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OK we’ve held these guys to just 1 run in 16 innings. Keep it under 4 runs in 18 innings and all will be good.
Burly flashing a little speed on the base paths…….the cubs catcher didn’t even bother trying to throw him out. 50 yard dash between Burly and Victor Scott…….flip a coin as to who wins.
Lead it 2-0 heading to the bottom of the 7th, but this game will be a tough one to win. Too many missed scoring opportunities by a visiting team under these circumstances almost always spells “doom”. Not to be a Davey Downer, but I’d give us about a 20% chance of attaining victory
Looks like we’re in a fog delay. Maybe it’s best just to call the game and put it in the books.
And Rat with another great call about this one probably going into a fog delay. He projected this delay 2 days ago……..God knows how Rat does it?
I’m a firm believer that Herrera is indeed on a quest to surpass Ron Hunt’s MLB HBP record of 50 in a season. I wish him well and pray none of those pitches hits a vulnerable spot.
We should be able to tag a couple homers off Imanaga. When totally fresh, he’s almost unhitable. When his arm starts logging a fair amount of pitches in a season and he loses a couple ticks off his pitches, he’s extremely vulnerable. He still probably had a couple decent 2026 starts in him, but mark my words, he soon will be getting rocked so hard that even with their injury depleted starting rotation, Imanaga is going to pitch himself out of their rotation.
Haha! Beautiful Hack Wilson story, TD. Unfortunately, they just don’t make them anymore like Hack, Harry and Dizzy.
Makes my day that the always entertaining Carter Le Grand got his “gadgets” up and running again. Also hats off to the esteemed Rat on another magnificent meteorological report and delicious din-din to boot. My din-din tonight will be at the Del Bar in the beautiful Wisconsin Dells. We have a 4pm reservation and will be ordering either the King crab legs or the twin lobster tails……or who knows, maybe I’ll have my lovely fiance order the king crab and me the lobster so I can indulge in both.
If the St. Louis manufactured fireworks continue again this evening, I would like to see Oli show a little mercy to our neighbors to the north and take his foot off the pedal a bit. No contesting of any umpiranarial calls, no seizing any extra real estate on the base paths and so forth. Getting absolutely destroyed in consecutive games in your own ballpark has to be misery and torment beyond words for both the organization and it’s fans. I would like to see out team show a little compassion and win this game by only 9…..not more than 10 runs.
Indeed 1964Cards. I too am anxiously awaiting Rat’s weather report to see if we’re going to be seeing Cardinals baseball in the Windy City this evening. Years of experience has taught me to rely on Rat’s meteorological reports far greater than the local and national meteorologists.
Sorry TD……that was the Wild Turkey talking in my last post there. Lambasting our arch rivals by 16 runs in their park is always good reason to celebrate with a tall glass of the Wild Gobbler.
Doyle was decent, but Nunez was dynamite in last night’s 2-1 triumph at Route 66 stadium. Love Rodriguez, but just a teeny weeny red flag in Raniel’s direction with him whiffing in all 4 plate appearances vs top notch pitching (Kade Anderson). I bet next year, if Kade isn’t already plying his trade in Seattle, when Raniel steps into the box vs. Kade, he takes him downtown with a towering tater to center.
Although the times certainly had it’s difficulties, the 70’s and 80’s, from it’s music, to it’s sports, to it’s beautiful innocence, were truly special. We all are merely temporary tenants, occupying time and space, only to one day give way to others…….and then in relatively short order to be forgotten forever……so carpe diem.
I’d be terribly remiss in not recognizing our 2nd base umpire for today’s slaughter. Some of our seasoned posters may recall about 15 years or so ago when I often commented on a Midwest league umpire whom I gave the name “Eagle Eye’. I praised his calling of the action and said he was a “can’t miss” future MLB umpire. That man is Brock “Eagle Eye” Ballou.
I hate the cubbies more than anyone…..except maybe Scotty. But they need to enact the 1923 Mercy Rule and put an abrupt stop to this game. This game is too embarrassing for words, to the Chicago cub organization and to it’s fans. To continue on in this game would be true misery and torment to one of this league’s most storied franchises…….albeit a perennial losing one. Just recently this cub organization endured over a full century without winning a world series. I’m all for showing some mercy here and stopping this game.
Libby vs the 2026 Atlanta Braves is akin to James “Buster” Douglas squaring off against Mike Tyson……..wait….didn’t Buster bust-up and knock out the great Mike Tyson? Well if Buster got the job done then so can Libby. We’ll certainly see how Libby handles pressure, as its as plain as the nose on Jimmy Durante’s face that if he tosses another clunker again tonight that he’s knocked himself right on out of the rotation. In an upset special, I’m calling this one 6-4 Cards with Libby going 6 frames strong and Georgia native Jordan Walker lifting a towering tater high up into the steel rafters in left.
Still waiting for Rat’s weather report, as I never plan my Cardinals viewing pleasure without getting the weather lowdown from the Stan Musial of meteorology himself. Thanks Rat!
