dude I'm just having a little fun. Thats why there are smilies in the post. :facepalm:

Just scored again. Damn me for jinxing them ROFL ROFL

Looks like Waino is going to pitch the 8th?

Might as well.

****ing Salas. We only have a 6 run lead.

Don't even get me started on that one who sucks the penis..... :#

Off topic, but would you put Molina as the best catcher in baseball? Gotta be top 5 at least.

Nobody I'd rather have on my team.

By far the best defensive catcher in the game.

Agreed

That's my opinion as well. I really like Weiters in Baltimore as well. He's not close defensively though.

MORE MORE MORE

There's a guy across the state that comes close

Pete Kozma you guys.

Everything's clicking. Salas pitches a 1-2-3 inning, Holliday makes a good catch in left field.

Saw him 2 years ago down in Springfield and thought he's never amount to anything. Now there is no way Furcal cock blocks him. He's going to have to get an equal oppertunity to start at SS in spring training.

Who would ever have thunk that.

It is starting to feel like some destiny shit is happening again. :clap:

Holy balls even Salas can't be touched

Now thats some karma.:p

I don't care if this is Bo Hart 2 The Electric Boogaloo if it gets us another WS, I'd love for it to be something sustained where he just was a late bloomer and whatever but I'll take him Bo Hart'ing us to a WS.

ROFL Just take the rep I gave earlier as credit for this post

We need to finish this tomorrow. I want no part of Cain and Vogelstrom on the road.

I don't care how big the lead is - keep this ****er on a short leash.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Get him out of there........ :grr:

Bo Hart ROFL yeah if he is just achieves that level thats more than anything I could have ever hoped for.

Flush this turd

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

If MM uses him in anything other than a blowout, I'll be pissed.

That'll do it. Enjoy the victory rep.

Yes. Victory rep all around :rockon:

And I sincerely hope not to play another game in San Francisco this year.

Okay so is it?
Lynn
Kelly (if needed before 5)
Rosenthal
Mujica
Boggs
Motte

Or does Shelby Miller get the call if Lynn fails early?

Congrats, Redbirds. Makin the midwest proud. Lookin' forward to a Cards vs Tigers WS.

I think that's more of a "when" than an "if". I sure hope Beltran's back in the line-up tomorrow.

MM needs to treat this game tomorrow as a game 7. Short leash Lynn.

I'd rank Molina 1, Posey 2, and Wieters 3 taking into account all offensive and defensive contributions.

Don't forget Mauer he lead the lead in OBP this year.

Man I love being a fan of this team.

Lynn vs. Zito....should be good for the Cards.

Wonder if we are picking up some bandwagoners?

My Cardinal fandom waned a little when Larussa left and with both local teams being in the playoffs, but I'm still a Cards fan.

Damn, so excited to be a fan of this team!

Says the guy with Royals shit in his sig. :rolleyes:

Dr. Johnny is next :fire:

Mauer isn't nearly as good defensively as those 3, but I'd probably rank him 4th anyway for the bat.

Step into the light, my son.

Don't you DARE imply that I'm a ****ing bandwagoner.

I decided to become a freaking Chiefs fan when I was younger because my dad (who is a Cards fanatic) is a Bears fan and tried raising me to be one.... I noticed that the same kids who I bickered with at school who were Cubs fans, were generally also Bears fans. Therefore I couldn't root for that team because I ****ing hated Cubs fans and still do. I randomly chose the Chiefs and have become die-hard about the Chiefs since. I wouldn't even be on a Chiefs message board today if it weren't for my love for the Cardinals and hatred for the Cubs. Hell, my first toy when I was a newborn was a Fredbird doll. I still have it propped on one of my shelves.

Never thought that I'd neg rep someone without being prompted by being neg repped first, especially to a Cards fan on a good night for the Cards.... This crossed the line. Up yours, dipshit.

So is it just me or is Matt Holliday actually playing some defense in left these days? I mean, like not deferring to Kozma on pop ups that are clearly his and otherwise not filling me entirely with dread on anything hit to left. You know, just mostly filled with dread but not entirely!

