Over flow Game Thread -- Astros on the Board, finally
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 8:55 PM CDT
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Hampton gone - Geary in
Hope that’s just precautionary on Coop’s part.
It takes more than pitching to win a pennant, but not much!
well, he was up to 90 pitches
and he’s a bit injury prone, so I’d say it’s probably just precautionary.
why is Rasmus not in the lineup
I thought I saw him listed in the lineup on the STL newspaper site earlier today. has the broadcast said anything about it other than just now?
I just wondered if there was a change b/c of something
or if the STL paper just made a mistake w/ the lineup posting
I have yet to meet a person
in real life who uses that thing. I’m convinced it’s entirely a media-created phenomenon. I hadn’t even heard of the thing until the news talked about it.
I only started it
Because of the blog…I’ve yet to update mine since I started it though.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions
but that's the thing
I’m in the internet’s key demographic: 20 year-old college student. By the time the media got around to talking about Facebook, everyone in my high school had had a profile for a long time. Just seems odd to me.
I'd say Twitter's primary demo right now
isn’t 20 something college students.
it really took off 2 years ago during SXSW, w/ a bunch of web 2.0 type people. there is obv some overlap among that crowd, but not entirely the same. it’s hit pretty big in political circles as well as media types (there are a few of the MLB.com writers on twitter)
Snarky
But kinda true.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
One of the list-servs for SBN
There was a massive discussion about how twitter was just ushering in New Speak because it’s limiting conversation to 140 characters.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd send him too
For no other reason than desperation.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Rec-ed
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Good
Pinero is out if the game…time to mash against their weak-ass bull pen
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Pineiro is gone
Come to think of it – he had some injury issues too – cold weather and 90+ pitches didn’t seem to hurt him.
It takes more than pitching to win a pennant, but not much!
PLEASE KAZ PLEASE
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
If there's one person I'm ok with in this situation
It’s Kaz
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Berkman yes
Lee no.
I just like Kaz because he won’t try to be a hero.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Just an OB
Let’s go deeper into our batting order
It takes more than pitching to win a pennant, but not much!
2-0
Primed for a jack.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Panic in St L
Duncan even trots to the mound!
It takes more than pitching to win a pennant, but not much!
3-0
BB in a run
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Pence needs to jack a grannie.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Pence's first HR was a Grand Slam here.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
K
He had a slider, Pence was doomed from the get go.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Not a good start
By Brocail
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
It's just the rest of their line up that has
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions
even then, I think it was a pretty big risk
it was aggressive, but probably not too smart, but like I said before, he got lucky. sometimes that’s what happen when you take a chance
1 out
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Stop giving away runs right after we score
GDit
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
I'm amazed that Wesley Wright remarked
that he had no idea that having a first pitch strike on the batter made such a difference.
Isn’t that what coaches and managers are for? #$#!!
It takes more than pitching to win a pennant, but not much!
"the way Mark McGwire was the man..."
McGwire was a very overrated player. If anything, I’d say Pujols is underrated.
Really?
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Nevermind
I read that as Pujols being overrated.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah,
by the general public, I mean. Pujols is seen as a great hitter, but I don’t think most people understand just how great he is.
I don't care about steroids
and I think McGwire should be in the HoF. And I think that eventually (maybe it might take a decade) the voters will get over it.
I think McGwire's best chance (mathematically)
is with the veteran’s committee – years from now.
It takes more than pitching to win a pennant, but not much!
pujols can't be considered underrated
can you find a place where he’s mentioned as NOT being one of the top players in baseball?
The 2006 BWAA MVP ballots?
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
No
Just citing a place.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, most of the people I read view him as the best hitter in baseball.
but then I mostly read sabermetric type web sites.
I'm not saying people don't think he's a fantastic player
but he’s certainly been routinely underrated by the sports media. See the Ryan Howard 2006 MVP.
granted he should have won it
but he still came in 2nd. not like they left him off the ballots.
Howard had the narrative going for him
True
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
true
alright, this is how I see it. I think Pujols will, after his career is over (and assuming he’s not like 4 years older than we think he is) will go down as possibly the greatest hitter in the history of the game. And so I don’t think that most people realize quite how good he is.
I am.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I love how pissed he was about that.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Isn't it silly to have a HR Derby
as one of the top 10 moments in the contest? or just sad. We can’t come up w/ 10 moments that actually, you know, counted?
Seriously
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
No sillier
than a Brad Ausmus home run :)
It takes more than pitching to win a pennant, but not much!
Thank you Carlos
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Nope
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
HAHAHA
OBP Ed, OBP
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, the way I said it (which was intentional) sounded...
like Cecil Cooper’s famous statement last year about HRs killing rallies.
it's pretty sick...
that we’ve stranded, what, 9 runners this game? And we’ve hit 6 solo shots in the last two games. Ugh.
I wonder if he has a ridiculously HOT GF too?
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
as usual, the Cards just can't top our players
in this case, in the ugly category.
Whatever happened to you, Zeke?
You can't fool me
that’s Charles Barkley!
It takes more than pitching to win a pennant, but not much!
Hahaha
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions
3 sds
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Good
They’re going to bring in Motte.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Kaz bails him out
Great play.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Pudge seems to have problems
actually catching the ball.
Just in the first week there have been several balls he’s just missed
I feel like he just gets lazy when there's no one on.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Got 'em where we want 'em
We have much more experience in this kind of situation than they do.
It takes more than pitching to win a pennant, but not much!
by bwhite2323 on Apr 10, 2009 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Motte was booed by St. Louis crowd in his last appearance.
If you can get him on the ropes, that pattern may start early.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Blow this Motte.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:00 PM CDT reply actions
Damnit Bourn
You do not have oppo power.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:01 PM CDT reply actions
My point exactly
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Keppppppppppppppp
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:01 PM CDT reply actions
Crap
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:02 PM CDT reply actions
If he helps win a WS
I’ll force the network to let us change the name.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
rally rally rally rally rally
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:03 PM CDT reply actions
Now we get the dinger!
The plan is working to perfection.
It takes more than pitching to win a pennant, but not much!
Maaaannnnnnnnnn
They’re pulling the choke artist.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:04 PM CDT reply actions
I think we'd all be ok with that
The more scored the Cards are in the ninth inning, the less of a threat they are.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Still got solid odds
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:05 PM CDT reply actions
Kaz just needs a hit
And then let Pence roll.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:05 PM CDT reply actions
NNNNNN0000000000000000000000
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:07 PM CDT reply actions
HUNTER PLEASE
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:08 PM CDT reply actions
Hunter will never see a decent fastball
from the Cards
It takes more than pitching to win a pennant, but not much!
Post Game Thread is up
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 10, 2009 10:17 PM CDT reply actions
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