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6:20 p.m.
LHP Matthew Liberatore (2-3, 4.76) vs. LHP Jordan Wicks (0-1, 16.62)
NBC // Peacock // KMOX // WIJRGreat, another game I cannot see.
Thank you MLB.
Guess I will be watching Barnaby Jones tonight instead. Maybe even Blue Bloods.
Working the Rockies-Giants, but with us being the late game I will be able to see this one, if it is on the national NBC network that is.
Last night was lame – we looked more like the team our run differential shows than the club our record indicates.
Afraid I’ll have to catch tonight’s game on replay tomorrow. Too late for me to stay awake. My best wishes for a thorough thumping of the Cubs. A little more hitting s’il vous plait!
Tonight’s din-din was Armenian meatball soup and iced tea. We finished off yesterday’s lemon cake for dessert.
2B J. Wetherholt L
DH Ivan Herrera R
RF J. Walker R
LF N. Velazquez R
1B A. Burleson L
SS Masyn Winn R
CF Jose Fermin R
3B T. Saggese R
C Pedro Pages RWhat Outfield defense? Who needs that?
We have a career infielder surrounded by 2 linebackers. What could go wrong?
The simultaneous NBC/Peacock broadcast can take on a confusing nature in regards to whether or not the game is indeed telecast on the over the air NBC network. The last time NBC/Peacock hijacked a Cardinal game it was only available by submitting to the silly streaming method. Thankfully, this evenings’ game is telecast over the air on the Gowdy/Kubek/Garagiola network…I managed to wade through and sort out all of the streaming nonsense to watch the game the last time that the stupid peacock pecked it’s way into ruining things for baseball fans, but by the time I jumped through all of the hoops required to set it up, it simply wasn’t worth all the trouble or all the bad words I’d uttered prior to finally cracking the code…In addition to that, I recall that the play by play personnel did a lousy job with the commentary. The entire thing is so incredibly dumb that it doesn’t really even qualify to be termed as nonsense. You can probably tell I don’t like it very much…
I sympathize TD. My kids paid the $99 and my grandson came over and got everything downloaded or uploaded or whatever and set it all up so I can watch the Cardinals TV games. If I stay up that is. If I try to watch non Cardinals games it says I have to subscribe to something else. I understand there is a cheap package I could buy and watch minor league games but haven’t looked into it.
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I understand there is a cheap package I could buy and watch minor league games but haven’t looked into it.
If you want to watch minor league games live, they are free here every day.
https://www.ballysports.com/zones/milb/game/today
If you subscribe to MLB.TV, minor league games are included. They are also archived for later viewing. Not sure about Extra Innings or the other packages.
I get the jokes, but it is time for folks to start recognizing that Walker has made himself into a good defender in right.
He’s been entirely up to snuff out there in RF so far this season. I’m guessing that he’s put forth plenty of effort and work in order to ramp up his defense and it seems to have paid off for him. I can’t remember the last time I saw a young Cardinal player improve with both the mitt and the bat much as he has this season. And he just turned 24 a bit more than a week ago, so he’s still really young. If he continues to move in the right direction, he could be a special baseball player before he’s done. We’ll see what happens.
Yeah, it’s crazy, Bling. I had to switch cable providers after trying to tune in on opening day and becoming aware that the AT&T set up that we’d had for at least 20 years no longer carried the games. No warning, not even a heads up, nothing at all from the no good so and so’s. I squandered at least an hour on the phone with someone located in another hemisphere and speaking to me in broken English and was told if wanted to see the games, I’d have to reach into my pocket and come up with some more cash. No Mas…Finito…All done! It’s no wonder we seem to get a bit grumpy with age…Haha!
Yeah, I think it’s safe to say that one of the guys in the booth knows a little bit about hitting a baseball.
I get the jokes, but it is time for folks to start recognizing that Walker has made himself into a good defender in right.
He is no longer one of the worst all-time like he was in 2023, but he is still not “good.”
Fangraphs has him ranked 9th out of 16 qualified right fielders.
Fangraphs RFStatcast Outs Above Average has him ranked 19th out of 37 by success rate and at -2 OAA.
But, yes, a vast improvement from where he was.
There in the 3rd Walker looked like his old self waving at a fader he had no chance to hit for strike three.
As to defense, Walker does a much better job of passing the eye test. It sounds like defense metrics have him more or less average. I have to admit I am surprised by his improvement defensively.
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