I think he was trying to hold back the tears.

**** the haters

I agree...

Agreed, It's gonna be even worse if they miss the playoffs next year.

it just makes no freaking sense to anyone outside of their organization. Its just mind boggling.

Good come back by the Cards though, was fun to watch.

or if he blows his arm early next year.

I don't have the words anymore...incredible!

Yeah, I think I'll stay up all night!

Seriously - to any Chiefs fans that aren't Cardinals fans, you really should give it a try.

This is the franchise that fuels me through November and December when I know the Chiefs, Blues and Tigers are well on their way to ripping my heart out.

When everything falls to shit, I know that by God, I'll get an effort out of my Redbirds.

It doesn't make sense to the players in the organization either. That's another thing. The kid has to deal with this his whole career until they win. He wanted to pitch, but fair or not, he will hold the pressure on his shoulders(oh no) to justify this move. Atleast make him the 7th inning guy or something. Wow.

Imagine he is on the roster. You bring him in during that 9th inning rally. Who knows what happens.

That's the one good thing about the NHL lockout.

The Blues can't break my heart this spring.

Don't ever ****ing talk that way to me again. I am a human being, Goddamnit.

There was a 96.5% chance they would lose after Craig K'd. Baseball is crazy, the Cardinals are crazy.

Pretty cool move by Carp in the clubhouse.

Oh, BTW, congrats again, guys. Must be nice.

Don't hate, appreciate.

Washington was one pitch away from winning like 10 times in that inning. So ridiculous.

yeah, not even in relief, i was gonna post that. Its just stupid. i just dont see how they can justify that. When you get into the post season and have a chance at winning it all you go all in.

If he's gonna get hurt, its gonna happen regardless, they didnt over use him.

Now they know what the former team from DC felt like last fall.

I thought the Strasburg thing was a bad idea from the beginning... but I think people are just going to pile on now, I'm not sure it would've made a difference here. Odds are he would've just as well been starting tonight. Unless he went 9 innings he's not going to stop the Cardinals leprechaun of doom.

Get in on a new playoff format
Win game in new playoff format due to "Infield fly" rule
Face team with the best record in MLB who benched their best pitcher.


Enjoy the run. I'm really hating being a Royals fan right now.

Yeah...that's the thing. Every pitcher has a limited shelf life, you don't know how long any of them will last, especially an arm like Strasburg. Why not take advantage of his health when you can...when you're actually in the playoffs? It was a bad move.

Agreed. Its baseball. You can't promise yourself you are going to get chances with teams like this every year. I don't know how the players didn't riot when they officially shut him down. All 24 men should have busted the GM's door down.

Who says they won on the infield fly rule? That's like saying the Royals won the '85 WS because of the Denkinger call(they didn't win on that).

sorry pal but 6-0 in win or go home games, down to your last strike or you go home many times is not luck. They are some mentally tough SOB's.

I don't even have the words for this.

Let's not open that can of worms...

Hey Nationals, thanks for taking the focus off of our choke job.

Sincerely,

The Cincinnati Reds

Even after last years experience, I was resigned to a loss. I think all of cardinal nation was resigned to a loss.

We should know better. Until that 27th out and that fat lady is singing is it really over with this team.

Delcasco and Kozmo? wudathunkit:thumb:

LOL

I fell asleep right after the Gio inning where he walked in 2 runs...

Wish teams were as afraid of eliminating the Cubs as they are the Cards.

2011 - the epic collapse of the Braves, Phillies, and Rangers...

2012 - Nationals, and... who's next?

I don't have a clue what to say except holy shit! This team is the anti Chiefs. They keep showing up in the clutch. That's why they have 11 Championships.

It just occured to me that while I love the Chiefs more than anything I own 10x more Cardinal gear. Winners win.

****ing crazy!

And our new pitcher out of Lees Summit Mo was drafted in the 21st round, Another royals draft pick miss?:p

LMAO

you forgot the Braves in 2012. Their pitcher hadn't lost in 23 games. .98 ERA. And he was on early.

Other teams have to be afraid of the cardinals now. These guys are never going to give up. They start scoring a run or two, its got to be in their head...oh shit here they come.

bitter,party of one ....

Love me some CARDINALS

I'm still shocked that Johnson didn't just walk Kozma and force the Cardinals' hand.

Stupid of Baird to pass on Pujols that many times.

Wow brain fart

I agreedthought the same thing. Get Lynn in the game again in case they tie that game.

seriously, can't sleep. I mean, carried to victory by Beltran (expected), Descalso & Kozma? I take back the time I cursed at my TV when Kozma was drafted in the 1st round.

Biggest comeback in MLB playoff history. :thumb:

Beltran got on base five times today. Just such a good hitter. I still don't get why he didn't get more than 2 years/26M last offseason.

It would be hilarious if Washington never makes it back to the postseason with this team. At least they saved, at most, 18 innings of wear and tear of their best pitcher.

Injury concerns. He was never as effective for the Mets as he should have been because he was constantly hurt.

He was playing hurt for a couple seasons after he got the big contract in New York. He did almost nothing in SF last year after being traded there. The Cards bought low on Beltran.

His knees. No one thought he would play 100 games and was in danger of blowing out a knee and you would get nothing in production out of him. It was a big gamble.

