2011 Playoffs Thread

[Andy]

Of course Cruz swings thru a hanging slider, should this Cardinal team win the WS is it, with the 1986 team, amongst the worst to win a WS?

 

Their '06 team was pretty bad. Can't leave the '05 White Sox out of that discussion either.

what is this lunacy, they won 99 games that year

Yeah the '05 White Sox were good that year. Granted, they got a bunch of ridiculously fluky career years out of people (I still can't believe that Neal Cotts, Dustin Hermanson and Cliff Politte combined to deliver a Bob Gibson-like season and then were all out of the majors within 18 months), but for that one year, they were good.

[sneakypower]

they combined for 3.4 WAR in 185 innings, hardly Gibson-esque

 

their ERAs were so great because they had some great defensive performances behind them:

 

Rowand +17.2

Scotty Pods +8.5 (or, +11 runs better than Carlos Lee)

Uribe +7.5

Crede +5.5

Iguchi +4.1

 

knowing what we know now, the sportswriters who got routinely blasted by FJM and the like for propping up these guys (the focus was always on their lackluster OPSs) it appears were actually pretty much right in the end (also re: Pods' baserunning), romantic ruminations on bunting aside

[KingKongvs.Godzilla]

they combined for 3.4 WAR in 185 innings, hardly Gibson-esque

 

their ERAs were so great because they had some great defensive performances behind them:

 

Rowand +17.2

Scotty Pods +8.5 (or, +11 runs better than Carlos Lee)

Uribe +7.5

Crede +5.5

Iguchi +4.1

 

knowing what we know now, the sportswriters who got routinely blasted by FJM and the like for propping up these guys (the focus was always on their lackluster OPSs) it appears were actually pretty much right in the end (also re: Pods' baserunning), romantic ruminations on bunting aside

 

Wait wait wait...there's other ways to build a good player and then a good team? Wtf?

[Guest]

knowing what we know now, the sportswriters who got routinely blasted by FJM and the like for propping up these guys (the focus was always on their lackluster OPSs) it appears were actually pretty much right in the end (also re: Pods' baserunning), romantic ruminations on bunting aside

 

If memory serves, FJM really went after people who kept playing up grinderball as the reason they won, and ignoring that they hit 200 home runs.

[jersey cubs fan]

knowing what we know now, the sportswriters who got routinely blasted by FJM and the like for propping up these guys (the focus was always on their lackluster OPSs) it appears were actually pretty much right in the end (also re: Pods' baserunning), romantic ruminations on bunting aside

 

If memory serves, FJM really went after people who kept playing up grinderball as the reason they won, and ignoring that they hit 200 home runs.

 

Yeah, they said they won with small ball and without power but they had 200 HR and 4 200 IP starters with ERAs below 4.

[TruffleShuffle]

they combined for 3.4 WAR in 185 innings, hardly Gibson-esque

 

their ERAs were so great because they had some great defensive performances behind them:

 

Rowand +17.2

Scotty Pods +8.5 (or, +11 runs better than Carlos Lee)

Uribe +7.5

Crede +5.5

Iguchi +4.1

 

knowing what we know now, the sportswriters who got routinely blasted by FJM and the like for propping up these guys (the focus was always on their lackluster OPSs) it appears were actually pretty much right in the end (also re: Pods' baserunning), romantic ruminations on bunting aside

 

Wait wait wait...there's other ways to build a good player and then a good team? Wtf?

 

Way to keep up your crusade against the zero people who are saying that high OPS is the only way to build a good team.

[Guest]

[expletive] Lance Berkman and his mullet.

 

[expletive] AJP too.

[Yeti]

whose this d'bag on the star spangled banner?

[EpsteinCubs]

[expletive] the Cardinals

[SouthSideRyan]

whose this d'bag on the star spangled banner?

 

That was [expletive] terrible.

[EpsteinCubs]

1-2-3 start for Jamie [expletive] Garcia.

[Andy]

1-2-3 start for Jamie [expletive] Garcia.

He's been Jaime [expletive] Garcia for like 3 years now to me. Cardinals' players are completely immune to growing pains evidently.

[SouthSideRyan]

I've never seen a ball go foul that far down the line.

[EpsteinCubs]

Strike 3, Strike 3, Strike 3. Yep Jamie is throwing a perfect game.

[illiniguy]

Who would have thought that the Rangers offense would go ice cold? Oh that's right we all did. Having a good GM is nice, but it can't compare to pixie dust, ugh, and copius amounts of drinking and driving,

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cucking Fardinals.

[EpsteinCubs]

Perfect through 3.

[sneakypower]

knowing what we know now, the sportswriters who got routinely blasted by FJM and the like for propping up these guys (the focus was always on their lackluster OPSs) it appears were actually pretty much right in the end (also re: Pods' baserunning), romantic ruminations on bunting aside

 

If memory serves, FJM really went after people who kept playing up grinderball as the reason they won, and ignoring that they hit 200 home runs.

 

Yeah, they said they won with small ball and without power but they had 200 HR and 4 200 IP starters with ERAs below 4.

and all four well underperformed their FIP; point being that defense was never attributed to their success and the aforementioned players were pretty divisive figures

[sneakypower]

and wow, another insane play by Andrus and Kinsler

[MWV]

Wow. [expletive] brilliant play by Andrus to end the 5th.

[SpongeWorthy]

Nice range at first there by Young

[EpsteinCubs]

Who is winning MVP for the Cardinals this year? Allen Craig or Nick Punto?

[wekse]

didn't craig get the game winning hit off this guy last nite? here we go again.

[SpongeWorthy]

Oh my god this dog [expletive] team is going to win the World Series again

[EpsteinCubs]

Yep it's Allen Craig.