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***OFFICIAL*** 2013 STL Cardinals Thread

From Bernie's column:

People have asked me why we’re not more emotional,” Matheny said in his office after Sunday’s game. “They say that we look subdued, always intense. That our actions are methodical, robotic at times. That’s what got us here. This isn’t the time to change it.”

It’s hard to argue with the manager’s assessment. The Cardinals finished with 97 victories, most by a Cards team since 2005, and tied with Boston for No. 1 in the majors this year.


Their 54-27 showing at Busch Stadium matches the 1985 team for the best single-season home winning percentage (.667) by the Cardinals since 1944.

A postseason theme has emerged, and it echoes the mantra that surfaced before the start of 2013: remember the fall of 2012. Remember falling to San Francisco in the NLCS.


The Cardinals’ veterans still haven’t forgotten. They still aren’t over it. It’s why Matheny resists GM John Mozeliak’s urgings to smile and put on a happier face.


Here's the most impressive aspect of the Cardinals' division championship: they prevailed over two other outstanding teams, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.



The 97-win Cardinals were better this year (regular season) than they were in 2011, when they won 90 games, and 2012, when they won 88.
Here are a few numbers that help put the Cardinals' Central title and No. 1 NL seed in perspective:



* Since MLB switched to a three-division format in each league in 1994, this was only the sixth time that a division had three 90-plus win teams. St. Louis won 97, Pittsburgh 94, and Cincinnati 90.
* Since the format change, this was only the second time that an NL division had three 90-win teams. In 2002 the NL West had Arizona (98 wins), San Francisco (95) and Los Angeles (92).
* The 2013 Cardinals faced more esteemed and difficult competition at the top of the division than any of the division-winning teams managed by Tony La Russa.

The Pirates were hardly pushovers; the Cardinals had to work like mad and kick in with a strong finish to put the division away, and didn't clinch until Game No. 160.



The Cardinals went 9-10 against Pittsburgh this season and were 11-8 vs. Cincinnati.


The Cardinals won only three of 10 games at PNC Park in Pittsburgh and split the 10 games at Cincinnati. The Cardinals were 6-3 against both teams at Busch Stadium.


The Cardinals (1st), Pirates (3rd) and Reds (5th) ranked among the top five in wins in the NL. The three teams were among the top 11 in wins in MLB. All three teams finished in the top five in the majors for best overall ERA, and each were in the top five MLB for best starting-pitching ERA.


The original purpose to this piece was to point out that the Cardinals managed to finish with the league's best record while competing in a division that had three 90-win teams for only the second time in the last 19 years of National League baseball.



The Cardinals really earned this.
Thanks for reading ...
— Bernie

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Old 07-11-2013, 07:15 PM   #2641
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Old 07-11-2013, 07:21 PM   #2642
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Holliday's likely done for a while.


Whats going on with Taveras?
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Old 07-11-2013, 07:23 PM   #2643
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Holliday's likely done for a while.


Whats going on with Taveras?
Dude was finally starting to warm up and then boom.

Adams will get more time now. He is a better defensive 1st baseman than Craig so that may help.

Taveras is nursing his vagina.
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Old 07-11-2013, 07:24 PM   #2644
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Maybe it was just a cramp, but it looked as if someone shot him in the back of the leg with a shotgun, so I'm not very hopeful.


Although, had he not just rolled over a hanger to the shortstop, it probably wouldn't have mattered.
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Old 07-11-2013, 07:28 PM   #2645
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Someone please tell Freese to stop trying to pull everything.
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Old 07-11-2013, 07:29 PM   #2646
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Sounds like a hammy pull for Holliday.

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Old 07-11-2013, 07:31 PM   #2647
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Just sit Holliday til after the break anyway.

Jesus, another one of those nights. Everything we hit hard is right at someone.
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Old 07-11-2013, 07:34 PM   #2648
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I wonder how the organization really feels about C. Carpenters return? Hopeful I guess, but man, we need another starter.


I guess I wouldn't be too upset if they made a move for a top end guy like Cliff Lee, but man, thats gonna cost some prospect.s
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Someone please tell Freese to stop trying to pull everything.
Thats what he does when he is a slump. When he is right, its hard hits to right.
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Old 07-11-2013, 07:42 PM   #2650
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I'm sure that Mozeliak is treating every pitch from Carpenter as a bonus, because that's exactly what it is.

As long as we don't depend on him, things will be fine.

As far as Lee is concerned, there is no ****ing way the Cardinals should go after him. Dude is making 27 million per the next few years.

Shelby's not going to be nails all year. Lynn has always been a 3/4, and Westbrook's job is just to eat innings.

Hopefully Martinez and Wacha are ready to inject some life into the rotation by mid-late August.
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Damn, I just looked at our starting numbers. Outside of Waino, we've been shit for a while.
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I've not heard he is a wimp? You hearing something along those lines?
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It's a high ankle sprain. That shit doesn't just go away. Get off Taveras.
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Lee does make a shit ton of money, but he's probably worth it. Still, I don't see that as being an option in STL.
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Old 07-11-2013, 07:47 PM   #2655
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Bullshit he's worth that. That's more than 1/4 of the Cardinals' payroll.
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