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The only thing worse than watching the Royals take our lunch is having to listen to Brad Thompson talk about it.
Wanna join the Brad Thompson fan club. I am the only member and it’s getting scary down here. I only have one arm. Brad talked the other one off.
My one comment on this game is – see ya in ’21 Cards. Reading Anne Rogers report on the game one would think that it was close.
I thought that the big deal was that even ‘home’ teams would be quarantined for the last week of the season. Does that not apply to Detroit if those games are played?
I think the friendly confines of Yankee Stadium, mainly the distances to the fences do not detract from dingers from guys with amply defined muscles. Lot of players work out today. Chicken and beer is no longer the clubhouse special having been replaced by weight rooms and exercise equipment.
Thanks for the education on contracts Brian. I have not paid much attention to them. Can he sign a long term contract during his arb years? Not sure how the Yankees are on their contracts but on Luke I am sure they consider that THEY found this talent and not somebody else so maybe a long term contract is not in the Cards (pun intended).
Mud, my thoughts on Voit is that he was always big dog wherever he went, Missouri State and the minors. Won the Texas League Home Run Derby but when he got to the majors as a one position player he found himself in the same place as many players do – blocked by veterans at the position who are not ready to retire or move. So he got to the bigs and finds Matt Carpenter and I think Matt Adams had just been sent packing about that time and Xavier Washington (1B) wound up with the Marlins somehow. That position has not been well occupied since Alberto left us but Carp thought he had it nailed down until Goldy’s acquisition told him different. I seem to remember that one Jose Martinez was known to do his stretches at that position for a bit. So Luke, who is one of my favorites is now a Bronx Bomber and that is what he will be until he can’t give them any more thrills.
Molina’s X-rays were negative but there is concern as it was in the same spot already sore from the Braun swing.
Of course they will need signed approval from Yadi.
BM I like your team. Bill Virdon managed the Pirates if I remember correctly and at last check he lived in Springfield and is in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame at Springfield. So maybe Willie McGee is a good choice for CF. I could put Pete Kozma in there as he put in a few innings with the Yanks but others here would say I am nuts but he helped get us to the ’13 WS.
What charities, MM? I’ve known about Holliday, Jay, Wainwright, and Goldy (who wasn’t on your list), but not the rest.
Add Goldy and Pujols.
Almost all of these guys at one time or another had charity events such as golf tournaments or cornhole contests or Waino’s game (is it NFL or NHL). A while back I read an article regarding professional players income and it stipulated that most of the investment counselors advised forming a foundation or charity that would help improve their reputation and maybe even the bottom line(?). Nobody is forced to do it but it has become an expected thing of most professionals. The degree to which they participate is pretty much equal to their success as a professional player. Even Carlos Martinez is very active with a charity and a lot of good publicity from it. Voit I am not sure of but when he gets that big contract I am sure there will be something founded with his name on it. Matt Adams I will admit has to find a permanent home to get active in the charity business.Pete Kozma
Luke Voit
Dylan Carlson
Adam Wainwright
Matt Holliday
Matt Adams
Jon Jay
Kolten Wong
Tony Cruz
Cardinals I’ve liked who brought only their game and their charities to the ball park.I am saying that the critics seem to be inconsistent as to when this activism bothers them.
Not in my case. My criticism is consistent once established. There are more than a few movies I have not seen because one of the actors has ticked me off in the past and usually they are great actors but I just can’t look at them without being reminded of whatever sin it was they committed to tick me off. Same thing in other fields including sports but not whole teams – just individuals.
Somehow, “solid” is not an adjective I would apply to Martinez. “Scary” maybe.
Boy do I agree with that. As a closer I cannot recall how many TVs I would have shot out if my gun was loaded. There are times when he looks like he is in dreamland with the eyes rolled back in his head. It takes Yadi the baby daddy to get him up and flying right. Now I will also admit that he has had games when he was good but I do not recall anytime I would say he was solid. For some reason it bothers me that he has all that Hot Stuff plastered on his pitching shoulder but since he as moved starter I haven’t seen that. I wish him well today.
I feel like this season may be lost and the risk of injury to pitchers is sky high compared to every past year. I would hate to ruin 2021 on some fluke injury to two of our good young pitchers late this year.
Not quite sure what you are suggesting. Should Flaherty and Hudson be removed from starting? Guess Kim and Waino and Carlos can handle the load but I look at Kim as better than either of them and that is a super small base. If they put Hudson on the 10 day IL effective today he is done for the season anyway. The BP guys are starting to look pretty shaky under the load and Springfield is limited in what they have.
As for comparing ERAs of Waino and Flaherty…………give me a break. That’s like comparing apples to apricots.
BW: I guess the only reason for a taxi squad then is to keep them clean of the bug; otherwise, they could be at home. I thought I heard them say the Alternate Site will be shutdown Monday but they must have meant Monday the Sept 28th. So during the playoffs there will be no player pool that is kept working out at an Alternate site?
