***Official 2015 STL Cardinals Thread II***

[BigRedChief]

2011 World Series Championship
2012 NLCS. One win from another WS appearance.
2013 World Series. Two wins from another World Series Championship
2014 NLCS. Three wins from another WS appearance
2015 Clinched Central Division title and Home Field advantage in the playoffs. First team in MLB to win 100 games since 2011.

• Made the postseason 11 times in the last 15 seasons.
• Only 1 losing season since 2000.
• Reached the World Series 4 times since 2004 and won as many championships (two) the past eight seasons as it did from 1965 to 2005.
• Made the NLCS 9 times including the last 4 years 2011-2014
• Three million attendance? Take it to the bank.
• 65 post season wins since 2004. 22+ wins more than any other team.

[kcpasco]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I love sabermetrics, but there are things they cannot account for, like Lynn and Garcia being ****ing cowards who will always fold when we need them most.

They're human beings, not baseball robots plugged into an Excel sheet.

Garcia I agree with but Lynn just looks worn down to me. Like Wacha he has no command of his fastball right now.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by kcpasco

Garcia I agree with but Lynn just looks worn down to me. Like Wacha he has no command of his fastball right now.

Frazod's line about Lynn still rings mostly true: he turns into a pumpkin at the stroke of July.

[kcpasco]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Frazod's line about Lynn still rings mostly true: he turns into a pumpkin at the stroke of July.

Is he a coward or just cant hold up an entire season? Nothing about Lynn says pitching scared to me. He actually seems to pick it up when he is in a jam.