Willie McGee is part of the 2018 St Louis Cardinals

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.

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.

Not related to the Rooster, I'm sorry to say.

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

by bWAR, the cardinals have the top 3 position players in the NL

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

https://i.imgur.com/nLexRNR.png

I was not expecting Wainwright to sing the national anthem

So wait the Cardinals have players named Hudson, Hicks, and Gorman

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

getting ugly for waino : /

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.

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

Noticed that Edman has been terrible... until today when he hit a grand slam.

david freese declining induction into the cardinals HOF is absolutely legendary BFIB/cardinal way stuff

yesterday (thursday) was willie mcgee's 65th birthday

<3 <3 <3

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.