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8/09/2011 7:34 pm  #1


08/09 gamecrap

Here we go!!  Biggest series of the year so far.

 

8/09/2011 7:43 pm  #2


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Jackson has recorded more outs than runs. So far, so good.

 

8/09/2011 8:25 pm  #3


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I really dont like Jackson.  His whole career has been overrated.

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8/09/2011 8:52 pm  #4


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With that baserunning display, Marcum becomes an honorary Cardinal

 

8/09/2011 9:08 pm  #5


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Huge AB for Patterson. Cardinals had to score the way this inning started. C'mon Albert, make it a big inning.

 

8/09/2011 10:06 pm  #6


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If FoxTrax is accurate, Angel Hernandez is having the worst night in the history of umpiring.

 

8/09/2011 10:11 pm  #7


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forsberg_us wrote:

With that baserunning display, Marcum becomes an honorary Cardinal

Laird has had an awful night behind the plate. If Yadi is catching, he blocks the ball, Marcum doesn't even try and the inning might end differently.
Thank goodness Laird has contributed offensively. He's keeping both teams in the game.

 

8/09/2011 10:45 pm  #8


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How many guys has Pujols left on base tonight? It feels like 15.

 

8/09/2011 10:47 pm  #9


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I can't quite make out the name on the back, but is there a fan sitting behind the Cardinals' dugout wearing a "Hollywood 69" jersey?

 

8/09/2011 11:01 pm  #10


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Did Hrabosky really say this has been "a well-played game?"

 

8/09/2011 11:39 pm  #11


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The margins are getting thinner. Just to get to 90 wins the Cardinals have to go 28-18. Milwaukee has to go 23-23. This is not looking like their year.

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8/10/2011 8:22 am  #12


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"This is not looking like their year."

I thought we had all agreed on the "this isn't their year" concept when Theriout was signed.

 

8/10/2011 9:26 am  #13


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Rec.

How is Angel Hernandez still employed?

 

8/10/2011 9:54 am  #14


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all I saw was the schumaker at home call, and while it looked awful in real time, looked like a brilliant call in slow motion. What'd Hernandez miss?

 

8/10/2011 10:36 am  #15


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artie_fufkin wrote:

"This is not looking like their year."

I thought we had all agreed on the "this isn't their year" concept when Theriout was signed.

Not that it matters, but:


          G    AB    R    H    2B    3B    HR    RBI    BB    K    SB    CS    AVG    OBP    SLG    OPS    
Theriot 98    374    39    102    21    0    1    39    21    36    4    5    .273    .317    .337    .654   
Ryan   99    358    41    94    17    2    2    34    26    67    8    2    .263    .322    .338    .660

 

8/10/2011 10:44 am  #16


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That's ugly. I believe the Mariners are paying Ryan around $1 million, too.

I understand that he was a distraction, but Theriout just wasn't the answer.

 

8/10/2011 10:47 am  #17


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Looks like you were doing a little venting last night Artie   I turned off the game when it looked like it was going pretty long.  It seems the umps are the worst ever this year!

Last edited by Webstergrovesalum (8/10/2011 10:55 am)

 

8/10/2011 12:14 pm  #18


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tkihshbt wrote:

Rec.

How is Angel Hernandez still employed?

Hernandez is awful, but I have to think it was a problem with the FoxTrax. It was the first time I've seen the "new and improved" version at Busch, and maybe it was calibrated wrong or something. It seemed like every pitch that was three inches inside to a right-handed batter got the edge of the FoxTrax zone, and every pitch that looked like it caught the outside corner was shown being off the plate.
Incidentally, I (and probably everyone else in the park) thought Hernandez blew the call on the tag play on Schumaker at the plate, but he got that one right. Skippy's foot came up when he went into his slide and the catcher tagged him before he got there.
None of it still makes Angel Hernandez a good umpire, though.

 

8/10/2011 12:25 pm  #19


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Webstergrovesalum wrote:

Looks like you were doing a little venting last night Artie   I turned off the game when it looked like it was going pretty long.  It seems the umps are the worst ever this year!

I vent therefore I am.
Most of the umpires are very good. They're the ones you don't notice. But there are about a half-dozen who just don't belong in the major leagues, and the union thing probably prevents them from being fired.
Off the top of my head, I'd let C.B. Bucknor, Phil Cuzzi, Angel Hernandez, Chuck Meriweather and the guy who got into the beef with Yadi in Milwaukee go tomorrow. I have long-standing issues with Tim McClellan, but most of my umbrage has to do with his deliberate style and his tiny strike zone, albeit a consistent one.
And Joe West could pack up his steel guitar and drive off into the sunset tomorrow and I wouldn't miss him. Not because he's a bad umpire, but because he thinks people buy tickets to a baseball game to watch him. And if Balkin' Bob Davidson was riding shotgun, I wouldn't mind that, either. Same reason.

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8/10/2011 12:36 pm  #20


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tkihshbt wrote:

That's ugly. I believe the Mariners are paying Ryan around $1 million, too.

I understand that he was a distraction, but Theriout just wasn't the answer.

Get it straight man, he was a club house cancer.  Had to go.  Look what happened to the Mariners!

 

8/10/2011 2:18 pm  #21


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artie_fufkin wrote:

Webstergrovesalum wrote:

Looks like you were doing a little venting last night Artie   I turned off the game when it looked like it was going pretty long.  It seems the umps are the worst ever this year!

I vent therefore I am.
Most of the umpires are very good. They're the ones you don't notice. But there are about a half-dozen who just don't belong in the major leagues, and the union thing probably prevents them from being fired.
Off the top of my head, I'd let C.B. Bucknor, Phil Cuzzi, Angel Hernandez, Chuck Meriweather and the guy who got into the beef with Yadi in Milwaukee go tomorrow. I have long-standing issues with Tim McClellan, but most of my umbrage has to do with his deliberate style and his tiny strike zone, albeit a consistent one.
And Joe West could pack up his steel guitar and drive off into the sunset tomorrow and I wouldn't miss him. Not because he's a bad umpire, but because he thinks people buy tickets to a baseball game to watch him. And if Balkin' Bob Davidson was riding shotgun, I wouldn't mind that, either. Same reason.

Add to that list the guy a couple of weeks ago who warned the benches after the first pitch and then got into it later with Carpenter while Carpenter was standing on first base.

 

8/10/2011 4:54 pm  #22


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"Add to that list the guy a couple of weeks ago who warned the benches after the first pitch and then got into it later with Carpenter while Carpenter was standing on first base."

That was the Milwaukee game, right? The Brewers announcers never addressed specifically why the umpire went halfway down the first base line to upbraid Carpenter. They were too deep into a 2-minute complaint about how Carpenter has a reputation for complaining.

 

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