Cardinals "Official" 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Thread - Page 103

**BigRedChief** · 02:10 PM

This is so unreal. We were dead. No hope. A season over. Somehow, someway we find some team chemistry and squeak into the playoffs on the last day of the season.

Only to find us facing one of the best pitching staffs assembled in years with home field advantage. We somehow, someway find a way to beat the best pitcher in baseball on the road in an elimination game.

We have to go on the road and beat the team with the best home record in baseball. A team who mortgaged their future to make this run .We somehow, someway find a way to beat them on the road and make our 18th World series trip.

We take game 1, we give away game 2 and home field advantage. Albert goes off for probably the best performance in World Series history and we take game 3 easily. Games 4 & 5 our bats fall asleep, Phone gate happens and its not looking too good.

Game 6, one of the best baseball games of all time and it takes place in a season ending go home game. Cardinals are down 2 runs in their final chance on the season, twice. They are down to their final strike of the season, twice. They give up a 2 run homer in extra innings. In the bottom of the inning their final 3 batters are a combined 3-26 in the Playoffs and a pitcher because the bench is empty. Somehow, someway they get some runners on and the comeback player of the year drives in the tying run. Mr. Freese hits the walk off home run. We will see you tommorrow night.

Game 7, With our bulldog on the mound pitching on 3 days rest he is able to give us 6 good innings and get us to within 9 outs of our 11 World series title. Texas meltsdown, probably left over from last nights game and its over.

The underdog, come back team who had no business even being in the playoffs wins a World championship. They make movies about events like this in life. Events that you remember even if your not a fan of the sport or team for the rest of your life.

When it is your team.......Priceless

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Jewish Rabbi · 05-23-2011, 10:25 PM

Rasmus strikes out looking way too ****ing much.

Scott Pilgrim · 05-23-2011, 10:40 PM

Im pretty sure i have to mentioned my man crush on Descalso once a week. but the kid is clutch

Frazod · 05-23-2011, 11:07 PM

Damn, we've got a 3.5 game lead now. Reds have lost six in a row. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch of ****ing punks.

veist · 05-23-2011, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

Damn, we've got a 3.5 game lead now. Reds have lost six in a row. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch of ****ing punks.

**** and yeah. Watching their body language after getting owned by the Indians was hilarious.

DJ's left nut · 05-24-2011, 01:10 PM

I hate hate HATE watching baseball in that damn stadium.

Sorry Buck, but Petco is as big a joke as Enron is. That stupid stadium just ruins pitching. It's not like they have this roster of elite talents, they just know they can run a ball up there at 93 mph, get it a bit above the waste and let guys blast it to CF...where flyballs go to die. It doesn't take any discernible skill to pitch there, just the ability to throw hard(ish) and up in the zone so guys will get themselves out. Last night was just 2-seamer after 2-seamer with the knowledge that even if one gets scalded, its very likely to be no worse than a double. The only way to really blast one out is if somebody gets one inside and elevated, so both staffs tend to hammer the outside corner...well until they fall behind that is. Then they just elevate another one down the middle so it's another fly-ball to CF.

The last out of the game was a 2r HR anywhere else. Albert hit another one that should've gone out. That stadium just makes games boring as all hell. I watch pitchers with little real appreciation for their performance (afterall, there were another 5 - 7 ERs worth of balls that just died out there). And there's no offensive spark to make up for it.

It's just a horrible horrible ballpark for baseball. I don't care if it's pretty (though I was underwhelmed by it when I went last year). I don't care if its amenities are fantastic (though you don't have beer guys in the seats so it takes an hour to get a !@#$ing hot dog). The bottom line is that it is a shitty shitty stadium for the game of baseball.

This series can't get over fast enough. Night games at Petco are great excuses for going to bed early.

Frazod · 05-24-2011, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I hate hate HATE watching baseball in that damn stadium.

Sorry Buck, but Petco is as big a joke as Enron is. That stupid stadium just ruins pitching. It's not like they have this roster of elite talents, they just know they can run a ball up there at 93 mph, get it a bit above the waste and let guys blast it to CF...where flyballs go to die.

The last out of the game was a 2r HR anywhere else. Albert hit another one that should've gone out. That stadium just makes games boring as all hell. I watch pitchers with little real appreciation for their performance (afterall, there were another 5 - 7 ERs worth of balls that just died out there). And there's no offensive spark to make up for it.

