Mizzou

600 people showed up to watch the Marlins and Braves play today. 600. Seriously, move that team somewhere where fans will actually show up. 600 people at a game is flat out embarrassing.

What happens in those situations is basically a matter of luck or happenstance. The idea is to get a lot of base runners on so that some of those times when we happen to get hits, there are runners on. We're inevitably going to fail more often than not in those situations. That's a fact. For people to be complaining about not getting hits in certain cherry picked situations is missing the point, entirely. Luck? Sure, sometimes. If you hammer the ball but it goes directly towards the third baseman's glove, yes, that's bad luck. But grounding out to SS when you need a fly ball isn't bad luck. It's bad hitting. Most of the time when people fail in those situations, it isn't because they're unlucky. It's because of a bad approach. I doubt it's "most of the time". You really think that more than half of the time when a guy fails with the bases loaded, it's because he's unlucky? I sure don't. It's not about being lucky or unlucky. I'm not saying that we didn't get a hit because we were unlucky, or we got a hit because we were lucky. Hitting is extremely luck dependent. There are of factors coming into play to determine whether a hit happens or not. You honestly think that if a hitter went up there with the "correct" approach he'd have success more than half the time? Because, damn, that would be the key to unlocking the best offensive player in the history of the game. No, I don't think that. I just took issue with the first sentence of your original post, where you basically chalk everything up to luck in bases loaded situations. Or at least it came off that way.

What happens in those situations is basically a matter of luck or happenstance. The idea is to get a lot of base runners on so that some of those times when we happen to get hits, there are runners on. We're inevitably going to fail more often than not in those situations. That's a fact. For people to be complaining about not getting hits in certain cherry picked situations is missing the point, entirely. Luck? Sure, sometimes. If you hammer the ball but it goes directly towards the third baseman's glove, yes, that's bad luck. But grounding out to SS when you need a fly ball isn't bad luck. It's bad hitting. Most of the time when people fail in those situations, it isn't because they're unlucky. It's because of a bad approach. I doubt it's "most of the time". You really think that more than half of the time when a guy fails with the bases loaded, it's because he's unlucky? I sure don't.

Yeah, that's pretty much why I enjoyed it too. Speaking of that, I picked up John Schuerholz's (sp?) book a couple weeks ago... has anyone read that? How is it?

What happens in those situations is basically a matter of luck or happenstance. The idea is to get a lot of base runners on so that some of those times when we happen to get hits, there are runners on. We're inevitably going to fail more often than not in those situations. That's a fact. For people to be complaining about not getting hits in certain cherry picked situations is missing the point, entirely. Luck? Sure, sometimes. If you hammer the ball but it goes directly towards the third baseman's glove, yes, that's bad luck. But grounding out to SS when you need a fly ball isn't bad luck. It's bad hitting. Most of the time when people fail in those situations, it isn't because they're unlucky. It's because of a bad approach.

Oh God. He should only pitch in blowout situations. I have a feeling that he might pitch late inning relief tonight though.

That sucks. I think they put limits in place based on your name, address, etc. so you can't register with multiple accounts. At least the Cards did something like that when they sold WS tickets a couple years ago. Edited to add: I just got the same email. If you're selected, you can only purchase a total of two tickets for one game. This is [expletive].

Brewers are losing, Cards are winning... so far, so good!

I think that's only in the AL. Really? That would be a strange rule to put in place if so.

Isn't there something where the team with the best record gets to choose which day they begin the NLDS on? Is the schedule in the original absolute?

I missed most of the game last night, but I just looked at the box score and chuckled. 5 batters faced by Howry, 5 men reached base, 4 scored. What part of "Howry is a horrible pitcher" does Lou not understand?

Well this loss is on our number three hitter.

Why doesn't anyone question Lou about his use of Howry? What about the golden child, Bruce Miles? Why won't he question it?

Why is Howry pitching in a close game? It's just so freaking frustrating.

This has got to be the biggest mismatch in recent Mizzou history. I'll be at this one. First Mizzou game is far too long. I can't wait!

I really hope that his lineup changes involve moving Lee down in the order. We have far too many good hitters for him to be hitting 3rd.

No, it's definitely not. Last year, IIRC, they started selling them well before the Cubs had clinched. I think it was like mid-September... NLCS tickets went on sale before the NLDS even began. I would guess we'll hear something within 7-10 days about when they'll go on sale. You think it'll be that soon? I certainly hope so. I need to know with as much notice as possible so that I don't schedule anything for that morning.

So if he's not starting until the series in St. Louis, that'll be anywhere from 10-12 days between pitching depending on what game he starts. I'm all for giving our three top pitchers extra days off down the stretch, but this seems excessive.

Wasn't he the contest winner? Yes and it was an aboslute an utter freaking joke wow Huh? I thought it was awesome.

Dome 2nd and Theriot 8th huh? Alright then.

Why?

I was really hoping to see Pie called up. He'd be ideal as a pinch runner in late innings. It would also be great for him to be in this environment as we push closer and closer to the playoffs.

You may have been right about Jim Edmonds but you are deathly wrong here This post should be saved, and we'll see just how right/wrong Sulley is when the playoffs start. The Cubs will win the division. Will you save my post too?

Wow. Who plays SS now?

??? Last 8 games: .333/.405/.545/.950