i'm sure that at least one of rizzo's hbps today was on purpose, but the fuckin guy is right on the plate
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 September 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link
lance lynn is mad because he's really sucked since late July. he walked 6 guys today. he was right to an extent; the zone was tight:
http://i.imgur.com/GJznVHr.png
so yeah, i count 5 clear strikes thrown by lynn that were called balls, and another 4-5 that were right on the edge. but the zone was tight/wrong for the cubs pitchers too. lynn's just mad because he might not make the playoff rotation.
dan haren hit matt holliday in the head in holliday's second plate appearance since coming off the DL. obviously an accident, though, to anyone watching. i didn't see rizzo's second HBP because i had already ragequit watching the game.
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Saturday, 19 September 2015 00:45 (nine years ago) link
Broxton ankieling
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 September 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
Andrew Simon@AndrewSimonMLBWhat a great throw by Jason Heyward there for a huge double play. Statcast tracked it at 95.5 mph. Distance of 242 feet.
heyward threw a 95.5 mph fastball to home from 242 feet?
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Sunday, 20 September 2015 22:31 (nine years ago) link
Holy shit that throw. He even blew up Yadi's glove hand. (yes I know it was the tag)
― Heel of Fortune (WilliamC), Sunday, 20 September 2015 22:56 (nine years ago) link
daily drama: Yadi down, Grichuk in LF, Waino to pen?
― bnw, Monday, 21 September 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link
it'd be great to have grichuk back in the lineup, assuming he can actually throw now. (he CAN throw now, right? RIGHT??!?!)
i don't know what to think of the wainwright thing. seems foolish to rush him back to action and risk further injury, but maybe he's alright now? matheny should go with his gut and keep waino on the bench until bringing him in for the very last pitch of a playoff series
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 21 September 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-statcast-baserunning-data-ichiro-suzuki/
Bourjos is faster going from 1B to 2B than Billy Hamilton, on average. and Heyward takes some of the longest leads off of 1B in MLB. interesting article! although it's absolutely maddening because Statcast has all of this awesome information collected somewhere, and refuses to make it publicly accessible.
― 1996 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
i'm still not sure that this is a good idea. but here's waino, throwing a simulated game:
https://twitter.com/LangoschMLB/status/646781814481137664
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
@dgoold 11 minutes agoSeven pitches into his start, Carlos Martinez has been removed from the game, walking with a trainer. Emotional as he leaves. #Cardinals
wtffffffffffffffffffff
― bnw, Saturday, 26 September 2015 00:32 (nine years ago) link
it sounds back spasms from twitter. which is lower on the terrible scale
― bnw, Saturday, 26 September 2015 00:33 (nine years ago) link
But still,
Nooooooooooooooooo
Anybody but Carlos. He's my favorite.
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Saturday, 26 September 2015 00:48 (nine years ago) link
@LangoschMLB 2 minutes ago#STLCards announce that Carlos Martinez left the game with right shoulder tightness.
shoulder :((((((((((((((((
― bnw, Saturday, 26 September 2015 00:48 (nine years ago) link
9th-inning rally vs K-Rod fails; Bucs 3 back
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 26 September 2015 03:43 (nine years ago) link
@Cardinals"Carlos Martinez suffered a shoulder strain and will be shut down for the remainder of the season."-John Mozeliak
― Andy K, Saturday, 26 September 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
insane injuries this year. guess the 4 man rotation is set now, smh
― bnw, Saturday, 26 September 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
Nnnnnnnnngggghhh
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Saturday, 26 September 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
No one will give a shit because it's the cardinals but I feel like winning this many games with this many injuries deserves a nobel prize
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Saturday, 26 September 2015 22:29 (nine years ago) link
can't really give them credit for holliday because lol old, but it *is* pretty amazing. presumed right fielder dies, have the pitching depth to deal for a new one (who was probably better, for this one season, but still), #1 pitcher goes down, starting 1B goes down, etc. etc., still the best team in the game
also for overcoming matheny/putting him in situations where his idiocy didn't matter. i kinda think the manager's biggest job is keeping players happy and playing well -- and getting guys saves or whatever may play into that -- but man, starting a center fielder who couldn't throw the ball was the dumbest fucking thing i've ever seen. naturally they won that game anyway
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 September 2015 23:41 (nine years ago) link
surprised they ran on heyward there in the first, even with marte's speed
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 28 September 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
jesus.
