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97 wins!

come get your rep Redbird fans

Cleveland wins, they are in the playoff and will be at home. Rangers up 3-2 in the top of the 7th. Looking like there will be a play-in game.

Holy shit, who could have seen 97 wins and HFA in the playoffs? This team looked done several times.

You get your wish.:clap:

I think they may have put in Kelly once they knew the Braves were pounding on the Phillies and they couldn't afford to lose the game. Glad to see it worked out. Westbrook, thanks for the 11th inning of Game 6. Now get the **** out.

You guys ready for the post season? I feel a lot more comfortable facing the Reds/Pirates than I do the Dodgers. Their pitching staff is nails and we didn't play them well this year.

We can beat and/or lose to anyone. I just really worry about the lineup sans Craig. I know Adams is hot, but he's so strikeout prone, and w/ the way managers massage situational lefties in the PS, I fear that he's going to get picked on...a lot.

Lynn to start game 2. :banghead:

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseb...be6074da7.html

I don't get this move at all. Matheny says is based on experience. He has one more year than Miller. I'm not a happy camper with this decision.

Good to be the King

Just watched "Intentional Talk", both Rose & Millar picked Cards to lose in the World Series; Rose thinks the A's win it all, can you guess who Millar's pick is?

Of course, Bud Selig is dreaming of a Red Sox/Dodgers series.

1.09 ERA in his last 4 starts and 9-3 at home this season is pretty good logic.

And, to be honest, I trust Miller more on the road than Lynn.

Can't argue with that.

I think Kelly is better on the road than Lynn also.

Don't really mind Lynn starting Game 2. I don't want him in a situation where the crowd is going to be whipped into a froth, and this guarantees that he wouldn't even make a road start in the playoffs until the ass end of the LCS, if they even get that far.

LDS: Game 2,
LCS: Game 1 or 2, Game5/6. Six would be at home.

Has a 6 inning limit. Probably want to get that out of the way when they have a travel day after. The team has a worse winning percentage with him pitching than the overall team win %.

As long as our pitchers throw strikes the rotation projects pretty well for October baseball. Good fastballs are worth more in the final month than the previous months, as the ball doesn't travel as far when hit and it's harder to get around on 96+ in colder weather.

Absolutely.

So Cards fans, who are we pulling for tonight? I'm a little torn but in the end think I like our chances better against the Reds

It's better for us if the Reds win, but **** the Reds. I'm rooting for Pittsburgh.

Could care less, just hope it goes about 20 innings.

20 innings works. :evil:

Suck it, Cueto. OK, I guess I want the Pirates to beat the shit out of Cueto.

THIS LMAO

CUEEEEEEETTTTOOOO!
CUEEEEEEETTTTOOOO!
CUEEEEEEETTTTOOOO!
CUEEEEEEETTTTOOOO!

God, it's like a college atmosphere there.

That was a great catch. And boy, did they ever need it.

Not sure I've ever seen a baseball crowd get in a pitcher's head like that before.

The Reds are a better team than the Pirates. Given their run differentials, the Reds should have won 93 games and the Pirates 90. Plus, Cincinnati's rotation is a hell of a lot more terrifying than Pittsburgh's, and the back of their bullpen is better.

Cool. Now I don't feel guilty at all. :D

The one thing that would make me feel good about facing the Reds in a PS series is Dusty Baker, but other than that, their lineup is abjectly terrifying. Phillips kills us, Votto is an elite hitter, Choo and Bruce are damned good too, and that ballpark is the worst shitbox this side of Houston, rewarding banjo hitters and punishing scorched liners.

Clearly, it's gotten to him, now pitching exclusively from the stretch. He's like Carlos Zambrano.

The only thing that really scares me about the Reds is Chapman, he's the best hammer at the end of the game; Phillips is hurt, Votto's done nothing against the Cards this year, and if Latos is out, Bailey is their only starter to worry about.

That was a pretty brutal E-6.

Cingrani is an absolutely terrible matchup for this team w/o Craig.

The only thing is the Reds seem tired. Beaten. It felt like they were down a couple of runs before the game even started.

The Pirates are hungry.

Yeah, but he's been out, too. Plus, I think small sample size has something to do with it as well.

The Pirates' rotation seems more gettable than the Reds' to me. Latos, Bailey, Cingrani, and Cueto are all capable of overpowering a lineup.

After Burnett and Liriano, Pittsburgh's rotation is pretty average, in spite of their ERA.

Lefty strikeout pitchers against Jay, Adams, and Beltran= bad things.

That was a close one for the buttpirates.

True. But is he healthy?

So we are all hoping liriano throws 200 pitches tonight right?

That's the operative question. And Timmons can't get out of the way of the ball. Not surprising, the mother****er can't see them behind the plate either.

So we are hoping liriano throws 200 pitches tonight right?

I was hoping for an Ernie Banks special.

I'd be down for a mild lat strain.

Anyone else think the audio feed is bizarre? It seems muffled, like only the first five rows are audible.

If Dusty Baker was managing him that wouldn't be out of the question

Exactly.

Should have been

Waino
Miller
Kelly
Wacha
Waino

With Lynn out of the bullpen when a starter gets in trouble.

Well, so much for the Reds.

I'm happy for the Pitt fans. 1992 is a long time ago. Many a 100 loss seasons. Glad they had a good time. Really, no BS.

But, the run ends now. Just like the Braves, Nationals last year got their playoff run hopes crushed, your next.:rolleyes:

Exactly.

Why keep Mujica on the roster unless you are going to use him? And if you are going to use him in anything other than a blowout, WTF are you thinking?

Why keep Mujica on the roster unless you are going to use him? And if you are going to use him in anything other than a blowout, WTF are you thinking?

Yeah it makes no sense to me either. I bet is they were playing Cincy instead there's a chance they would've left him off in favor of a third lefty, either Lyons or Freeman, with their lefty-heavy lineup.

Who woulda ever thought Scrabble would be pitching in the playoffs this year? ROFL

BRC, you should start a Cardinals specific post-season thread. I don't want to mix with the rif-raf.

We could just keep it all in here?

Is it slow?

That's fine, too.

Changed the OP to reflect the season and going into the playoffs.

We've had a good luck season with this thread, lets keep it going.

Yeah the 2011 thread got really slow because it was so huge but we couldn't abandon the thread due to being afraid of pissing off the karma gods.

I don't understand the tlaking heads on TV. Because Pitt had a good night and good crowd, that means they are favored and going to beat the Cardinals in 4?

Are we not playing at Busch? Don't we also have a long standing national reputation as having a good crowd?

Bringing up the RedSox in 2004. Is there anyone on this team that was on that team? The current team has a little more playoff experience since then anyway.:rolleyes:

Craziest stat I heard really caught me by surprise: only one pitcher on this roster that was on the 2011 team...wow

Let's do this shit. Go Cards!!!!!!

Come on Freese.

****

Shit, I didn't know this was going on now. I'll be watching.

BTW, one of you guys left a window unlocked. Riff-raff is in.

I understand Burnett's much improved since his MFY days, but I see he's still an idiot.

BELTRAN!

That ball was crushed.

And a double for Holliday. Let's make this a BIG inning.

Yes, but he made Wainwright <strike>run</strike> trot the bases. Genious.

That ball was crushed.

And a double for Holliday. Let's make this a BIG inning.

Yeah, that's a big inning. 7-0.

STILL no one out.

If I wasn't on the way home right now I'd post my Tom Cruise gif. :D

Belted by motha****ing Beltran.

The Pirates are new at this. :D

Those RISP numbers for your guys are insane. And I just saw those numbers put into effect. Damn.

They are going to smoke us in 4.:D