4/21 StLouis (Reyes) @ CUBS (Marquis), 2:55, FOX & XM187

[baseball7897]

Another solid start from Jason Marquis. =D>

[sweetpeteman]

ummm. whattsup with barrett wearing the helmet for the interview.

 

Protection from Dempster

[Balsa]

I just realized that Marquis didn't walk anyone while striking out 5. This is his best start of the season by far.

No kidding, here's to defying expectations!! :lol:

[FergieJ31]

This made me laugh:

 

"He got in trouble like normally, you know, he always gets in trouble, and finds a lucky pitch to make to get out of trouble, you know," Cardinals start Albert Pujols said of Marquis."

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270421116&prov=ap

[Omar]

CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!

[E.J.]

This made me laugh:

 

"He got in trouble like normally, you know, he always gets in trouble, and finds a lucky pitch to make to get out of trouble, you know," Cardinals start Albert Pujols said of Marquis."

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270421116&prov=ap

 

Pujols should probably worry less about ripping former teammates and worry more about keeping his batting average above the mendoza line. :lol:

[98navigator]

This made me laugh:

 

"He got in trouble like normally, you know, he always gets in trouble, and finds a lucky pitch to make to get out of trouble, you know," Cardinals start Albert Pujols said of Marquis."

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270421116&prov=ap

 

What a gracious loser. :roll:

[Flames24Rulz]

This made me laugh:

 

"He got in trouble like normally, you know, he always gets in trouble, and finds a lucky pitch to make to get out of trouble, you know," Cardinals start Albert Pujols said of Marquis."

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270421116&prov=ap

 

Yeah Albert, that sounds exactly like Braden Looper, Kip Wells, and whatever other crap starters that you guys have.

[TruffleShuffle]

This made me laugh:

 

"He got in trouble like normally, you know, he always gets in trouble, and finds a lucky pitch to make to get out of trouble, you know," Cardinals start Albert Pujols said of Marquis."

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270421116&prov=ap

 

 

http://static.flickr.com/78/155733289_44299089e6.jpg

[Andy]

This made me laugh:

 

"He got in trouble like normally, you know, he always gets in trouble, and finds a lucky pitch to make to get out of trouble, you know," Cardinals start Albert Pujols said of Marquis."

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270421116&prov=ap

 

Yeah Albert, that sounds exactly like Braden Looper, Kip Wells, and whatever other crap starters that you guys have.

Seriously, coming from the single luckiest franchise in sports over the last three years that's pretty daring.

[CubsWin]

This made me laugh:

 

"He got in trouble like normally, you know, he always gets in trouble, and finds a lucky pitch to make to get out of trouble, you know," Cardinals start Albert Pujols said of Marquis."

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270421116&prov=ap

 

Yeah Albert, that sounds exactly like Braden Looper, Kip Wells, and whatever other crap starters that you guys have.

Seriously, coming from the single luckiest franchise in sports over the last three years that's pretty daring.

Makes perfect sense, though. He thinks incredible luck is the Cardinals domain and he's pissed that a player from another team got lucky, too. He's sounds scared to me. What's his average now? .203?

 

Yeah...

[TruffleShuffle]

This made me laugh:

 

"He got in trouble like normally, you know, he always gets in trouble, and finds a lucky pitch to make to get out of trouble, you know," Cardinals start Albert Pujols said of Marquis."

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270421116&prov=ap

 

Yeah Albert, that sounds exactly like Braden Looper, Kip Wells, and whatever other crap starters that you guys have.

Seriously, coming from the single luckiest franchise in sports over the last three years that's pretty daring.

Makes perfect sense, though. He thinks incredible luck is the Cardinals domain and he's pissed that a player from another team got lucky, too. He's sounds scared to me. What's his average now? .203?

 

Yeah...

 

I'll rip on him for whining about something stupid, but I'm not gonna say he shouldn't talk because he's not hitting well.... being as his career average coming into this year was .332.

[CubsWin]

So were gunna win this one and get our hopes up..then of course the trend will go on where well lose tomorrow,then win,then lose..and keep up the 3 and 4 games back of .500...this sucks

The Cubs are beating the Cardinals 6-0 in the 9th. Marquis throws 7 shutout innings against his old team and this sucks? :shock:

 

This is the start of a 9 game win streak.

I wish.

 

I wonder if Fred can whip up the odds of the Cubs 8 more in a row after this? Gotta be in the thousands to one, I would think.

 

I put the probability of the CUBS winning their next 8 games at 0.000826405024652576 which is approx 1210:1

Fred, you are simply amazing.

[David]

Um.... Albert is right.

 

 

[CubsWin]

This made me laugh:

 

"He got in trouble like normally, you know, he always gets in trouble, and finds a lucky pitch to make to get out of trouble, you know," Cardinals start Albert Pujols said of Marquis."

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270421116&prov=ap

 

Yeah Albert, that sounds exactly like Braden Looper, Kip Wells, and whatever other crap starters that you guys have.

Seriously, coming from the single luckiest franchise in sports over the last three years that's pretty daring.

Makes perfect sense, though. He thinks incredible luck is the Cardinals domain and he's pissed that a player from another team got lucky, too. He's sounds scared to me. What's his average now? .203?

