APRTW wrote:

I am worried about Carp.

.........from Strauss:
The Cardinals' pitching numbers took a significant hit during the series as the Reds pounded away for a .326 average and .577 slugging percentage. The Reds managed 13 extra-base hits in the series as the Cards' ERA rose to 3.75. The National League average stood at 3.83 before Sunday. Chris Carpenter left Sunday's start with 42 hits allowed in 26 1/3 innings covering his last four starts.

"My stuff was good. My fastball was sinking well. My command was good. My cutter was good. I threw three of the best change-ups of my career today and I threw some good curveballs," said Carpenter, whose ERA rose to 4.95. "I don't know what more to say except get ready to pitch and see what happens next time. I feel physically strong. We'll see what happens."

• Tonight's game, against the Phillies, is a 6:05 start to accommodate television


Wonder what his ERA would be if his stuff was bad-------?

don.rob11 wrote:

APRTW wrote:

I am worried about Carp.

.........from Strauss:
The Cardinals' pitching numbers took a significant hit during the series as the Reds pounded away for a .326 average and .577 slugging percentage. The Reds managed 13 extra-base hits in the series as the Cards' ERA rose to 3.75. The National League average stood at 3.83 before Sunday. Chris Carpenter left Sunday's start with 42 hits allowed in 26 1/3 innings covering his last four starts.

"My stuff was good. My fastball was sinking well. My command was good. My cutter was good. I threw three of the best change-ups of my career today and I threw some good curveballs," said Carpenter, whose ERA rose to 4.95. "I don't know what more to say except get ready to pitch and see what happens next time. I feel physically strong. We'll see what happens."

• Tonight's game, against the Phillies, is a 6:05 start to accommodate television


Wonder what his ERA would be if his stuff was bad-------?

There was something in the P-D about him complaining about the mound and having to wait for the smoke from the fireworks to clear after Hernandez's home run, but I didn't see a quote attributed to him about either thing.

From Gordo:

"Dare we say the Cards miss Schumaker's defense at second base?"

Uhh, no?

artie_fufkin wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Ohioans are invariably rude, usually drunk and terminally stupid.

Cowboy should feel right at home.

See what I mean. I'd better be careful, though. I think JV is from Ohio. But I think we'd let him out of the bubble if he asks nicely.

Not a problem; I'm from PA, but close enough to smell OH.

Lighten up. I knew that would be an easy way to tweek you.

tkihshbt wrote:

Lighten up. I knew that would be an easy way to tweek you.

have you been following the neuro-linguistics thread?  i have a nemesis who is holding up job performance as pertains to me, meaning i cannot perform my job because i must perform the tasks nemesis did not do--which only pertain to me.  so the whole project is waiting for me to perform stuff other than those on my duty list.  to perform those tasks, someone's hand (mine?) must go into the cookie jar.  none of my circle of confidants here have any doubt but that this was the plan of nemesis from the beginning: if a hand gets caught in the cookie jar, the whole project will need the skills of nemesis to extract it and finish the project.  if it is my hand, and if i get cut from the project, no one else will remain who possesses the experience and skill set to navigate scenarios like this, and nemesis will be free to run gamuts like this to her heart's content.  meanwhile, when i directly questioned the boss if he gave nemesis any authority to do what she did, he gave a response that, according to one website, indicates a constructed auditory event . . . a prevarication.

so, yeah, i'm a bit wound up.  i come here to talk baseball and shit, and not to defend whether my comparison of jay to hart was stupid, or even try to figure out what you are implying about me finding someone to blame if Rasmus misses some time.

To put things in perspective, when I moved to LA in 1985, employers LOOOOVED people from Ohio (and Illinois and the rest of the upper midwest) because we know how to work.  We don't call in absent because surf's up.

