He's just salty that Busch kills offense - it's part of why the team added a humidor to the stadium this past offseason. Easy to have a decent offensive season when you play half of your games in the Coors bandbox (or whatever stupid name it has nowadays) and your new team lets you do what you want with the bat i.e. swing as hard as you can all the time as opposed to the more patient approach espoused by Albert.BellaVilla wrote: ↑Sep 01, 2021Btw, did you see Wong tear the Cardinals a new ***hole publicly? But yeah, nothing to see here, amirite?
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That's not at all what he said. He delicately blamed the Cardinals coaching staff and offensive philosophy for his previous struggles while praising the Brewers' philosophy of embracing the style of play in which a player feels comfortable.
Again, you and Laife and can keep licking boots and reading everything through rose colored glasses. It doesn't change the facts: mediocre team, mediocre farm system, empty stadium, consistent national joke for failing to 1. address clear roster holes and 2. trading away players that immediately become successes elsewhere.
Again, you and Laife and can keep licking boots and reading everything through rose colored glasses. It doesn't change the facts: mediocre team, mediocre farm system, empty stadium, consistent national joke for failing to 1. address clear roster holes and 2. trading away players that immediately become successes elsewhere.
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What the heck are you talking about, man? Licking boots? I'm just saying one of your takes about a specific player isn't right and that you're really missing seeing the forest through the trees. The team is mediocre this season, but that's due to injuries and not some giant lack of talent.
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Which is exactly what I said? The Brewers basically told him "***** it, do whatever you want", whereas the Cardinals have an entire hitting system in place from the lowest levels of the minors up till MLB now thanks to Jeff Albert. If it didn't jive with Wong because he's a "veteran" and "uncoachable", that's on Wong, not the Cardinals. Did he also forget that the two best seasons of his career were in STL in 2019 and 2020?BellaVilla wrote: ↑Sep 01, 2021That's not at all what he said. He delicately blamed the Cardinals coaching staff and offensive philosophy for his previous struggles while praising the Brewers' philosophy of embracing the style of play in which a player feels comfortable.
I dare you to find any one person that has ever said that the Cardinals are a national joke lmao. Literally no one gives a sh*t about the Cardinals (or any other sports team, for that matter) unless they're winning, then they go into the jealousy part of "success breeds jealousy". As to your other points:consistent national joke for failing to 1. address clear roster holes and 2. trading away players that immediately become successes elsewhere.
1. Again, the team had literally zero money to spend this past offseason, yet the team still got better this year thanks to the Arenado trade. Done with no money, using spare parts.
2. Cool. How many of those players are "successful" more than a month or two before they come crashing back down to earth and being the same level of mediocrity that the Cardinals traded away (almost always for decent returns)? It's easy to have a hot hand for a month with a team; it only makes a trade look bad if you only care about that players' results during a specific time frame and not the process of the trade.
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Seriously, zilla, I don’t even read your posts. They’re too long, and I don’t have the time or care.
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Yet you seem to care and have time enough to respond. Curious. 
Seems BPV has also affected league-wide hitting at Busch enough to lead the Cardinals to talk about moving the fences at the stadium in, even after they installed a humidor last offseason to mitigate STL's summer humidity.
^ The argument is that the new Busch is not a offensive, home run friendly ballpark so they are trying anything in hopes it will change. I like both the small ball and big hits so for all the supposed flaws of the stadium for modern baseball a team still needs to pitch, hit and play defensive to win IMO..
12-4 in the 7th for the good guys in game 2 of the doubleheader.
The 2021 St. Louis Cardinals will soon be tying the 1935 St. Louis Cardinals (Gashouse Gang) for the longest consecutive win streak in franchise history.
The 2021 St. Louis Cardinals will soon be tying the 1935 St. Louis Cardinals (Gashouse Gang) for the longest consecutive win streak in franchise history.
FOURTEEN!
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Never lose hope! Heh! I confess, I am thoroughly impressed. And yes, I remember 2011. (And 1982 for that matter. And a few other runs and a win in between.)
HISTORY MADE!!!!
Fifteen in a row!!
A new all-time franchise record!
Fifteen in a row!!
A new all-time franchise record!
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This is pure, lovely insanity. That double play was incredible!
Indeed it was...symphonicpoet wrote: ↑Sep 26, 2021This is pure, lovely insanity. That double play was incredible!
Wow. I hadn't seen that DP. When the gods are with you, it really shows, I guess.
Obviously a long shot…but how awesome would a St. Louis/Chicago World Series be? Cards and White Sox with LaRussa managing the Sox. That would be a ton of fun.
Still, a big, big long shot.
Still, a big, big long shot.
Too bad the season isn't a week longer. Cards would've won the division, and so wouldn't have to face one of the two best teams in baseball, in a single away game...
^ You play the hand you’re dealt. Extending the season for another week so they could win the division isn’t how it works.
The MLB played a full 162 game season this year. The Cardinals sh*t the bed in the summer…and had they not they might not be in the wild card position…but instead they were a garbage dump most of the season.
If only we could cheat and get an extra week!
The MLB played a full 162 game season this year. The Cardinals sh*t the bed in the summer…and had they not they might not be in the wild card position…but instead they were a garbage dump most of the season.
If only we could cheat and get an extra week!