I agree with everything you said Mags , and I'm wondering if our luck would change if we went from loss dreck to loss feculence .
On a side note , I love lemon icebox pie with grahmcracker crust ....

don.rob11 wrote:

I agree with everything you said Mags , and I'm wondering if our luck would change if we went from loss dreck to loss feculence .
On a side note , I love lemon icebox pie with grahmcracker crust ....

Very close to my favorite.  For me, nothing has ever matched my mom's caramel pie.  (which we always called carmel)

I think 1 slice now would use up about a month's allotment of sugar intake for me.
 

forsberg_us wrote:

Was San Diego one of those losing teams the Cardinals were supposed to use to catapult themselves up in the standings?

Indeed. It's ok now to run up the white flag after they dropped a 1-run game to the Padres, even though they didn't lose any ground to the Cubs.

artie_fufkin wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

Was San Diego one of those losing teams the Cardinals were supposed to use to catapult themselves up in the standings?

Indeed. It's ok now to run up the white flag after they dropped a 1-run game to the Padres, even though they didn't lose any ground to the Cubs.

Actually, they did lose a game to the Cubs over the past 3 days.

You brought up the Cardinals schedule and the fact that they only had 12 games left against winning teams.  Not surprising the Cubs have a similar schedule with only 14 games left against teams that currently have a winning record--none of whom have a better record than the Cubs.

Assume for the sake of discussion the Cubs play .500 the rest of the season.  Chances are they'll be better than that, but let's assume not.  The Cubs finish 86-76.  The Cardinals have to go 22-13 the rest of the season to tie the Cubs.  What exactly have you seen from this team that suggests they have a 22-13 streak in them?

Somewhere Bill Veevk is smiling :

http://www.espn.com/sportsnation/story/_/id/20435312/sportsnation-which-your-favorite-st-louis-cardinals-mlb-players-weekend-nickname
http://es.pn/2vgeH6G

On deck , #1/2  Eddie Gaedel

artie_fufkin wrote:

"Actually, they did lose a game to the Cubs over the past 3 days"

I was referring to last night.

"What exactly have you seen from this team that suggests they have a 22-13 streak in them?"

The 18-6 streak they had back in late April and early May.

That's only 24 games.  If you look at the 11 games before that streak they were 2-9.  That's 20-15.  Look at the 11 after that streak they were 3-8.  That only gets you to 21-14.  You can even try to mix and match on both ends, but you can't get to 22 wins in 35 games.

I admire your optimism though.