Serves them right. A total BS move.

Yup. I figured they were shutting him down to make sure he was there in the playoffs. Silly me.

Washington Nationals.... wow, are you guys dumb.

I can understand and appreciate not wanting to overtax a young pitcher's arm, but if its game 5 of the NLDS, you've gotta throw him out there. Congrats cardinals, I guess, you guys are lucky that the Nats are idiots.

From your cubs site:

"If the engines on the Cardinals plane went out on their way to San Francisco for the ALCS one of their [expletive] payers would probably hop out onto the wings and manually restart the engines and safe the [expletive] day. I [expletive] hate them."

"To recap the last calendar year plus for the cardinals:

-get into playoffs after braves suffer one of the greatest collapses in history.
-beat heavily favored phillies, whose bats completely fall asleep.
-win world series over favored rangers after rangers blow a pair of two-run leads in game six. top performers include people named allen craig and david freese.
-make the playoffs in 2012 as a team that wouldn't have made the playoffs in any other year since major league baseball began.
-win "play-in" game after a disputed call and horrendous defense by the opposing team.
-win game five of NLDS after very good opposing starter struggles to hold lead, very good opposing bullpen melts down, and people named daniel descalso and peter kozma overcome a two-run deficit in the ninth inning. "

Meh. I don't even care about the 1 game playoff win... I don't agree with that format at all, anything can happen in 1 game and this isn't football where people are beating the shit out of each other so wtf is there a 1 game playoffs series. But it's not like you can guarantee the Cards don't win the game anyways.

What use would the Royals have for a guy that throws 100 mph with an 82 mph snapdragon slider and a 78 mph change?

(Seriously, Trevor Rosenthal makes me rock hard - that kid has the filthiest stuff in the system. According to the PD, he's gonna train with Carp this off-season. If you give Trevor 1/2 the rage/drive of Carp, he'd never freakin' lose)

He had a 159 OPS+ last year with the Giants, I think its just a case for old guys with bad knees are apparently the current FA arbitrage.

Cubs tears always taste delicious.

He's going to spend the off season working out with Carp in St. Louis.

Beltran was fantastic for the Giants last season. He had a .323/.369/.551 line for them to add to the .289/.391/.513 line that he had for the Mets prior to that. 2 years/26M was an incredible bargain for a hitter of his caliber despite the injury concerns.

Whu?

Carlos Beltran raked in SF last year.

Your point stands - it was injuries (notably his knees). But he was a damn fine hitter with SF last season.

I...uh...think I said that in the post you quoted.

But hey - AWESOME!

Sorry dude, I'm getting wood thinking of that kid's natural talent getting an infusion of Carp's mental toughness?:thumb:

If he goes all "Carp mad! Carp Smash!" with 100 mph gas, he might just kill someone out there...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...6ZC2_bj0iG1b5A

By someone, you mean the hearts and souls of America.

Pretty much, yeah.

Not only had Medlen not recieved a loss in those 23 games, the Braves hadn't lost any of them.

Well, biggest in an elimination game. Epic all the same.

Tweet from Chipper Jones after the Harper home run:

Gio is lookin good. Rootin for my huntin buddy, Rochy and the Nats! Big first inning could be enough. And the kid just went deep! Ball game!
Didn't see a qualifier on the MLB network that said biggest comeback evah

I couldn't find the actual stat. TBS, Yahoo, and a few others kept using that as a qualifier. I guess I don't know for sure.

DO you know if he got that surgery that Kobe and Arod did? i Know KObe said if he didnt get the treatment he wouldnt be playing anymore and he was considering retiring until that blood spinning thing helped him out.


Anyways, **** the Giants, im going for the Cards to go all. Giants for me are like the Raiders to a Chiefs fan. Imma Dodger fan.

So... That happened, right?

The highlights at 6am et match the highlights from 1 am, so f**k yeah, it happened! :thumb:

No, it wasn't a dream.

I think this may be sweeter for us Chief/Cardinal fans than any other group of cardinal fans. We have to see our beloved Chiefs underperform each week. Displeased with the direction of the team. Our Cardinals overperform their talent level. Our future is bright. The young quality pitching that we are amassing is going to gaurantee that there is no window to win. This window of opportunity is going to stay open.
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Nothing soothes the burn of a shitty start to the Chief's season like a little Cardinal's baseball in October!

This is going to be hell on L.A.Chieffan. :D

What a chokejob by the Nats. Wow, bet yeah they wish they had Stras in the pen for that one.

Storen looked like he "pulled an Izzy" and pitched around Molina and Freese putting the tying run in scoring position. Dumbass.

If we would have lost, he would have been here gloating even though his team is watching us on TV.LMAO

I don't know, you are playing to get one more out. Who is more likely to get that out, Molina, Freese or Delcaso?

:thumb::thumb:

NEVER put the tying run on base much less scoring position, it's dumb. The odds of any slapdick hitting a single are too great...unless you are going up against a heavily armored, roided Barry Bonds or something.

I came home from work and it was 6-0. Didn't even figure it was worth watching so I watched a movie with the Mrs. When the movie was over I checked ESPN and was stunned. I went up to my wife all crestfallen saying that the Cardinals had fallen behind 6-0 in the elimination game. The I perked up and told her they won 9-7.