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October 6, 2022 at 2:55 pm #203459
Season stats don’t reflect how a team is playing now. September stats would be more meaningful.
October 6, 2022 at 3:06 pm #203460Bling…Well, they’re not playing today, so there’s nothing to go by. The meaningful “stats” won’t present themselves ’til tomorrow…Haha!
October 6, 2022 at 3:09 pm #203461I guess everyone has seen that Marmol also named Mikolas to get the baseball on Saturday. No word on who gets the start if need be on Sunday yet. Probably be Adam Wainwright…
October 6, 2022 at 3:19 pm #203462I think most people call it “The X-Factor” but I prefer the term “The Mickey Hatcher Factor.” Anyone have any hunches or picks to be the Redbird player that you wouldn’t really expect to have a huge impact on the outcome of the upcoming Cardinal post-season series and either get really hot with the bat or have that one big base hit or HR to decide who advances? I’m going with Nootz.
October 6, 2022 at 3:32 pm #203464I have no idea who the right choice is for the Cardinal SP’er for tomorrow’s series opener, but one thing’s certain. If Quintana features a really nice post-season turn, he should be able to cash in on it during this off season and set himself up for a nice payday. He’s being paid $2M for ’22 and it never hurts to have a lot of money as an incentive to perform. I’m hoping he grabs the big money.
October 6, 2022 at 3:37 pm #203465Quintana is a good choice. Was going to be him or Montgomery with Phillies heavy left side lineup, but Q has looked better last few outings. It’s show time for Albert, Yadi, Goldy and Arenado. Hope they’re up to it. My sense is yes!
October 6, 2022 at 3:42 pm #203466CardsRedSox4Ev…Those guys are all up to it, but who’s your “Mickey Hatcher Factor” guy…Haha!
October 6, 2022 at 3:52 pm #203467Don’t have a warm fuzzy feeling about this series. But I think the home field advantage will till it the Cards way. They have two very good pitchers that’s a concern.
October 6, 2022 at 3:53 pm #203468My Mickey Hatcher guy? I am going with Dylan Carlson.
October 6, 2022 at 3:55 pm #203469Rats…He was going to be my second choice, but I didn’t want to choose two guys and cherry pick…Haha! Good choice, Rats!
October 6, 2022 at 4:00 pm #203470Oliver…I never have a warm and fuzzy feeling about any Redbird postseason series until they’ve won it…Haha! And if I ever have that feeling before a series begins, I’ll know something’s seriously wrong with me…
October 6, 2022 at 4:36 pm #203471If there is a game 3, Oli will have the benefit of seeing our lefty and righty starters vs Philly in games 1 and 2.
I like that he hasn’t committed on a game 3 starter yet.
October 6, 2022 at 4:42 pm #203473If the FO is considering bringing Q back next season, game 1 is a fine sales pitch.
It’s the postseason, here’s the ball, convince us we’re making the right call.
October 6, 2022 at 4:42 pm #203474My gut tells me this series depends more on how badly the Phillies play than how well the Cardinals do. The offense has been largely absent in recent weeks with little indication that is about to change any time soon. Please, oh please let me be wrong!
Rah Cardinals!October 6, 2022 at 4:47 pm #203475I know it’s a best of 3, but tomorrow’s opener almost gives me the feeling of one of those 1 game WC play-offs. I hope Marmol treats it as such and doesn’t hesitate to make any early pitching changes in the event of any looming catastrophe.
October 6, 2022 at 4:50 pm #203476I can’t pick Noot as the Mickey Hatcher since every right thinking person knows that legendary exploits are likely.
I think I will pick Dickerson since a few months ago we were discussing when, not if, he would be DFA and he has been pretty much DOA lately.
October 6, 2022 at 4:51 pm #203477My Mickey Hatcher guy is Brendan Donovan. Good things seem to happen when he is on the field.
October 6, 2022 at 4:53 pm #203478gscottar…I’m picking him to be a headache for the opposition for as long as the Redbirds are still playing in the post-season. I could very well see him having 10 or 11 base hits in a full 7 game series. A Bobby Richardson like performance. Donnie’s no joke.
October 6, 2022 at 4:57 pm #203479Bling…I’d say Dickerson’s a good choice. We all saw what he did a few weeks ago when he got 9 or 10 consecutive base hits. It wouldn’t bother me one bit if he duplicated something like that. Sometimes pitchers relax a bit after getting past the teeth of the order facing guys like Goldy, Nado and Albert and then, BOOM…
October 6, 2022 at 5:04 pm #203480I’m pretty sure everyone agrees that Edman and Donovan have to be the spark plugs that get things going and set up the table for the big kids. Little Eddie’s a lot of trouble when he reaches base and Donnie doesn’t seem to do anything but reach base. Let’s all hope those two guys are a pain in the backside for Wheeler and Nola.
October 6, 2022 at 5:16 pm #203481I guess you can call it an intangible, but I think it’s based on something substantial. Neither of Philadelphia’s SP’ers have ever made a single appearance in a post-season game and will be working in hostile surroundings. On the flip side, we got guys named Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright who’ve stormed the beaches at a total of nine World Series appearances between them.
October 6, 2022 at 6:13 pm #203482Rotation IMO should be:
Game 1-Quintana
Game 2-Mikolas
Game 3-MontyOctober 6, 2022 at 6:34 pm #203483This is a good time to unveil an all-time Cardinals-Phillies team. This is not a team made up of the best from each franchise, but rather guys that spent time in each dugout somewhere in their career. This is a good team – shows how much these two organizations have worked together.
C-Tim McCarver
1b-Bill White
2b-Ted Sizemore
SS-Dick Groat
3b-Richie “Dick” Allen
Lf-Lonnie Smith
Cf-Bake McBride
Rf-Del Ennis
P-Pete Alexander
P-Steve Carlton
P-John Denney
P-Curt Simmons
P-Larry Jackson
P-Rick Wise
Rp-Joe HoernerOctober 6, 2022 at 6:51 pm #203484I’ve asked this before and got no response. Who is going to bring the Rally Squirrel to Busch? Perhaps Schumaker since he’s about the only one left besides those other three geriatrics.
October 6, 2022 at 7:24 pm #203488Trading Steve Carlton to the Phillies for Rick Wise was the worst trade the Cardinals ever made.
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