LAWLZ I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT PUJOLS ALL YEAR

Sarcasm escapes you?


Take a pill dude. Seriously.

I think the real problem is having Bryan Augenstein mentioned in the OP.

And his last name being misspelled.

Man if we still had Waino this staff would be tits. Crazy that Carp is the weak link right now.

I don't know that I'd say he's the weak link.

He's had a few starts where he's gotten little run support.

It's that the player that most thought would be a strength(Pujols) has turned out to be a weakness(For now, anyways, I think he'll turn it around) and as much as we whined about Berkman's D, he has been okay in RF and has, I think anyways, exceeded our expectations.

Jaime FTW.

I agree with that.

I don't think he's been as bad as Westbrook(He has turned it around lately, though), but he certainly hasn't been as well as Jaime, Lohse or K-Mac.

That's pretty incredible that a guy who sucked the past two seasons and a guy who was a RP in the bigs have been two of the Cards best SPs...

I would say in the end he has more wins than Westbrook or McClellan.

He is struggling at times though. His screaming at opposing players over little shit is getting odd.

When has he done that this year?

And didn't he pitch a good game in Atlanta, no?

The bullpen blew a few leads.

He went kookoo on Hanley Ramirez his last start.

I know he is intense but he is starting to let his emotions get in the way.

JMO

Edit: He is still one of my all-time favorite Cards.

Dude....%(/

Shit, I wouldn't even turn it on - I don't seem to be very good luck when I watch games this year. :(

I was tempted to turn it on if it was still happening during the 9th. I followed the game via ESPN.com, so I wouldn't jinx it.


Dude, it would be awesome if you could spell K-Mac's and Augenstein's name right.

:thumb:

i know they're starting off pretty mediocre, and then you add in all the injuries, but there is still a pretty decent chance at going post season

shut the **** up n00b!

Did you think you were posting on the stl today Cardinals forum?:thumb:

I like you n00b. I was the only one in here even suggesting that they wouldn't lose 90 games this year.

I never said they would, did I?

That was mostly DJ.

Lohse pitched well again, but Gallardo was the better man today.

ROFL at the folks giving Marcellus a hard time over the "jinx". You guys really believe in that crap?

WHOA MAN.

Nah, I know him IRL, and just wanted to be the first to give him a proper CP welcome....

Its just having a little fun.

I took no offense other then JR, he got a bit nutsy.

I guess I should have posted in the 4th that Gallardo had a no no going today.

:p

Yeah you could at least be consistent with your jinxing. ;)

Meh, heat of the moment. I meant nothing by it.

i have no idea who you are. the fact that you shoot down my comment simply because i am a new member, as opposed to making a valid argument against my statement, makes you look like a douche nozzle

No problemo. :thumb:

I was prepared to let this slide, but I decided I need to put you in your place before you get used to calling people douche nozzles and thinking you can get away with it. What kind of person are you? Some type of 12 year old who just got on the computer for the first time a few nights ago? I bet you work a menial waiting job and don't even excel at rolling silverware, let alone providing a service to your customers.

Go back to fapping to pictures of your mother, your mind numbing insults can be found in a basic google search. You have nothing to add to this board, your and idiot. Your birth certificate was an apology from the condom factory. And my personal favorite (the skip insult) - you don't have enough posts on this board to have a viable opinion yet.

I heard you guys might need a closer?

We'll give you Bell for one major league bat and two good prospects. What can you give me?

Ryan Ludwick!

I'll ****ing package him in with Bell and we can make it only 1 major league bat and 1 prospect.

How 'bout we send them Khalil Greene for Luke Gregerson instead...

That was the very first clue from Moe that he was truly in over his head. Everytime we played the Padres and Greene came up, I know the rally was over if we just pumped him some high gas.

Moe not only traded for the man, but he absorded a $6 million contract and gave up a kid that turned out to be one of the best setup men in baseball in the process.

And I think I might prefer Mike Adams over Heath Bell, both in terms of cost ($ and prospects) and ability.

Skip Schumaker.

Mark Worrell(RP you got in the Khalil Greene traded that wasn't Gregerson who hit a HR in his first AB).

