quick recap - game 49 - cards 3, padres 1
by tom s. on May 24, 2011 1:24 AM EDT
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Printand therea quick recap as the game thread approaches 1600 comments. colby snatched a homer in impressive fashion. pujols smashed a homer in a long-forgotten fashion. loshe continued to be both good and lucky, working around 3 doubles to allow just one run. he appeared in the 8th, running his pitch count to 118. in the top of the ninth, the cards closed out a tie game (1-1) with 2 runs on a skippy double, a descalso single, a flyball, and a theriot single. the padres could not answer in the bottom of the ninth against salas, the amazing non-closing wunderkind who was not sent back to memphis today.
in closing, dustin moseley would like to say a few words about the pitcher win stat. dustin?
moseley: (crouching on floor of home clubhouse, weeps, sniffing loudly. looks up.) do . . . do you guys know anybody who wants to trade for a starting pitcher?
and there you have it, folks! cards win, 3-1.
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Looks like he's being Raptured mid-game
...and his name was Eduardo Sanchez, and the name of his slider was Death -DanUp
by The Continental on May 24, 2011 1:32 AM EDT reply actions
that is totally possible to photoshop.......
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Poor Dustin.
Is he willing to go to the bullpen?
...and his name was Eduardo Sanchez, and the name of his slider was Death -DanUp
by The Continental on May 24, 2011 1:34 AM EDT up reply actions
If only you had that power
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
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i laughed, is that wrong?
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
You sonofa--
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
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FROM THE WINDOW
TO THE WALLS
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
are all of Colby's spectacular catches on ex-Cards?
does the world implode with two denorfia?
and we who salute the boggs, will we find solace?
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
The plural of Denorfia is Denorfia.
Makes sense.
...and his name was Eduardo Sanchez, and the name of his slider was Death -DanUp
by The Continental on May 24, 2011 1:35 AM EDT up reply actions
i thought about it, and figured it was the case.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
is it me or did they make berk run around a lot
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
making sure he keeps that spring training figure
If I had a time machine, I would go to 1747 and kill Ben Franklin.
Colby Rasmus does to interviews what Russell Westbrook does to being a point guard in the playoffs while Kevin Durant is on his team
Not afraid to nitpick
well that's a bad night...
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
While watching them, for some reason they're in focus and consequently dumb things are bombarding my senses via my television
Identical in both situations.
Not afraid to nitpick
Why am I up at midnight????
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Because yo...
Oh wait that actually works here
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
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Because yo...
’ve drank too much beer?
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
you're waiting for baby animals?
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
for joe strauss to whisper in your ear?
"chipper jones grounds out, third baseman albert pujols to first baseman mark hamilton." 5.1.11 "carlos pena grounds into double play, second baseman allen craig to shortstop tyler greene to first baseman albert pujols." 5.12.11
by tom s. on May 24, 2011 1:50 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i hear colby is talking to the wall, now.
he likes to date, first.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
what i'm most excited about:
this team has been terrific at taking walks.
still in the MLB lead for fWAR. This is about as well as I could have asked for this season to go, considering the circumstances.
I'm sorry I impugned your cocksmanship.
We really should praise McGwire more often
For unMcRaeing them
"IF CARDS CAN SIGN SUPPAN THEY CAN GIVE ME A HOME"
by Buddhasillegitimatechild38 on May 24, 2011 1:56 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Whether it's anything to do with Mac or not
I’m damned impressed.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"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 May 24, 2011 2:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I think it's partly Mac
and partly roster turnover, too.
"You made me live a lie, Tony," Paquette says, "and it ends this morning. Not everybody can play second base."
agreed.
There’s only so much you can do when you have Miles, Feliz, and Lopez on your team.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"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 May 24, 2011 2:40 AM EDT up reply actions
yep
but his aggressive on pitches you can hit and lay of the stuff outside the strike zone has lead to three guys in the top 5 of NL BA, to go along with being first in BB by 16 walks!
"Why are you here? You should be mowing Albert Pujols' lawn right now." - Conan O'Brien to TLR, after noting he was in the audience for Bob Costas' benefit show.
Lohse is having himself quite a season
lowered the ERA to 2.06!
or whatever
free compositionson guitar and keyboards through looping pedal (no overdubs)
by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 24, 2011 1:52 AM EDT reply actions
MLB Power Rankings. Sort of.