Eh, I've thought about the earlier rant a bit. I can see how the big red dude would think I was a bandwagoner...I haven't exactly been a huge contributor in this thread. And when I have contributed, it hasn't been much. I can see it. Another thing to add to my case, my fiancee and I have been together 4.5 years (off and on 10) and she was a huge Cubs fan before we started dating seriously. I told her that if she didn't preferably become a Cardinals fan, but at least ditch the Cubs, then we would for sure, have relationship problems. So she ditched the Cubs and is hardcore Cardinals now. I made her throw away her Cubs apparel....at first she was pissed about it, but now when she looks back, shes glad she did it because she hates the Cubs and has noticed the same idiocy in their fanbase that I have now that it has been pointed out to her and she is able to observe it from the opposing side. She is embarrassed to have rooted for the Cubs, even though it was to a pretty minimal/moderate extent. She likes the Cards more than she's ever liked the Cubs.

Anyways, I usually engage in my Cardinals talk with my friends, fiancee and dad. I don't really have the "Cardinals talk" void that needs to be filled, for there are plenty of knowledgeable fans to converse with about the Cardinals where I am from (Southeast Iowa where Cards fans and Cubs fans are split 50/50). However, my Chiefs-chat void is never filled, for there isn't very many Chiefs fans to converse with over here....mostly Bears, Packers, Vikings, Steelers, Cowboys fans. And to make things worse, the few Chiefs fans there are around my area are total dumbshits. Most don't see a problem with Cassel and stare at me with a blank face when I go on anti-Cassel tirades. They seem to not even know who Pioli is. So yeah....there is definitely a Chiefs-chat void in my life. Problem is, this place to me is like a soap opera to my mother. I get drawn into all this shit and mostly lurk to the point where it takes up way too much of my time.

ANYWAYS....shouldn't have neg-repped you or snapped. I can understand how I can be perceived as a bandwagoner on this thread....I'm just seriously one of the last people in the world that anyone who knows me can imagine being referred to as a bandwagoner....so it threw me off guard to say the least.

Positive rep (repiprocaton).

Mine actually strengthened when TLR left.

On an unrelated note I hope the next time Angel Pagan does that ****ed up half assed bundle of sticksy salute that someone beans him in the head.

That dude made play after play last night. He deserved to show off a bit.

Please beat the tigers in the series. They're the cockiest ****ing team in baseball!! Pitchers kiss the ball, Cabrera does his you can't see me bullshit and valverde and his gay ****i g dancing! I'm a white sox fan so go cards

yeah, i don't think he's actually trying to show the cards up...i mean, he's saluting his own guys in the dugout. no biggie imo.
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There's a lot of us here that grew up Cards fans but are thoroughly bored with baseball.

I only watch during the Playoffs/Series.

I will give Pagan some props. He reminded me of Jimmy E last night in CF.

That would describe me as well.

I would say my primary barrier to accessing Cards games is not having access to the games. I went back to college and was (I recently quit) working 60-70 a week at an underpaid salary job that I had been at for 5 years...ugh, majoring in Psych at a private college was a huge mistake. Anyways, I am trying to build as comfortable of a living environment for my family's future, which is why I went back to college...and is why I am frugal with my money to the point where I am unwilling to buy a cable TV package. It is more difficult to find a live feed for the Cards games, so sometimes I am S.O.L. and have to resort to watching them on ESPN game cast while listening to Mike Shannon. I get to watch the games at my parents' house when they are home....they live just a mile down the road, so that's nice.

Honestly I have become more enamored with baseball as I grew older. Football has become a different sport since I was a kid - can't touch the QB, can't pass defend, etc.

Baseball, with the one exception of the steroid years, is basically the same as it's always been. I kinda like that.

Offer me tickets to a Cards or Chiefs game and I know which one I am taking.

I grew up loving the Bash Brothers and eventually TLR in the process. So when I followed TLR and McGwire from Oakland to STL, I was saddened when they both left.

