Game 156 Open Thread: September 26, 2006

carpenter williams
15-7, 2.93 10-5, 3.53
here's a mental trick to help neutralize the deer-in-headlights karma that's overrun cardinal nation this week. goes like this: the cardinals have 7 games on their schedule -- and those games represent round 1 of the playoffs. if st louis wins 4 out of the 7 games, they win the series and advance to the next round. (yeah, i know -- they might advance by going 3-4 or 2-5, and there's also a slim chance they'll need to win 5 out of 8 to move on. but just go with it.) the playoffs are here, and we made it --- hoorah!! tonight is game 1; naturally, carpenter's starting. reyes goes tomorrow night in game 2. and so on and so forth. and what a stroke of luck -- all 7 games in this series will be played at home. and five of'm are against a sub.-500 team. that should give the cardinals a decent chance ---
hold on; what's that you say? the cardinals always choke in the playoffs? stop hitting, play uptight, pitch just well enough to lose --- get beat by inferior teams? you mean this make-believe scenario is making you more nervous? . . . . ok, then let's try this: the last 6 games were the playoffs. the cardinals got knocked out -- pulled their usual choke job and disappointed us all again. that damn la russa. after that debacle, baseball's the last thing we want to watch; might as well take a walk, enjoy the autumn air, read a couple chapters of the new oprah book-club selection, and call it a night . . . .
still not working for ya?
ok, last chance. this one can't miss. here's what you do: run on down to the corner and buy a case of gin. cart it back, open up a bottle, and start drinking just as carpenter throws the first pitch. drink deeply -- finish the first bottle while the leadoff man is still at the plate. then keep going -- two, three, four bottles, more. drink until you don't know what inning it is, what city they're playing in, or which team you root for; drink until the ballfield dissolves into a blur of raw geometric forms, vectors and arcs and right angles and trapezoids. pour the gin straight back; brush your teeth with it; saute some cabbage in it, roll up the leaves and smoke them. pour a bottle into your bathroom sink, soak some gauze in it, and tape the gauze over your eyes. fill the whole bathtub and immerse yourself; tune shannon and rooney into one headphone and zappa and the mothers of invention into the other.
when you've finished the case, go down and buy another one. repeat as necessary until the season has ended.
see ya in november.
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Option #3!
by Ankiels Missing Curveball on Sep 26, 2006 6:54 PM EDT 0 recs
Wow...
by Ankiels Missing Curveball on
Sep 26, 2006 6:55 PM EDT
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Cause we don't play in Petco
by Hardcore Legend on
Sep 26, 2006 7:02 PM EDT
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Those splits
by lawman3842 on
Sep 26, 2006 7:04 PM EDT
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Lessee....
And for those who say this season is karmic payback for 1964... I was around (albeit as a 10-year-old) in 1964. This ain't no 1964. The Phillies in September of 1964 tried starting their best two pitchers every other day (!) down the stretch. If'n the Cardinals don't make the playoffs, it's because they couldn't overcome the injuries to the core of their ballclub. Would substituting Brian Giles, say, for Juan Encarnacion during the off-season have made up for the losses of Mulder, Jimmy Ballgame, Eck, and Izzy? I think not.
If'n the Birds get Eck and Jimmy back for the playoffs, I'll take my chances in a best-of-five with Carp, Soup, and me (and my 27-mile-an-hour heater), thankyouverymuch!
by The Ol Goaler on Sep 26, 2006 7:03 PM EDT 0 recs
lineups for tonight...
