The Cardinals

[Sammy Sofa]

And if any team is going to know how to spot sign-stealers, it's the Cardinals.

[Banedon]

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[soccer10k]

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Of course he was.

 

And a source familiar with the Cardinals says former scouting director Chris Correa was just doing general tech support.

[jersey cubs fan]

the dude was clearly investigating that tattooed thug flashing gang signs

[TruffleShuffle]

after years of falsely accusing other teams of stealing signs, maybe they've finally stumbled onto a real one this time.

[Brian]

in the time from the catcher putting his numbers down and the pitch being thrown, if the other team can get the pitch to the batter from some guy with binoculars in center field in a cavern good for them.

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almedys diaz, whose name i'm probably misspelling, has an ops over 1.300.

 

He's not been good in the field though.

 

not quite bad enough to offset the highest wOBA in baseball.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

in the time from the catcher putting his numbers down and the pitch being thrown, if the other team can get the pitch to the batter from some guy with binoculars in center field in a cavern good for them.

 

Thank god technology hasn't advanced yet to allow for immediate communication between multiple people, else our game wouldnt remain pure.

[Brian]

in the time from the catcher putting his numbers down and the pitch being thrown, if the other team can get the pitch to the batter from some guy with binoculars in center field in a cavern good for them.

 

Thank god technology hasn't advanced yet to allow for immediate communication between multiple people, else our game wouldnt remain pure.

 

guy in CF still has to walkie somebody, who then has to flash a signal to a guy that is concentrating on a pitch that has to be on its way by this time. I remain of the opinion that if they are able to do all that and it works then good for them.

[KaiserCesar]

in the time from the catcher putting his numbers down and the pitch being thrown, if the other team can get the pitch to the batter from some guy with binoculars in center field in a cavern good for them.

 

Thank god technology hasn't advanced yet to allow for immediate communication between multiple people, else our game wouldnt remain pure.

 

guy in CF still has to walkie somebody, who then has to flash a signal to a guy that is concentrating on a pitch that has to be on its way by this time. I remain of the opinion that if they are able to do all that and it works then good for them.

 

The signal to the batter would probably be verbal in some pre-determined fashion. I'd think it would be reserved for the more crucial situations later in the game. For all we know, that guy was just collecting info for later use.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

The signal would more likely be visual to the batter from the dude himself.

[Brian]

No matter what the Padres were up to, there is no doubt that the Cardinals are always up to something. They are like those fiercely anti-gay politicians who end up getting caught with a guy in a bathroom (or in their case in another teams database).

[RammyFanny]

 

Thank god technology hasn't advanced yet to allow for immediate communication between multiple people, else our game wouldnt remain pure.

 

guy in CF still has to walkie somebody, who then has to flash a signal to a guy that is concentrating on a pitch that has to be on its way by this time. I remain of the opinion that if they are able to do all that and it works then good for them.

 

The signal to the batter would probably be verbal in some pre-determined fashion. I'd think it would be reserved for the more crucial situations later in the game. For all we know, that guy was just collecting info for later use.

Even in, like, high school babe ruth we would be badasses and steal signs if we had the angle by saying "let's go kid!" if it was a fastball or "let's go (last name)!" if it was offspeed.

[jersey cubs fan]

 

guy in CF still has to walkie somebody, who then has to flash a signal to a guy that is concentrating on a pitch that has to be on its way by this time. I remain of the opinion that if they are able to do all that and it works then good for them.

 

The signal to the batter would probably be verbal in some pre-determined fashion. I'd think it would be reserved for the more crucial situations later in the game. For all we know, that guy was just collecting info for later use.

Even in, like, high school babe ruth we would be badasses and steal signs if we had the angle by saying "let's go kid!" if it was a fastball or "let's go (last name)!" if it was offspeed.

No wonder Jason Kidd washed out of the sport.

[SouthSideRyan]

A rare misfire.

[Cubswin11]

Of course

 

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[Banedon]

Of course

 

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But....his average is .481.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

they forgot to add "ish"

[sneakypower]

he started out the game 2-2 yesterday, so at that exact moment in time he was hitting .500 (26/52) with 50+ AB

 

also, Aledmys sounds like a GoT character

[David]

http://interact.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1173165

 

A lot of this is boringly level-headed, to those posters' credit, but there's plenty of hilariously delusional stuff too. Like the guy who thinks the Cubs offense sucks because of batting average and the guy who thinks the Cards roll out a better 8 than the Cubs on any given day (might've been the same guy - too lazy to check).

[UMFan83]

The Cubs are still the Cubs until proven otherwise.

 

It absolutely boggles my mind that a presumably educated person actually believes this. I could understand it if the Cubs had a team filled with players that choked miserably in the past (yes the Cubs got swept by the Mets but that was a systematic destruction not players choking IMO). But to believe some higher power is directing the Cubs to fail simply because they are the Cubs is ridiculous as a serious argument.

[David]

The Cubs are still the Cubs until proven otherwise.

 

It absolutely boggles my mind that a presumably educated person actually believes this. I could understand it if the Cubs had a team filled with players that choked miserably in the past (yes the Cubs got swept by the Mets but that was a systematic destruction not players choking IMO). But to believe some higher power is directing the Cubs to fail simply because they are the Cubs is ridiculous as a serious argument.

 

it's all cardinals and white sox fans have left to cling to. it's a good thing. that line and the goat references.

[NewUserName]

Plenty of Cards fans in Central Illinois who are talking about all the times the Cubs got off to a hot start then faded down the stretch. When was that 1977 and 1969.

[Thusly Boned]

I loaded up the FSMW MLB.tv feed of the Cards/Nats game from last night, and the intro was something like "would you rather have a team with the best player (showing Harper), or a team of great players (showing gritty Card highlights)? This weekend it's glitz and glamour versus guts and grit!" That last part is pretty much verbatim.

 

It was eye rollingly gross.

 

It's no wonder many of their fans are so obnoxiously deluded when their media spoon feeds them the narrative.

[Sammys Boombox]

Since September 2 the Cubs are 13 GAMES better than the Cardinals (regular season). They also won a postseason series against them 3-1.