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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
I think Larussa and Mo were at least successful in creating a different clubhouse.
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Lohse has always been a very good guy. He and Wainwright were my 2 favorite Cards in Jupiter; easily the most human.
Last offseason I had a chance to chat with them during an off moment and I told WW that I thought he got screwed in the CY voting. He said the standard "Well, Tim's a hell of a pitcher" kind of stuff. I said I think it was just bad luck, Carpenter was too good and they ended up splitting the vote. WW responded by saying "well, I'll have my work cut out for me this season, I'm going to have 4 other great pitchers I'll have to split the vote with this year".
Lohse looks at him, doesn't miss a beat, and completely deadpans "oh...well I guess I'd better go tell the bullpen you think they all suck..." Wainwright cracked up.
During BP one day, WW blasted 3 long HRs and 2 popups. When he got done, the crowd behind the plate started cheering and he took a big ol' exaggerated bow. Lohse stepped in next and smoked 5 liners right up the box...crickets. So Lohse steps out for a minute and yells "Oh c'mon! That was 5 for 5!" and throws his hands up. The crowd obviously gave him his applause at that point.
It really sucked to see Lohse struggle so badly because he's a very nice guy and I hated seeing him fail like that. His body language on the mound blows, but his teammates love him and of all the guys on the team to go have a beer with, him, WW and McClellan are 1-3 on my list (Kyle Mac because he pet the service dog we were training at the time). Ryan Franklin, OTOH, is an incredible douche.
Lohse being a cutup has nothing to do with Moe and everything to do with Lohse simply being healthy again.