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This is past ‘swan song’ year. This is a roasted duck. No shame in hanging it up at age 41. A long proud career. No time left to fix his mechanics. That HR was a meat ball.
Olson delivered an RBI single in the fourth and then damaged Scherzer again with a leadoff homer in the sixth. The veteran first baseman entered play Monday hitting .102 with one homer and a .353 OPS over his past 25 games, but he has gone 8-for-16 with four homers during the five games that have followed.
Some might think this is relevant as Goldy has struggled of late, though not this badly. Never count Goldy out for our playoff run.
I tend to agree with you Rats. I’ve given up rooting for the Brewers to overcome Philly. They are anti-clutch.
I went to the 2004 WS St Louis. It was not a good thing. My memories (the ones I haven’t suppressed) are how nice it was that the Cardinal brass opened the gates to all the Sox fans w/o tickets milling around outside, so they could come in and party and see the last inning. My other memory was a Sox family wandering around in a daze on Game 5 day (which obviously wasn’t played 😡), repeating over and over how amazed they were that they won. Like us, they were stuck waiting around for their flight. Ghost town.
Hilarious.
I’m calling tonight’s game 5-3. Offense has a non-zero BA RISP, and it’s enough. Rats comes in off the ledge for good, and we all rejoice and enjoy
some meaningless games.I propose that tomorrow we have a creative writing contest to out-doom and out-gloom esteemed Ratsbuddy in prognosticating our down-to-the-wire near-miss at disaster.
Winner gets a six-pack of canned wine that would make CIF whince.
Rats, I see you’ve gone back to your playoff bunker. How long did you come out for? I hope at least you could enjoy the game by the 4th inning.
I’ve been rooting for the Brewers for about three weeks, because they are the best team for us to face, and I don’t root for teams with unlimited money like the Padres. So you can blame me that the Brewers haven’t faded yet.
I don’t mind if DeJong swings at high balls out of the zone, but I’d prefer if he could aim at them. Even better, hit one of them.
A good read while waiting for tonight’s game.
Vader should be coming off the 60 day for Tuesday game. Pain has subsided (mostly). Hope he does well.
Very true. Holmes only got three of 10 fastballs over the plate. Pretty bad when you have to feed the .156 hitter your slider for strikes.
At this point he won’t even hit .300 on the year.
Rats, Goldy would have to hit about .140 for the rest of the year (22 games) for him to drop below .300. Ain’t going to happen.
I hates losing. Especially to marginal teams. But in the last 31 days, since August 10th, our magic number has dropped from 52 games to 15 games. That’s not bad after playing 30 games in 31 days.
Jack has to go back to Peoria. Did he ever apologize for wearing that Black Lives Matter shirt?
Good win tonight J Mack. I’ll bite on your question, about Flaherty’s shirt. He doesn’t owe anyone an apology for wearing a BLM shirt. I am compelled to respond to you, even though Brian doesn’t want politics addressed on his forum. But I cannot be silent, because maybe some of our posters are Black, and I don’t want them to think no one cares.
Black lives matter. There, I said it. They are made in God’s image, just like me and you, so they matter. I think you probably agree with that, in the sense I just expressed it, so I am not calling you out in any way, shape, or form. Personally, I cannot stand many aspects of liberal politics. But I respect Flaherty’s right to express himself. Even if he weren’t himself a minority that has suffered in our country. And if the majority culture in our country spoke up more, it wouldn’t be left for just minorities to do so.
If you want to have a friendly chat offsite, I’m happy to have Brian give you my email. Just ask him.
FrankGreat play by Sosa
Twitter linkFor those of you that missed the 9th inning, here it is.
Cardinals – Top 9th
WEATHERS PITCHING FOR CIN
STL
CIN
Y Molina walked.
3
9
A Nunez walked, Y Molina to second.
3
9
D Eckstein singled to right, Y Molina to third, A Nunez to second.
3
9
R Cedeno struck out looking.
3
9
A Pujols grounded into fielder’s choice to shortstop, Y Molina scored, D Eckstein out at second, A Nunez to third.
4
9
D GRAVES PITCHING FOR CIN
STL
CIN
R Sanders singled to left, A Nunez scored, A Pujols to second.
5
9
J Edmonds homered to right, A Pujols and R Sanders scored.
8
9
M Grudzielanek safe at second on error by first baseman S Casey.
8
9
J Mabry homered to center, M Grudzielanek scored.
10
9
Y Molina reached on infield single to second.
10
9
A Nunez reached on infield single to second, Y Molina to second.
10
9
J TAVAREZ PITCHING FOR STL
STL
CIN
D Eckstein flied out to right.
10
9
7 RUNS, 6 HITS, 1 ERRORMay 2 2005 of course, we won 10-9
Carlson to IL (thumb)
Burleson up!
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/st-louis-cardinalsI’m happy the Brewers won. 7.5 games is enough. I’d like to see the Padres get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.
