I was close!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 26 December 2020 04:38 (three years ago) link
Wild guess:
Parker = surnameStargell = decency
― clemenza, Saturday, 26 December 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
Obviously, Mookieproof’s real name is Cobra.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 26 December 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
willie mcgee is 63 today <3
https://greatestondirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/willie-mcgee-1983-smiling.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 05:56 (two years ago) link
From Goldschmidt's Baseball Reference page:
Nicknames: Goldy or America's First Baseman
Really? Someone somewhere has actually called him "America's First Baseman"?
― clemenza, Friday, 29 July 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
i called him that, but the full quote is "america's first basemen in being a moran"
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 29 July 2022 23:25 (one year ago) link
Hes America's first basemen because he isn't allowed anywhere else
― ✖, Saturday, 30 July 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
yadi is (allegedly) skipping 2 games to watch the puerto rican basketball team he owns play in the championship
― ✖, Sunday, 21 August 2022 04:01 (one year ago) link
yes, but during that time his knees will heal
lol
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 21 August 2022 05:02 (one year ago) link
Goldschmidt just isn't letting up. His OPS+ after yesterday is 202; the only players this century to finish with an OPS+ over 200 are Bonds (4 times), Soto, and Sosa. I can't see a first baseman who did it since Bagwell (213) and Thomas (212) in '94. I expect he'll fall back, but what a season. (Judge is at 194 right now.)
― clemenza, Monday, 22 August 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link
also has a legit shot at the old-school triple crown; he's three homers behind schwarber and two RBI behind alonso
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 August 2022 18:55 (one year ago) link
i haven't looked it up, but i suspect he might be having an all-time platoon split season, too. vs lefties this year, in 111 PAs he's .435/.527/.848, wrC+ is 276
― Karl Malone, Monday, 22 August 2022 19:08 (one year ago) link
Leading in the slash TC right now, too. Huge lead in slugging, comfortable lead in batting average; Soto will probably overtake him in OBP.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 August 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
Should also mention Freddie Goldschmidt out on the coast: second in BA, third in OBP, sixth in SP.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 August 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
Willie >>>>> pic.twitter.com/nqCIv6KHvV— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) August 25, 2022
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 25 August 2022 00:28 (one year ago) link
wainwright, whose best case scenario is making a heroic relief pitching appearance in the playoffs and then retiring. carlos martinez continues to be the best thing about the team.
i was so otm in 2018
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 25 August 2022 00:30 (one year ago) link
Whoah--definitely making a run at the Triple Crown.
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 August 2022 23:35 (one year ago) link
Goldman and Freeschmidt came up again on James' site yesterday, and one reader pointed out how similar Goldschmidt and Bagwell are (per 162 games):
PG: .296/.392/.529, 145 OPS+, 32 HR, 105 RBI, 5.9 bWAR, MVP pending? JB: .297/.408/.540, 149 OPS+, 34 HR, 115 RBI, 6.0 bWAR, 1 MVP
But neither is on the other's Similarity Score list.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 September 2022 17:45 (one year ago) link
Arenado is going to wind up with his best bWAR this season. I’d say he and Goldschmidt are both locking down their HOF chances, though I guess Nolan could always do an Andruw Jones and nosedive before he clears the bar. I’m guessing that’s highly unlikely though.
― omar little, Friday, 2 September 2022 18:29 (one year ago) link
yeah, he is a very competitive guy. i was reading a little blurb about the birth of his child the other day, and he was basically like "i'm just glad it went smooth and calm so i could get back to the team for the next game". he seems genuinely driven to win a WS (goldschmidt as well) and he seems pumped to get a decent chance to do it
― Karl Malone, Friday, 2 September 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
He did win one back in 2006!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 2 September 2022 20:52 (one year ago) link
weather permitting, i'm going to tonight's game! i was originally planning on going tomorrow, figuring a sunday day game against the Cubs would be ideal. but then i noticed that Wainwright is pitching tonight, which means Yadi will be playing, and the Cubs are starting a LHP, Drew Smyley, which means Pujols will almost certainly start as well. might be my last chance to see any of those guys play again (unless I splurge for playoff tickets, if they get that far).
it's kind of an odd situation because i'm not sure if i'll be standing room only or have a seat somewhere. i was able to get tickets, just $11 for a pair, this morning through the First Pitch Program. Not sure if there's a similar deal at other parks, but basically you get a voucher, and then when you show up at game time they tell you where your seats are (or more likely for this game, standing room since it'll probably sell out).
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 3 September 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
$11 gets you a hot dog at the Rogers Centre.