7. St. Louis Cardinals – Tony La Russa
See, he’s a genius. When his team is playing yours, you might hear that a few times. And then you look up, the pitcher is batting cleanup, there’s a left fielder playing second base, and your team is losing. So annoying.
...and his name was Eduardo Sanchez, and the name of his slider was Death -DanUp
by The Continental on May 24, 2011 1:53 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
heh, this rankings is one of the better ones they've done
If I had a time machine, I would go to 1747 and nullify Ben Franklin.
Wow
How the fuck is Brett Tomko still in the majors?
"And a boring game for boring people. Did you ever watch golf on television? It's like watching flies FUCK. Think of the intellect it must take to draw pleasure from this activity: hitting a ball with a crooked stick and then WALKING AFTER IT" -George Carlin
by stlcardsfan4 on May 24, 2011 3:43 AM EDT up reply actions
don't look now, but reds and brewers tied for second
In the NLC at 25-23. Cards leading 29-20. Astros beat the dodgers. No game for cubbies or pirates.
"chipper jones grounds out, third baseman albert pujols to first baseman mark hamilton." 5.1.11 "carlos pena grounds into double play, second baseman allen craig to shortstop tyler greene to first baseman albert pujols." 5.12.11
by tom s. on May 24, 2011 1:56 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
tomorrow is the 10 game over test
or whatever
free compositionson guitar and keyboards through looping pedal (no overdubs)
by Cards Fan in Chitown on May 24, 2011 1:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Oooo, that's right. The big benchmark.
...and his name was Eduardo Sanchez, and the name of his slider was Death -DanUp
by The Continental on May 24, 2011 2:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Also, Minnesota is 15.5 games out of first
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
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I would point out that they haven't played at home much,
but they haven’t won there when they have.
(get well soon, Mauer. My NCAYFT needs you)
...and his name was Eduardo Sanchez, and the name of his slider was Death -DanUp
by The Continental on May 24, 2011 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions
NCAYFT would be a great name for a fantasy team.
"chipper jones grounds out, third baseman albert pujols to first baseman mark hamilton." 5.1.11 "carlos pena grounds into double play, second baseman allen craig to shortstop tyler greene to first baseman albert pujols." 5.12.11
by tom s. on May 24, 2011 2:05 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Cubs having trouble winning at home (9-13)
Brewers having trouble winning on the road (8-17)
So far.
...and his name was Eduardo Sanchez, and the name of his slider was Death -DanUp
by The Continental on May 24, 2011 2:00 AM EDT up reply actions
so when the brewers play at wrigley, they just go 29 innings
Till bud selig calls it a tie?
"chipper jones grounds out, third baseman albert pujols to first baseman mark hamilton." 5.1.11 "carlos pena grounds into double play, second baseman allen craig to shortstop tyler greene to first baseman albert pujols." 5.12.11
by tom s. on May 24, 2011 2:04 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The unwinnable force vs. the imvictorious object
...and his name was Eduardo Sanchez, and the name of his slider was Death -DanUp
by The Continental on May 24, 2011 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions
….imvictorious?
"You made me live a lie, Tony," Paquette says, "and it ends this morning. Not everybody can play second base."
franklins
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"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 May 24, 2011 2:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Man, I wish there was an actual internet option for where I live.
Hughes sucks ass and is over-priced to boot. I don’t know how many game threads I’ve missed because hughes was over-loaded. Or was sbn running slow? It has to be Hughes because GD was way behind as well.
/end rant
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"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 May 24, 2011 2:27 AM EDT reply actions
live where you can get a 3g signal?
if so try a 3g hotspot would probably be more reliable than hughs net
"Come test me every day if you want," says Pujols, "Everything I ever made in this game I would give back to the Cardinals if I got caught."
Not yet.
I’m in the boonies. My best friend is the County Clerk and he said that one of the cellphone companies is going to put in a bunch of towers but he couldn’t say who or when. We are just in a tech dead zone that isn’t satellite.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"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 May 24, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
I hated Hughes when I had it 9 years ago, or so.
Knowing them, it’s the same crappy service.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
a source says Kevin Slowey will be traded
Cardinals placed on a list of teams that could use him. What do you guys think?
yeah, well, that's just like, my opinion, man
I'd take him for a nothing prospect if it's basically a salary dump.
But we probably don’t need him with Lynn in the wing and now presumably Boggs our seventh starter.
THE BATMAN
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."
@Codeeg
I... don't want him.
