Cardinals "Official" 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Thread - Page 476

**BigRedChief** · 02:10 PM

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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jd1020 · 10-24-2011, 09:13 PM

I don't know if the Cards can win 2 games back to back in Stl.

KC_Connection · 10-24-2011, 09:13 PM

Mike Napoli's career OPS vs. LHP: .955

Not surprising in the least.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 10-24-2011, 09:14 PM

I really, really really hate sports sometimes.

Chiefaholic · 10-24-2011, 09:15 PM

The Cardiac Cards strike again

'Hamas' Jenkins · 10-24-2011, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jd1020

I don't know if the Cards can win 2 games back to back in Stl.

We aren't winning another ****ing game. This team is absolutely ****ing done.

**BigRedChief** · 10-24-2011, 09:15 PM

1-12 with RISP in a close game will get you beat every time.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 10-24-2011, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

1-12 with RISP in a close game will get you beat every time.

So will pinch bunting and intentionally taking the bat out of the hands of the best right handed hitter in the history of the game.

kcpasco · 10-24-2011, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

There has never been anything more predictable in the history of sports than this outcome.

**** this shit.

Well the Rangers did what the Cardinals couldn't do all night.

1-12 with runners in scoring position.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 10-24-2011, 09:18 PM

I said it an hour ago, but it bears repeating again:

Level III: The Guillotine
Definition: This one combines the devastation of the Broken Axle game with sweeping bitterness and hostility ... your team's hanging tough (hell, they might even be winning), but you can feel the inevitable breakdown coming, and you keep waiting for the guillotine to drop, and you just know it's coming -- you know it -- and when it finally comes, you're angry that it happened and you're angry at yourself for contributing to the debilitating karma ... these are the games when people end up whipping their remote controls against a wall or breaking their hands while pounding a coffee table ... too many of these and you'll end up in prison.

KC_Connection · 10-24-2011, 09:18 PM

TLR should have let Dotel face Cruz, then brought Rzep in for Murphy. Odds would have been better that way + no Napoli.

Maybe Wash batting Napoli 8th fooled him.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 10-24-2011, 09:19 PM

Just a horribly, horribly managed and executed game.

Oh this makes a ton of ****ing sense. Now you're putting Kinsler's BA against Andrus' OBP. Dumbass.

jd1020 · 10-24-2011, 09:20 PM

wtf?

Bring in a pitcher for an intentional walk?

'Hamas' Jenkins · 10-24-2011, 09:20 PM

What the ****? WHAT THE ****ING ****??

KC_Connection · 10-24-2011, 09:21 PM

TLR is a sneaky bastard. Have never seen something like that.

tk13 · 10-24-2011, 09:21 PM

Did you really just put in a pitcher for an intentional walk? I is confused.

01-06-2011, 09:41 PM
BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water Casino cash: $-831038 VARSITY	"Official" 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Thread 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 . Attached Thumbnails Last edited by BigRedChief; 10-29-2011 at 02:10 PM..
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10-24-2011, 09:14 PM	#7128
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BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water Casino cash: $-831038 VARSITY	1-12 with RISP in a close game will get you beat every time. __________________ Mahomes is not a game manager. Release the Kraken.
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10-24-2011, 09:18 PM	#7134
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7129572	I said it an hour ago, but it bears repeating again: Level III: The Guillotine Definition: This one combines the devastation of the Broken Axle game with sweeping bitterness and hostility ... your team's hanging tough (hell, they might even be winning), but you can feel the inevitable breakdown coming, and you keep waiting for the guillotine to drop, and you just know it's coming -- you know it -- and when it finally comes, you're angry that it happened and you're angry at yourself for contributing to the debilitating karma ... these are the games when people end up whipping their remote controls against a wall or breaking their hands while pounding a coffee table ... too many of these and you'll end up in prison. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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KC_Connection Perpetual Mediocrity Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $1482783	TLR should have let Dotel face Cruz, then brought Rzep in for Murphy. Odds would have been better that way + no Napoli. Maybe Wash batting Napoli 8th fooled him.
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10-24-2011, 09:19 PM	#7136
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7129572	Just a horribly, horribly managed and executed game. Oh this makes a ton of ****ing sense. Now you're putting Kinsler's BA against Andrus' OBP. Dumbass. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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10-24-2011, 09:20 PM	#7137
jd1020 In Search of a Life Join Date: Nov 2010 Casino cash: $6892645	wtf? Bring in a pitcher for an intentional walk?
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10-24-2011, 09:20 PM	#7138
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7129572	What the **? WHAT THE ING **?? __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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10-24-2011, 09:21 PM	#7139
KC_Connection Perpetual Mediocrity Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $1482783	TLR is a sneaky bastard. Have never seen something like that.
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10-24-2011, 09:21 PM	#7140
tk13 ... Join Date: Nov 2001 Casino cash: $-1937500	Did you really just put in a pitcher for an intentional walk? I is confused.
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