Screw that we don't need to give up Sanchez, rasmus or miller for a rent a reliever.

Crazy Coffey is good people. He's a long time fan of the Cardinals. There is some hazing on this site. You have to have a tough skin to survive. Just put this behind you and move on.

The Cardinal fans in here don't usually have arguments. Most if not all the fans in here are on the same page, have basically the same opinion on the lineup, Larusssa, Franklin etc. about the only thing we have disagreed on was the Pujols contract. We usually end up in here just venting and agreeing about some boneheaded Larussa line up or some bothed Mo trade.

Cardinals prospect Carlos Martinez was every bit as good as advertised in his U.S. debut on Saturday night.

The 19-year-old right-hander retired the first 10 batters he faced and struck out six over four hitless innings as the Quad Cities River Bandits blanked the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 1-0.

"It all came out like I had dreamed it would," Martinez said through a translator. "After the first inning, it was just, 'Wow.'

"I don't want to say I was nervous, but I was just trying to feel myself. It was very emotional."

A native of the Dominican Republic, Martinez was perfect for the Cardinals' Class A affiliate the first time through the order, fanning two batters in each of the opening three frames.

T.J. Mittelstaedt drew a one-out walk in the fourth to give the Timber Rattlers their first baserunner, but Martinez got Cody Hawn and Michael Walker to fly out to keep the game scoreless.

The 6-foot flamethrower threw 30 of 52 pitches for strikes before turning things over to the River Bandits bullpen.

"I still want to get better with my command, especially on my fastball," Martinez said. "I want to work really hard."

River Bandits manager Johnny Rodriguez said the non-drafted free agent already has the makeup to be a star.

"I've been in baseball more than 30 years and he could be a No. 1 guy in St. Louis," Rodriguez said. "He was better than I had expected.

"He reminds me of when I saw a young Pedro Martinez in Albuquerque in the early '90s. In fact, he shows me more than what Pedro did at his age, and you know how his career went."

The Cardinals signed Martinez last April and he promptly led the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League with a 0.76 ERA in 12 starts. He went 3-2 with 78 strikeouts over 59 innings.

Martinez, who reportedly received a $1.5 million signing bonus, impressed the Cardinals' front office during a mini-camp bullpen session in Jupiter, Fla., prior to the start of Spring Training in February.

The velocity and life of his fastball drew a lot of attention, but Rodriguez was equally impressed with his off-speed pitches Saturday.
"His fastball was thrown at 97 to 99 mph and it exploded off the plate, but his curveball fell right off the table," he said. "That was what was so impressive, the spin on his breaking ball and the action on his changeup.

"In the last four or five years, his curveball was the best I have seen from such a young arm. They had five or six left-handed hitters in their lineup and still had no chance of hitting him. His mound presence was off the charts and his command was perfect."

Southpaw Kevin Siegrist (4-1) tossed five shutout innings in relief of Martinez, losing the no-hit bid with two outs in the seventh when Chris Dennis singled to right field. Siegrist allowed one more hit, walked two and struck out two.
Oscar Taveras gave the River Bandits the lead with a one-out RBI single in the eighth. The slim lead held up as Quad Cities posted back-to-back wins for the first time in two weeks.




Ashley Marshall is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs

brc...i love you, man, and i'm sorry i missed getting you something for mothers day. it's nice that you keep us all lined out. ;)

you're good people too.
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thanks dude! :thumb:

Big week this week, on the road against the Cubs and then the Reds. Time to take control of this division.

early 1-0 lead

Carp does not look the same. I don't care if he has had 5 "quality" starts or not. He looks like shit and has most games.

It's like he is forcing the ball rather than throwing it.

wow he is bad tonight for sure

Imagine this lineup if Pujols wasn't going full reerun.

****ing scary.

**** I hate Soriano 4321

I can only remember one game where he looked like the old carp on the mound. Maybe age has finally caught up with him? At least we have some good young arms in the pipeline.:thumb:

Nice work with the hit and run. Tie game.

