Miklasz: "These Cards are playing like Cubs"

[Guest]

Three years in a row that the NL Central champion got swept out of the first round by the NL West champion. I think I see a pattern here.

 

Let me be the first to say that the Cardinals clearly need to get more lefthanded this offseason.

[erik316wttn]

Three years in a row that the NL Central champion got swept out of the first round by the NL West champion. I think I see a pattern here.

 

Let me be the first to say that the Cardinals clearly need to get more lefthanded this offseason.

 

Have you not been watching? It's obvious even to a blind man that they need guys who can catch the ball!

[SouthSideRyan]

Three years in a row that the NL Central champion got swept out of the first round by the NL West champion. I think I see a pattern here.

 

Let me be the first to say that the Cardinals clearly need to get more lefthanded this offseason.

 

I personally love(considering it was the Dodgers that inspired that) that the first 2 Dodger starters this year were lefties.

[baseballfan50]

Bernie Miz is one of the few writers that will occasionally say something anti-Card in his column. And his comparison IS fair.

 

What grinds me is that LA is gonna go to philly and get their brains beat out. This whole season has been meaningless for Chicago and St. Louis.

 

Here's hoping that Lou gets some fire back next year, and that LaRussa is fired! That would salvage SOMETHING for me.

 

La Russa can't be fired. He's a free agent. Even with this loss, Tony seems to have enjoyed this year, and the front office finally listened to him. I see Tony returning, and Dave Duncan going somewhere else.

 

As far as the Cubs comparison, you guys did win the division by a few games last year, and go on to get swept. So, statistically, comparisons could be made. And we both faced the Dodgers.

 

And I heard lots of people, not just Miklasz, making the Cubs comparison.

 

Fact is, we just got beat. We couldn't get any kind of consistent momentum. We seem to have little energy. The team just looked kind of dead. Maybe the Cards were trying, but the players just couldn't seem to get anything going. It sucks, especially with the Rams doing their usual thing, and the Blues are doing okay, but they lost Thursday and Saturday. Can't complain a lot about the Blues, after they beat the Wings twice in Sweden.

 

I've actually heard a Cardinal fan say that this has been the worst week in STL Sports history. I haven't been around since 1882 (when the Cards began playing), so I can't so for sure. But it has been disappointing.

 

I wasn't expecting much from the 2009 postseason. We just had so little momentum and so little offense for most of the last week of the season. We were cold. And we got beat by a better team.

 

I can see making the Cubs comparison. And I would see that you would take that as a shot. But Bernie wasn't the only one saying it. I've read it in other places. Bottom line, we got beat, and beat bad.

 

Not to sound like a Cub fan, but there's always next year. The front office does have a lot of roster moves to address this year. We'll see how that goes.

 

I look forward to the race in April.

 

Three years in a row that the NL Central champion got swept out of the first round by the NL West champion. I think I see a pattern here.

 

I can see that. But we beat the Dodgers in the NLDS in 2004, and we beat the Padres in the NLDS in 2005 and 2006. So the NL Central against the NL West in NLDS series since 2004 - The NL Central has won 3 (2004, 2005, and 2006) and lost 3 (2007, 2008, 2009). It's even.

3 (2004, 2008, and 2009) were against the Dodgers, 2 (2005 and 2006) against the Padres and one (2007) against the Diamondbacks.

 

wow look how fat the writer is

 

I'm not sure if that is a recent picture. I think he's been losing weight for a while. I know he's been on a weight loss program for problem a year, but I don't know how it's going.

[TruffleShuffle]

Fact is, we just got beat. We couldn't get any kind of consistent momentum. We seem to have little energy. The team just looked kind of dead. Maybe the Cards were trying, but the players just couldn't seem to get anything going.

 

they were dead in game 3 because of the way they lost in game 2. frankly if holliday catches that ball, or they get casey blake out after having him down 1-2, or belliard hits the ball at someone, the cardinals very well might have won the series. they just got beat in game 1 but game 2 they very easily could have won, and if that happens they head home with a split and have a lot more energy. it's just tough to recover from losing that way and putting your back against the wall.

 

that being said, i'm thrilled that they lost.

[GlassCow]

This whole season has been meaningless for Chicago and St. Louis.

 

After the Deadbirds sweep, the season is not totally meaningless for Cub fans.

 

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z262/jiml60/DeadCardinal.jpg

 

I'm onboard with this. Seeing Holiday get nut-punched with that ball was one of the great moments of my life. It's wonderful to see the team I hate more than anything else in this world get mud-stomped.

[hardcorecubfan]

The sad part is that this just reaffirms our suckiness, if that's a word

[javy knows my name]

We made it one.

[FergieJ31]

Bernie M is a fat troll but somehow succeeds in getting people to read his crappy one-word-paragraph columns. I'm glad he didn't try to play the Derosa-as-ex-Cub curse card.

 

By the way, DeRo now 0-11 in the last 11 playoff games he has appeared in :( last win for him was 2003 NLDS Game 2.

[Andy]

By the way, DeRo now 0-11 in the last 11 playoff games he has appeared in :( last win for him was 2003 NLDS Game 2.

Game 4.

[17 Seconds]

By the way, DeRo now 0-11 in the last 11 playoff games he has appeared in :( last win for him was 2003 NLDS Game 2.

Game 4.

 

Didn't play in game 4

[ManCrushOnNomar]

No mention of how the best hitter in baseball is playing like Aaron Miles?

Arod is actually hitting pretty well.

[FergieJ31]

By the way, DeRo now 0-11 in the last 11 playoff games he has appeared in :( last win for him was 2003 NLDS Game 2.

Game 4.

 

Didn't play in game 4

 

Yes, and now 3-19 of all post-season games in which he has appeared:

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?n1=derosma01&t=b&post=1

 

(not his fault, his OPS is around 1000 in those 22 games)