Ahhhh, that good ole minor league sound of the crack of the bat .....

don.rob11 wrote:

Nice play Flower ...

 
All he needs is a horn and a rubber nose ....

Runners on second and third with no outs and bupkis.

Wonder if the Cards can win over in the little league parks ?

Nice work by Tui.

Fowler leaves 'em out there .....

artie_fufkin wrote:

Who has never heard of fried dough???

 
One of the favorite fried dough recipes down  here is beignets .

don.rob11 wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Who has never heard of fried dough???

 
One of the favorite fried dough recipes down  here is beignets .

 
And they're delicious. As are mufffulettas.

artie_fufkin wrote:

don.rob11 wrote:

Nice work from the Cards zbull pen

 
I don't know what they're going to do about Leake. He's been awful the last two weeks.

You noticed?
 

Mags wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

don.rob11 wrote:

Nice work from the Cards zbull pen

 
I don't know what they're going to do about Leake. He's been awful the last two weeks.

You noticed?
 

I was holding out hope the change of uniform with "Sparky" on the back would have changed his fortunes. Apparently not.
 

artie_fufkin wrote:

APIAD wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

 
I don't know what they're going to do about Leake. He's been awful the last two weeks.

This pitching staff has completely fallen apart. I am not sure there is a fix. Wacha exploded but had been steady. Still as the season progresses his chances of gitting his normal wall increases. Waino has sucked and is on dl. Leake likely needs the same treatment. Rosenthal is likely out for the season. Id say the wheels just fell off.

I know the prospect they got from Seattle is supposed to be the second coming of Mickey Mantle, but trading Marco Polo might have been a mistake.
 

Whether O'Neill pans out or not, I can't see how the trade was a bad one.   I wish Gonzales well but don't look for him to do too much anywhere.  There are certainly pitchers at Memphis, and probably even at Springfield, who could fill a roster spot better than Gonzales could.  His college teammate, Arturo Reyes, had a rough night out from Memphis yesterday.  But I was just thinking a couple of days ago that we may have kept the better of the two. And that's not to say that I think he's ever going to help the big club.
 

Mags wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

APIAD wrote:

This pitching staff has completely fallen apart. I am not sure there is a fix. Wacha exploded but had been steady. Still as the season progresses his chances of gitting his normal wall increases. Waino has sucked and is on dl. Leake likely needs the same treatment. Rosenthal is likely out for the season. Id say the wheels just fell off.

I know the prospect they got from Seattle is supposed to be the second coming of Mickey Mantle, but trading Marco Polo might have been a mistake.
 

Whether O'Neill pans out or not, I can't see how the trade was a bad one.   I wish Gonzales well but don't look for him to do too much anywhere.  There are certainly pitchers at Memphis, and probably even at Springfield, who could fill a roster spot better than Gonzales could.  His college teammate, Arturo Reyes, had a rough night out from Memphis yesterday.  But I was just thinking a couple of days ago that we may have kept the better of the two. And that's not to say that I think he's ever going to help the big club.
 

I understand the talent pool in the minors is deep, but I don't get to see those guys. If Weaver and Mayers and the righty who threw the other night are the best of the bunch, then, well ...
There are other guys who probably have a higher ceiling, but they may need to fill not one but maybe two spots in the rotation I think from what I've seen I would have rather gone with Gonzalez.