6/20 Cardinals (Garcia) @ Cubs (Lackey) 7:05PM CDT CSC

[Aaron_Kennelly]

So much youth. I can't wait to see them dong all over the Cardinals.

[Banedon]

Joe Maddon has to really enjoy making lineups. There's almost no wrong answers.

[Vinestal]

That lineup makes me so happy.

[badger]

That lineup makes me so happy.

 

 

:shock:

[badger]

Joe Maddon has to really enjoy making lineups. There's almost no wrong answers.

 

 

It's a much more fun version of Dusty Dice.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Joe Maddon has to really enjoy making lineups. There's almost no wrong answers.

 

 

It's a much more fun version of Dusty Dice.

we need Joe dice where the sides are stuff like "doesn't matter" and "who horsefeathering cares"

[Clem Fandango]

Much respect to Logan for the streak, but

 

a) Who puts the Cardinals TV station in the Game Thread title?

b) And among those people, who would put that FIRST?

 

I don't care which local station St Louis fans will turn to in order to watch their team get beat down.

 

Just copying info from the Google Schedule. I live in the south, I don't know what FSMW is.

 

FSMW has been removed, just like the Cardinals hopes and dreams after this series.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Willson Contreras was exposed and passed over in the Rule 5 Draft and a year and a half later he is batting behind Anthony Rizzo for a 47-20 team.

[UMFan83]

Looking at that lineup, there is only 1 person that was on the Cubs roster on Opening Day 2015 against the Cardinals (Rizzo).

 

Just a reminder, that lineup was

 

Fowler, CF (hurt today)

Soler, RF (now a LF and on the DL)

Rizzo, 1B (starting tonight)

Castro, SS (now a 2B and sub replacement level for the Yankees)

Coghlan, LF (discarded and then brought back to be our 5th OF)

Olt, 3B (blind)

Ross, C (still Lester's backup guy but infinitely more awesome in the eyes of Cubs fans)

Lester, P (now 2nd best pitcher)

LaStella, 2B (clubbed by poachers; on DL)

[Omar]

wow Castro really fell off the face of the Earth after that hot start

[tawfiqmp]

Cardinals gonna release their lineup or are they too scared of the dongings to come?

[Omar]

its gonna be late and made in ms paint

[BigSlick]

Mike Olt as our opening day 3b is extremely grim. (obviously they were treading water before Bryant's glorious appearance)

 

Also good god that outfield defense of Coghlan-Fowler Pre Adjustment - Soler must have been heinous

Edited June 20, 2016 by BigSlick

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

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Well, crap. Stupid hamstring injuries. Oh well, at least we have a 12.5 game lead and have a gaggle of All-Stars all over the field, with stud young prospects to fill in everywhere else.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I remember someone predicting this exact scenario playing out. But, Matheny kept Diaz in the 8-hole when he was OPS'ing 3.000 or whatever for a whole month, and then he finally moved him up to the two-hole and Diaz has a .572 OPS there in 112 PA. And he hasn't move him back down yet.

[CubinNY]

LaStella, 2B (clubbed by poachers; on DL)

[CyHawk_Cub]

^^^Mike Matheny is awesome, may he forever reside in the Cardinals dugout.

[raw]

Willson in the 5-hole....

 

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This may be a preview of a very popular (and good) 2017 Cubs lineup, but it still doesn't have a guy who OPS'd .842 as a rookie, with 5 playoff HRs at 22 years old; nor a guy who OPS'd 1.7 in the playoffs last year and 1.084 for 2 weeks before he got hurt.

[TruffleShuffle]

 

:lol:

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Looks like Pudge Rodriguez behind the dish, if you ask me.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

pure sex

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Holy horsefeathers.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Ah, he's barely safe.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

farts