St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros, 1:05 PM CDT
St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros, Jun 8, 2008 1:05 PM CDT
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wigginton has no range
either left or right. if you hit it within 3 feet of him on either side, he’s ok. otherwise, single.
I love how Puma can hit a HR
and just drop his bat quietly w/o trying to act like such a cocky bastard
I know.
He’s not even first in any of the main three NL offensive categories.
Coop needs to have a talk with him.
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
What's the minimum number of innings pitched
to qualify for the ERA title?
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Hamilton w/ 69 RBI
he was only about 10 ahead of berkman before we had that disastrous road trip, now he’s 21 ahead. some hitter.
so assuming he catches up in the next couple starts
and maintains roughly the same ERA, he’ll be in the top 3?
obviously depends on what the ERA is...
there are a number of starters in the 2-ish ERA range. Volquez leads with a sub-2 ERA. Lincecum is 2d with 2.15 and Webb is 3d with 2.53.
bad call on Hunter's check swing
which puts him in a hold 0-2 and he chases a slider away to strike out.
Umpires hate the Astros
It’s a proven fact.
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions
OK lance
let’s not get too cute. i guess it would have been a better idea if he hadn’t popped it up. and it would have made that shift look pretty dumb
That was probably the idea.
He just botched it.
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Berkman bunted?
and popped out?
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 8, 2008 2:31 PM CDT reply actions
trying to show off his multi-faceted game
beat you with a bomb. beat you with speed. lance berkman cannot be stopped.
Cooper lavished praise on Berkman when he bunted last week....
saying “that’s a baseball player’s play,” maybe he is trying to become the teacherr’s pet. However, I liked Berkman’s bunt last week better because he led off the 9th, down by 4.
Why is the pitching coach out there?
Wandy isn’t the reason bases are loaded… unless he’s saying, this is not your fault
Go 'Stros!
wonder if it was more of a mental thing
remember wandy used to have a problem w/ letting bad breaks get into his head.
last year and this year he seemed to get a better handle it, but I don’t think it was a bad visit.
Bases loaded no out
um um um
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 8, 2008 2:39 PM CDT reply actions
I realize that anyone can hit anybody at any time
but at this critical point in the game, the best PH option they have is Izturis? bench is thin w/ ankiel being hurt.
now that i have jinxed us …
Come on Wandy!!!!
You can do it!
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 8, 2008 2:46 PM CDT reply actions
Out Two on a Strikeout
One more, Wandy
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 8, 2008 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Wild Pitch
with 0-2 count on the batter (and a run scored)
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 8, 2008 2:50 PM CDT reply actions
oh no -Cards lead 4-3
Game unraveled quickly
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 8, 2008 2:50 PM CDT reply actions
Radio says none
Gameday says all 4..
????
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Wandy can lose but cannot win this game
He deserves a better fate.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 8, 2008 2:51 PM CDT reply actions
unraveled is the right word
I think Bourn just missed it. there was some confusion about who called it, but it looked like Pence gave way and Bourn had a bead on it and then just whiffed
Bourn back to AAA right now.
Coop. stop the game. Walk out there and tell Bourn he’s going back to AAA where he can relearn how to play baseball.
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions
merciful zeus
that was a long, strange, depressing and disgusting inning. glad it’s over.
time to take a shot at the cardinal bullpen
One inning killing us against the Cards again.
............
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions
brocail wasn't happy
see him throw his glove into the dugout?
if I was MBourn, i would stay as far at the other end of the dugout from Brocail as I could.
at least bourn busted his ass
getting down the line.
drag bunt down first and dodged pujols to make it safe.
Well, if he can somehow get his ass all the way around
to home plate… we’ll see.
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
isn't his real name something completely different?
he “borrowed” some other kid’s name to be younger
Eny Cabreja was a pitcher in the Astros minor league system who was from the Dominican Republic. When the Astros called him in 2003 to invite him to spring training, they discovered that Eny Cabreja didn’t exist. Now, Cabreja did make it to camp, only he came as Wandy Rodriguez, who confessed to using the fake name for reasons which have, as far as I know, never become public
From here
Go 'Stros!