― clemenza, Saturday, 3 September 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
That’s a great deal for last minute seats! The jays are probably too popular to do something like that, but my gf would be all over it if they did.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 3 September 2022 19:16 (one year ago) link
That’s a great deal for last minute seats!
totally agree
i chatted with a few different people in the line about their experience with the program. one guy told me that he used to have season tickets and gave them up because so many of the voucher seats end up being so good. they come from unsold/unused tickets that were set aside for workers and players etc to give to their families - so they're a mix of the worst seats and also some really nice seats. because i'm an unforgivable weirdo, i asked him to give me a rough probability distribution. he told me that about ...he paused for a long time here to calculate...three out of ten were 100-level, meaning field level. another 3-4 out of ten in the mid-tier levels, and only 2-3 out of ten were nosebleed/standing room only.
for a game like tonight, with the cubs and the oldsters (who are my age) playing, the chances are very high that i'll get standing room only. but for an early season game against teams that are not the Cubs, Brewers, Yankees, or Red Sox, apparently the chances of getting a great seat are very good. For $5.50 a seat! the only catch is you have to live near Missouri, which is fucking terrible
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 3 September 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
it's extremely cheesy and i don't think i would participate irl, but i think it would be kind of neat if the fans started chanting MVP as goldschmidt bats, and then continue with no interruption to chant it with Arenado hitting after him
― Karl Malone, Monday, 5 September 2022 20:31 (one year ago) link
(i don't think Arenado has a chance of winning, and will probably end up more like 3rd or 4th or 5th. for those that don't get to see them play every day, amazing, superlative defense is hard to demonstrate with numbers in the same way that a triple crown level season does)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 5 September 2022 20:33 (one year ago) link
because i live in the world of regression to the mean, i never expected to see a mvp-like year from goldschmidt or arenado. it is very cool to see them do it in the same year, and to be equally as wrong about pujols
― Karl Malone, Monday, 5 September 2022 20:39 (one year ago) link
also, in the continued mea culpa that is my life, i was extremely wrong about wainwright. i wanted him to retire circa 2019. what a doof
― Karl Malone, Monday, 5 September 2022 20:45 (one year ago) link
I saw the play he made on that incredibly high chopper--amazing.
― clemenza, Monday, 5 September 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link
wait, hold that.
peninsula. penin.
hmm
― Karl Malone, Monday, 5 September 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
sorry, wrong thread
If Goldschmidt doesn't get the Triple Crown, I hope it's because Freeman overtakes him in BA, rather than Schwarber winning HR--he's such a one-dimensional player.
― clemenza, Thursday, 8 September 2022 14:12 (one year ago) link
dang, wish i would have gotten cheap-ass tickets for today's game, too! this is probably low on the list of notable career records, but wainwright and molina are tying the record for most starts as a battery. which is pretty cool. but also, alec burleson is making his debut in RF. probably not a household name, possibly DH bound, but he's a good hitter and will probably (hopefully) stick around for a while.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 8 September 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
Not related to the Rooster, I'm sorry to say.
― clemenza, Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:25 (one year ago) link
dang. i should gone. Burleson, it is clear to me from watching him track down (1) ball on the right-field line, is just too slow to be even an average fielder. he is a DH. bummer.
however, he took an easy 4-pitch walk in his first PA and then got to score on a Yadier Molina HR to Big Mac Land, which is what the upperdeck area is called on the LF line where McGwire once sent home runs with startling regularity. it is owned by mcdonalds
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:59 (one year ago) link
by bWAR, the cardinals have the top 3 position players in the NL
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 September 2022 02:57 (one year ago) link
the outfield has been weird and catcher has been a black hole, but the infield production has been pretty phenomenal this year
Goldschmidt, arenado, and the best of them all albert pujols
― ✖, Sunday, 11 September 2022 04:57 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nLexRNR.png
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 03:03 (one year ago) link
I was not expecting Wainwright to sing the national anthem
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 30 March 2023 20:13 (one year ago) link
So wait the Cardinals have players named Hudson, Hicks, and Gorman
― omar little, Sunday, 30 April 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link
Not something I normally observe, but it turned up on my FB wall: 41 years ago today, the debut of a certain fleet-footed outfielder.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN198205100.shtml
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 May 2023 01:07 (one year ago) link
getting ugly for waino : /
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 00:19 (one year ago) link
Just idle trade-deadline chatter to fill space, but interesting:
https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-goldschmidt-trade-could-be-right-for-cardinals
I shouldn't be saying this as a Jays fan, but it'd be exciting if he ended up with the Orioles.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 18:36 (eleven months ago) link
it's shocking that they're at 27-41 and haven't had a resurgence yet. i know the pitching is bad but they've got so much talent and the division is so weak. time to fire the manager? that always works
― na (NA), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 18:56 (eleven months ago) link
Noticed that Edman has been terrible... until today when he hit a grand slam.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:12 (eleven months ago) link
david freese declining induction into the cardinals HOF is absolutely legendary BFIB/cardinal way stuff
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 June 2023 20:55 (eleven months ago) link
yesterday (thursday) was willie mcgee's 65th birthday
<3 <3 <3
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 November 2023 08:07 (seven months ago) link
I hope the Cardinals have a great year in 2024. I figure that's the best way to get Karl Malone posting in ILB again.
― clemenza, Friday, 3 November 2023 12:43 (seven months ago) link