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  1. stitchface
    I would have liked it better if oswalt threw 150 pitches.
  2. stitchface
    oswalt to continue? where's bartman?
  3. stitchface
    hmmm, starter dominating into the seventh, four run lead. hmmm.
  4. stitchface
    happy now? Bounced right off that gold glove . . . :roll:
  5. stitchface
    now that brenly is in the booth anyway. dusty is right up there too. leadoff hitter on and you go for one instead of going for the throat. apparently game five taught garner nothing.
  6. stitchface
    not necessarily. a great hitter slumping will miss the mistake pitch that he might normally hit for a homerun. the difference being that you have nine batters and only one pitcher. nevertheless, every at-bat is half pitcher and half batter until the ball is put in play. I guess your statement to me is meaningless. Baseball is by definition not 90 percent pitching.
  7. stitchface
    good grief, what a terrible bunt. why do managers do stupid things like play the infield in in the first inning?
  8. stitchface
    no matter how you slice it, the batter is half the equation.
  9. stitchface
    you might want to add 10 percent for the umpire since no one can hit the shoulder high 95 mph fastball.
  10. stitchface
    103 pitches for oswalt . . . is that part of beating a pitcher?
  11. stitchface
    walker can hit him apparently. truth is, the cardinals are slumping. perhaps because only pujols is an elite hitter on that team.
  12. stitchface
    I'm not saying its right or wrong, just that its not aggressive. if you don't bunt, perhaps Everett walks and you have the bases loaded for oswalt.
  13. stitchface
    no, the cardinals hitters just aren't good enough to hit oswalt. they still control half the battle. those pitches aren't unhittable.
  14. stitchface
    That was an awful call. The league needs to find better umpires for the playoffs. Can anyone explain how a squeeze bunt is an "aggressive play?" To me its very very conservative to play for one run instead of trying to break the game open.
  15. stitchface
    I think it could be fair to say that 90 percent of baseball is the pitcher-batter confrontation. Since the pitcher is half that battle, it would follow that the pitcher is 45 percent of baseball. More than any other player to be sure.
  16. stitchface
    runs scored=total batters-runners lob-27. there are two things you can control there - total batters and runners lob. clearly the best way to increase run production is to increase your total batters. how? Don't make outs. this is what the anti-obp people don't seem to grasp - its not the getting on base - its the not making an out and getting another batter to the plate.
  17. stitchface
    hahaha! Yea, we got a great discount on Burnitz. To me, most teams have about 10,000 great fans and the rest are bandwagoners, tourists, and people taking outings with the family or work or whatever. To proclaim your fans the greatest is silly.
  18. stitchface
    but ESPN said that was the series everyone wanted to see! Too bad on the giants angels because that was a great series.
  19. stitchface
    now if you can do the same thing with a real team, you'll be rich and famous soon!
  20. stitchface
    I understand what you are saying but have you ever noticed how players sign discounts and waive no-trade clauses just to play in st louis? The Cardinals are a well run organization. I don't think that has anything to do with their fans though. And I do think the discounts are a bit overstated. Declaring St. Louis the best baseball city is ridiculous and indicative of feelings of inferiority. But whatever, Card fans are great in their own minds.
  21. stitchface
    oh, and I have to add that first inning curtain calls on solo homeruns are showing up the other team in my book also. you'd think the "worlds greatest fans" would have a little more class.
  22. stitchface
    But Pujols does that after every single homerun, what does the playoffs have to do with it? I think the whole "homerun watching makes you a turd" thing is completely overrated. The only way I would have a problem is if the batter makes gestures to the opposing team. or screams at him like edmonds.
  23. stitchface
    Walking and staring at your work is showing up the pitcher, and generally poor sportsmanship. But many people tend to like poor sportsmanship nowadays. Pujols jogged to first after about three steps. There was no poor sportsmanship there at all in my opinion.
  24. stitchface
    Which is worse, having a reliever come in to issue the IBB, or having a pinch hitter come in for a pitcher and sac bunt? Donny Buntball did the latter all the time, while Dusty is infamous for the stupid pitching moves. Oh wait, another: a guy with command issues throwing pitch outs. Let me go on record as saying I hate almost all pitchouts unless its 0-2.
  25. stitchface
    but the cubs treated us to a slow, torturous death, one that could have been avoided numerous times. once edmonds took ball four, that game was over. I hate both teams but that right there is what makes baseball awesome.
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