I think all of our starters our better than him. (Looks at stats)
Actually he’s better than I thought, but I don’t want to give up actual prospects to get him
"And a boring game for boring people. Did you ever watch golf on television? It's like watching flies FUCK. Think of the intellect it must take to draw pleasure from this activity: hitting a ball with a crooked stick and then WALKING AFTER IT" -George Carlin
by stlcardsfan4 on May 24, 2011 3:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow that's a late night fail.
*ARE ARE ARE ARE
"And a boring game for boring people. Did you ever watch golf on television? It's like watching flies FUCK. Think of the intellect it must take to draw pleasure from this activity: hitting a ball with a crooked stick and then WALKING AFTER IT" -George Carlin
by stlcardsfan4 on May 24, 2011 3:35 AM EDT up reply actions
owed $2.7M for the year
He looks pretty average. I think I’d pass. His stats page makes me suspect he could benefit from Duncan’s trademark pixie dust.
"You made me live a lie, Tony," Paquette says, "and it ends this morning. Not everybody can play second base."
Meh,,. he's a flyball pitcher so the duncan effect probably won't be as effective.
He gets by pitching up and in which doesn’t really work with a GB pitcher.None of his secondary offerings are above average so he relies a lot on his fastball which doesn’t have much sink on it.
He’d probably be a 3.6-3.9 FIP starter in the NL.
I’d take him, but i wouldn’t expect much of a difference in performance other than the expected AL to NL help.
THE BATMAN
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."
@Codeeg
It's a solid rotation, but our depth is something to worry about.
when was the last year we had the same rotation through 162 games?
THE BATMAN
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."
@Codeeg
havent the gobs
had enough cardinal blood?!
but in all seriousness, i would rather we fix a weakness in this team than reinforce a strength
i'm having trouble thinking of actual weaknesses
Our MI is probably it, but we’ve pretty much learned last year that it’s really hard to upgrade there without giving up primo talent, which I’m not a fan of doing.
third base would be nice, but the list of names that make the upgrade worthy of additional salary is really small and would cost a lot of talent.
Michael Young for instance is a 3 WAR player probably based on regression, so he’s at best a 2 wins or about 9 million dollars worth of salary.Young is would be prorated for about 100 games in salary (roughly 10M in cost, we probably even out here in terms of returns)
BUT WAIT
Our current players at third probably will be able to put up 1 WAR, so for 10M were losing a potential 6M or so in value.
Though in a more realistic world, the Rangers would eat salary , but i really find that hard to believe that they would eat enough to equal out the amount of talent they would get in return.
THE BATMAN
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."
@Codeeg
i was thinking MI and bullpen
fwiw.
i don’t like the idea of shopping for a replacement for freese, since i’d bet he can put up 3 WAR if he could just stay healthy. those injuries he gets are freak injuries, and i don’t think the ankle will be recurring, so it’s not like he’s a liability like other players are injury liabilities. dude just needs to drink his milk.
I think I undervalue relievers too much because i think our RP is fine.
but with MI, i’d hate to trade for a second baseman because of DD.
SS would be either reyes(DD probably would work with the mets in a deal) and drew who both sound really expensive to get/keep.
IMO we just wait for marco scutaro to get off the DL and offer to pay his salary and give up a RP arm in the minors.
THE BATMAN
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."
@Codeeg
If we make the post season with his stats looking anything like they do now, i'm just curious how much
we can invest, and how much he’ll get.
I’d still be in favor of a joe mauer/teixera deal, but anymore years, or AAV would make me hesitant.
THE BATMAN
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."
@Codeeg
and if they don't plan to pursue him any further, i don't see what it could hurt to at least put him
on the trade market.
We could still get A BIG HAUL, for him.
A reliever/MI/ and lower level guy(big ceiling) are all possible in a deal if we did that.
THE BATMAN
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."
@Codeeg
How about David wright? His trade value is shit, and a change of scenery and overall better players around could bring him back.
by RamsFan7 on May 24, 2011 10:58 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
David Wright is still David Wright
he puts people in their seats.
THE BATMAN
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."
@Codeeg
in praise of Danny D
I know my crush is partly irrational, but I credit ‘my boy’ for more or less quelling a potential problem (Freese hurt again, oh no). Of course he got that chance because offense has been in unusual good supply lately (Matt, Puma, Pu, Colby; even Yadi and – it pains me to say it – Theriot) but Descalso has not stunk (see the 2010 debacle) and I absolutely LOVE his rifle arm. A rifle I tells ya
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