"Official" 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Thread

[BigRedChief]

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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[OnTheWarpath15]

Going to the game Saturday, so I'm guessing I'll get to see Jackson's debut.

Meh.

[DeezNutz]

Dotel closing now?

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Colby is a dumb sonofabitch, but he still managed a hell of a burn.

When the interviewer asked him about TLR, his response, "I hope he's happy."

I can't think of a more apropos thing to say.

Ouch.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Dotel closing now?

Setup man, maybe.

Salas has done a good job this year for the most part.

[Mi_chief_fan]

At least they didn't give up Shelby Miller or Carlos Martinez. Saw Martinez in the futures game, unbelievable stuff.

[Rams Fan]

Mo and LaRussa's conference live: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=7270758

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Dotel closing now?

Dotel cannot get lefties out, he's got massive splits. The Jays have been using him as a ROOGY successfully.

[DeezNutz]

Cool. Thanks, guys.

[Rams Fan]

Update on PTBNL. It's not PTBNL or cash. It's 3 PTBNL and cash.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Lame. But, but, but you should be honored to enter Baseball Heaven to see these guys in action. This seems like a deal the computer would accept in MLB the Show.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

Mo and LaRussa's conference live: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=7270758

As my phone hasn't blown up, I can only surmise they both survived it.

Shit.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Bull****. LaRussa is the one calling the shots. Canning Mozeliak is like killing Ahmadenijad. You're just killing a puppet while the real problem lies behind the throne.

This trade was forced on Mo by Larussa's attitude towards Rasmus. After Larussa's comments yesterday Mo had to strike the best deal he could because Rasmus was done here at St. Louis.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

This trade was forced on Mo by Larussa's attitude towards Rasmus. After Larussa's comments yesterday Mo had to strike the best deal he could because Rasmus was done here at St. Louis.

Which is why he should have been fired the instant those comments were aired.

Keith Law:

The Cardinals, meanwhile, have made a terrible organizational move by allowing their aging manager to run off the best hitting prospect the team has produced since drafting Albert Pujols. Whether La Russa was mostly responsible or only shares responsibility with Rasmus and his father, it is clear that La Russa’s my-way-or-the-highway mentality has hurt the organization for this year and several years to come with the Rasmus fiasco, and unfortunately the front office’s decision to retain La Russa for 2011 has come back to haunt them. Rasmus has the potential to be a 5- to 6-win player at his peak, and there’s no manager in baseball who can produce that kind of value.

[ChiefsCountry]

Cardinals seem to be mocking the Vermeil era Chiefs.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Which is why he should have been fired the instant those comments were aired.

Keith Law:

The Cardinals, meanwhile, have made a terrible organizational move by allowing their aging manager to run off the best hitting prospect the team has produced since drafting Albert Pujols. Whether La Russa was mostly responsible or only shares responsibility with Rasmus and his father, it is clear that La Russa’s my-way-or-the-highway mentality has hurt the organization for this year and several years to come with the Rasmus fiasco, and unfortunately the front office’s decision to retain La Russa for 2011 has come back to haunt them. Rasmus has the potential to be a 5- to 6-win player at his peak, and there’s no manager in baseball who can produce that kind of value.

I'm clearly on the record as not wanting to trade rasmus especially for a rental player. And what happens we get a rental player as the cornerstone of the trade.

But, this is a freebie for me on how Mo does his job. Everybody and their brother knew Rasmus's time was done here in St. louis. He had to be moved. That lessened his trade value tremendously. No way were we going to get a possible #1 or #2 future young stud SP for Rasmus after all the Larussa comments.