Mr. Know-It-All
Footballguy
Cheated....love it it. Cards are a bunch of cheaters. Tell you what when Beltran signs with the Yankees we will break his ribs as a parting gift.Shrugs said:
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***Official 2013 NLCS Thread: St. Louis vs. Los Angeles (1 Viewer)
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Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
I couldn't agree with something more than I agree with all of this.Mr. Know-It-All said:
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Why does he hate Kevin Siegrist?Bruce Dickinson said:
Mr. Know-It-All
Footballguy
Yeah, that is what is really awesome. Siegrist is a stud and completely under the radar. The only one that scaresme is Carlos Martinez - but even he came up with the big pick last night.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Shrugs said:
I saw another LA fan say this elsewhere, too, so Dodgers fans must have their own forum where they are arranging these crybaby excuses. Keep it up.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
I'm big on Martinez long-term; he already has three big-boy pitches and he doesn't look like he's straining at all when he throws 95. However, it sure seems like trotting all those rookies out is playing with fire.
I got a bad feeling about today. Just a hunch, but I think Kelly is going to have a short stint on the mound.
Eephus
Footballguy
Please keep this reverse jinx schtick in the AL threads. This is the Senior Circuit and we have standards.
Mr. Know-It-All
Footballguy
We don't need reverse jinx, just hope the Rally Squirrels show up so our superstitions are covered.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
"we."
Ugh, I hate that I did that.
Ugh, I hate that I did that.
RnR
Footballguy
Never had a reason to hate Marco Scutaro before, so why does he haunt me in my sleep now?
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Fair enough.
Winnable game today for the Cards. Hanley and Ethier are warriors for playing through their hurts, but the day game after the night game can't help their recovery. Freese's injury by comparison isn't that big a deal since he usually gets pulled in the late innings to play a real glove at third.
SP edge clearly to the Dodgers, but SP edge hasn't mattered much in this series. The start time means the shadows should get funky just in time for the Cards to unleash the Club 98 bullpen parade.
Hopeful for a win. Mostly just thankful I get t watch the game.
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Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
I'll allow it.You know who Carlos Martinez reminds me of? Joaquin Andujar. If you subtract the crazy swing when he hit. And the cocaine habit. And the propensity for destroying clubhouse toilets after a bad outing.
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Mr. Know-It-All
Footballguy
Damn, afternoon game - I think I am coming down with a cold - may need to call it a day.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
I agree with your long-term assessment, but one of these rookies is going to implode at some point, and he's the odds-on favorite.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
That's the spirit!
If the game is still tight in the last innings I'll miss a parent-teacher conference - I usually just put my arm around my wife and nod and act supportive at those things, anyway.
Eephus
Footballguy
There is one word in America that says it all, and that one word is, 'You never know.'
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Remember when the Cardinals hitters were great with RISP? Seems like a long time ago.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
20 pitch first inning is something.
ffldrew
Footballguy
Guy was like 1 for 1,000,000 here in Denver before leaving - and then he never makes an out. I couldn't believe it.Never had a reason to hate Marco Scutaro before, so why does he haunt me in my sleep now?
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
My next pet will be named Carlos Beltran.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
He can join the goldfish we named Larry Fishgerald and the flatulent boxer I affectionately call Gasius Clay.Bruce Dickinson said:
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
Living to see another day
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ArbyMelt
Footballguy
What does Sugar Shane have to do to get an at-bat? Pinch hitting Chambers over Robinson, seriously Matheny?
I thought Matheny managed a great game last night, but today was horrible. Left Kelly in too long (did Shelby bang his daughter?), went to Mujica instead of Siegrist when it was still a 2 run game, and then pinch hits Chambers who can't hit half his weight, when he's got a guy on the bench who hit a HR last night and hits .250 (which is good for the pathetic Cards bench).
Can anyone tell me why Mujica and Chambers are on the post-season rosters? cards have to find a way to win 1 of next 2 at home and hope that Craig can hit (DH) in world series.
I thought Matheny managed a great game last night, but today was horrible. Left Kelly in too long (did Shelby bang his daughter?), went to Mujica instead of Siegrist when it was still a 2 run game, and then pinch hits Chambers who can't hit half his weight, when he's got a guy on the bench who hit a HR last night and hits .250 (which is good for the pathetic Cards bench).
Can anyone tell me why Mujica and Chambers are on the post-season rosters? cards have to find a way to win 1 of next 2 at home and hope that Craig can hit (DH) in world series.
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Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Liked seeing Jansen get knocked around in the 9th.
Didn't like all those solo HRs.
What a different game this would have been if that bases-loaded, no-outs top of the first produced more than zero runs.
Didn't like all those solo HRs.