Roberts, LF
Giles, RF
Gonzalez, 1B
Bard, C
Branyan, 3B
Cameron, CF
Blumkin, SS
Barfield, 2B
Williams, P
STL:
Miles, SS
Duncan, LF
Pujols, 1B
Encarnacion, RF
Rolen, 3B
Edmonds, CF
Belliard, 2B
Molina, C
Carpenter, P
by lawman3842 on Sep 26, 2006 7:07 PM EDT 0 recs
Pirates won't be helping us...
by Ankiels Missing Curveball on Sep 26, 2006 7:11 PM EDT 0 recs
1-0 Astros..
by Ankiels Missing Curveball on
Sep 26, 2006 7:12 PM EDT
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Huff just injured himself...
by Ankiels Missing Curveball on
Sep 26, 2006 7:14 PM EDT
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The Pirates
by lawman3842 on Sep 26, 2006 7:11 PM EDT 0 recs
and it
by lawman3842 on
Sep 26, 2006 7:13 PM EDT
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Not really...
by StrosDux on
Sep 26, 2006 7:33 PM EDT
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The DHL Hometown Heroes
by erik on Sep 26, 2006 7:12 PM EDT 0 recs
The Ripken piece was really good..
by Hardcore Legend on
Sep 26, 2006 7:27 PM EDT
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I'd really like Bob Costas
by Valatan on
Sep 26, 2006 7:33 PM EDT
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Costas, Uecker, and Jim Palmer
by Hardcore Legend on
Sep 26, 2006 7:39 PM EDT
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heard...
oh, and the Olympics. which no gives a &*$&# about anymore.
by kindred on
Sep 26, 2006 7:45 PM EDT
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and don't forget....
by Timbo02 on
Sep 26, 2006 7:55 PM EDT
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Love scenario No. 1
They lose the "series," and they don't deserve to continue.
Works for me.
by salvomania on Sep 26, 2006 7:13 PM EDT 0 recs
2-0 Astros
by lawman3842 on Sep 26, 2006 7:16 PM EDT 0 recs
We won't be getting any help..
by Ankiels Missing Curveball on
Sep 26, 2006 7:18 PM EDT
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The Astros
And that they've never won a World Series.
by matt reeder on Sep 26, 2006 7:18 PM EDT 0 recs
They've never even
by lawman3842 on
Sep 26, 2006 7:21 PM EDT
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Thanks Larry
by gdm426 on Sep 26, 2006 7:22 PM EDT 0 recs
lboros
I have to say that my outlook lines up more with #1 but I have this creeping suspicion that getting drunk may be necessary; I have been far too sober for some of these games recently and am convinced that I'm not doing my part to, um, help the team....
So....anybody up for a drinking game tonight?
1 drink per Padre hit
1 drink per Cardinal out
2 drinks for a Cardinal run
5 drinks for a Padre run (Carp is pitching, after all)
5 drinks for a fielding error, a balk, HBP, WP, PB
2 drinks for a double play
finish your beer when either team homers
finish two beers for a grand slam
finish your beer if a Cardinal reliever blows a save
chug the whole time in case there's a dispute and TLR comes out of the dugout to argue; if Tony throws his hat or is ejected go on and finish the beer
do a shot if Carp manages to make it on base
finish the refrigerator if the Cards lose
The definition of "drink" is up to you....post any modifications or addenda....
by nota bene on Sep 26, 2006 7:24 PM EDT 0 recs
i'm with ya...
and, if there's booze in the house, Nyquil mixed with Sudafed works nicely. course then we might not see you until Christmas.
by kindred on
Sep 26, 2006 7:47 PM EDT
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I choose scenario #3
by iron duke75 on Sep 26, 2006 7:28 PM EDT 0 recs
I thought this was appropriate
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Someone showed this to me 4 years ago shortly after my dad was told he was dying with ALS. Dads still alive and kicking, although a machine breathes for him and he cannot get out of bed. But he is still fighting. And thats all I ask of the Cardinals. If you are going down, and least go down fighting boys.
GO CARDINALS!
by gdm426 on Sep 26, 2006 7:29 PM EDT 0 recs
for those who say the cards always choke in the
great comparison lb!
by houstoncardinal on Sep 26, 2006 7:32 PM EDT 0 recs
Wonder where he's going when it's FA time
by Valatan on
Sep 26, 2006 7:37 PM EDT
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nope.
by kindred on
Sep 26, 2006 7:48 PM EDT
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Pittsburgh rallying in the bottom of the 2nd
by nota bene on Sep 26, 2006 7:36 PM EDT 0 recs
3-3
by houstoncardinal on Sep 26, 2006 7:37 PM EDT 0 recs
The Pirates aren't going to go quietly...