 

Yeah...

 

I'll rip on him for whining about something stupid, but I'm not gonna say he shouldn't talk because he's not hitting well.... being as his career average coming into this year was .332.

Are you kidding me? I'll gladly rip on Pujols for flapping his lips when he should be getting in some extra work in the cage...while I can, of course. :wink:

 

Trust me, I don't think he'll stay this cold for long. But he's a Cardinal. I say kick 'em while he's down because when Pujols is up, he's untouchable. Heck, we might not get another chance like this one.

[CubsWin]

Um.... Albert is right.

 

 

No one has said that Marquis didn't get lucky today. Only that Albert's focus should be elsewhere. After getting shutout, that comment comes off as some seriously sour grapes.

[FergieJ31]

Um.... Albert is right.

 

 

 

Maybe so but being right and being gracious are two different things.

 

In fairness to Albert, though, he did give Marquis props later in the same recap:

"He mixed it up pretty good today. He threw a lot of changeups. ... He was keeping the ball down and that's why he was successful."

 

I think Pujols is still ticked off at Marquis because of the whiplash he suffered watching bomb after bomb last year.

Edited April 22, 2007 by FergieJ31

[CubColtPacer]

Um.... Albert is right.

 

 

 

If he was lucky (and he probably should have given up a run or two today) then it's the Cardinals hitters fault. It's not like they hit it hard right at people all day-pretty much every time they got runners on, they either struck out or hit a soft ground ball. So Pujols should be more concerned about that than anything Marquis threw.

[Derwood]

Um.... Albert is right.

 

 

 

If he was lucky (and he probably should have given up a run or two today) then it's the Cardinals hitters fault. It's not like they hit it hard right at people all day-pretty much every time they got runners on, they either struck out or hit a soft ground ball. So Pujols should be more concerned about that than anything Marquis threw.

 

How many good starts in a row does Marquis have to have before we stop saying "lucky"?

[Omar]

I know this was probably discussed here.. But I was so pissed off when Fox kept showing the Yankees/Red Sox game... And even more when they made their screen 4 times bigger than ours.

[Drew Doughty]

Um.... Albert is right.

 

 

 

If he was lucky (and he probably should have given up a run or two today) then it's the Cardinals hitters fault. It's not like they hit it hard right at people all day-pretty much every time they got runners on, they either struck out or hit a soft ground ball. So Pujols should be more concerned about that than anything Marquis threw.

 

How many good starts in a row does Marquis have to have before we stop saying "lucky"?

 

when he has good starts that don't feature several innings with several runners on base. from the sound of things early, he should have given up a run or two, but the cards offense is dead right now so he was able to escape.

[Omar]

Cedeno is due.

Thats all i got.

 

Touche, salesman.

[A New Era]

Um.... Albert is right.

 

 

 

If he was lucky (and he probably should have given up a run or two today) then it's the Cardinals hitters fault. It's not like they hit it hard right at people all day-pretty much every time they got runners on, they either struck out or hit a soft ground ball. So Pujols should be more concerned about that than anything Marquis threw.

 

How many good starts in a row does Marquis have to have before we stop saying "lucky"?

 

Because some people (not everyone) like to go by K/BB or K+HR per nine and ground ball pitchers rely on defense you can't really look at stats to say "this guy is good". So since he gets alot of ground balls (because that's the type of pitcher he is). He has to be "lucky". However, right now. Marquis is pitching like a GOOD ground ball pitcher. And getting the results one would get.

[A New Era]

Um.... Albert is right.

 

 

 

If he was lucky (and he probably should have given up a run or two today) then it's the Cardinals hitters fault. It's not like they hit it hard right at people all day-pretty much every time they got runners on, they either struck out or hit a soft ground ball. So Pujols should be more concerned about that than anything Marquis threw.

 

How many good starts in a row does Marquis have to have before we stop saying "lucky"?

 

when he has good starts that don't feature several innings with several runners on base. from the sound of things early, he should have given up a run or two, but the cards offense is dead right now so he was able to escape.

 

So? He escaped those innings. So you are saying he can't keep doing that. You are probably right. But even if he didn't he would have given up a run or two. And that would STILL be a good outing.

[Drew Doughty]

Um.... Albert is right.

 

 

 

If he was lucky (and he probably should have given up a run or two today) then it's the Cardinals hitters fault. It's not like they hit it hard right at people all day-pretty much every time they got runners on, they either struck out or hit a soft ground ball. So Pujols should be more concerned about that than anything Marquis threw.

 

How many good starts in a row does Marquis have to have before we stop saying "lucky"?

 

when he has good starts that don't feature several innings with several runners on base. from the sound of things early, he should have given up a run or two, but the cards offense is dead right now so he was able to escape.

 

So? He escaped those innings. So you are saying he can't keep doing that. You are probably right. But even if he didn't he would have given up a run or two. And that would STILL be a good outing.

 

well, if he doesn't escape those innings, you don't know what happens afterwards. the point is that it was still a lucky start, and had he given up a few runs, it would have been 3 over 5-6 innings instead of 7, which isn't nearly as good. He lived on the edge today and got away with it. I question his ability to do it consistently.