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  1. Formerly Snayke
    I'm not even following the Cardinals anymore, but unless Furcal pitches I fail to see how this puts them over the top. Of course, since I'm not following them anymore, they will win the GD pennant and La Russa will be back next season.
  2. Formerly Snayke
    Getting this back on track, I will laugh when the Pirates finish ahead of the La Russas.
  3. Formerly Snayke
    Rams sign G Harvey Dahl. I really hope they didn't just get another Richie Incognito.
  4. Formerly Snayke
    In honor of VY, here's a Skip Bayless article from 2006 where he says that Young is Jordan-esque. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=bayless/060113
  5. Formerly Snayke
    Jon Jay is our starting centre fielder, so there's that too. 0-2 since the big trade.
  6. Formerly Snayke
    Joe Sheehan said Anthopoulos basically traded air for Rasmus. That's not far off.
  7. Formerly Snayke
    Derrick Goold says he thinks Patterson will be IN UNIFORM TONIGHT. BIRDS Chris Duncan is an analyst on 101 ESPN and was a big part of the Media Hype Machine that drove fans against Rasmus. He's also bitter that Rasmus pushed him and Ankiel out of the way in 2009 by not being a terrible [expletive] baseball player.
  8. Formerly Snayke
    Hopefully it results in Rick Ankiel being brought back. I love that I can troll Rick Ankiel and not get banned for it.
  9. Formerly Snayke
    Cardinals also get Corey Patterson.
  10. Formerly Snayke
    So if Theriot gets semi-demoted, does that mean he'll start pouting and want out of St. Louis? .269/.315/.327
  11. Formerly Snayke
    Richard is a below-average pitcher, but Peavy is an abomination.
  12. Formerly Snayke
    Another reason you all don't want Rasmus: he has wall-shyness (I believe Andy Van Slyke created this term).
  13. Formerly Snayke
    Derp. I had a brainfart. You are correct of course.
  14. Formerly Snayke
    I think he's at the peak of what he can do right now. Twenty-three percent of his balls in play are flyballs, yet 14 percent are clearing the fence. There's nothing in his swing that says he will consistently hit over half of his flyballs for home runs*, so I think his slugging is inflated. I also question if he's really a .300 hitter. Maybe I'm wrong, but .300 hitters who hit 54 percent of their balls on the ground and strike out 16 percent of the time seems out of line. So over a full season, I estimate that he's a .280/.330/.390 hitter. *ETA: Sixty percent of his flyballs are going for homers. Not even Adam Dunn has done that.
  15. Formerly Snayke
    Yeah, then you definitely don't want him.
  16. Formerly Snayke
    Does the Chicago media put a laser-like focus on one player and report relentlessly on non-dramatic stuff, like that player having his father throw BP to him? If so, you all don't want Rasmus. The whole thing is quite ludicrous, built up by a [expletive]-disturber (Joe Strauss), fueled by a senile manager (La Russa) and amplified by a very stupid fan base that likes Jon Jay because of his facial expressions in the dugout. I'm not even kidding. They say things like "I'm not in the clubhouse. I don't know Colby Rasmus. But he he doesn't care and doesn't have the drive."
  17. Formerly Snayke
    Theriot has quietly been reduced to a platoon player. This was unexpected.
  18. Formerly Snayke
    No HOF game. Bummer.
  19. Formerly Snayke
    Goodness, I just looked and Brendan Ryan is hitting .261/.322/.330 and has a 2.1 bWAR. He's going to contribute more with his glove than Theriot will on offense.
  20. Formerly Snayke
    .278/.325/.338 Only four months until the Cardinals give him a 2/$10m contract.
  21. Formerly Snayke
    2006 Cardinals, although their offense (10 runs above league average) was a bit better than the Pirates this year. SO/9 for their starters Carpenter 7.5 Marquis 4.4 Suppan 4.9 Mulder 4.8 Reyes 7.6 Weaver 4.9 Also, 2004 Twins were in the bottom half of the AL in runs scored and their starters: Santana 10.5 Radke 5.9 Silva 3.4 Lohse 5.1 Mulholland 4.4 2003 Twins didn't have a single starter over 5.8 2004 Dodgers were 9th in the NL in Runs and only had one pitcher over 6 (Weaver at 6.3) Oof. I forgot about my own team. Maybe they can win 83 games and take the division. It'd be an awesome story.
  22. Formerly Snayke
    Four of the Pirates starters strike out less than six per nine. I just don't think there's precedent in the last 20 years or so for a rotation to strike out so few batters, be supported by a mediocre offense and win a division championship. In a division as mediocre as this one.
  23. Formerly Snayke
    Not really on-field related, but how did Craig James become the most powerful person at ESPN?
  24. Formerly Snayke
    Good money says he's in Columbia next week.
  25. Formerly Snayke
    FTFY.
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