“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
lol
the NL Central is #blessed
― 1993 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
#grit and #god going hand in hand
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 18:58 (nine years ago) link
Moss is batting cleanup. new team motto "can't hit, can't score, who cares"
― bnw, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
well, worst case scenario is .500 for the year
― 1994 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 27 August 2015 04:40 (nine years ago) link
you and your bloody worst cases
at least it appears that, should they make it, the Mets will get the West winner in the division series, while the Central battles itself.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 August 2015 11:13 (nine years ago) link
it would add a new, professional wrestling-like layer of excitement to the playoffs if the top-seeded team in each league could choose their opponent in the first round
― 1994 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 27 August 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/812fsONhUZL.jpg
coming in february, from a former mets beat writer
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 August 2015 15:40 (nine years ago) link
the Cards have lotsa arms and wings for all that embracing
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 August 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
while the Central battles itself.
on a related note: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/on-the-inequity-of-the-2015-nl-wild-card-game/
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 27 August 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
as the kids say, it is what it is
i just hope there isn't a situation like last year in which the pirates are unlikely to catch the cards but it's still vaguely possible on the final weekend, so they use cole and end up with jeff locke facing arrieta in the wild card game
(the cubs *would* go with arrieta over lester, right, despite the big contract?)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 August 2015 18:40 (nine years ago) link
or vice versa -- the cubs could easily pass the pirates
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 August 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
it's going to be a really interesting chase. seems like every time i check the score the pirates/cubs have won AGAIN (and sure it feels the same for you!)
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 27 August 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
it's darn greedy if ya ask me that 3 NL central teams are all but a lock to take 3 out of 7 postseason spots
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 27 August 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link
^^^^ secret dodger fan
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 August 2015 19:32 (nine years ago) link
nothing secret about it! they and the mets have always been my NL teams
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 27 August 2015 19:42 (nine years ago) link
got no gripe with the bucs either tho
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 27 August 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
randy flores is yr new scouting director
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 August 2015 15:19 (nine years ago) link
wow, good ol' randy flores! i didn't even know he was still involved in the organization tbh, not that i follow that side of things too closely
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 August 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/bIdvTa2nysZFbkVUNXvSJxEoXAI=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4018788/WAR_FROM_PLAYERS_AGE-25_AND_YOUNGER.0.png
heyward, grichuk, wong, piscottywacha, martinez, rosenthal, siegrist
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2015/9/1/9237583/cardinals-have-the-most-productive-young-players-in-mlb
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 19:34 (nine years ago) link
padres second oldest fml
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 19:47 (nine years ago) link
or 'lowest', i guess
infinitely better than the tigers!
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 19:51 (nine years ago) link
This team is pretty good. No idea wtf Nats were doing with their bullpen but cool by me.
― bnw, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 04:13 (nine years ago) link
moss with a BOOMING HR to right!
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 3 September 2015 00:47 (nine years ago) link
dan thinks it was the longest HR to right in Busch III's history
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 3 September 2015 00:48 (nine years ago) link
454 ft, it seems. man, that was absolutely crushed way into the upper deck. i can't imagine seeing a 480 ft HR in person
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 3 September 2015 00:51 (nine years ago) link
giancarlo stanton, somewhere, remains nonplussed
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 3 September 2015 00:57 (nine years ago) link
St. Louis Cardinals @Cardinals 14 minutes agoCurrent Cardinals Lineup:Cruz 3BPiscotty LFBourjos CFSocolovich RHPMoss 1BStanley CJay RFReynolds 2BKozma SS
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 7 September 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
fun fact from ozzie's inning in the booth in the midst of an otherwise dreadful beatdown: he has a 4 handicap in golf! that's pretty amazing, but if anyone could pick up golf after retirement and get that good, it would be him. i can imagine his dexterity just transferring over to club control
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 01:11 (nine years ago) link