i guess i'm not sure of their speed/defense but based on the beatdowns from the last two nights they appear to be there
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 13:53 (nine years ago) link
/ozzie fanfic
I never did link to that series of Matheny-entire-pitching-staff pr0n, but i don't want to soil anybody's browser history.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
matt adams!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 16:26 (nine years ago) link
so grichuk is playing center despite a messed-up shoulder because they 'want his bat in the lineup'
first inning he runs down a rizzo hit in the gap, has to flip to heyward to throw the ball back in
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link
WTF
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:57 (nine years ago) link
too bad Bourjos and Jay are both injured...oh wait, they're not! why is Grichuk starting in CF?
seriously, out of all the matheny fuckups, this has to be #1
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
was he just hoping no one would hit it to him, somehow?
he did hit a homer tho, so his wing can't be THAT bad
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
players that are above Bourjos in the CF depth chart, according to Mike Matheny
- early season Jon Jay with a bum wrist who can't hit and has a ISO around .050- randal grichuk (admittedly this turned out reaaaaally well while he was healthy)- tommy pham- recent Jon Jay with a bum wrist- randal grichuk with an arm in a sling
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
- a cool looking stick that matheny found during a float trip last spring
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link
did bourjos sleep with Matheny's wife or something?
lester scores from second on a hit up the middle because grichuk can't throw
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
grichuk is showing a lot of grit by toughing it out, and matheny is upping his clubhouse cred by showing faith in him
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
if they go 12-12 they won't win 100!
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
Remember when we were skipping starts because it was good for the team long-term...
― bnw, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/COfNEfJVAAATQjH.mp4
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
bullet dodged
― bnw, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
yeah, piscotty saved matheny's ass today
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 20:44 (nine years ago) link
"Matheny, when asked after the win if he would continue to use a compromised Grichuk in the outfield, said he is "not going to rule it out."
MM is so fearless
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 10 September 2015 13:22 (nine years ago) link
recall when TLR did that with Pujols he said if it resulted in Pujols getting re-injured they should fire him.
― bnw, Thursday, 10 September 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link
also, TLR was replacing the immortal Miguel Cairo with 2003-era Pujols so it was at least plausible that Pujols would be able to make it up with his bat, whereas MM is using Grichuk to replace Bourjos/Jay/Pham. in CF. *shakes head*
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 10 September 2015 14:05 (nine years ago) link
gonna take a minute to imagine 2003 Pujols at 1b on this team. *dies*
― bnw, Thursday, 10 September 2015 14:56 (nine years ago) link
“He was the hottest hitter on our team and we needed him there,” Carpenter said. “The goal in this deal is the same thing it was then: You hope he drives in more than he gives up. It didn’t work out that way (Wednesday) but if we continue it will. That was just bad luck.”
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 10 September 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link
Tailspin. Pitching regresses and offense is terminal. The team looks more like you'd expect given all the injuries. Getting ugly.
― bnw, Saturday, 12 September 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link
but will it matter? do they end up in the WC game and lose it?
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 13 September 2015 01:42 (nine years ago) link
still 81% for the division
― mookieproof, Sunday, 13 September 2015 02:49 (nine years ago) link
Getting Holliday and Adams and Grich back would obv help. Cards can't match #1 starters vs either Cubs/pirates so they really need to hold on to 1st.
― bnw, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 03:03 (nine years ago) link
holliday activated from DL, although he's not in the starting lineup. and Adams is back, and starting at 1B tonight.
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link
we need some of these pirates/cubs games to go 46 innings.
― bnw, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
that was maybe my favorite carlos martinez game of the year.
8 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, fastball around 98/99 throughout the game and touching 100mph. he hit a legit double off the wall when the rest of the offense couldn't get anything going. he picked someone off. and then that incredible play on the bunt (clip here: https://twitter.com/Cardinals/status/643973899202359296/photo/1)
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 14:46 (nine years ago) link
wonder how many homers Pham will have to hit to surpass Jay on the Matheny chart
― bnw, Thursday, 17 September 2015 13:42 (nine years ago) link
I'm just listening to the game while I'm working but I must have missed something, why are the Cardinals so mad today?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 18 September 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link
it seems Dan Haren hit Carpenter w/ a pitch (head?)
