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

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

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.

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?

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.

Last edited by tkihshbt (8/09/2011 11:40 pm)

Rec.

How is Angel Hernandez still employed?

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

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!

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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.

Last edited by artie_fufkin (8/10/2011 12:26 pm)

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.