As a lifelong Cardinals fan just let me say, at least it's not the Yankees.

bigpeeler: As a lifelong Cardinals fan just let me say, at least it's not the Yankees.

We can agree on something. F*ck the Yankees.

bigpeeler: As a lifelong Cardinals fan just let me say, at least it's not the Yankees.

I hate the Yankees too, but sadly for baseball, without the Red Sox, Yankees, or maybe a couple of other high-spending teams, people just aren't paying attention. The same reason this thread has about as many comments as a women's basketball thread.

So far, this series has........

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......sorry guys, it looks like La Russa is taking me out before I can finish the post

Wow - it's Trollsday apparently

Tony LaRussa brought in a relief pitcher to intentionally walk someone. I have never seen that before, and I have no doubt I will never see it again. I wanted to strangle my TV when I saw that.

timswar: avoid Bostonian levels of douchery

I just returned from a trip to the Boston area. I made a point to wear my NY Rangers shirt in Logan Airport. I also received many glares for wearing that shirt. I don't care.

/Yes, they haven't won Lord Stanley since '94. I know. Shuddup.
//I strongly dislike the Bruins. I LOATHE the Caps, though...

Orgasmatron138: I don't hate the Cardinals (even thought I'm a Cubs fan), but I have an intense dislike for Tony LaRussa and his whiny crybaby act. That said, this has been a a fun series to watch and play armchair manager.

And hey! Epstein is going to be announced as the new President of Baseball Operations today. Finally the Cubs can modernize a woefully behind-the-times front office. I'd be happy with not making the playoffs for another 5 years if it means that they are finally building a top-shelf scouting and development system.

I feel the same way about the Mets with Alderson and DePodesta. It's nice.

I usually don't get worked up about people but TLR has always bothered me. Him not taking any blame for last night is pretty ridiculous. I don't mind him talking about the phone or whatever as long as he takes some responsibility. But going by the quotes I'm seeing, he hasn't even done that. And I'd really like to know who was actually responsible for Craig getting TOOTBLAN'd twice since Buck and McCarver were speculating that Pujols might have made one of the hit and run calls himself.

/rooting for the Rangers due to leftover bitterness from 2006

The Bestest: FreakinB: I feel the same way about the Mets with Alderson and DePodesta. It's nice.

You sound a lot more optimistic about Jonah Hill than Dodgers fans do.

Meh, I like him as an assistant. If he were the big boss I probably wouldn't be so optimistic. That said, I'd think (hope) that he learned from his Dodgers experience a bit.

Plus he was awesome in Superbad.

InCaseOfFire: Fell asleep after Texas went up 4-2. The Cards couldn't get a hit with RISP to save their life.


This game was just painful to watch as a Cards fan. The hitters completely failed to capitalize with RISP. The baserunning was pants on head retarded (the hit and run with Freese and Pujols not once, but TWICE). The complete and utter farkup that was the relief pitching.The defensive play that just sucked ass. They were farkups at every single turn, and the funny thing is that the Rangers only won by a couple runs.

I wondered if the team that put themselves ten games down would show up in this series, and they sure as hell did last night. I realized about the 5th inning that if the Cards win the Series, the best team in baseball this year sure as hell didn't win it all. While they're capable of some incredible feats, they are also liable to commit some truly boneheaded and incompetent acts on the field as well.

InmanRoshi: Quel: Tony LaRussa brought in a relief pitcher to intentionally walk someone. I have never seen that before, and I have no doubt I will never see it again. I wanted to strangle my TV when I saw that.

Sure, it seems staggeringly stupid on face value. But it's TLR, therefore it's genius that we simply don't recognize because it's above us.

The local media reported that TLR says there was a communication error with the bullpen. I think it's pretty telling that even the aforementioned local media is sniffing this story and saying "hey, this smells like bullshiat."