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Game Thread #132: Brewers (76-55) at Cardinals (73-59)
It's Ben Sheets against Todd Wellemeyer tonight, in what feels like a pretty big game. Sheets could use a good start to get the fans back on his side, and it seems like a sweep of this two-game series would pretty much be a knockout blow to St. Louis' playoff hopes. Also, as ol Pete pointed out, it...
fickle finger of fate
five days ago i flew down to mexico to attend a wedding. i didn’t think about baseball much while i was down there; drank mojitos all day, laid around in the sun and collected shells w/ my kids, and ended up with refritos for brains. i still haven’t shaken off the effects and am in no...
heroes
tony has left wainwright out on a limb a few times already this year and got away with it, but sooner or later it was bound to cost him; only a matter of time. the times that it worked: april 16: at the 113-pitch mark (in only his 3d start of the year) and 20 pitches into the 8th inning,...
this that and the other
lot to talk about in that game, and wouldn’t you know --- i’m in a big hurry, heading out very early this morning on a two-day trip. (in fact, i’m already well down the road as you read this). so let me just round up a few tidbits and chew ‘em over very...
closer calls
heads up from will carroll: he’ll have an interview today with cards’ assistant gm john abbamondi on Baseball Prospecus radio. you can download the show here. last night’s game . . . . . where to start? they squandered too many scoring chances; that pattern continues. for the...
busted inside
too bad they couldn’t cash in that bit of luck in the 7th inning, ie the bases-loaded single that hit the baserunner; you don’t get many gifts like that in a season. if it goes through, the reds probably go ahead by 3 or 4 and the game’s over. alas, the LOB curse that...
. . . . . and we're back
the entire SB Nation network was down for 7 hours yesterday; i picture cables unraveling, servers liquifying, IT dudes fanning the smoke and flame away as they peer into their flat screens. the source of the problem, we are told, was "bad RAM" ---- just installed a few days ago. this is extremely...
Saturday, 19th April Discussion/Game Thread- Blowout Thoughts
Lincecum Piñeiro 2-0, 2.25 0-1, 14.73 First off, I want to thank Lboros for covering for me on Wednesday. I greatly appreciate the helping hand, Lb. You made a very difficult time a little bit easier to bear. Tremendous win last night by the Cardinals. The...
13 down
good discussion going over in Hardcore Legend’s FanPost about the cards’ search for a cleanup hitter --- ~50 comments and counting. a number of the commenters commended HL for the depth of the analysis, and i’d like to reinforce that. this is an example of what the FanPost section...
fists of fury
Q: what’s the downside of the 5-1 start? A: last night’s game thread. the cards’ unexpectedly good start has raised everybody’s expectations, which in turn raises the piss-n-moan factor when the team turns out to be (gasp) fallible. one loss, and here come 800...
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