Best team in MLB at the break 57-36.

7/15/2013 2:32:36 PM

packboozie fuck you

7/15/2013 2:38:23 PM

I'll say it again. This is a damn good team. The Cards management is impressive...

7/15/2013 2:49:22 PM

Cardinals w00t

7/15/2013 8:24:00 PM

Quote :

"Now today paid Ty Wigginton $5 million over 2 years. WTF was wrong with keeping Skip? "

And fuck Jake Westbrook. Said all along they should have kept Lohse and let Jake go. More walks than Ks. Carlos Martinez called up today to make his first MLB start against the hottest team in baseball.

8/8/2013 10:38:39 AM

W00T W00T NL's best record 97-65. +187 run differential. 3rd highest scoring offense in MLB. Set a new record for team BA with RISP.

9/29/2013 9:29:24 PM

it's mindboggling to have 5 guys batting .300 or better

w00t indeed

9/29/2013 9:42:07 PM

Best in league

Tied for best in MlB

Cards and Bosox would be a great Series...maybe I can attend a game...

10/4/2013 12:49:33 AM

selfishly, I hope it's the Cards vs A's. it's a pipe dream, but I might be able to swing it

nevermind. tix are going to be around $790 for Game 4 at Oakland. there goes that dream

[Edited on October 4, 2013 at 1:59 AM. Reason : m]

10/4/2013 1:54:26 AM

Waino

10/10/2013 8:01:38 PM

26 scouts there to see Bridgewater tonight

10/10/2013 8:06:06 PM

w00t

and....

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/23988545/carlos-beltrans-hall-of-fame-case-helped-by-insane-postseason-stats

10/12/2013 1:58:34 AM

I know the Dodgers have good pitching, but it's inexcusable that the Cards' outfielders are batting .067 this series

10/14/2013 10:15:02 PM

I'm going out on a limb here, but I think the Cards got this one

10/18/2013 10:35:37 PM

As much as I hate to say it, gg to the Cards. Truly one of the top-5 organizations overall within the 4 major sports. It is amazing how they seem to always have unknown players stepping up in the postseason. Go NL...



[Edited on October 19, 2013 at 11:54 AM. Reason : gh]

10/19/2013 11:54:18 AM

Wacha, Rosenthal, Miller, Adams, Kelly, Craig.....the Cardinals scouts have to be among the best.

Adams was almost a complete unknown. Looking forward to the Series! Hopefully some 2004 payback.

Bring on the bandwagon!

10/20/2013 6:30:04 PM

How is there no World Series thread at the top in Sports Talk?


And WTF is going on with STL tonight?

10/23/2013 11:11:47 PM

don't call it a comeback!!

10/23/2013 11:19:14 PM

beneficiary of some shoddy defense

10/24/2013 10:29:28 PM

I guess that evens things out...or close enough.

( as long as we get the W)

[Edited on October 24, 2013 at 10:41 PM. Reason : And the Cards played some good small ball for their part in that inning]

10/24/2013 10:40:34 PM

Feeling good about the team now. Facing Peavy at home in game three. Historically Peavy has been bad against STL.

10/25/2013 10:18:15 AM

should have mad more out of the 1st inning, but it was good to jump on an early lead

no jinx, but both the infield defense and Kelly's pitching are looking solid

10/26/2013 9:19:21 PM

man we're stranding runners in scoring position over and over again. this game could very easily be 5-1 or something. Of course, we could have easily done worse than giving up 1 a couple of innings ago, too.

but yeah, kelly is looking brutal on the mound. throwing good curveballs for strikes, sometimes unexpectedly. i can't believe how much movement he gets on that tailing fastball, too.

[Edited on October 26, 2013 at 10:06 PM. Reason : ]

10/26/2013 10:05:00 PM

Fuuuuuuuuu

10/26/2013 11:26:49 PM

w00000t

10/27/2013 12:03:54 AM

Boston Red Sox Shit?

