claim by #Padres b/c he wouldn’t have felt part of team. They wanted him, but players have right to (more) #MLB about 8 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
- reject claim when on release waivers. Different from outright. Lopez said, "They win, they’ll be celebrating, popping bottles (more) #MLB about 8 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
- “I’d be like, ‘OK, guys, good luck.’ It wasn’t anything about the. When I win, I want to feel I’m part of it.” #Padres #MLB about 8 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
that is the dumbest reason not to go to a team that is in a playoff chase
..i miss ludriguez-wick..
by d-dee on Sep 26, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Personnal pride is rarely rational.
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 Sep 26, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
*note to self
There’s one"n" in personal, dumbass.
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 Sep 26, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
someone wanted to speculate wildly about Albert?
dgoold On the list Pujols submitted in November, per reporting by @JoeStrauss in spring training, were Marlins, Houston, Angels and Dodgers. 13 minutes ago via TweetDeck
(serial comma, goold.)
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
what i read in that is that he likes LA.
Marlins seems like a pick to prevent a trade, since he’d almost certainly be too expensive there.
Houston I’m having trouble placing, but I suppose is also a “don’t move me.” Houston’s payroll was through the roof in the off-season (hence the great salary purge of aught-10).
Both LA teams by contrast have the money to take him on and are not married to their 1Bs.on the other hand, with the divorce, the dodgers at least were not going to take on a big salary. Hmm. Anybody else have a read on this? Also shouldn’t it be 5 teams?
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
by tom s. on Sep 26, 2010 3:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
the point is now moot.
That list was the start of the season. Albert no longer needs a list.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
*wild speculation*
never said he needed a list. but this is the list he gave, which is the only commentary he’s probably ever going to make on the subject.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
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..i miss ludriguez-wick..
anderson
looked terrible behind the plate yesterday. not surprising pags is getting the playing time.
to a person who reasonably draws their conclusions based on more than
one game’s worth of PAs, yes…yes it is surprising.
You mean anybody can have a bad game?
Poppycock! You mean that PagsLite isn’t a good catcher? I don’t believe it. Just because he doesn’t hit and doesn’t throw out many runners doesn’t mean he doesn’t try hard!
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 Sep 26, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Colby's Swing
Anyone know where I can find out if Colby has a problem with inside pitches? I’m working on a look at his swing and see something potentially problematic but want to make sure it’s actually a problem.
His performance on inside pitches is SSS
It doesn’t validate nor invalidate the idea that he might have a problem there.
by vivaelpujols on Sep 26, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
To clarify, it’s not like it doesn’t mean anything, it’s just that lefty-righty splits are something that takes a long time to mean very much. I would guess the same thing applies to the pitch location splits, although I could be wrong.
by vivaelpujols on Sep 26, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Just saw The Town last night (spoiler alert, collapse comment if you haven't seen it yet)
No joking, it was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. The plot was boring as hell – they needed to throw in a superfluous chase scene just to kill time, many of the scenarios we’re ridiculous (girl falling for some meathead townie wearing sweatpants less than a week after an incredibly traumatic experience, robbing Fenway Park FFS), and the narrative of the gang of banker robbers – that they were some kind of criminal masterminds with years of experience and tradition – was somehow betrayed by the fact that all of their heist in this movie ended with them either taking hostages, or barely fleeing cops through city streets all while unloading thousands of rounds out of machine guns. Seriously, there expertise as bank robbers seemed to be having the ability to open fire with military grade machine guns at police cars.
Oh and by the worst thing about the movie was that Ben Affleck basically made it so that he could make his character seem awesome. See it turns out that he’s a former hockey player who just couldn’t quite put it together to make it to the big show, his mom also walked out on him when he was a kid and he carries that like a talisman giving him a sensitive outlook on life. Apparently his thing is that he doesn’t kill anyone, but that’s just pure bullshit given that he open fired with machine guns at probably 50 different people over the course of the movie, and at the very least negligently felicitated murder by not really saying anything when his insane group of bank robbers are in fact killing multiple people. Oh yeah and at the end of the movie he gives away all of his money to the girl (buy burying it in a community garden which she somehow digs up a day later), moves to Florida or something and, in the very last shot of the movie, is depicted with a rugged beard staring out at a beautiful waterfront in the bayou or something. I was actually laughing at that ending.
It was the type of movie that was so bad it actually offended me a little bit. Don’t waste your 13.50 (yes it actually costs 13.50 to see a movie in LA, unbefuckingleivable).
I would expect nothing less from an action movie that stars Ben Affleck.
Thanks for the heads up though, I wasn’t planning on spending the 8.50 for it anyway. Netflix is a godsend.
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 Sep 26, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm going to order it on netflix
pee on it then send it back.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of them are Asian." -Mike Shannon
by Alxfritz on Sep 26, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
I'm sure that will put you on their Golden Movie list.
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 Sep 26, 2010 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
This thing got a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes
What the hell?
by vivaelpujols on Sep 26, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
You went in with the wrong mindset
Turn your brain off and let the guns and cars and girl-next-door-hot girl entertain you! Don’t think about the FBI losing all their cell phone triangulation technnology!
I’m oddly excited about the facebook movie.
