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  1. wolf stansson
    Is JDE a Cards fan?
  2. wolf stansson
    D-Rays have some awfully good young guys - Crawford, Gomes, Cantu, Kazmir.
  3. wolf stansson
    D - Be Wolf's hero
  4. wolf stansson
    I think in 2001-2004 it was a team thing. They had good players in their prime performing well offensively (Renteria, Rolen, Edmonds, Pujols, etc) and 2005-present you are seeing teams very similar to the Bonds teams from the Dusty era - IE Pujols is so good he makes the lineup good by just being in it. Rolen is still a good hitter, but the entire lineup with him is good enough to be a playoff contender; without him our lineup is not good. So basically the regression of talent and the departure of good players is being buoyed by Pujols ridiculosity. As for veteran role players excelling on the Cards, I don't really think it is anything more than them playing to their abilities. Eduardo Perez, Tony Womack, Fernando Vina, etc. Maybe it is the manager and his methods of when and why he plays them, maybe it is the atmosphere among the team, but I just don't know. I don't think their performances are as big of a disparity on the Cards than when they are on other teams as some of you think.
  5. wolf stansson
    Obviously Walt Jocketty and the rest of the front office thought they would perform well.
  6. wolf stansson
    Well if a team does that, it seems to me they probably start to look better on "paper" (whatever that means). I think that means that the Cardinals don't have a lot of big name guys that jump out and grab you. I don't get that. We have 4 all-stars in our everyday lineup (whether deservedly so or not - Edmonds/Eckstein last year), the reigning Cy Young winner, the pitcher with the most wins in baseball since 2001, the two time executive or the year, the second or third winningest manager of all time, and a guy playing first base who has a chance if he stays healthy and stays consistent to break every major offensive record other than stolen bases and hits. Maybe it is a case of them not getting ESPN love or people underrating them, but I don't see how they aren't good "on paper."
  7. wolf stansson
    Just so Coach realizes the gravity of that, I will point out that the highest ops on the Cubs' active roster is Michael Barrett's .886, followed by Glendon Rusch, and Todd Walker respectively. But yeah. The Cubs don't need Dunn. He strikes out too much and sucks in the field right? Well no. Actually he is an average defender (OMG I know you've seen some errors but it is possible that in games you don't see that he plays well) and gets on base 40% of the time. In case you were wondering, the Cubs active leader is Todd Walker who gets on 37% of the time.
  8. wolf stansson
    Hey, I've got some trivia for you (Trivia that does a pretty darn good job of indicating win/loss performance and expectation)! Q: What team has the best run differential in the National League? A: The St. Louis Cardinals. Stop acting like it is smoke and mirrors.
  9. wolf stansson
    Not starting McCarthy? That's insane. That was the whole rational of not trading one of the starters preseason; because pitching is so injury prone. This is ridiculous. (I have McCarthy on a fantasy team)
  10. wolf stansson
    http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/02CDA3F8F89F942E86257165001A4185?OpenDocument
  11. wolf stansson
    He said he feels about 60% right now. He messed up his back.
  12. wolf stansson
    I have a feeling the feeling would be the same if Pujols was out and the Cardinals had scored 5 runs in their last 6 games and somebody started a thread on a Cards board about how Lee is such a class act. I know this is the "Rivalries" forum, but this is still a Cubs board. You can't really expect too much Pujols love under the current circumstances. Derrek doesn't really do anything that would draw my ire, but I'm more reasonable than some. I agree. I was just explaining it to Jimy.
  13. wolf stansson
    Albert is actually 8000 years old. He is the guy that killed the highlander which explains why he is so powerful.
  14. wolf stansson
    Ever since D-Lee went down, there has been an unspoken taboo against Cardinals love, specifically Albert.
  15. wolf stansson
    NL Closers in order of my preference: 1 - Lidge: He'll figure out his recent troubles. 2 - Dempster 3 - Wagner
  16. wolf stansson
    Thasa lotta dough.
  17. wolf stansson
    I can't believe Sutton is getting cut too.
  18. wolf stansson
    Oh Lonestar, someday your team will heal. Have faith. It will be okay. Then you can stop making sad excuses. 6 games against the Royals - Say they instead played the White Sox and got swept 6 straight games each of the last two years. 98 and 94 wins respectively still win the division. Yeah, usually good teams beat teams they are better than more than they lose to them over the course of the season.
  19. wolf stansson
    <--- wonders how many reclamation projects have to go STL's way before they stop being surprised I wouldn't be proclaiming Looper a success just yet.
  20. wolf stansson
    I think this is paranoia (but we've been over that haven't we), but even if what you say is true about us having easier interleague schedules and somehow missing all the best pitching of our opponents, it still isn't enoughf to account for the 15 games division leads over the past two years. I know you are a Cubs fan and thus hesistant to give credit to the Cardinals but your posts are becoming even further out there.
  21. wolf stansson
    Dyslexic? He apologized because of respect for the game. He showed up a pitcher because he wanted revenge. And if anyone can show up a pitcher, its probably the best hitter in baseball.
  22. wolf stansson
    So Albert is going to hit more than 100 homeruns, and a pitching staff that finished second then first respectively in the past two seasons won't? We shall see.
  23. wolf stansson
    I don't know what's going on. He is healthy, he's throwing the same velocity he has had for the last couple years, but for some reason, he has lost all control. Maybe hes trying to do too much. I don't know. Looper has looked really good though which is surprising the crap out of me.
  24. wolf stansson
    Looper and Flores have been good so far. They both have the talent to perform well.
  25. wolf stansson
    Walker is currently the Cardinals bullpen coach.
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