10/27/2013 12:07:26 AM

man, wow, what a crazy ending.

i mean, it was the right call, and I'm glad for the W, but I wish it hadn't happened that way.

10/27/2013 12:07:30 AM

Looks like the polls last night was split 50/50. I think it was the right call. Initially I thought the call was to home plate.

10/27/2013 11:30:27 AM

I wonder which 50% were saying it was the wrong call

10/27/2013 12:14:47 PM

Yeah that was a totally clear-cut call. I don't see what there is to argue about.

It wasn't necessarily intentional, but it was most certainly obstruction. It's sort of a crappy way to win, but them's the breaks.

10/27/2013 1:35:54 PM

I'm not sure he put his legs up on purpose, but by putting them up he certainly didn't make an effort to give the runner a clear path.

10/27/2013 1:59:24 PM

they would/should have called obstruction even if he didn't put his legs up. not real sure why red sox fans are upset as craig would have easily made it (even on his bum foot) had middlebrooks not been on the ground. this exact play is even cited in the rulebook to explain obstruction:

Quote :

"For example: an infielder dives at a ground ball and the ball passes him and he continues to lie on the ground and delays the progress of the runner, he very likely has obstructed the runner."

[Edited on October 27, 2013 at 2:38 PM. Reason : a]

10/27/2013 2:37:57 PM

I have a bad feeling about this game. If Lance makes it through the 4th inning, I'll be shocked

10/27/2013 8:18:17 PM

top of the order retired in order to start things off!

10/27/2013 8:25:18 PM

both starters have horrible postseason ERAs

something's gotta give

10/27/2013 8:26:41 PM

ours is looking OK so far. I think we're gonna shell theirs.

10/27/2013 8:44:16 PM

minimized damage.

10/27/2013 9:57:26 PM

why the fuck is MLB going to "review the obstruction rule concerning intent"? Why the hell does intent matter? You kept the guy from advancing, whether you meant to or not. it's obstruction, he gets a free base.

Oh, maybe we care because it's the last out of a game... Why does that matter? If it were the first out, would you call it differently? 15th out, differently?

Winning run then, right? So, you can obstruct the winning run, but not others? What if it's the go ahead run in the top of the 4th and no more runs end up getting scored?

Well, that doesn't make sense, so maybe we care about intent. But what about other situations where intent doesn't matter, like a baserunner getting hit by a batted ball. Is that no longer an out because the runner didn't intend to get hit?

What about a hit batter? Pitcher didn't intend to hit the guy, so it's just a ball, right?

[Edited on October 27, 2013 at 10:07 PM. Reason : ]

10/27/2013 10:05:25 PM

^ this

10/27/2013 10:18:07 PM

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKK


FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK

10/27/2013 10:24:41 PM

Don't get so excited Boston.

10/27/2013 10:24:53 PM

chip away. walk here, walk there. we still got this


should have taken ball 4. it would be a 4-2 game dammit

[Edited on October 27, 2013 at 10:52 PM. Reason : m]

10/27/2013 10:50:51 PM

I really hate Jon Jay

10/27/2013 11:30:56 PM

well I'll be damned

10/27/2013 11:52:29 PM

Jesus H Christ

Is there a more unlikable team than the Red Sox?

10/27/2013 11:55:47 PM

When is the next game? And does this mean it goes to 7 games no matter what?

10/27/2013 11:56:05 PM

^ tomorrow night

^ seriously?!?

[Edited on October 27, 2013 at 11:59 PM. Reason : c]

10/27/2013 11:58:51 PM

4+2=7, yes

10/27/2013 11:59:38 PM

^^^ Why do you say that?

10/28/2013 12:00:14 AM

I was not paying attention to the lead, calms down males.

thanks for the math

Gonna walk to the kitchen and make some sandwiches now.



[Edited on October 28, 2013 at 12:05 AM. Reason : .]

10/28/2013 12:01:55 AM