Thanks for the laugh guys. All I had to do was make a somewhat bad remark about Jack Flaherty and Jack’s Army comes out. I confess. I lost a lot of respect for Jack because of his political views but I will admit that the last half of last season he was the cat’s meow. And he showed evidence of that at the beginning of this season but his last 3 performances have been about as subpar as the Cardinals offense. I am also chuckling about the throwing around of stats on TCN this season. Realize that every one of them will have an asterisk next to it and arguing on how to count it after two or three more years down the road (if the bug doesn’t kill the game before then.)
A good weekend to all and the Cards could make that come true for us and themselves. Last night, in my eyes, they looked beat from the first pitch on and I would have lost a lot of money betting that Pirates pitcher would make it 2 innings must less 9 .
Certainly you’re not suggesting that the team would willingly absorb the loss of one of their best pitchers just because he had two bad starts?
I never said to lose him. But he was a flash in the pan for the 2nd half of last season and no flash this season. Small sample size yes but that is also what you used to get that under 2 ERA. Even in this short season all I remember of early Flaherty is a lot of teeth knashing about how he could ever pitch after 17 days off. And that went on for his next 3 starts while Waino was showing the young guns where the bear pooped in the buckwheat. Jack is good but Jack is being mollycoddled (ain’t used that word in years).
Brian said that Knizner is not available but I see him on the taxi squad so what are the rules on that. If Yadi gets hurt and Wieters gets knocked out can Knizner be brought onto the bench during a game as an emergency replacement?Carlos may be pitching to save himself from being traded this winter. If he comes out with that zombie look, cash in your chips.
10 days left in the season – 12 games (maybe 14).
…..if we lose Flaherty in addition to Hudson to injuries that impact 2021 as well.
Flaherty has contributed about zilch to this season. Lotta hope, not a lotta performance.
But one thing you might do if the club sinks over this weekend is bring Carlson back and let him play out the season as the right fielder. Maybe play Knizner a couple times a week.
Yeah BM but with only one week left it sure wouldn’t hurt to give it a try – if Yadi would allow it. I frequently have questions about who truly runs this team.
For the record, I have not seen two complete Cardinals games this season – the last two. Baseball has become boring.
In my view, Voit never got much of a chance with the Cards because he was a one position player and a guy named Carpenter happened to have that position nailed down until the powers decided that 1B needed attention and after trading Voit they added a few million and brought Goldschmidt on board. He always impressed me as a Yankee type anyway and Gallegos has proved his value with his arm. Both teams won but I predict Voit will be around longer than Gallegos.
Didn’t Braun get an MVP award for one of the playoffs? I have always looked at him as ‘tainted’ since he was caught doping and tried to stick it on the courier.
Wonder how many laid off people will get jobs in other industries and not come back
One wonders that about a lot of industries. Our local hospital system (they run several in small cities) laid off 700 doctors, nurses and technicians in late July and I thought that was unheard of but they were not overrun with Covid and were not allowed to do procedures that make them money (like several of my COPD tests). I thought the medical industry would be bulletproof. But I can now see that the sports industry will really suffer if the fan base is significantly reduced in the form of game attendance.
BW wrote: Before Molina’s wrist was hit by Braun’s swing, there had been some words between them.
That’s right Brian. I noticed Braun having words before the pitch with with either Yadi or the Umpire and it seemed to be rather extensive or somewhat longer than normal. I don’t think the bat hit was deliberate but Braun should not even be in baseball after the stunt he tried to pull a few years back.
Jack Flaherty has looked like dog doo doo since he started wearing his heart on his T shirt. Get back to St Louis Cardinals gear and ditch the other stuff. I also keep wondering over how Danny Mac seems to fester over how many pitches he throws as if there is a lower limit for him because he was off 17 days. Jack gotta wear his big boy pants now and hang in there. Jim Edmonds has his number last night – same pitch in same place gets same treatment -POW.
If the Reds and Brewers and Cardinals all finish at .500 I think MLB would have the Cards play a double header with Pittsburgh to make up for two games that were not played.
Well in today’s games I learned that you can pinch run for the man placed on 2B in extra innings. I had never given any thought to that before but when Yadi turned out to be the man the other day and they actually put him out there I don’t think they knew that either but they learned fast.
What a day,what a game. I woke up feeling terrible but figured laying in the recliner to watch the game would cure my ills………..and it actually did ……..until the 6th inning. Then it was like another team took the field and they weren’t Cardinals. They were guys who looked beat and knew they had a few innings to trudge through to get to the end. Gant’s problem with his junque area really hit hard on a bunch of guys who could feel his pain. It was a pain for me to watch it to the end and I don’t blame the players. Surely there must be a better day coming but I will leave it up to Shildt and his merry men to figure it all out cause it is way above my pay grade. We can only hope that Milwaukee is as hurting as we are. They did get thumped by the Cubs today so just maybe. I hope KK is sharp in game one and Ponce can keep the beat going. The rest of those bench arms better hope they don’t get used too much in the next few games.