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 01:30 (eight years ago) link
ugh
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 01:32 (eight years ago) link
Saw a comment earlier today like: baseball gods genuinely curious if cardinals can win with no players left on the field.
Didn't see it, not sure I want to.
― bnw, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 01:43 (eight years ago) link
they only showed the replay once, from a wide angle. didn't look good at all :(
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 01:48 (eight years ago) link
got a little wave at least
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 01:53 (eight years ago) link
yeah, and lower body also moved apparently (i didn't see it).
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 02:02 (eight years ago) link
Jenifer Langosch ✔ @LangoschMLBGood news on Piscotty: All tests came back negative for fractures or significant injury. He will be monitored in hospital overnight.11:34 PM - 28 Sep 2015
PHEW
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 03:56 (eight years ago) link
released from the hospital with 'just bruises'
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
Jenifer Langosch @LangoschMLB 9 minutes agoGreat news all around on Piscotty's condition. GM Mozeliak: "I think the good news is he probably will play again in the regular season."
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 21:49 (eight years ago) link
doubleheader tomorrow
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/09/cardinals-to-activate-adam-wainwright.html
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 11:46 (eight years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/the-st--louis-cardinals-should-probably-stop-making-rap-videos-203519351.html
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
pitching Cole in game 1? not cool bros
― bnw, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
i'm gonna do myself a favor and not listen that song
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 14:53 (eight years ago) link
really wish i could take the afternoon off and watch these games today.
wacha has really struggled the last month or two. whether it's fatigue or hitters figuring him out or bad luck or whatever, he doesn't really resemble the pitcher from may/june.
and the lyons game is just a crapshoot. hopefully we'll just kind of luck out with one of the games today and get it over with.
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link
doesn't matter. even if the cards lost both today, which i do not expect, they're not going to drop two more games in the standings while finishing vs the barves
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 15:07 (eight years ago) link
if you believe in laundry, the '64 Cards were almost done in by the Mets at the end of the season
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1964-schedule-scores.shtml
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
xpostyeah, very unlikely. but baseball's weird
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
So Wacha seems fried. Go go game 2.
― bnw, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
yeah, it's been agonizing watching him the last 2 months. lance lynn, too, for the most part.
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
waino warming up for bottom of the 8th
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
tyler fucking lyons because: baseball.
― bnw, Thursday, 1 October 2015 01:29 (eight years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=27&v=KalbXGkJb_A
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 1 October 2015 02:30 (eight years ago) link
dammit
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 1 October 2015 02:31 (eight years ago) link
one more try
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KalbXGkJb_A
via Bernie:
According to the injury-tracking site ManGamesLost.com, the Cardinals took the biggest hit among the 30 teams, having lost players worth a value of just under 18 Wins Above Replacement to injury time. No other team was all that close to 18 WAR, with Toronto second at 10 WAR lost to injury.http://www.101sports.com/2015/10/01/how-the-cardinals-captured-the-nl-central/
― bnw, Thursday, 1 October 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
from BP's Daniel Rathman under headline "Cardinals Clinch; Cardinals Are Doomed?"
If the standings were all that mattered, everything in St. Louis would be peachy. The Cardinals have clinched the division for the third year in a row, they’re the first team in the majors to reach 100 wins, and home-field advantage through the NL playoffs is theirs. Nothing anyone does over the weekend can take any of that away.
But given the competition, starting pitching is likely to rule the day in October. And the Cardinals, who turned out to have the deepest group of reliable starters in the senior circuit from April through August, might have the shallowest when it matters most.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 October 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link
yeah, that's about right. i can't imagine being less confident in a team that is going to finish with 100+ wins. but i've always been predicting doom all year, and somehow they keep on choogling. so i guess i'll prop up the feet, have a beer, be happy if they somehow progress but if they don't be satisfied that they made it as far as they have.
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 1 October 2015 15:07 (eight years ago) link
(and find new ways to criticize matheny, regardless of outcome)
baseball needs a version of hockey's president's trophy (best regular-season record) imo
obviously it wouldn't really mean anything, but with the playoffs having ever less to do with the preceding six months there ought to be some sort of recognition of the year's actual best team
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 October 2015 15:37 (eight years ago) link