Dotel has the keys to Braun's Temple.

Would you want to risk MLB doing something stupid and suspending the pitcher/coach for a game. I doubt they would, but I wouldn't want to create any bad mojo.

**** the Brewers, you guys have bigger things on your plate.

I'd go tell the home plate ump that they could reinsert him if they wanted. Then I wouldn promply drill him right in the middle of the shoulder blades.

As a matter of fact I'd bring in Motte to do it. Then give him the "come on out here big boi" look, and run Holliday in from left for the spear.

LMAO

Make it a table for two at the buffet.

LMAO

Bump

Hamas called it.

Rhodes to face Fielder and then Lynn and Motte to pitch the 9th.

Tony ****ing LaRussa.

Man I wish we had Waino right now.

AA is certainly doing a better job than JP, who wasn't willing to take risks on possible elite talent (which is really the only way to win in the AL East if your ownership isn't willing to spend). Lawrie, for his part, is really one of the best young players I've seen. He already reminds me of an Ian Kinsler type (good power, great plate discipline, good defense), but at 3B. Guy's intense, too.

The Mike Napoli trade still hurts. I remember being in disbelief that they traded Vernon Wells' contract and somehow got the Angels' best hitter back. That feeling was dampened significantly when they traded Napoli a few days later for Frank ****ing Francisco. That's the only mistake Anthopoulos has made, though. The rest has been great and he's arguably the best farm system in baseball in under 2 years.

Well, technically they could give him K-Mac's spot in the pen for the WS, IF WE GET THERE.

You just broke your own rule.

LMAO

Aside from Cecil, Romero, and Drabek, what young arms do you have?

Damn that's an interesting thought. Doubt it happens but interesting.

Think that is possible?

No frikking way. Waino will just have to wait until next year. No set backs and we lose time next year or have to redo the surgery etc.

Yeah, that was like Achilles putting his ankle up on a bullseye for a bunch of longbowmen.

LMAO

Rake.

Sweet. MORE MORE MORE

The Yankees and Red Sox will never be bad. They buy their way into good teams each season and eat their mistake contracts. The Jays will just have to get as good as them to win, but that time's getting closer. If they acquire Votto in a trade as has been rumored, that time might even be next season.

PUT UP OR SHUT UP. IT'S TIME TO DOUBLE UP. HERE TO TAKE EVERYBODY MONEY

Yeah I'd wait but if he's ready....I dunno.



And good lord I didn't know Alberts average season was that good.

I would love, love, love for them to get Votto the hell out of the central.

I just don't understand why Cincy would be willing to move Votto at this point. I know Yonder Alonso is a pretty damned good hitter, but if I'm shopping Votto, I need a number of premium players to get back.

Alonso, at this point is no Votto though. If the Jays could get away without giving up much I would do it in a hb.

Jocketty would be an idiot to deal Votto.

6 mother ****ing outs! Make it fast!

Don't see it happening.

Albert called time to get Fielder more applause. Class move.

Now, strike this mother****er out.

That's kinda what I was thinking.

Well Drabek has become a bit of a question mark after his awful 2011. Morrow (fantastic peripherals and stuff, 20 cent head) and Henderson Alvarez (throws 95 consistently, heavy sinker stuff) are both quite good and in the majors now, though. They have a few guys coming up in the high minors that project to be at least as good as Shaun Marcum (Drew Hutchinson, Nestor Molina). There's a huge amount of pitching depth in the low minors, too, which could be used in trades. It's really amazing how far the system has come since JP left.

If the Jays plan to win in 2012, though, they'll need another top level starter along with Romero. There's been talk that Anthopoulos will go after Darvish (he was in Japan scouting him), but giving that guy Dice-K money scares the crap out of me. I suppose anything is better than the mega rich media corporation that owns the team not spending at all, though.

The more the guy does, hitting and personality wise the more I want him to be a Cardinal til he retires. He really is a class act and can hit a baseball a ton.

Barring the Cubs grabbing him, I'll be damned glad to have that dude out of the division.

Props to Fielder for giving Stl home field in the WS. LMAO.

Seems crazy to me, too. Votto's going to free agency after 2013, but you might as well try to win with him in 2012. It's not like the NL Central isn't right there for the taking each year.

There are some bad GMs in this league and Anthopoulos has taken advantage of a few of them so far, so I wouldn't put it past him to do it again. I'd probably give any player in the Jays organization for Votto outside of Bautista, Lawrie, Escobar, and Romero.

