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Yeah, I agree, most likely Ozuna resigning.

Now if they were to package Liberatore in a deal for Arenado....

Haha, seriously. I'm guessing it wasn't intended as a thunder-stealing move (I certainly hope it wasn't), but if it were that's about the last thing most of their fans want to see right now. I think most of us Cardinal fans are fine with Matheny. He isn't perfect and needs to improve but it's hard to argue with the results so far. It's the vocal minority who will be up in arms over this. Then again, they were the same with LaRussa. Basically if the Cardinals don't win the WS every year they will be upset.

Oh BTW: Congrats to the Cubs. I didn't lean one way or the other to who won the WS but have a lot of relatives that are Cub fans in Iowa so I'm happy for them they got to see a winner.

This is an odd post. If you don't become a fan of a team because of geographical proximity then how do you expect teams to attract fans to the games? Then you go on to say you wish the majority of Illinois in terms of geography rooted for the Cubs. So you just contradicted yourself in one paragraph. Lastly, St. Louis is no better or no worse than other cities with Sports teams. When they win they show up, when they lose they don't. Just like anywhere else.

Remember when Daryl Kile died? Yes I do. What does that have to do with home field advantage?

Did I post something inflammatory or incorrect?

It's not as if the Cardinals have always benefited from the home field advantage. In 2004 when they won 105 games it was the wild card winner Boston who got home field advantage.

Well Allen Craig and David Freese just lead you toma World Series, it's gonna be tough for us to be luckier than you. Thanks though. It was also pretty lucky that they got that 0.08 inches of rain that "forced" the rain out and allowed Carpenter to pitch the clincher. It also helped the Rangers as well where they could pitch Holland on regular rest in game 7. It's not the Cardinals fault that Ron Washington decided to throw Harrison out there a guy, who got rocked in game 3 vs. a guy who gave up 2 hits through 8 innings in game 4.

schumaker and ryan suck when pujols banks next offseason, the cardinals are going to have half of their payroll committed to 2 players every year. that's never good. and what if carpenter goes down again? then you have about 55-60 million going to 2 guys when your payroll is usually around 90 million. i'm not necessarily saying it's a bad move, but it definitely is going to make money really tight pretty much every season and basically takes you out of the running for any premiere free agent over the next several offseasons Whether you think they suck or not isn't the point. The point is that with those two players in the lineup, the Cardinals still made the playoffs. So there is nothing to say that they can't still make the playoffs in the future with those two guys as the SS and 2b for the Cardinals.

I don't think it will put the Cardinals in too much of a bind in the later years. Wainright and Holliday are signed until 2013 or beyond. Carpenter is signed through 2012. Pujols will get his contract and be there for the next 10 years. So then they have to suplement those core players with young guys. Rasmus is under control for a while, as is Shumacher, Ryan, and Molina. The only positions of question are RF and 3b. Ludwick is a FA after this year I believe so we will see what he gets in free agency and if the Cardinals want him back. For this year they will probably sign Tejada to a one year contract, but 3b going forward is the more pressing position that they need to figure out.

Yes. Is that wrong?

You just now figured that out?

Had the Cardinals lost 1-0 today, Pineiro would have been the majors first 10 game loser, all the while having an ERA of 3.20. He's pitched pretty well this season.

The Cards dodged Zack Greinke and we get Jake Peavy twice in a week and a half. Go figure. Nick Stavinoha with a 2-run single and Todd Wellemeyer spinning zeroes. Nothing to see here, move along. You could spin it around and also say that the Royals didn't have to face Carpenter or Wainright. Ofcourse when they can't get a run in either game, it really doesn't matter who the Cardinals had to face. Greinke wouldn't have won either game.