Guys JUST BEAT THE F'N Cardinals in the playoffs

[imb]

I mean, seriously.

[Guest]

BY OBAMA'S BEARD

[Guest]

I believe you mean the satanists who are dedicating this season to a murderer.

[NewUserName]

Living in Central Illinois is going to be a little intense this week

[SouthSideRyan]

I was trying to get back with a Cardinals girl I was dating. Oh well.

[imb]

I was trying to get back with a Cardinals girl I was dating. Oh well.

 

i know someone who might be willing to take her dancing in your sted

[UMFan83]

This will go a LOT better than Bears/Packers. Pencil us into the NLCS.

[Andy]

We're better than they are. Doesn't mean we'll win. 5 game series and all. But we're better.

[ConstableRabbit]

Yeah I bought tickets on stubhub for Saturday this afternoon. Pretty pumped for this.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Living in Central Illinois is going to be a little intense this week

 

I'm honestly not sure if I'm happy or sad to be away from all that.

[sneakypower]

i verified the OP's claim and yup, it all checks out

[BigSlick]

This season [expletive] rules

 

God I'm having so much fun. It's not bravado at all to say the Cubs are a better current team than the Cardinals. It's too bad Arrieta will only be able to play 1 against them.

 

[expletive] em up Cubs!

[KatJ]

Living in Central Illinois is going to be a little intense this week

 

I'm honestly not sure if I'm happy or sad to be away from all that.

 

I'm happy... except my viewing situation kinda sucks, since we don't do cable. Slick.com it is...

Edited October 8, 2015 by KatJ

[KatJ]

I mean, seriously.

 

Imagine if the Astros wind up winning the ALCS (I was actually hoping the Yankees would beat them in the ALWC -- is that wrong?)... it could be an NL Central/erstwhile NL Central WS.

 

Here's hoping the Cubs represent!

[Sammy Sofa]

Get of my dreams AND get into my car...because I am the designated driver and I am taking us safely to VICTORY.

 

:flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew:

[Coach C]

 

It's gonna be good.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

[CubInOK]

This season [expletive] rules

 

God I'm having so much fun. It's not bravado at all to say the Cubs are a better current team than the Cardinals. It's too bad Arrieta will only be able to play 1 against them.

 

[expletive] em up Cubs!

Arrieta's game will clinch it for us though.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

[UK1679666180]

Without Martinez, this is a great matchup for the Cubs.

 

[expletive], this is fun again.

[Old Style]

This was me last night at the bar.

 

:flythew:

[Guest]

[Sammy Sofa]

I hope Joe reads this to the team to get everyone furious:

 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/its-in-the-cards-why-ballplayers-want-to-be-cardinals-1444239032

 

Why St. Louis is the Ultimate Baseball Town

 

It was more than just winning, though. Peralta, who had played in Cleveland and Detroit, also believed he’d be happy there. The Yankees have won more championships than the Cardinals (who are second overall), 27 compared with 11. But New York is hardly an easy place to play, with its tabloid media culture, relentless pressure and stands filled with boobirds.

 

He figured that playing in baseball-crazed St. Louis, in front of the most dedicated and supportive fans in the game, would improve his play, especially after a season when he was suspended for 50 games for using performance-enhancing drugs. He turned out to be right. The fans supported him, his statistics improved, and he’s not the only one. The numbers show that players tend to perform better in St. Louis than they do with their previous or future teams.

 

Sports psychologists say Lackey and his teammates are benefiting from a phenomenon known as “social facilitation,” which is a person’s awareness and response to being observed by someone who appears to care about what they are doing. In one of the landmark studies in the field from 1983, 36 college-age runners were timed while running two, 45-yard segments of a path. Only runners who were observed by someone ran the second segment faster.

 

Cardinals outfielder Jason Heyward had the best year of his career after getting traded from the Braves in the off-season. He said he quickly noticed that baseball-savvy fans applauded little things he did that had gone overlooked in Atlanta: a quick throw from the outfield preventing a runner from taking an extra base, advancing a runner with a ground-ball out; or trying to go from first to third on a hit to the outfield—even if the aggressiveness resulted in an out.

[biittner77]

Who could have predicted that Jason Heyward would have his best season in a contract year?

[Boris]

I love it. I've wanted this. As much as I don't want divisions anymore because it's a damn shame the pirates are already out. Bring on St. Louis. Then the Dodgers. And I want the Jays. Give us the hardest road and let's destroy.