Not afraid to nitpick
i completely disagree
i loved the movie… i will admit, the movie moved along slower than you probably wanted…. i can see her getting into a relationship with him though, she was scarred and needed somebody… how the hell is she supposed to know that he’s kind of a messed-up dude….(seriously, meathead townie? this is boston, so here options were apparantly limited)
who the fuck cares if ben affleck did this to show how cool he is… that literally shouldn’t affect how good the movie is…
i loved the ending, it was the best part…. maybe it doesn’t fit everyone’s forte, but it most certainly is not the worst movie ever…
94% on Rotten Tomatoes is because its a good movie, it got great reviews, because it was a good movie… i don’t know what you expected out of it, but it seems like you came in expecting something different than what you got
by stlcardsfan4 on Sep 28, 2010 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I expected a better movie then I got
I expected lots of action (and the action scenes were great), I expected good acting (which was true for the most part, except for Affleck, who may or may not be a good actor but clearly doesn’t fit into the sensitive tough guy type role), and I expected a lot of the movie to be centered around the mystique of Charlestown and perhaps the social impacts of it all.
What I did not expect was possibly the most boring plot I have scene in awhile, half of the goddamn movie being about a completely implausible relationship (seriously, Ben Affleck is the kind of guy who sweeps this scared girl off of her feet days), at least 30 minutes of scenes that were dedicated solely towards making Affleck look sensitive, and very little stuff about Charlestown itself. Blake Lively’s character was the only one who showed us anything about how Charlestown was (incidentally, I thought she was excellent).
The movie wasn’t bad I guess, but it was just so… boring and infuriating to watch at times.
by vivaelpujols on Sep 28, 2010 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
From what I've heard it's supposed to be an homage to an older style of action movies.
Sounds like you were looking for the type of action found in much more recent movies.
I don't really get that
Movies, if anything, have gotten much less nuanced over the years not more.
by vivaelpujols on Sep 28, 2010 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
yep
"Nah….He’s an infielder. Second base…..I played second base, how hard can it be?"
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Sep 29, 2010 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
The Second Pitch
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
He has about 5 second pitches at least that he can't settle on
Sinker thing that he really turns over, a cut FB, change/split thing, the high 80s slider, the high 70s/low 80s slurve.
Not afraid to nitpick
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Lineup for today at Wrigley: Schumaker, Craig, Pujols, Holliday, Rasmus, Descalso, Ryan, Pagnozzi & Westbrook. #stlcards
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"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
twatter
the Hawk flies again
but won’t start
JoeStrauss Hawksworth discharged from hospital w/30 stitches in mouth and upper lip. In uniform but likely unavailable rest of season. #stlcards 7 minutes ago via Echofon
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
er... yeah?
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
holy shit!
i totally didn’t follow yesterday’s game. that’s some crazy shit
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
twatter
right in the face
the whole place gasped
the outfield was there in about three seconds. Boog looked freaked. Stayed conscious, walked away, got a standing O for surviving.
Hawk might need some dental work on top of it.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
for arguing with Joe West.
in other news, Joe West called every low strike a ball.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
hey, guys did you see what i said to d-dee in yesterday's GT?
she said
i said humans not reds fans
i bet they’ll stand but just because they want to see the spectacle and can’t because the opposing team’s fans are standing up
so said
that implies that the seats in front of them are occupied
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
twatter
i'm not sure i'd want to know the answer to that
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I just read that,
and damn near spit coffee. Twas funny.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
CRAG!!!
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Title of main post
is way great today.
Other reflective things include:
-the rearview mirror that the Reds are unfortunately viewing us through right now
-the bionically repaired arms of 4/5 of our starting rotation
-the world series rings from 2006, assuming they are polished
Unreflective things include:
-Todd Wellemeyer at his post-game press conferences (actually, an argument could be made that he was reflective in an entirely inaccurate way)
-TLR’s lineup card, of the players who we wish would start more games
Any others I’m missing in either category?
"When all's been said and done, I can say that all has been said and done."
-Steve "Lips" Kudlow, of Anvil
OH ALBERT.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
damn phone calls
what’d I miss?
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Albert go boom.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Gags showing why he'll be here next year.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
All i have to say
is that the cards better win out and the reds better lose out, but we all know thats not going to happen so time for rams and blues
Cardinals and Rams slipping but gotta stay true. Blue are gonna start a new dynasty of winning. -Louie Broviak
this has been over for a month now.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
really, it hasn't been.
Reds did everything they could to give us a chance to catch up, and we just didn’t bother.
Well the girls would turn the color of the avocado when he would drive down the street in his El Dorado... -the modern lovers
that's basically what I was saying.
The team took over first, and then proceeded to drop I can’t remember how many games to the NL Central, thus making the race over.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
ran out of mojo
"Nah….He’s an infielder. Second base…..I played second base, how hard can it be?"
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Sep 27, 2010 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
The only team that has been worse at putting its best lineup on the field consistently this year is the Mariners.
They have an historically awful offense. I can’t help but think part of the reason is that they put Jose Friggin’ Lopez in the middle of the lineup every damn day. Good thing I’m a big fan of both the Ms and the Cards. Frustration builds character, right?
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