We got a chance here!

Holy crap that was exciting.

tkihshbt wrote:

Holy crap that was exciting.

There's no way Rolen should have made that play as close as it was. He's the best defensive 3B I've ever seen.

Don't like these matchups in the ninth.

artie_fufkin wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

Holy crap that was exciting.

There's no way Rolen should have made that play as close as it was. He's the best defensive 3B I've ever seen.

His arm is still s'in sick. There's no way he's supposed to make that play and not at least 1 hop that throw to first.

I got stuck with a day of painting my daughter' room and bathroom. Looks like I missed a helluva pitching duel.

Ballgame.

That was a great game.

You also missed an unbelievable performance by Rasmus. Two absolutely dazzling singles, a heads-up play to get to third base for Hamilton and the game-winning run. The kid just competes.

I walked in as Schumaker hit the fly ball that moved Colby to third.  The DVR has an hour stored, so I'm watching it back from the 7th.

I love my children, but the next time they ask to help with a task like painting a room, I'm going to suggest that they go play video games.  They mean well, but it doesn't necessarily work out that way.

miscellany:

Goofy slide to first by Hamilton.  PD says he was already changing his run to round first for second, when he had to change plans because of Rolen's play at third. 

If Pujols doesn't get injured, Berkman plays right field today and doesn't make that catch that Bruce nearly put over the wall, and the outcome of today's game could have been different.

119 pitches for Carpenter.

It's supposed to take longer to do things when you start teaching your kids, but the idea is that if you teach them well they can do it themselves and save you a lot of time.  That should work for routine tasks like the lawn, but I'm not as confident when it comes to rarely performed tasks like painting.

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tkihshbt wrote:

That was a great game.

Cueto is a piece of trash but he isnt a bad pitcher.  This was a good 0-1 ballgame unlike some of the ones we have seen in previous years when two crappy pitcher pair up for a 4 hour offensive snooze fest.

Last edited by APRTW (7/04/2011 10:44 pm)

Twenty-eight of Carp's 116 pitches were to Votto. That dickhole ruined a complete game.

APRTW wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

Holy crap that was exciting.

There's no way Rolen should have made that play as close as it was. He's the best defensive 3B I've ever seen.

That was my thoughts.  Even as he ages there isnt a third baseman in the league that could have done that.  I know I am in the wrong generation of third baseman.  It is a power position now and the glove comes second.  However I dont think I have seen anyone as good as he is as making the play and the throw going to his right.

Brooks Robinson is the standard for anyone who's been around long enough. I'm too young to remember Robinson in his prime, but Mags always used to say Rolen is better.
Mike Schmidt won a ton of Gold Gloves, but Ken Reitz was a better defensive third baseman. He just didn't have Schmidt's name recognition and offensive numbers.
Graig Nettles was excellent, especially going to his left. His reflexes were the best I've ever seen. He would have made a good hockey goalie.
And Eric Chavez may have been as good or better than any of those guys. He just couldn't stay healthy after awhile.

Going to chime in on Phillips.

Yes, I hate him.
Yes, I hate him for what he's said about St. Louis.

With that in mind, I've watched two mega-stars in St. Louis, and countless celebrities that were stand-offish and assholes to the public at large, but charitable and giving to the less fortunate and the children. The two big names are Albert Pujols and Mark McGwire. Larussa is another celeb. They haven't talked mad shit about another city and that is what drives me hating Phillips, but I won't go so far as to say that Phillips is a self-serving shithead with nobody else on his mind but himself. I reserve that for Milton Bradley, and a few others like him. Phillips is one of those guys who likes to talk shit. He's good, and actually plays better when he's emotionally involved, so he gets emotionally involved. It's a fucking annoyance if you have to play against the son of a bitch, because the only thing worse then losing to a rival, is having them talk shit every out along the way.

Still though, keep it in perspective. He's not a douche to everyone, just St. Louis. He's actually a good community guy if you're community isn't St. Louis.