2008 Cardinals : leading the league in DUI's

So much for being on the wagon!

SANDFROG REUNION

There are a lot of accusations in that statement.

sentenced to have scroatee 'transplanted'

http://cardinalgirl.mlblogs.com/cardinal_girl/images/spieziotat.jpg

DOUCHE

uhh 7-2 w/ mulder and son of jorel pinero coming back.....

Oh yeah Joel Piniero coming back is a plus.

Cubs fans are screaming about pitching luck yet again. It's amusing to watch them--hell, anyone really--get worked up into a lather over Todd Wellemeyer.

bet you was saying the same about Renteria, DaveR :P

Weavermeyer

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Let the record show that I was bullish on Renteria coming east due to the price of the contract, and I spent about 1000 posts on the 2005 Red Sox thread bitching about ER's tendency to wilt against pitching from the superior league (to hstencil's obvious delight). Anything contrary to that said by me was obviously a typo. :D

That said, if the Cards had their current pitching staff 5-7 years ago, they'd be desigining WS rings right now. In the past.

the starting pitching will come back to earth.

good things about them: brian barton looks like he could be a legit leadoff guy. reyes getting some bite back on his fastball.

the bad: pujols protection still iffy, TLR likes Izturis, all the white dudes in the outfield will K a lot.

Whither Colby Rasmus? Are they delaying his arb clock, like the D-Rays are doing with Longoria? Or is Willie Schumacher the new Stubby Clapp (i.e. a paragon of gumption and guile)?

yes on the clock and Colby isn't exactly tearing it up at aaa. Lolarussa <3s Skip a little too much, he seems to at least takes walks which is something hustlin' Eck never did.

The hustle Eck puts into one walk, however, has to at least equal the lack of effort a base-clogging slugger puts into four free passes.

he hustles on ground outs too. that may not show up in your moneyball stats but it counts for something, and that something is heart.

If you mean he's going to OD on Jolt, Red Bull, & guarana and suffer 3 consecutive strokes during the 2010 season, then I agree 110%.

Kyle "BARGAIN*" Lohse

*McCarverism

There was a moment in today's game ... Geovany Soto hit a double, and the score read 3-0. Then about five seconds later the score read 6-0, and then it read 3-0 again. My housemate said, "in the future, Fontenot is going to hit a 3-run homer," and then Fontenot hit a 3-run homer. I guess the score ticker was a few seconds ahead of the video footage for a second. I've never seen that before.

The hustle Eck puts into one walk, however, has to at least equal the lack of effort a base-clogging slugger puts into four free passes.

-- David R., Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:20 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

he hustles on ground outs too. that may not show up in your moneyball stats but it counts for something, and that something is heart.

-- bnw, Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:13 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

this is a great exchange

who was that pitcher for the Cards that wears the stirups with stripes I saw warming up? atta boy

probably reyes if he had a flat bill to his cap too.

http://www.hotcha.ch/pic/jesmer.jpg

i was at the game two weekends ago when izzy blew a save by giving up a triple to tejada and a hr to lee (on the first pitch!) in succession and even that wasn't as shocking as him teeing one up for sori in the 9th the other night

Rich (Ashburn, VA): Buster-- LaRussa loves being underthe radar like the Birds started this year...can they sustain?

Buster Olney: (1:53 PM ET ) Rich: I didn't pick them to win the division, and I'm sticking with my Cubs pick right up to the moment they are eliminated, but the Cardinals are for real, and anybody who doesn't think so is nuts.

KISS OF DEATH

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aRWEFJQB47E

score 5-4 Cards ahead of Bucs
- J. Isringhausen relieved R. Flores
- D. Mientkiewicz walked
- R. Paulino singled to left, D. Mientkiewicz to second
- C. Gomez reached on fielder's choice, D. Mientkiewicz scored, R. Paulino to third on pitcher J. Isringhausen's throwing error
- J. Bay hit for J. Grabow
- J. Bay homered to deep left, C. Gomez and R. Paulino scored
- F. Sanchez grounded out to third

AGRHJKGFREFYIOEUWEHrpfthiogaejrweiorj;aowe

Wainwright - out
Wellemeyer - out
Pinero - out
Lohse - proud member of Nomlaki nation
Looper = terribad
Boggs - incoming
Reyes - MIA
Mulder - incoming w/ new arm slot lol wut
Clement - Results 1 - 6 of 6 for "matt inclement". (0.19 seconds)
Carpenter - And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
Perez - badass, mid 90s and a fattey <3

Puj just carried off the field ;_;

ouch, Albert

1 month is the word, not season-ending.

