Ordinarily, this might be an opportunity for the Cardinals to pick up some ground, especially with Waino on the mound, but ...
Vogelsong throws seven innings of 1-hit ball, the Gaints' bullpen sets down the last six batters in order and the Giants win, 1-0.
San Francisco's run comes in the seventh inning when Pence reaches on catcher's interference, goes to second on fielder's choice, goes to third on a fielder's choice and scores when Brandon Crawford's flair to left field lands between Holliday, Carpenter and Descalso, who is playing for the third straight game because the manager is an idiot.

You only have to watch half of a Cardinals' game this season, because you can be relatively certain they're not going to score. In the top of the first, I walked the dog. In the top of the second, I emptied the dishwasher. I'm about to do some grout work in the bathroom in the third.
You can really get shit done. Makes you feel good about yourself.

Last edited by artie_fufkin (7/02/2014 9:43 pm)

Leadoff double. Let's see how they squander this ...

Holy shit. What's the major league record for most runs in an inning? More than two?

Anyone else distracted by the douchebag in the Cardinals' jacket in the second row in waving his Cardinals' foam finger? 

Carpenter takes a called third. Go figure.

artie_fufkin wrote:

Craig grounds out weakly to third. Alert the media.

Ibid

Last edited by forsberg_us (7/02/2014 11:35 pm)

Now all they have to do is survive the Rosenhausen Experience in the 9th ...

Thank goodness. If they had lost this game, I would have opened a vein.

There was also the year Ankiel came up that the Cardinals made the playoffs with 60 percent of a rotation that was held together by duct tape. The difference was you had a manager and a pitching coach who understood when things weren't working and were clever enough to know how to fix it.
How long do you have to watch the same lineup fail with that dumbfounded look on your face before you try something substantially different? 
 

I'm not qualified to be a carpenter, but if I keep hitting my thumb with a hammer, I'd like to think I'm smart enough to try something different.
It's been three months. Waiting for these guys to morph into the 2013 team is just wasted time. 
The first thing I'd do is drop Carpenter to second in the order and put Bourjos in the leadoff spot against lefties and Wong, when he comes back, in the leadoff spot against righties. I knjow Bourjos is barely hitting .200, but if you're only going to play him sporadically anyway, at least take advantage of his speed.
The way he's taking pitches, Carpenter is better suited for the 2-hole anyway. As long as he's going to be stubbron, at least have someone in front of him who can steal a bag. Hitting Holliday second in the order is about as lousy an idea as there could be. Look at last night's game. Carpenter leads off the game with a single, and you start thinking maybe they'll do some early damage, then Holliday hits into a 6-4-3, and it's here we go all over again.
Then I'd bat Adams third and Peralta fourth, or vice-versa if you think leading off the game with three lefties makes them too vulnerable to left-handed relief later in the game. Peralta isn't much of an upgrade from Holliday, but at least he's capable of hitting for extra bases. Holliday is a singles hitter at this point.
Molina bats fifth. Against righties,Taveras bats sixth and plays right, and Holliday or Craig plays left and bats seventh. Against lefties, you can play Craig and Holliday and bat them 6-7. Jay bats eighth and plays center against righties, and Ellis plays second against lefties.
It's an idea. It's not perfect. But it's something. 

Also cardinals are letting their season be ran by the comtracts of craig and holliday.