artie_fufkin wrote:

"Not that I would keep Pujols or Berkman out of the line-up, but Jay's presence as a vacuum in RF creates some interesting conflicts for La Russa."

That's been Sutcliffe's mantra for the past three hours.

Fortunately I missed all that.  Their babble has been fairly insipid.  What do you call that segment on the first half Cy Young candidates?  Filler?

artie_fufkin wrote:

Lynn's been dealing ever since I called him out. I can just flat-out motivate.

Quick.  Talk smack about Boggs.

Boggs is cashing in all of his already-meager LaRussa bucks.

Max wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Lynn's been dealing ever since I called him out. I can just flat-out motivate.

Quick.  Talk smack about Boggs.

I once told a kid I wouldn't buy him ice cream after the game unless he struck out the side in one of the innings he pitched.
Knute Rockne, stand aside.

Buccigross just asked Dr. Kruk if the Cardinals are rushing back Pujols.
"It's a broken bone. Bones heal."
He's the Larry the Cable Guy of baseball.

2 seasons as a Cardinal, 2 All-Star game appearances. I wonder if Holliday has lived up to Cowboy's expectations?

"Are you Los Angeles Earl of Anaheim?"

Yeah, but most of the regulars put that handle on ignore a long time ago. I posted as Jacque Earl Jones most recently, until they all put that handle on iggy. It's a pattern.
I haven't busted out any of the Python handles on them yet, but I can't even fathom how far British sketch comedy references will go over the heads of some of those poor schmucks.

Didn't you post as a Reds fans for a while. I'd recommend going back with a bunch of doom and gloom posts, but you wouldn't even stand out. They're over there suggesting anything from trading Votto, releasing Volquez or promoting Dontrelle Willis.

Maybe if you were an Austin-like optimist. The way the Reds are playing, a guy trying to convince everyone they'reheaded to the World Series might be the most annoying of all Trolls.

forsberg_us wrote:

Didn't you post as a Reds fans for a while. I'd recommend going back with a bunch of doom and gloom posts, but you wouldn't even stand out. They're over there suggesting anything from trading Votto, releasing Volquez or promoting Dontrelle Willis.

Maybe if you were an Austin-like optimist. The way the Reds are playing, a guy trying to convince everyone they'reheaded to the World Series might be the most annoying of all Trolls.

I miss the yahoo fo the trolling but alittle taste of it and I remember it isnt hat fun.  At least not to me.  I never enjoyed the going to the other board.  I didnt enjoy watching them get spanked when they came to the Cardinals board.

"They're over there suggesting anything from trading Votto"

I liked the Votto and Bailey for Bautista deal with Toronto. Because Votto is from Toronto. Votto will be still hitting .300 in 10 years when Bautista is testifying before Congress in the next round of steroid hearings.

artie_fufkin wrote:

OK, who had the Cardinals leading the second-place Pirates by 1.5 games on July 5?

The whole thing is inexplicable. They have four above-average starting pitchers who don't strike anyone out, and their defense, save for McCutchen, Tabata, Overbay and maybe Garrett Jones is pretty rough. The offense is pretty pedestrian (outside of McCutchen/Jones, though Snyder/Doumit are a good hitting catcher combo) and they get nothing from Alvarez or Cedeno.

The only thing they do really well is relief pitching.

I know long-suffering Pirates fans want to see them hang until the end, but the team would be better off if they hung around .500 and the Cardinals/Brewers started to pull away. That way they could trade Maholm or someone else that isn't going to have a future without much rebellion from the fans.

While I'm rambling about other teams, Bruce Bochy is going to be Manager of the Year if the Giants make it to the playoffs. La Russa should be in contention for all the crap thrown in the Cardinals' faces, but I think three months of Batista/Franklin should also count against him.

tkihshbt wrote:

La Russa should be in contention for all the crap thrown in the Cardinals' faces, but I think three months of Batista/Franklin should also count against him.

i think that the thing that was missed by bernie was that they did not keep franklin around for franklin's sake, they kept him around for their own sake . . . as a demonstration of what loyalty to the boss buys you.  a clear example of the exchange rate of la russa bucks, if you will.

la russa buys loyalty at a high price, sometimes having to ship out a serviceable player, other times having to keep around an unserviceable one.  but i think you need to examine franklin within the larger picture of how la russa has developed a loyal, functioning team from a bunch of guys who, even the worst of which, were standouts at every single level of competition, except perhaps the last one.

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