alex fritz @boxcar_fritz 1 hour agohistoric weekend: Kozma trys to be the 29th player in MLB history w/ more than 100 PAs & 0 extra base hits #stlcards
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQPhV-vUkAAfWH_.jpg:large
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 1 October 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
will matheny continuing benching Kozma (at 103 PAs) to preserve his place in history? or will kozma show 1941 Ted Williams-esque courage and demand to play (and not get a XBH because he doesn't know how)??
there's a strong chance kozma won't make the postseason roster (assuming greg garcia gets it instead), so i shouldn't make too much fun of the ol' kozster
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 1 October 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
Grover Land is a p good name
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 1 October 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
baseball needs a version of hockey's president's trophy (best regular-season record) imo
by the analytics (Pythag, B-R's Simple Rating), that'd be the Blue Jays
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 October 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link
no
nor are we giving the 1960 world series to the yankees because they outscored the pirates 55-27
at a certain point lines must be drawn, and 'game' and 'season' are good places for them
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 October 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
why play the season at all when we can just go by pre-season metrics?
congratulations, 2016 washington nationals!
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 1 October 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
2015 nats, i meant
oh u guyz162g is a fine sample
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 October 2015 18:48 (eight years ago) link
there should just be an awards ballot for best team
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 October 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
we should just make it an e-sport and watch algorithms process random samples of data. so hot!
― bnw, Thursday, 1 October 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Iwp0h1n.jpg"i love baseball!!"
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 1 October 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
(i joek but ^that^ is pretty much how i enjoy baseball)
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 1 October 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
we should have a playoff Strat-O-Matic fap
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 October 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link
weird we could get a roster sans Jay and Adams.
― bnw, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 13:44 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens. I think Jay will make it because he's a Matheny guy with a contract. I could maaaaybe see him deserving a bench role, but I have the sinking feeling that Jay will be starting instead of Pham (I'd prefer Grichuk over both but if he can't throw 100% he shouldn't be out there)
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 13:54 (eight years ago) link
But cardinals seem to be signalling that Heyward will be starting in CF, so who knows
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
after watching or listening to nearly all the games this year, i am going to completely miss the cubs/pirates WC game today, and then miss the first 2 games of the NLDS as i'll be out in the woods sans internet. siiiiigh
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 13:56 (eight years ago) link
jaded winner
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link
I fully expect to emerge from the wilderness to learn that the cardinals have lost the first two games of the NLDS, 6-1 and 3-0, with that Grichuk is starting in CF and has been kicking the ball back into the infield because he's not able to raise his arm above his shoulder
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
grizzled Lackey Game 1 Starter
― bnw, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
i'm not sure it makes too much of a difference (as long as lackey/garcia are 1 or 2 and lynn/wacha are 3 or 4), but you would think they'd wait until after the game tonight to decide so they know who they're playing, which rotation alignment would match up best against either the cubs or pirates.
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
i wasn't too optimistic about this playoff run even a month ago, but when martinez went down i kind of lost all hope. it would so useful to have one more guy with the upside to completely dominate a game.
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 17:31 (eight years ago) link
pshaw, one more guy. isn't cardinals devil magic equivalent to like 3 more guys
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
Perhaps this season is the Cardinals' New Jersey.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link
don't make light of our devil magic. this is a very difficult time of the year for cardinal fans. so many ritual sacrifices, preparing of the she-goat for evil ceremonies, smearing blood in upside-down cross formations all over forgotten cellars. it gets exhausting after a while.
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
but whatever it takes to get lance lynn through to the 5th inning with fewer than 4 walks and 95 pitches, somehow. it's worth it
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
http://cdn.patch.com/users/22068930/2014/06/T800x600/60ecf348a94290afd09ad1915df8e6a4.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
cardinals need to end their 4 year long world series drought so their poor fanbase can find solace
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
i think you are going to sleep ten years in your cabin and discover theyve been raptured
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
how about some good news
Impending free-agent Jason Heyward on possibly coming back to #STLCards: "This is definitely an ideal situation."
— Jenifer Langosch (@LangoschMLB) October 14, 2015
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 03:38 (eight years ago) link
33 years ago today i became a willie mcgee fan 4 lyfe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gnEZ8NFI-E
plus two homers, nbd
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 October 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link
can't wait until Grich hits 25 homers next year and we all reminisce about the time MM pinch hit Greg Garcia for him... in a playoff elimination game.
― bnw, Thursday, 15 October 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
he started grichuk so he could get that great defense in CF from his broken arm, and then pinch hit with garcia. i've been suppressing all memories of the NLDS but that one does stick out. did anyone conduct the customary post-elimination "wtf were you thinking?" interview with Matheny this year?
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 October 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
St. Louis Cardinals @Cardinals 18m18 minutes agoYadier Molina with have surgery on his thumb today. Will be without baseball activity for 8-12 weeks. Should be ready for Spring Training.
― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 October 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
still couldn't bat him 8th without a thumb b/c *feelings*
― bnw, Thursday, 15 October 2015 18:17 (eight years ago) link
i do remember Cosell intoning "wil-LIE muh-GEE."
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 October 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
alex reyes, 50-game suspension for w33d
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 November 2015 22:33 (eight years ago) link
mlb got no chill. bank some innings for him.
― bnw, Monday, 9 November 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link
lance lynn had tommy john today, out for 2016
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
oof
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
#SIGNDAVIDPRICE
so that the cubs don't get him, also
i dont think he likes DA LORD enough
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 21:36 (eight years ago) link
i was mostly joking (i'd rather they spend the money to get heyward) and the cardinals aren't too prone to panic signings. without lynn, the rotation would be something like:
wainwrightcarlos martinezjaime garciamichael wachacooney/lyons for the first part of the year, then hopefully a bounceback marco gonzalez or even noted bob marley fan alex reyes later in the year
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
he's from tennessee; he'll get by xp
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
(but if they did end up getting price i have to admit i'd be pretty pumped, especially if they didn't sign him through his age-43 year or something)
speaking of bob marley fan alex reyes, apparently the remainder of the Arizona Fall League (10 games) counts towards his suspension, so at least it'll only be a 40 game suspension. still, awful timing, because the lynn thing would have made his path to the big leagues that much easier.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
tbh i think reyes' suspension is almost a good thing. suspending someone from afl games is a joke; he'd have pitched like five more innings anyway. it keeps his innings total down for next year -- he's never thrown more than 109 in a season. so he skips the first six weeks, gets warmed up until after the super-two deadline, and is in good shape to help st. louis later in the season.
also it seems to have brought to light the difference in the way minor leaguers are treated for this stuff vs. big leaguers, which is probably good
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, November 10, 2015 4:42 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
damn no love for the lackeyman
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 21:59 (eight years ago) link
i don't mind the ol' saltster but he's a free agent
if they could get him for 2 years he might be worth overpaying a little, but he'll likely get 3 years at 14 or 15 per year and that's a little too salty
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link