Cardinals "Official" 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Thread - Page 8

**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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Frazod · 02-04-2011, 09:01 PM

If I could get anybody back from those years it would be ROLEN. Goddamn, if only we'd kept him and shitcanned LaRussa.

Rams Fan · 02-04-2011, 10:41 PM

If Edmonds makes the roster, I'll be okay with it, but that's if he stays healthy and produces in ST.

Miles · 02-04-2011, 10:53 PM

Don't mind the signing of Edmonds at all. Didn't see all that much of him last season but still seemed able to hit rightys well enough. Assuming he shows enough in spring to make the team he could be a decent late innings replacement for the current defensive shit at the corners as well.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 02-04-2011, 10:59 PM

Edmonds still has marginal power to right field, and he's an above average defender. In a vacuum, it's an acceptable move. What worries me is that LaRussa is going to use it as another tool to **** with the young OFers on this team, especially Rasmus.

I can just imagine that dumb sonofabitch running out an everyday lineup of Holliday, Edmonds, and Berkman.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 02-04-2011, 11:10 PM

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Yeah, I hated having a CFer that actually got on base and hit for power. And the post-season heroics don't matter because he couldn't straighten out 97 mph high heat.

I mean hell, he only had 2 seasons in his entire career where he struck out as many times as Rasmus did in 2009 and actually had a significantly better K-rate than KKKKolby did last season.

Seriously - anyone that doesn't like Edmonds is just a shithead. That guy did as much or more for the Cardinals during his prime years as Albert. GG centerfielders that put up an OPS above 1.000 aren't exactly easy to find. I'm sure the catch he made to save game 7 of the 04 NLCS is more than off-set by some strikeout with a man on 3rd of a July game against the Pirates.

If all you remember about the guy is strikeouts, feel free to jump into a flaming AIDS tree.

Edmonds never did anything close to what Albert has done for the Cardinals, even in his prime years. Edmonds was basically a 6.5 WAR player for St. Louis. Albert has averaged 8 WAR in a position where both his offense and defense are devalued.

He also missed more than 8 games every year in St. Louis while Pujols has missed more than 8 only once.

Look, Jim Edmonds was a great, great baseball player for St. Louis, and his contributions should be valued and respected. But denigrating Colby Rasmus and Albert Pujols, the latter of whom you seem to have developed a vendetta against over the last year for his running out of ground balls, is wholly misplaced.

Miles · 02-04-2011, 11:12 PM

At least he isn't Randy Winn. Others know whether there is someone in the system that is being blocked by this move more than me.

Rams Fan · 02-05-2011, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

He also missed more than 8 games every year in St. Louis while Pujols has missed more than 8 only once.

IIRC, he was placed on the 15 day DL in 2008 when he hurt himself running out of the batter's box in Cincy.

Rams Fan · 02-05-2011, 12:09 AM

I wouldn't mind Edmonds replacing Berkman in RF late in the game.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 02-05-2011, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Rams Fan

IIRC, he was placed on the 15 day DL in 2008 when he hurt himself running out of the batter's box in Cincy.

Correct. I misread that as 158. That, along with the oblique strain, are the only injuries that have caused him to miss time.

**BigRedChief** · 02-05-2011, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Correct. I misread that as 158. That, along with the oblique strain, are the only injuries that have caused him to miss time.

But, the point is that Pujols has been pretty damn reliable. For someone with his talent, he still keeps working out pretty hard even in the off season.

Rams Fan · 02-05-2011, 09:20 AM

Edmonds resigning reminds me a lot of Juan Gonzalez signing a minor league deal in '08. Edmonds is going to have to be healthy(IIRC, Gonzalez wasn't) and have a good ST to beat Jay out.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 02-05-2011, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

But, the point is that Pujols has been pretty damn reliable. For someone with his talent, he still keeps working out pretty hard even in the off season.

He's also played through some pretty nasty injuries (plantar fasciitis, the elbow problem) and remained productive doing it.

CaliforniaChief · 02-05-2011, 11:32 AM

I don't know what's more amazing about that video: Edmonds' catch or the fact that David Howard actually hit a ball out of the infield.

**BigRedChief** · 02-05-2011, 06:21 PM

Both the Stl paper and fox sports reporting that the Pujols contract talks are not going well.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/s...ces-say-020511

'Hamas' Jenkins · 02-05-2011, 07:56 PM

FML.

Just give him whatever he wants. How could Mozeliak be that ****ing bad at his job? How could anyone be that bad at any job?

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BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water Casino cash: $2719627 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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02-04-2011, 10:53 PM	#108
Miles MVP Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Casino cash: $1282400	Don't mind the signing of Edmonds at all. Didn't see all that much of him last season but still seemed able to hit rightys well enough. Assuming he shows enough in spring to make the team he could be a decent late innings replacement for the current defensive shit at the corners as well.
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02-04-2011, 10:59 PM	#109
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7929572	Edmonds still has marginal power to right field, and he's an above average defender. In a vacuum, it's an acceptable move. What worries me is that LaRussa is going to use it as another tool to **** with the young OFers on this team, especially Rasmus. I can just imagine that dumb sonofabitch running out an everyday lineup of Holliday, Edmonds, and Berkman. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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02-04-2011, 11:12 PM	#111
Miles MVP Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Casino cash: $1282400	At least he isn't Randy Winn. Others know whether there is someone in the system that is being blocked by this move more than me.
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02-05-2011, 12:09 AM	#113
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02-05-2011, 09:20 AM	#116
Rams Fan Greatest QB Duo of 2015 Join Date: Mar 2010 Casino cash: $2371023	Edmonds resigning reminds me a lot of Juan Gonzalez signing a minor league deal in '08. Edmonds is going to have to be healthy(IIRC, Gonzalez wasn't) and have a good ST to beat Jay out.
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02-05-2011, 11:32 AM	#118
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02-05-2011, 06:21 PM	#119
BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water Casino cash: $2719627 VARSITY	Both the Stl paper and fox sports reporting that the Pujols contract talks are not going well. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/s...ces-say-020511 __________________ Time is worth more than money.
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02-05-2011, 07:56 PM	#120
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7929572	FML. Just give him whatever he wants. How could Mozeliak be that ****ing bad at his job? How could anyone be that bad at any job? __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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