I love Soriano in a Cubs uniform. LMAO

Okay, I like Soriano a little better now. LMAO

I couldn't tell if we got jobbed or victimized by bad baserunning.

that was a shit call

We go hosed. Douchebag ump. 4321

We got jobbed by the ump.

they never make that call unless its clear the player left early. In this case he didn't leave early at all. :#

If we lose this game by one run....

never think Soraino will hurst us in the long run.LMAO

I will give Carp credit, he isn't sharp but he is gritting it out.

Danny D with another huge hit

They are giving Sanchez every opportunity to win the closer role.

Tony's out for the week.

no doubt he's still keeping an eye on things.
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lineups for tonight's game
Cards
Theriot SS
Rasmus CF
Pujols 1B
Holliday LF
Berkman RF
Laird C
Punto 2B
Descalso 3B
Westbrook P

Cubs
Fukudome RF
Barney 2B
Byrd CF
Ramirez 3B
Pena 1B
Castro SS
Soriano LF
Hill C
Garza P


Why would they pitch to Puma today

WTF is up with Pujols and the Cubs GM today?
http://mit.zenfs.com/121/2011/05/pujols_hendry_hug.jpg

Story on yahoo
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big...urn=mlb-wp6041

We don't care. Are you buying into the media's hype?

I don't like my Cardinal players making nice with Cub fans, players or GM's.

He took a look at the contracts that Hendry has handed out to Zambrano, Bradley, Fukudome, Ramirez and Soriano and realized that he's probably dumb enough to give Albert 10/$300 so they're fast friends now.

Once again - they can have him at that price.

Yeah, so Albert couldn't talk to Edmonds when he was a Cub?

agreed, if that's what he's going to have to have.

i'm not putting to much into that bro hug though.
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**** the cubs, and **** ap if he signs w/them.
it is what it is.
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Damn straight. As long as he was wearing that cub uniform he gets no love from a cardinal in uniform.

You guys noticing that the first time through the lineup that we are not doing that good. Seems like we break through after that.

Cards defense in the 3rd inning:

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Thats BS with Westbrook. Your a 33 year old veteran. You should know if you are ready to go after the rain delay. You obviously wern't, not even close. How could you not know?

And Franklin continues to suck.

Franklin has now given up as many earned runs (13) as he did in 61 innings in 2009.

coffey and i are just havin a little fun. we've known each other for a few years now irl.

im going to have to talk to your wife about you referring to our work as menial. besides, until you got this new job, the majority of the time i've known you you have been employed in a bar or restaurant. and i got to say, being a bouncer is quite a few rungs down from being a server.

cards blew it tonight. get franklin the hell off the roster

win.
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Sure would have been a nice day to go to the game. Damn work! :cuss:

Lohse pretended to be LaRussa today. LMAO

I think Larussa and Mo were at least successful in creating a different clubhouse.

Lohse has always been a very good guy. He and Wainwright were my 2 favorite Cards in Jupiter; easily the most human.

Last offseason I had a chance to chat with them during an off moment and I told WW that I thought he got screwed in the CY voting. He said the standard "Well, Tim's a hell of a pitcher" kind of stuff. I said I think it was just bad luck, Carpenter was too good and they ended up splitting the vote. WW responded by saying "well, I'll have my work cut out for me this season, I'm going to have 4 other great pitchers I'll have to split the vote with this year".

Lohse looks at him, doesn't miss a beat, and completely deadpans "oh...well I guess I'd better go tell the bullpen you think they all suck..." Wainwright cracked up.

During BP one day, WW blasted 3 long HRs and 2 popups. When he got done, the crowd behind the plate started cheering and he took a big ol' exaggerated bow. Lohse stepped in next and smoked 5 liners right up the box...crickets. So Lohse steps out for a minute and yells "Oh c'mon! That was 5 for 5!" and throws his hands up. The crowd obviously gave him his applause at that point.

It really sucked to see Lohse struggle so badly because he's a very nice guy and I hated seeing him fail like that. His body language on the mound blows, but his teammates love him and of all the guys on the team to go have a beer with, him, WW and McClellan are 1-3 on my list (Kyle Mac because he pet the service dog we were training at the time). Ryan Franklin, OTOH, is an incredible douche.

Lohse being a cutup has nothing to do with Moe and everything to do with Lohse simply being healthy again.