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.
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 13:56 (nine years ago) link
did you see Pujols joining in?
https://t.co/3yoM9Nq6gC
― bnw, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:16 (nine years ago) link
hehe, yeah
it's funny how many people on that tweet thread thought he was being serious!
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link
i'm gonna guess "tweet thread" was not the correct term
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:21 (nine years ago) link
Holliday back for Mets series
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 July 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
0-5, 3 double plays for yadi
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 19 July 2015 21:42 (nine years ago) link
26 hits 2 runs
― bnw, Sunday, 19 July 2015 23:36 (nine years ago) link
metropolitans 24 LOB
― bnw, Sunday, 19 July 2015 23:50 (nine years ago) link
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.
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 July 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
AND Tommy Pham.
sheesh, Mo needs to make a move
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 July 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
Piscotty cometh. won't be hard to outhit either corner infield spot at this point.
― bnw, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 19:37 (nine years ago) link
Pretty brave of them to call up a player named for how children pronounce the word "spaghetti."
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 19:38 (nine years ago) link
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
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 19:42 (nine years ago) link
(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"?)
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
Matheny has him in LF, batting 9th. -_-
― bnw, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link
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.
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 13:31 (nine years ago) link
Piscotty just got scratched from line-up. Hmmmmmmm
― bnw, Thursday, 23 July 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
just a stiff neck *sadly turns drudge siren off*
― bnw, Thursday, 23 July 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
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!
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 23 July 2015 20:54 (nine years ago) link
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
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 23 July 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
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.
― bnw, Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
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
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
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
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
jaime garcia helped peoria no-hit the worst team in the midwest league last night, bet he feels pretty badass
― mookieproof, Friday, 24 July 2015 13:52 (nine years ago) link
https://38.media.tumblr.com/a24a54b3dc20ed0ff005195defade371/tumblr_ns8cb7VMZL1rrjuxno1_400.gif
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 13:25 (nine years ago) link
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
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 30 July 2015 13:44 (nine years ago) link
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
― bnw, Thursday, 30 July 2015 14:26 (nine years ago) link
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.
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 30 July 2015 14:28 (nine years ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 August 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
“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."
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 3 August 2015 14:22 (nine years ago) link
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.
― bnw, Monday, 3 August 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
who ARE the arbitrators, anyway? they need to update their valuation methodology STAT
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 3 August 2015 14:31 (nine years ago) link
but seriously it's crazy that there's a crew of arbitrators that apparently rely on baseball card stats
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 3 August 2015 14:32 (nine years ago) link
27 straight scoreless innings ffs
― mookieproof, Saturday, 8 August 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
+9
― bnw, Sunday, 9 August 2015 01:58 (nine years ago) link
awww: https://twitter.com/gbrowniepoints/status/631209283758223360
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
yeah, but just above the frame there's another piece of tape that says "you're not"
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
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"
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 15:47 (nine years ago) link
yadi with a triple AND a SB (3B!) in one game
― 1993 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 13 August 2015 02:56 (nine years ago) link
;_;
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:09 (nine years ago) link
pedro alvarez has had a rough couple of games
― 1993 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:11 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/1SoQT8O.png
― bnw, Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:11 (nine years ago) link
pirates are 3-19 in their last ∞ or whatever at busch
and these have been *good* games for pedro alvarez
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:32 (nine years ago) link
Pirates 2.38 ERA at Busch in 2015... 0-5
― bnw, Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:45 (nine years ago) link
It is weird both teams have great records and feature a black hole at 1b
― bnw, Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:47 (nine years ago) link
Cardinal pitching and cluster luck
Cardinals pitchers have a collective 81.5 percent left-on-base percentage, a rate that hasn’t been seen since — well, ever, actually.
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-st-louis-cardinals-cluster-luck/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 August 2015 11:55 (nine years ago) link
@dgoold 19m minutes agoIf you had the trifecta of Moss-Pham-Piscotty in #Cardinals outfield on Aug. 17, 2015, then please take your ticket to the window. #stlcards
― bnw, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 01:05 (nine years ago) link
If I was Bourjos I'd be flipping tables over all over the place
― 1993 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 02:53 (nine years ago) link
thanks for jinxing us, SI
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMszZcKWEAAeU0L.jpg
― 1993 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
clint hurdle is supposedly reading 'the matheny manifesto'
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link