In the event of Rapture all other teams will be Left Behind: the 2015 St. Louis Cardinals

lol

GAAAHHHHH

fuck fuck fucking Peralta

everything Bob Costas said about Pedro Strop is true.

Bill Murray calls Cardinals fans 'satan's messengers'

The Chicago actor wasn’t finished teasing Cardinals fans at the golf tournament. While walking down a fairway, Murray saw a young boy wearing a Cardinals hat. The young boy asked for an autograph, but the Cubs fan in Murray came out.

“Are you a Cardinals fan? Get out of here. Rotten kid,” Murray said to the kid

And Murray kept walking down the fairway.

This is a lesson learned by Cardinals fans; don’t ask Bill Murray for an autograph.

hahaha

kinda surprised wong has 'only' (still tied for 7th in the NL) been plunked 7 times with the way he's on top of the plate + lifted front foot

He's a little over 5 feet tall so it balances out

Cincinnati fans were hilarious last night. lol yadi on getting booed during the introductions:

"Obviously, when you spend 12 years coming to Cincinnati and you beat them so many times, they're going to boo you," Molina said.

did you see Pujols joining in?

https://t.co/3yoM9Nq6gC

hehe, yeah

it's funny how many people on that tweet thread thought he was being serious!

i'm gonna guess "tweet thread" was not the correct term

Holliday back for Mets series

0-5, 3 double plays for yadi

26 hits 2 runs

metropolitans 24 LOB

cool game last night

looks like piscotty got the call up for tomorrow. he's been playing 1B in memphis for the last two weeks so presumably he'll at least get a shot at it over reynolds. outfield seems impossible to break through, with holliday/heyward/grichuk/jay/bourjos all ahead of him.

AND Tommy Pham.

sheesh, Mo needs to make a move

Piscotty cometh. won't be hard to outhit either corner infield spot at this point.

Pretty brave of them to call up a player named for how children pronounce the word "spaghetti."

craig edwards had a decent write-up earlier today:

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2015/7/21/9007097/Cardinals-prospect-stephen-piscotty-called-up-to-majors-mlb

(weird url, since there's no sabermetrics analysis in the article (unless you count ISO i guess). i'd blame SEO, but are people really searching for "sabermetrics analysis"?)

Matheny has him in LF, batting 9th. -_-

Piscotty, post-game:

"When I was able to get the hit and lay off a couple of pitches low and was really able to see it and attack and be in a good hitter’s count, after that, I was able to see the ball a lot better," Piscotty said.

Piscotty just got scratched from line-up. Hmmmmmmm

just a stiff neck *sadly turns drudge siren off*

was he originally slated to play 1B tonight?

just realized this is a 1-game series against KC. following a 2-game series against the chisox. weird week of games!

yep, looks like he was. bummer! i was looking forward to seeing how he looked at 1B. guess i'll have to wait til...probably tomorrow or something

yeah, I thought it might have been a trade. I've been listening to some sports talk radio and we are close to moving Piscotty and a middle reliever for Stanton or Harper. the only thing stopping us is Mozeliak is dumb.

i was forced to listen to sports talk radio last week (when i was visiting missouri for a short spell) and it was a nightmare

i guess it's not really their fault. i think it's impossible to have a daily sports talk show and not sound like a complete idiot at some point. there's just not enough to talk about

jaime garcia helped peoria no-hit the worst team in the midwest league last night, bet he feels pretty badass

https://38.media.tumblr.com/a24a54b3dc20ed0ff005195defade371/tumblr_ns8cb7VMZL1rrjuxno1_400.gif

brandon moss for rob kaminsky.

as a random commenter just said, it sounds like a deal that Mo would make...from the Indians side.

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but actually much more meaningful news this morning is that they just signed a $1 BILLION tv contract, 2018-33

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/07/cardinals-tv-contract-billion.html

...a 15-year television contract that will immediately increase yearly revenue by as much as $20MM beginning in 2018

its good we'll be rich because won't have much depth left.

Mo's track record is pretty strong...but sometimes he does miss ala Justin Masterson

i'd just rather him see no trade to upgrade 1B, rather than this. I'm not sure that Moss will be much of an upgrade over Piscotty or Reynolds at 1B, and even with Holliday out, we have plenty of depth in the OF. just seems like spinning wheels.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/matheny-contracts-can-t-be-ignored-in-setting-bullpen-roles/article_92da9db5-ecb9-591d-9939-e1d2e2762f8a.html

obviously a big part of a manager's job is keeping his players happy, and they do of course have the best record in the game either way, but still

“Guys are compensated for that and for us to turn a blind eye to that is not looking for what’s best for all of our guys,” Matheny said. “Complex answer, but I think it’s a complex question."

i give him some props for saying it. he's certainly not the only manager following that pattern of the closer has to pitch the 9th.

of course by not breaking from it he is just reinforcing the inflated value of closers.

who ARE the arbitrators, anyway? they need to update their valuation methodology STAT

but seriously it's crazy that there's a crew of arbitrators that apparently rely on baseball card stats

27 straight scoreless innings ffs

+9

awww: https://twitter.com/gbrowniepoints/status/631209283758223360

yeah, but just above the frame there's another piece of tape that says "you're not"

http://m.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article/142518376/carlos-martinez-not-yet-on-an-innings-limit

god i hope he doesn't blow out his arm. but it's ok - it's "certainly something we think about"

yadi with a triple AND a SB (3B!) in one game

;_;

pedro alvarez has had a rough couple of games

http://i.imgur.com/1SoQT8O.png

pirates are 3-19 in their last ∞ or whatever at busch

and these have been *good* games for pedro alvarez