Ok, so the Douche is annoyed because we weren't into the OSU/Michigan game, and by this time he's piss drunk because he weighs about as much as my mother-in-law and he's from Ohio and he's not going to let a bunch of Massholes drink him under the table. He pukes in the bar, so Mike takes him upstairs to their hotel room and lets him pass out.
We figure he's done for the night, but a few hours later he rallies and decides to come with us to Canada for a night at the ballet. He's wearing this stupid Hawaiian luau shirt (under his Buckeye necklace, apparently with the puke cleaned off it) and a pair of shorts. It's November. It's Buffalo. It's snowing. And then he starts to organize the event. He wants to collect passports as we get to the bridge to Canada. Keep in mind this is probably the fifth or sixth year we've done this trip, so we've got the routine down. My buddy Jay, who is about 6-5 and played D2 college basketball said "I'm not giving you my passport." "Why the fuck not, asshole?" "Fuck you." Then the Douche takes a swing Jay, who holds him off with one hand and says "Because you're Mike's brother-in-law, I'm not going to yank you out of this van and throw you in the lake. You're going to get out of the van on your own and go back to the hotel."
We didn't see the Douche after that. He apparently walked back to the hotel, then packed up his stuff and drove back to Ohio that night.

artie_fufkin wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

From Gordo:

"Dare we say the Cards miss Schumaker's defense at second base?"

Uhh, no?

You were the first one on this, but I don't know how they haven't figured out Theriot isn't an everyday shortstop anymore. There was a play Janish made in the hole yesterday on a ground ball Theriot doesn't get within five feet of (pardon the dangling preposition).
They have to move Theriot to second base. Punto is OK as an occasional fill-in at short, but he's not an everyday guy. I've seen enough of Greene. Can Descalso play short? I don't know. But what I do know is he's got a decent arm, and he brings energy to the team when he's in the lineup.
The two biggest priorities right now are improving the defense at short and fixing the bullpen. I still have some hope that once Tallet gets back and Sanchez gets a few more innings under him the latter will be better, but I don't know if you can improve infield defense at shortstop without going outside the organization.
I know they built this year's team for more offense, but you can't sacrifice so much defense when you've got a pitching staff under the pitch-to-contact directive.
In case anyone is interested, Brendan Ryan's average has climbed 33 points in the last nine days ... to .204. His OPS has actually decreased from last season (and who thought it could?) to .525.

what'd greene do?  i am pulling for the guy.  i mean, i think there's a decent chance he'll turn out to be this season's bo hart, but other than that i'd like to see him in the line-up, and he has looked really good at times at 2B. 

the problem with pulling the plug on theriot is that it makes the organization look bad, and this organization does not like to eat their own albatross.  we'll watch guys like kip w3lls and adam kennedy get marched out there for months . . . years . . . after it is pretty clear that it ain't working out.  but as long as they don't go all tino martinez and squawk, their position is fairly secure.

Last edited by Max (5/16/2011 11:45 pm)

Maybe they could move Jay to SS.   (grin) (grin) (grin)

artie_fufkin wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

From Gordo:

"Dare we say the Cards miss Schumaker's defense at second base?"

Uhh, no?

You were the first one on this, but I don't know how they haven't figured out Theriot isn't an everyday shortstop anymore. There was a play Janish made in the hole yesterday on a ground ball Theriot doesn't get within five feet of (pardon the dangling preposition).
They have to move Theriot to second base. Punto is OK as an occasional fill-in at short, but he's not an everyday guy. I've seen enough of Greene. Can Descalso play short? I don't know. But what I do know is he's got a decent arm, and he brings energy to the team when he's in the lineup.
The two biggest priorities right now are improving the defense at short and fixing the bullpen. I still have some hope that once Tallet gets back and Sanchez gets a few more innings under him the latter will be better, but I don't know if you can improve infield defense at shortstop without going outside the organization.
I know they built this year's team for more offense, but you can't sacrifice so much defense when you've got a pitching staff under the pitch-to-contact directive.
In case anyone is interested, Brendan Ryan's average has climbed 33 points in the last nine days ... to .204. His OPS has actually decreased from last season (and who thought it could?) to .525.

He last played short in 2008 in single A.  He did so rather poorly.  You can throw him in the position, like the Cardinals have done for one inning but if you do it often it will cost you.

Hey now.

The Riot is scraptastic.  Or is it scrapalicious?   Scraptabulous?

Well, you know what I mean.

On a related note, has anyone else noticed that the team that gave up on The Riot is now starting the Lawn Gnome at 2B.  If I had to choose, I'd take The Riot.

Max wrote:

what'd greene do?  i am pulling for the guy.  i mean, i think there's a decent chance he'll turn out to be this season's bo hart, but other than that i'd like to see him in the line-up, and he has looked really good at times at 2B.

Sadly, tonight wasn't one of them