Bradley J. Ausmus
once a year you come thru in a big spot. thank you for making that day today.
the wild pitch wasn’t your fault, but you got it back then.
I think I asked yesterday about Matsui and big hits
now would be another opportune time for a knock. prob needs to be a double to get Turtle home from 2nd though.
How many times are we getting in scoring position
with no outs and not cashing in?
Seems like a lot in the last few days.
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Ausmus has a beer with hot young chicks.
I don’t know what context this picture was taken in.. but here you go:
Ausmus w/ chicks
that's not good
berkman stopped running a few steps out of the box. something leg related. would have been out anyway, but still.
Another almost home run...
High single off the Crawford Boxes wall.
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
They should call it a home run
Since the umpires stole Bourn’s home run yesterday. :)
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
JD is right
Cards RF made a mistake and thew it to 2nd instead of cutoff man. Can’t blame Romero, but Abercrombie would have scored if he’d been sent. bad luck continues.
I had to run some errands and listened on the radio....
The radio guys had a fit about the 3d base coach putting the stop sign up for Abercrombie. They made a good point that if you are going to take Lee out of the game in order to use Abercrombie’s speed, why wouldn’t you send him? If you’re not going to send one of the team’s fastest runners in that situation, why even worry about pinch running for Lee? Mather apparently thought that his chances of getting a play at the plate were so bad that he fielded and threw the ball nonchalantly.
you're right
was just thinking that after seeing it was bourn up next. in that situation, the call is to send him and make them make a play. that RF has only been up a week, fielded it on warning track. try his arm.
crap.
bad luck, but we’re not doing anything to deserve good luck of our own. errors and mental mistakes.
why didn't they pinch hit for bourn?
isn’t blum still on the bench?
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry
good question
i think he must be. when brocail came on there was a double switch, w/ loretta replacing wigginton.
don’t remember any other moves.
abercrombie was on base, so we would have moved erstad to LF and abercrombie to CF. should have worked.
coop is prob just now figuring that out.
Maybe he was saving blum for Ausmus?
..? we’ll see..
or just in case someone gets hurt…
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
that pissed me off
sorry so late of a response but stil…
When Bourn who can’t hit lefties to begin with comes up with a super important at bat against Flores who is basically a left specialist with that sweeping slider that all lefty specialists use you HAVE TO PINCH HIT IF YOU HAVE BLUMB ON THE BENCH!!!!! I mean c’mon!!!!! The only way you don’t is if you think that Bourn is a huge advantage and you want to keep him in the outfield for defensive purposes(and that is such a huge stretch that if you are thinking that then you are a fricking idiot) and then to top it off Bourn is removed in the bottom half of the inning. WTF! I think Cooper should be fired.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry
he's way off today
Astros.com had a story about a little limp he had. maybe hurt worse than he said.
Who, Valverde?
Well, then it’s bum leg vs bum leg. Should make it even. :p
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
valverde just wants to make it even more difficult
two walks and now pujols up.
at this point it doesn’t matter. let him hit. we don’t deserve to win after our crappy play today
That's right.
They are all Wiggy’s fault.
by entropic soul on Jun 8, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
i liked the one earlier in the broadcast
w/ the kid playing baseball by himself saying “greatest hitter in the world”
oh that hurts Brownie
points out that cards have 4 hits today, all singles.
5 runs. whole team should be flogged.
hard to follow espn gamecast
did we tie the game and going to extra innings. stuck at work and trying to follow along with you guys and gamecast from espn. it still has us down 5 – 4 and the 9th just finshed
nope
people on the card thread were complaining gamecast on both mlb and espn was wrong and stuck.
bot 8th, abercrombie on first, 2 out. Erstad doubles hard to RF wall, Abercrombie is stopped at 3rd base. I think the gamecast said he scored and tied the game, but that’s wrong. he was at 3rd and it was still 5-4.
instead, next batter Bourn flied out to CF. 3 out.

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