The Cards are still my favorite, but I love to see the local teams do well too.

rico....He may have just been asking you that, not accusing you of it. May have been asking you if you thought we were picking up some bandwagoners? Heck, you've posted in here quite a bit I believe.

Posted much more last year. I had 1 baby instead of 2 babies last year, so it was easier to haul them over to my parents' house...so I've had to rely on the radio/gamecast much more this year. Since last year I've changed my avatar and have changed my name from "ricoswaff" to just "rico" so he may not recognize me or may not remember me because I haven't added a whole lot of substance to the board....just have kind of come off as a cheerleader and will occasionally add more if I see something I disagree with or can elaborate on, which you guys usually cover things pretty accurately IMO. Regardless though, I was a butthurt little he-bitch last night, but got over it quickly. :)

You don't want to let them off the operating table. They actually have a chance if they can get it back home. I'd also rather not have to burn Lohse in the LCS.

I think Matheny will be very careful with this game. Lynn was throwing better towards the tail end of the season and should be pretty well rested. That said we have Kelly and Miller in the pen for middle relief, so no reason not to use their services if necessary.

Zito hasn't pitched since Oct. 10, which was only middle relief. He hasn't started a game since Oct. 2 so he will probably take a while to work into a groove and may tire quickly.

I have to like our chances. If we win tonight we can set up our rotation pretty well.

Depends on who the real Carlos Ruiz is.

If Chooch is legit and can repeat his offensive successes of last season (or even 90% of them), he has to be in the conversation with the top 3 guys. He's a premier defensive catcher, great leader and ultimately a sound fundamental hitter.

And by next season, I anticipate that Jonathan Lucroy will pass Mauer as well. He's not at an elite level defensively, but still plenty good. He's also going to develop into a very nice hitter and probably #5 style hitter.

It's a pretty decent time for quality catchers, despite the fact that so many of the best hitters among them (Ruiz, Posey, Montero, V-Mart, etc...) are spending time at 1b and/or DH to save the wear and tear.

At the VIP entrance to pick up my tickets... Wonder where these things are?

Gimme a section number and row and I'll tell you.

Don't know that yet. Haven't seen the tickets. They were given to my dad when the CEO of InBevAB came into his store.

Whoops. Thought you meant you were literally at the stadium picking up the tickets.

I am. But they can't find the tickets right now.

:eek:

Good luck brother.

Lighten up Jew, I ain't stealing any money from you or anything!

Please let me jump on this bandwagon before I slit my wrists thinking about my sports teams. :(

The bandwaggoner comment was about Cardinal nation picking up bandwaggoners because they like the way the Cardinals play. It was in no way directed at anyone who posts here regularly or rarely.

Yep, 2 starts each from Carp, Waino and Loshe.

Thats cool.:thumb:

People have real lifes that need to be led. Myself, I get the MLB extra innings package. I'll have the ball game on while I'm surfing the internet, researching tech stuff and playing with new tech stuff. Just something on in the background that I can pay attention to when something is happening worth noticing. But, most people are not going to pay $100 for something that they play in the background.:rolleyes:

Anyone ever get the SRO tickets at Busch or know anyone who has? I am thinking about getting some for Game 1 of the WS if it happens

Yeah. Not great.

There's a reason it's the cheapest way into the building. Unless you go ridiculously early, and with a decent size group, (4 or more) it's a PITA.

Wanna get a beer? Good luck getting your spot back.

Need to take a piss? Good luck getting your spot back.

Your best bet to avoid these issues is to stand on the railing in one of the stairwells on each side of the bleachers, if you know what I'm talking about.

Thanks for the info, probably better to spend a bit more for actual seats.

I wouldn't have an issue with SRO but my wife would probably hate it.

Did anybody else's heart skip a beat when Beltran stole second?

Scoreless first

****. Hell of catch by Sandoval.

God ****ing dammit. Second and third with no outs and we get nothing. :cuss:

Goddammit.

That's the kind of missed opportunity that can come back to haunt you.

This team might have set a record for having RISP with no one out and not scoring.