"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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[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

This is such a horrible trade:

CARDINALS RECEIVE:

Edwin Jackson

Marc Rzepczinski (apprently also known as "Scrabble")

Octavio Dotel

Corey Patterson

BLUE JAYS RECEIVE:

Colby Rasmus

Trever Miller

Brian Tallet

P.J. Walters

[Rams Fan]

I like this trade for the short term, if they get any good PTBNL and he's decent, could be decent trade.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

Jim Tracy is with the Rockies, you mean Clint Hurdle.

Yes, yes I do.

You'll have to forgive me, my brain is simply a smoldering pile of hate and white-hot rage right now.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

I like this trade for the short term, if they get any good PTBNL and he's decent, could be decent trade.

You need to stop listening to that Pravda-style shit coming out of the Cardinals' FO.

You don't include good players as PTBNL. As DJ mentioned, PTBNL are always low A trash with about a 2% chance of being a below-average MLB player.

It will be some late round flyer that Mozeliak wanted that the Jays drafted instead, just like we did with that piece of ratshit PTBNL that was included in the Ludwick deal whose name was forgotten as soon it was announced.

Here's how it's going to go down:

Step 1) Denigrate the player
Step 2) Trade the player
Step 3) Denigrate the player more after he has left

They do this every time. If you marginalize what you deal away, it makes the shit you get in return look better. Unfortunately, PR-wizardry does nothing to make up for performance on the field. Jackson is a shit pitcher, he's always been a shit pitcher, and he'll always be a shit pitcher, regardless of whether or not he has a Weaverian six week run of luck.

[Rams Fan]

Colby's reaction to being traded: http://www.foxsportsmidwest.com/07/2...22&feedID=8745

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

You need to stop listening to that Pravda-style shit coming out of the Cardinals' FO.

You don't include good players as PTBNL. As DJ mentioned, PTBNL are always low A trash with about a 2% chance of being a below-average MLB player.

I'm not saying I like the trade.

Anyways, some PTBNL turn out to be decent. Coco Crisp, Michael Brantley, Ortiz etc.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Colby is a dumb sonofabitch, but he still managed a hell of a burn.

When the interviewer asked him about TLR, his response, "I hope he's happy."

I can't think of a more apropos thing to say.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Colby is a dumb sonofabitch, but he still managed a hell of a burn.

When the interviewer asked him about TLR, his response, "I hope he's happy."

I can't think of a more apropos thing to say.

Hey, did you know that there's football talk happening, you True Fan sonofabitch you?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

I'm not saying I like the trade.

Anyways, some PTBNL turn out to be decent. Coco Crisp, Michael Brantley, Ortiz etc.

That's the exception, not the rule. You can usually tell that PTBNL are filler based on the other players in the deal.

Ortiz went to Boston as a FA, so I'm not sure what you are referring to.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Hey, did you know that there's football talk happening, you True Fan sonofabitch you?

Hey, we can only handle one GM stepping on his dick at a time, k?

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Hey, we can only handle one GM stepping on his dick at a time, k?

this one seems t be doing it worse though

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Hey, we can only handle one GM stepping on his dick at a time, k?

Yeah, I can't even imagine how shitty it would be to be a Chiefs AND Cards fan.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

this one seems t be doing it worse though

Which is why he's over here.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Yeah, I can't even imagine how shitty it would be to be a Chiefs AND Cards fan.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Which is why he's over here.

makes sense