And they just tied the game!
Go Pirates!
Oh, and go Cards.
by matt reeder on Sep 26, 2006 7:37 PM EDT 0 recs
Yeah
by Valatan on
Sep 26, 2006 7:38 PM EDT
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they're really
by houstoncardinal on
Sep 26, 2006 7:39 PM EDT
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Yeah,
by Valatan on
Sep 26, 2006 7:54 PM EDT
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Same here...
by Hardcore Legend on
Sep 26, 2006 7:40 PM EDT
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HR by Bautista; 3-up
by nota bene on Sep 26, 2006 7:38 PM EDT 0 recs
I love when we launch into random
by azruavatar on Sep 26, 2006 7:41 PM EDT 0 recs
hey
by houstoncardinal on
Sep 26, 2006 7:43 PM EDT
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what.....
by cardsnutincali on Sep 26, 2006 7:47 PM EDT 0 recs
Why
by lawman3842 on Sep 26, 2006 7:51 PM EDT 0 recs
hmm...
by kindred on Sep 26, 2006 7:52 PM EDT 0 recs
If ESPN got to vote
I bet McCarver is still crying 'cause Derrick wasn't even nominated...
by iron duke75 on
Sep 26, 2006 8:13 PM EDT
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That crap annoys me
by Valatan on
Sep 26, 2006 8:50 PM EDT
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I have been to hell
are we really worried about tonight's game? Carp at home?
by madding on Sep 26, 2006 7:54 PM EDT 0 recs
Think Stan is our Hometown hero?
by Ankiels Missing Curveball on Sep 26, 2006 7:59 PM EDT 0 recs
Depends who won the voting..
by Hardcore Legend on
Sep 26, 2006 8:03 PM EDT
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It was Ozzie in the web ad...
by Valatan on
Sep 26, 2006 8:04 PM EDT
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I hope not...
by Ankiels Missing Curveball on
Sep 26, 2006 8:05 PM EDT
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No argument there
by Valatan on
Sep 26, 2006 8:10 PM EDT
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busch
by truemun12 on Sep 26, 2006 8:00 PM EDT 0 recs
dave roberts...
man, i hope not.
by kindred on Sep 26, 2006 8:11 PM EDT 0 recs
If he's cheap...
by Valatan on
Sep 26, 2006 9:19 PM EDT
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awesome.
final table of the WSOP.
by kindred on Sep 26, 2006 8:12 PM EDT 0 recs
Do we have any big game pitchers?
by Ankiels Missing Curveball on Sep 26, 2006 8:13 PM EDT 0 recs
you mean OTHER
by Timbo02 on Sep 26, 2006 8:15 PM EDT 0 recs
If he hadn't given up 7 runs
by Hardcore Legend on
Sep 26, 2006 8:18 PM EDT
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Damn, Hardcore
by Valatan on
Sep 26, 2006 8:52 PM EDT
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s@#$%!!
by cardsnutincali on Sep 26, 2006 8:23 PM EDT 0 recs
thanks for the tip
Thanks again!
by lawman3842 on
Sep 26, 2006 8:46 PM EDT
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Albert
by martin on Sep 26, 2006 8:24 PM EDT 0 recs
Why is Rolen stilll starting?
by Ankiels Missing Curveball on Sep 26, 2006 8:25 PM EDT 0 recs
Was that a line drive he hit?
by Glenn Brummer stole home on
Sep 26, 2006 8:31 PM EDT
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Walk to Encarnacion
and down...before I could finish this post...
by iron duke75 on Sep 26, 2006 8:25 PM EDT 0 recs
6-3 Astros
I was wrong before.
by Hardcore Legend on
Sep 26, 2006 8:27 PM EDT
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