It's just a horrible horrible ballpark for baseball. I don't care if it's pretty (though I was underwhelmed by it when I went last year). I don't care if its amenities are fantastic (though you don't have beer guys in the seats so it takes an hour to get a !@#$ing hot dog). The bottom line is that it is a shitty shitty stadium for the game of baseball.

This series can't get over fast enough. Night games at Petco are great excuses for going to bed early.

Agreed. Hopefully they'll eventually get a clue and bring the outfield wall in so it's normal.

DJ's left nut · 05-24-2011, 01:33 PM

It's not the lack of HRs that bothers me - it's the lack of even a real fear of HRs.

Just throw it hard, up and away and guys will be unable to do anything with it in that park. In any other park they can still muscle that pitch over the wall so pitchers have to do more to get outs. The fear of that pitch getting bombed means they can't just lean on the high fastball over and over again. They have to polish off the breaking stuff more (which hangs for doubles into the gaps, etc...); they have to come inside more to get guys inside conscious (leading to pitches which don't get far enough inside and get driven down the line). They simply have to pitch better to get outs. It makes every facet of the game, from the offense down to the strategy involved, better.

It's like watching a 1920s mushball game. It's like playing Madden on rookie level. There's just not a hell of a lot of sport to those games and it becomes a matter of luck and timing. I freakin' hate that park.

**Buck** · 05-24-2011, 03:32 PM

Feels like deja vu.
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DJ's left nut · 05-24-2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck

Feels like deja vu.
Posted via Mobile Device

Because baseball in Petco still sucks.

Frazod is right - fix your !@#$ing stadium.

Scott Pilgrim · 05-24-2011, 04:11 PM

I like the park. but i love good pitching so i like the park because it gives almost every game the illusion of good pitching

DJ's left nut · 05-24-2011, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott Pilgrim

I like the park. but i love good pitching so i like the park because it gives almost every game the illusion of good pitching

In the box scores, perhaps. During the games themselves - not so much.

Well, unless you like seeing guys throw a lot of 93 mph fastballs just a hair above the belt and generally on the outer 1/3.

**BigRedChief** · 05-24-2011, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

Damn, we've got a 3.5 game lead now. Reds have lost six in a row. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch of ****ing punks.

yeah we swept the Reds and tanked. We got swept and win 8 out of 9 games. Go figure....

O.city · 05-24-2011, 06:41 PM

BigRedChief I like your future line up in the header just now noticed it. Wish in that leadoff shortstop we could put Jose Reyes. if they could land him at SS Descalso at 2b with freese at third and somehow resign Pujols.

That would make a very dangerous line up but I don't think money wise it makes sense. If i were the F/O I would be trying to deal Carpenter this year for some prospects. I think he's prob. started to decline anyway and with Waino coming back next year and Miller coming up hopefully soon we should be pretty good rotation wise.

Anyway just a few random thoughts although I am pretty sure I have given up on Reyes already.

Jewish Rabbi · 05-24-2011, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by O.city

BigRedChief I like your future line up in the header just now noticed it. Wish in that leadoff shortstop we could put Jose Reyes. if they could land him at SS Descalso at 2b with freese at third and somehow resign Pujols.

That would make a very dangerous line up but I don't think money wise it makes sense. If i were the F/O I would be trying to deal Carpenter this year for some prospects. I think he's prob. started to decline anyway and with Waino coming back next year and Miller coming up hopefully soon we should be pretty good rotation wise.

Anyway just a few random thoughts although I am pretty sure I have given up on Reyes already.

Dude, we could sign Evan Longoria at 3B too to replace Freese!

**BigRedChief** · 05-24-2011, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi

Dude, we could sign Evan Longoria at 3B too to replace Freese!

A man can dream, can't he?

Weren't you one of the ones saying the cardinals were going to lose 90 games?