Easy, boys. Let's hold off on the talk until it's official. Karma's a mother****er sometimes.

Somebody will ****ing murder Mozeliak if Pujols is allowed to walk.

Yeah and if the Reds trade Votto, we are in good shape in the central.

I totally forgot about Morrow. He has 2-3 ungodly starts a year, but I almost wonder if he'd be better off closing like he did as a rookie in Seattle when he was lights out.

Yes, Drabek seems unable to throw strikes, and that has to be troubling.

The NL central has proven to be a pretty tough division each year. It's no Al east but it's pretty good year in year out.

Don't worry, he won't be due for someone to exorbitantly overpay for him for a few years, so Theo's out.

Holy shit this is happening.

Now we just gotta get out Mickey Mantle and we are 3 outs away.

Actually, it really hasn't been that great of a division. But the last 3 NL MVPs have come from there, and the teams tend to make some noise in the playoffs.

Game over. Owe you an apology.

We are not the Cubs!ROFL

SOMEONE PLEASE GOD MAKE A GIF OF THAT CRYING BREWERS FAN

ROFL At the dumb bitch crying in the front row.

ROFL

Thats what I meant really. The Cardinals dominated the division early in the 2000's and sorta sputtered late. But if they bring back Pujols and Waino is healthy, with the SP we potentially have coming up we are set up pretty good.

If Freese can stay healthy I think he has shown what he could do over the whole year as well.

Lynn SLAMS THE ****IN' DOOR. NO MORE!!

Holy ****, boys.

Three more outs and you can all take turns titty ****ing Front Row Amy.

I saw here first damn it.

I have not seen this woman yet.

Milwaukee BooHoo'ers.

Meanwhile, the "Cryin' Birds" are three outs away from you-know-where.

If anyone would have asked a month and a half ago, "The Cardinals will beat the Brewers in the NLCS to go to the WS" I would have laughed in their face.


And that Southern Comfort and Tobasco stuff sounds awful.

This has been one fun ride! :thumb:

There may be no more frustrating pitcher in baseball. He can just dominate the best lineups in the game seemingly at will, but has some of the worst blowups I've ever seen. As for closing, that's what some have been saying, but if Morrow ever gets his shit together mentally (and his #'s in line with his peripherals), you'll have a possible elite starter. Heck, he had a 3.64 FIP/3.53 xFIP this season. That's too valuable to waste on relieving, at least at this point.

His problems seem mental to me, too. His value has taken a huge hit...and you can't really trade him now. Just have to hope he bounces back in the spring.

As much as I hate the gutless Zack Greinke, trading Drabek + others for him last season looks like it would have been the right call.

Google is your friend, as are your eyeballs.

Yellow tank top in the front row behind left hander's batter's box.

Not bad for a 43 year old. Drives over an hour by herself to every game.

These.

Been a blast.

Hamas:

90 losses to NL Champs?

Damn. That chick has some rockin' implants, but is nearing a Michael Jackson nose from all the rhinoplasty.

Hamas:

90 losses to NL Champs?

Just above the mlb emblem.

Seems like she is keeping a book as well.

As Chiefs/Cardinals fans, we've been on the other side of this, and it sucks dick. I think getting blasted by a wild card division rival is the worst loss you can endure, especially if it happens in your house.

This isn't New York, it's Milwaukee. Some of the Brewers players may be gigantic douches, but I feel bad for their fans.

I hadn't thought about the fact that we will be able to get Craig and Berkmann in the lineup.

Yep.

That was DJ. Not Hamas.

In the East, you generally have to win 95 games to make the playoffs. That wasn't the case this season due to the epic Sox choke, but normally, that's what you need. It doesn't take nearly as much in the Central normally, which makes me question why the Reds would trade him at all (and they likely won't). Still, if he's going anywhere, I think it will be to his hometown in Toronto. The Jays have a hole there and would love another Canadian to fill the infield.

The fact that their players are that big of douchbags takes it away for me. **** milwaukee.

That's why I'm Googling some Cougar in the front row.

FTR, I think I said they very well could lose 90 games. I think I expected them to win 77-85 or something. Way off.

I felt that way until their fans went full-asshole when TLR had shingles.

LMAO

I posted earlier that the NL having HFA will help.
Rangers lose a bat in Stl and we gain one.

Yeah **** them. They can all suck a big one.