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I thought Matheny’s BP management lousy at times, but I also thought that many of his inane and inexperienced moves were magnified by the fact that he was preceeded by a manager who was one of, if not the best, BP maestros in the history of the game. The singlemost BP Matheny disaster that I clearly recall was when he handed Michael Wacha the baseball in the 9th inning of a tie game during game 5 of the ’14 NLCS. At that time, Wacha hadn’t faced a Big League hitter during live action for over 3 weeks due to an injury. When Brandon Belt took him deep to end the game and the series, I wanted Matheny to be fired on the spot…Haha!
Yeah, they handed him the keys to a Cadillac in ’12. He was none too swift at times, but the team stayed very competitive during the majority of his tenure. The current manager also inherited a lot of talent when Schildt was dispatched, and he vandalized it in a big hurry.
I’m a little surprised Matheny hasn’t latched on somewhere. The teams that he was handed in KC were horrendous but, over almost 7 seasons with the Cardinals he placed .555 up on the board. That’s real good. Of course, maybe he’s simply not interested in the work.
And while I’m Mr. Grouchy, I think it’s high time they deep 6’ed that disgraceful Big Mac Land sign out in LF. All it represents is a confirmed fraudster who’s nothing more than a first rate embarrassment to the Cardinal heritage.
Well, Gorman pulls the team out of the fire, but they’ll run this guy back out there to once again set it ablaze in th 2nd.
This guy is extraordinarily bad. I go out to get the mail, take a quick look at a couple of items and by the time I sit down and look at up at the TV it’s 3-0. There’s no longer any earthly reason for handing him the baseball. He’s the SP’er version of Brett Cecil.
Near flawless work from the BP tonight after the 3 inning fiasco from Liberatore. It sure would be nice to pull this out of the fire with some runs in these last 2 innings.
O’Brien escapes entirely unscathed from the 2nd and 3rd with no outs jam. I can’t recall the last time I saw that from a Redbird pitcher.
Pages with the 2 out 2 RBI base hit places the Redbirds right back into this game. On a side note, this Braves pitcher would put Rapunzel to shame…
Haha!…That’s a real good story about “Lefty” warming up, Bikemike. I’ve had similar experiences watching Big League pitchers taking their tosses before really cutting it loose on the last four or five. When you’re up close and get a good look at what they’re capable of placing on a pitch, you almost feel a sense of relief that you don’t have to step into a Big League batter’s box…Haha! It’s pretty impressive. And yeah, that was great when you were able to get so close to those guys while they were heating up. I think the problem was that those mounds were obvioulsy a serious obstacle for defensive players attempting to field a ball that was placed into play during a game.
I’d guess they’re going to keep feeding him PA’s while he’s here, CIF. One thing that I’m certain of is that he’s been a genuine disappointment.
“Biff Pocoroba”…Now there’s a baseball name that’s a blast from the past that I’d somehow forgotten until just now! How in the heck do you forget a name like that? And I clearly recall when both SP’ers and relief pitchers alike would warm up down the 1B and 3B lines in foul territory at Busch Memorial Stadium. If you had a field box seat in those areas, you were situated close enough to carry on a casual conversation.
It’s been well over 30 years ago, but whenever the Cardinals play the Braves during really hot summer weather, I always recall listening to Jack Buck and Mike Shannon performing the play by play call of a highly unusual batting practice event during the pregame KMOX radio broadcast of July 20, 1993. A serious fire broke out near the press box area of Atlanta Fulton Co. Stadium which delayed the start of that Cardinals/Braves game and required several fire trucks to take to the field to extiguish the flames. Buck, Shannon and the rest of the media assigned to that game were later forced to cover the action from the grandstand seats. I clearly recall listening in as I was grilling some pork steaks in the back yard of our old house and, while doing so, I actually moved the grill a little further away from the rear area of the garage…Haha! “Hotlanta” was the genuine watchword that evening.
If tradition holds sway, the Brewers will overtake the Cubbies to win the NLC with the Cubbies relegated to the final NLWC at which time they’ll be quickly bounced into obscurity in the first round…Or better yet, the Cubbies won’t even qualify for bonus baseball….Haha!
The Cardinals keep resurrecting 30 year old career minor leaguers and Winn keeps resurrecting Shawon Dunston. Masyn can launch it across the IF.
Gorman K’s for the 3rd time tonight. I can’t recall a more disappointing Cardinal player in quite a while.
Well, with an 8-0 lead it looks like the Cardinals are going to win this series. And the tease continues.