01-06-2011, 09:41 PM
BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water Casino cash: $2659627 VARSITY	"Official" 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Thread This is so unreal. We were dead. No hope. A season over. Somehow, someway we find some team chemistry and squeak into the playoffs on the last day of the season. Only to find us facing one of the best pitching staffs assembled in years with home field advantage. We somehow, someway find a way to beat the best pitcher in baseball on the road in an elimination game. We have to go on the road and beat the team with the best home record in baseball. A team who mortgaged their future to make this run .We somehow, someway find a way to beat them on the road and make our 18th World series trip. We take game 1, we give away game 2 and home field advantage. Albert goes off for probably the best performance in World Series history and we take game 3 easily. Games 4 & 5 our bats fall asleep, Phone gate happens and its not looking too good. Game 6, one of the best baseball games of all time and it takes place in a season ending go home game. Cardinals are down 2 runs in their final chance on the season, twice. They are down to their final strike of the season, twice. They give up a 2 run homer in extra innings. In the bottom of the inning their final 3 batters are a combined 3-26 in the Playoffs and a pitcher because the bench is empty. Somehow, someway they get some runners on and the comeback player of the year drives in the tying run. Mr. Freese hits the walk off home run. We will see you tommorrow night. Game 7, With our bulldog on the mound pitching on 3 days rest he is able to give us 6 good innings and get us to within 9 outs of our 11 World series title. Texas meltsdown, probably left over from last nights game and its over. The underdog, come back team who had no business even being in the playoffs wins a World championship. They make movies about events like this in life. Events that you remember even if your not a fan of the sport or team for the rest of your life. When it is your team.......Priceless . Attached Thumbnails Last edited by BigRedChief; 10-29-2011 at 02:10 PM..
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05-23-2011, 10:25 PM	#1531
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05-23-2011, 10:40 PM	#1532
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05-23-2011, 11:07 PM	#1533
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05-24-2011, 01:10 PM	#1535
DJ's left nut Sauntering Vaguely Downwards Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, Mo Casino cash: $2519099	I hate hate HATE watching baseball in that damn stadium. Sorry Buck, but Petco is as big a joke as Enron is. That stupid stadium just ruins pitching. It's not like they have this roster of elite talents, they just know they can run a ball up there at 93 mph, get it a bit above the waste and let guys blast it to CF...where flyballs go to die. It doesn't take any discernible skill to pitch there, just the ability to throw hard(ish) and up in the zone so guys will get themselves out. Last night was just 2-seamer after 2-seamer with the knowledge that even if one gets scalded, its very likely to be no worse than a double. The only way to really blast one out is if somebody gets one inside and elevated, so both staffs tend to hammer the outside corner...well until they fall behind that is. Then they just elevate another one down the middle so it's another fly-ball to CF. The last out of the game was a 2r HR anywhere else. Albert hit another one that should've gone out. That stadium just makes games boring as all hell. I watch pitchers with little real appreciation for their performance (afterall, there were another 5 - 7 ERs worth of balls that just died out there). And there's no offensive spark to make up for it. It's just a horrible horrible ballpark for baseball. I don't care if it's pretty (though I was underwhelmed by it when I went last year). I don't care if its amenities are fantastic (though you don't have beer guys in the seats so it takes an hour to get a !@#$ing hot dog). The bottom line is that it is a shitty shitty stadium for the game of baseball. This series can't get over fast enough. Night games at Petco are great excuses for going to bed early. __________________ "If there's a god, he's laughing at us.....and our football team..." "When you look at something through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
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05-24-2011, 01:33 PM	#1537
DJ's left nut Sauntering Vaguely Downwards Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, Mo Casino cash: $2519099	It's not the lack of HRs that bothers me - it's the lack of even a real fear of HRs. Just throw it hard, up and away and guys will be unable to do anything with it in that park. In any other park they can still muscle that pitch over the wall so pitchers have to do more to get outs. The fear of that pitch getting bombed means they can't just lean on the high fastball over and over again. They have to polish off the breaking stuff more (which hangs for doubles into the gaps, etc...); they have to come inside more to get guys inside conscious (leading to pitches which don't get far enough inside and get driven down the line). They simply have to pitch better to get outs. It makes every facet of the game, from the offense down to the strategy involved, better. It's like watching a 1920s mushball game. It's like playing Madden on rookie level. There's just not a hell of a lot of sport to those games and it becomes a matter of luck and timing. I freakin' hate that park. __________________ "If there's a god, he's laughing at us.....and our football team..." "When you look at something through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
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05-24-2011, 03:32 PM	#1538
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05-24-2011, 04:11 PM	#1540
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05-24-2011, 06:41 PM	#1543
O.city In Search of a Life Join Date: Jul 2009 Casino cash: $2354064	BigRedChief I like your future line up in the header just now noticed it. Wish in that leadoff shortstop we could put Jose Reyes. if they could land him at SS Descalso at 2b with freese at third and somehow resign Pujols. That would make a very dangerous line up but I don't think money wise it makes sense. If i were the F/O I would be trying to deal Carpenter this year for some prospects. I think he's prob. started to decline anyway and with Waino coming back next year and Miller coming up hopefully soon we should be pretty good rotation wise. Anyway just a few random thoughts although I am pretty sure I have given up on Reyes already.
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