They have 2 outfielders, Duncan and Mather, who can play first. And they got that Rasmus kid in the minors...

fuck fuck fuck fuck he was on my first-place team

lol losing 20-2 is bad but when the only "pitcher" who doesn't give up a run is Aaron Miles O_O

Why is this team 13 games over .500?

Sincerely,
Incredulous Cubs fan

Lohse 8-2 3.77
Wellemeyer 7-2 3.67

Schumacker .310/.375/.448
Ludwick .310/380/.648

ie, the Fall is coming.

^^^Speaks from experience (ie, 2007)^^^

ie, the Fall is coming.

what doe mark e. smith have to do with this?

Tarsem Singh

Shasta, I'm worried; youve been running that gag into the ground since yr bike accident.

Tarsem Singh

don't forget mark mulder!

Mulder (L, 0-3) 3.2 IP 10 Hits 6 ER

vs the Albuquerque Isotopes >.<

Ankiel's power clearly declining.

Pujols clearly rusty.

lol @ closers

http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2008/06/25/mlbf_712810_th_7.jpg

is there a walking in runs with the bases loaded stat? cuz we are kicking ass at that. lost in the lynching of mike parisi will be the fact that glaus and ludwick left like 14 on base between them.

big picture: albert looked good, wellemeyer looked good, and the team consistently puts up a good fight.

Having nearly every called third strike contested and ejecting Thames and Polanco in back-to-back games -- maybe something was a little off with that umpiring crew.

The Tigers' staff must be up there with bases loaded walks too.

yeah I think we could maybe make one stable bullpen if we combined teams.

bases loaded walks: 13 Rangers; 12 tie b/n Cards, Cubs, Tigers

amidst our bullpen implosion of comical proportions, i pour one out with a nod towards gaygax: Hypocrisy is problem with Bonds bashers

lol Izzy back to closing

Carpenter back to starting :P
Wainwright back to ???

Harden?
Sabathia?
FELIPE LOPEZ!

http://singleblogtheory.com/uploaded_images/arroyo-752317.jpg
(singing backup for heartthrob Bronson Arroyo)

"THEY'RE TOGETHER AGAAAAAAIN"

Sheehan in BP:

The Cardinals were left for dead just last week, but thanks to Albert Pujols' ridiculous hot streak—he's hitting .455/.533/.935 since August 15, and has delivered a 1284 OPS in September—they've managed to stay in the race. Pujols has hit homers in three straight games as the Cards cut the Brewers' lead to 3½ games since Saturday, a fact that has largely gone unnoticed in the race to make Carlos Delgado—a player not half as valuable as Pujols—an MVP candidate. Adam Wainwright's return has given them a rotation anchor, and they've won all four of his starts since he came back August 22. It is another top-heavy roster in St. Louis, and they have some of the same bullpen issues that the Brewers do, but they also have the best player in baseball and are just three back in the loss column. A soft schedule—five games with the Cubs and 13 against sub-.500 teams—can't hurt them.

wha bout rumors of Chris Carpenter closing games (shades of post-sheath Schilling)?

so not gonna happen

http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/52/526291.jpg

my cards friend was saying there is no way they should break the bank for k-rod cuz "chris perez will be fine" which is pretty suspect imo

holliday looks pretty comfortable back in the NL

.586 or so since becoming a bird

i was at the game on thursday, wish his home run was more majestic

We're in it to win it this year, and we better be, because Holliday and DeRosa probably aren't coming back next year.

what's wrong with Pujols?

I guess he's sort of mortal after all. Man, if he would go on another month long tear while Holliday and Lujo continue to kickass, we might be able to put the Cubs away for good before September.

Also - Wellemeyer should have been traded away for 8 boxes of Reese's Pieces and a $50 savings bond. Fuck that guy.