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 September 2015 21:17 (nine years ago) link
but was that before or after this?
http://deadspin.com/lance-lynn-sucks-is-unreasonably-angry-about-it-1731732888
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 18 September 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
Jesse Rogers@ESPNChiCubs
Rizzo hit for 2nd time today and P Matt Belisle is ejected. So is Matheny, by rule. Both teams were warned after Holliday HBP
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 September 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link
i'm sure that at least one of rizzo's hbps today was on purpose, but the fuckin guy is right on the plate
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 September 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link
lance lynn is mad because he's really sucked since late July. he walked 6 guys today. he was right to an extent; the zone was tight:
http://i.imgur.com/GJznVHr.png
so yeah, i count 5 clear strikes thrown by lynn that were called balls, and another 4-5 that were right on the edge. but the zone was tight/wrong for the cubs pitchers too. lynn's just mad because he might not make the playoff rotation.
dan haren hit matt holliday in the head in holliday's second plate appearance since coming off the DL. obviously an accident, though, to anyone watching. i didn't see rizzo's second HBP because i had already ragequit watching the game.
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Saturday, 19 September 2015 00:45 (nine years ago) link
Broxton ankieling
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 September 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
Andrew Simon@AndrewSimonMLBWhat a great throw by Jason Heyward there for a huge double play. Statcast tracked it at 95.5 mph. Distance of 242 feet.
heyward threw a 95.5 mph fastball to home from 242 feet?
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Sunday, 20 September 2015 22:31 (nine years ago) link
Holy shit that throw. He even blew up Yadi's glove hand. (yes I know it was the tag)
― Heel of Fortune (WilliamC), Sunday, 20 September 2015 22:56 (nine years ago) link
daily drama: Yadi down, Grichuk in LF, Waino to pen?
― bnw, Monday, 21 September 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link
it'd be great to have grichuk back in the lineup, assuming he can actually throw now. (he CAN throw now, right? RIGHT??!?!)
i don't know what to think of the wainwright thing. seems foolish to rush him back to action and risk further injury, but maybe he's alright now? matheny should go with his gut and keep waino on the bench until bringing him in for the very last pitch of a playoff series
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 September 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-statcast-baserunning-data-ichiro-suzuki/
Bourjos is faster going from 1B to 2B than Billy Hamilton, on average. and Heyward takes some of the longest leads off of 1B in MLB. interesting article! although it's absolutely maddening because Statcast has all of this awesome information collected somewhere, and refuses to make it publicly accessible.
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
i'm still not sure that this is a good idea. but here's waino, throwing a simulated game:
https://twitter.com/LangoschMLB/status/646781814481137664
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 20:27 (eight years ago) link
@dgoold 11 minutes agoSeven pitches into his start, Carlos Martinez has been removed from the game, walking with a trainer. Emotional as he leaves. #Cardinals
wtffffffffffffffffffff
― bnw, Saturday, 26 September 2015 00:32 (eight years ago) link
it sounds back spasms from twitter. which is lower on the terrible scale
― bnw, Saturday, 26 September 2015 00:33 (eight years ago) link
But still,
Nooooooooooooooooo
Anybody but Carlos. He's my favorite.
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Saturday, 26 September 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
@LangoschMLB 2 minutes ago#STLCards announce that Carlos Martinez left the game with right shoulder tightness.
shoulder :((((((((((((((((
― bnw, Saturday, 26 September 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
9th-inning rally vs K-Rod fails; Bucs 3 back
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 26 September 2015 03:43 (eight years ago) link
@Cardinals"Carlos Martinez suffered a shoulder strain and will be shut down for the remainder of the season."-John Mozeliak
― Andy K, Saturday, 26 September 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link