"Official" 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Thread

[BigRedChief]

This is so unreal. We were dead. No hope. A season over. Somehow, someway we find some team chemistry and squeak into the playoffs on the last day of the season.

Only to find us facing one of the best pitching staffs assembled in years with home field advantage. We somehow, someway find a way to beat the best pitcher in baseball on the road in an elimination game.

We have to go on the road and beat the team with the best home record in baseball. A team who mortgaged their future to make this run .We somehow, someway find a way to beat them on the road and make our 18th World series trip.

We take game 1, we give away game 2 and home field advantage. Albert goes off for probably the best performance in World Series history and we take game 3 easily. Games 4 & 5 our bats fall asleep, Phone gate happens and its not looking too good.

Game 6, one of the best baseball games of all time and it takes place in a season ending go home game. Cardinals are down 2 runs in their final chance on the season, twice. They are down to their final strike of the season, twice. They give up a 2 run homer in extra innings. In the bottom of the inning their final 3 batters are a combined 3-26 in the Playoffs and a pitcher because the bench is empty. Somehow, someway they get some runners on and the comeback player of the year drives in the tying run. Mr. Freese hits the walk off home run. We will see you tommorrow night.

Game 7, With our bulldog on the mound pitching on 3 days rest he is able to give us 6 good innings and get us to within 9 outs of our 11 World series title. Texas meltsdown, probably left over from last nights game and its over.

The underdog, come back team who had no business even being in the playoffs wins a World championship. They make movies about events like this in life. Events that you remember even if your not a fan of the sport or team for the rest of your life.

When it is your team.......Priceless


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[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

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.

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.

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

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.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I have not seen this woman yet.

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.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by O.city

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.

These.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

This has been one fun ride!

Been a blast.

[Rams Fan]

Hamas:

90 losses to NL Champs?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

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

[Rams Fan]

Hamas:

90 losses to NL Champs?

[O.city]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

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.

Just above the mlb emblem.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

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.

Seems like she is keeping a book as well.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi

At the dumb bitch crying in the front row.

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.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Been a blast.

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

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

Seems like she is keeping a book as well.

Yep.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

Hamas:

90 losses to NL Champs?

That was DJ. Not Hamas.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by O.city

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.

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.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by frazod

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.

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