FWIW, the 2007 Cardinals' offense was a crime against humanity.

And this isn't?

That would be the game.

It is almost 2/3 of a run worse, now that I look at it.

Which is amazing, given that our second most productive hitter in 2007 was Duncan, and we had to rely on callups of Ludwick and Ankiel to provide any pop.

AND ****...

And there's the winning run.

**** these idiots. I'm going to bed. 4321

What a shitload of ****.

What a dumb mother****er.

If the left fielder didn't save his ass, that's inside the park.

It is just getting brutal. Every single starting player outside of Freese is under performing at the plate. Many quite badly based on a decent to good history.

Tie Game

BASE-COCK****ING-HIT!!

**** YOU, BUCK!! MOTHER**** YOU!!!

****ing Durango. This is his first day up too.

What is this 2 out bullshit you guys are pulling?

I don't know, but I'll ****ing take it.

Maybe it was frazod?

Nice Lopez!

Bell just broke his dick off in Stavinoha.

Well, we have last ups, so hopefully we'll get this. I think Albert is up first next inning.

Bell does that. At least with 27 pitches he is done.

Hasn't been doing much damage lately but he is due to snap out of it and start crushing ball again. This would be a good time.

Holy ****, Motte. Just throw that same pitch 5 more times.

This Durango kid cant hit.

That sorry sonofabitch didn't have a chance.

Awesome.

Man you guys are lucky that our dumbass manager didn't bring in a defensive replacement like he should have in the 9th.

Eckstein can't hit the 98 mph fastball.

I love those Jack Links commercials, but I'd prefer it if we saw Sasquatch actually kill the people ****ing with him.

The Padres have a knack for 16+ inning games, just FYI.

Good God.

I could have done that.

Now they bring in the defensive replacement.

I'll be happy if no team I root for ever signs a guy named Matt to a big money contract.

Shitiful.

To be fair, these are the two best pitching staffs in the league. Also two of the lower hitting teams. Not sure what you expected.

Couple that with the largest strike zone I've ever seen in a game.

Here's the difference:

Ludwick is a 30+ HR guy
Pujols is a 40+ HR guy and the best hitter in baseball
Holliday should be a 30 HR, .320 guy
Rasmus is probably going to hit .280 with 20-25 bombs this year.

This should be the best offense in the NL behind the Phillies

Yeah, but you can rule out the homer in SD.

True, but those ****ers+Freese+Yadi+Lopez should be able to string together some hits and find the gaps.

I agree.

This is the most inconsistent strike zone I've seen in a while.

I think that idiot ump has now tightened up his strike zone.

****

5 tools.

Jesus. Good Game Cards fans

I'm gonna ****ing kill myself.

Oh man I just yelled so loud.

Probably remembered it was the park that produced the 22 inning 2-1 game and it would never end with a huge zone.

11th inning. 1st and 3rd no one out and you get diddly? How can that even happen?

Holy Shit, this place is ****ing Yellowstone.

ROFL

The Padres have had the runner on third 6 times and not scored once.

That umpire is now not even calling strikes in the zone.

That one was Petco'd.

That ball was ****ing piss pounded :cuss:

Wow the Strike Zone just grew by 50%

Denorfia’s scramble
from The Hardball Times by Harry Pavlidis

Unless you were up late watching the Padres and the Cardinals Wednesday night, you probably missed a heads-up piece of baserunning. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Padres asked Will Venable to attempt a sacrifice bunt. He was to move Chris Denorfia (the potential winning run) into scoring position.

He failed. Sort of. It was an ugly bunt, popped-up foul towards the third base dugout. David Freese and Yadier Molina managed to avoid each other, with Freese making the catching before coming to a stumbling stop against the backstop. Meanwhile, Denorfia managed something new to me—he tagged-up and went to second on the play.

It’s be done before. Sort of. Three times I can find in the Gameday era, none in the Major Leagues. In each case, the batter was retired by the catcher, not the third baseman. Close enough.

Thanks to MLBAM, we know Venable and Denorfia join:

2009-04-11
Augusta @ Savannah (Single-A South Atlantic League)
bottom 11, no outs
Jean Luc Blaquiere bunt pops out to catcher Johnny Monell in foul territory. Sean Ratliff to 2nd.

2008-08-30
Peoria @ Kane County (Single-A Midwest League)
top 8, no outs
Nate Samson bunt pops out to catcher Petey Paramore in foul territory. Elvis Lara to 2nd.

2006-09-02
Cedar Rapids @ Kane County
top 8, one out
Bradley Coon bunt pops out to catcher Anthony Recker in foul territory. Josh Davies to 2nd.

If I've ever saw a worse umpire than this guy I sure can't remember it.

Eric Gregg, Game 5, 1997 NLCS.

He was giving Livan Hernandez 2 1/2 feet on the outside corner. It was unreal.

God ****.

To add to this shitfest apparently Lohse's injury was legitimate his last start.

From cbssportsline.com

Boggs is a ****ing arsonist, so who knows how long this will last.

Great play by Boog.

He probably got it from beating off to the salary figures in his unearned contract.

Awesome.

****ing Jerry Hairston again??

JFC.

As I said, Boggs is a ****ing arsonist.

God, I hate this team right now.

Do you happen to know the starting matchup for tomorrow?

PJ Walters vs. Cy Young

Wonder if we see him in the rotation soon? Not like Lohse is a big lose or anything but both Boggs and Walters as starters does not exactly make me happy.

ROFL

Looks like Wade LeBlanc.

Hes doing pretty good this season. Good luck tomorrow.

I know Pujols is strong, but he doesn't have Jerry Hairston Power!

ROFL

Ottavino.

Just another Koufax/Gibson matchup.

Nah, Petco doesn't create shit baseball at all...

One run in 18 innings of baseball...some one wake me up when this nightmare is over.

It takes 2 pitches to know if Motte is going to mow down the side.

If his first pitch is a fastball around 98 thrown for a strike, that's a very good sign.

If his second pitch is a fastball around 98 thrown for a strike, then you can probably just change the channel and come back for the next half-inning because Motte's about to own some bitches.

It's when he goes out there tentatively and guides his fastball that he gets hit. It straightens out (even more) and comes in around 93 and with way too much plate. Then he gets panicky and throws his sorta cutter thing that comes in at around 89...which will also get too much plate. Then he really freaks out and leans on his 82 mph slurvy thing, which will also get bombed.

If he's throwing his heat right, his offspeed stuff will also work because he has faith in it. At that point, lights out.

But last night he could've been bad Motte and still gotten away with it in the park where line drives go to die.

Holy shit - Brendan Ryan :eek: just hit a home run in that canyon! :eek:

And Albert goes deep as well!

Much, much better. :thumb:

Upper deck shot too. He's looked a lot better the last couple of games.

Hawksworth had a 97 mph fastball? Is that radar gun reading real?

BTW, congratulations on your new job/move. :thumb:

Oh ****, Boggs. :facepalm:

Too bad Buck didn't go to the first two games. He seems to be good luck for us. :evil:

:LOL:

We need Ryan to hit .275 and keep his job so we can keep his defense on the field. That play to end the game is a good example of the value of keeping him on the field.

Bring on the Cubbies!

Five run first inning - Cubs starter didn't get a single out. :rockon:

I've been watching this game. Wells had great command of the middle of the plate in the first inning. :doh!:

Yeah, that's kinda what I'm talking about with Motte.

When his first two pitches were about 113 mph and on the black, I was pretty sure the 8th inning was over even with 2 men on and nobody out.

Dude's absolutely nails when he's on.