What a different game this would have been if that bases-loaded, no-outs top of the first produced more than zero runs.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
So true. The loss of Allen Craig really makes the Cardinals bench look that much worse, especially compared to recent years when it seems like they always had a handful of bench players capable of getting a key hit.
Mr. Know-It-All
Footballguy
It comes down to which ace will be more effective -
Kershaw up first against Wacha - he wins this one and all the pressure goes onto the Cards ace
Wainwright vs Ryu - now Ryu did a superb job in his last outing, but so far the only ace to hold serve was Grienke in his 2nd start.
Going into this series I thought there would be more offense but Cards bats have gone to sleep - maybe tomorrow they will wake up and give Wacha a chance.
Kershaw up first against Wacha - he wins this one and all the pressure goes onto the Cards ace
Wainwright vs Ryu - now Ryu did a superb job in his last outing, but so far the only ace to hold serve was Grienke in his 2nd start.
Going into this series I thought there would be more offense but Cards bats have gone to sleep - maybe tomorrow they will wake up and give Wacha a chance.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
This morning, the Cardinals website sold whatever World Series tickets were leftover after the season ticket holders this year and next year finished claiming their allotment.
In the iStampede this morning, I scored tickets behind home plate for Game 5 of the World Series at Busch.
I've been lucky enough to attend NFL and NBA playoffs and a bunch of March Madness games, and I was fortunate enough to attend Game 5 of the 1985 Series (1), but I haven't been to a World Series game in person since (2), so I'm fired up at the possibility of seeing a Series game live.
If this jinxes it, so be it. We've get two evenly-matched teams playing an evenly-matched series most pundits expected to go the distance. And here we are. Go Cards.
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(1) before the game, street vendors were selling Cardinals 1985 World Series Champions swag for $15-20. After the game, I bought a hat, T-Shirt, and pennant from those vendors for a total of $3.
(2) I turned down a ticket to Game 6 of the 1991 Series because I had to see about a girl. I did not end up married to her. That scene from Good Will Hunting still makes me cry.
In the iStampede this morning, I scored tickets behind home plate for Game 5 of the World Series at Busch.
I've been lucky enough to attend NFL and NBA playoffs and a bunch of March Madness games, and I was fortunate enough to attend Game 5 of the 1985 Series (1), but I haven't been to a World Series game in person since (2), so I'm fired up at the possibility of seeing a Series game live.
If this jinxes it, so be it. We've get two evenly-matched teams playing an evenly-matched series most pundits expected to go the distance. And here we are. Go Cards.
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(1) before the game, street vendors were selling Cardinals 1985 World Series Champions swag for $15-20. After the game, I bought a hat, T-Shirt, and pennant from those vendors for a total of $3.
(2) I turned down a ticket to Game 6 of the 1991 Series because I had to see about a girl. I did not end up married to her. That scene from Good Will Hunting still makes me cry.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
The lineup sure misses Craig. I know it's borderline HotSportsTakes to say the top of the first yesterday would have gone differently with Craig hitting fourth instead of Adams.. but dammit, Adams's first at-bat yesterday was brutal. And if it was Craig and if he would have struck out anyway, it still opened the possibility of Adams pitch-hitting with two on and shaky pitcher on the mound instead of sending G-Baby from Hard Ball up there.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
So... Kershaw tonight. If having Pascual Perez drive him to the stadium doesn't work as planned, what's Plan B? Just grind out at-bats and hope Mattingly pinch-hits for him after 72 pitches again?
Mr. Know-It-All
Footballguy
Law of averages not in Cards favor against Kershaw - he has lost all 3 games this year he started against the Cards - and since 2011 he is 2-5 against them. For a pitcher that is so good, it is improbable that his string of bad luck against one team will continue. As a Cardinal fan I hope the string continues - but have a feeling we are going to see a Game 7.
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
Waca scares the hell out of me tonight.
Hey baseball gods, please let the Cards be in an insurmountable lead after the first inning.
You pal,
SLB
Hey baseball gods, please let the Cards be in an insurmountable lead after the first inning.
You pal,
SLB
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Studs posting with his SLB alias again.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Brady Marino
Footballguy
on all accounts.Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Like it. Can always put Jay in CF in the late innings if we take the lead. Bummer for Hanley, but he could have dodged that pitch.
I sat at a NL table at Luminere with Hanley after a Cards/Dodgers game at Busch. He saw almost every flop and folded to any sign of aggression. Quiet guy, but pleasant. Perfect guy to have an a NL table.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Hanley now in the lineup and batting cleanup
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
Lol at Van Slyke and Kelly.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Kershaw has the worst beard I've ever seen. Cliff Clavin's beard thinks that's a horrible beard.
Bob Sacamano
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