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  1. cheddarisbetter

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    Another 3-0 lead against the Dodgers blown
     
  2. Savage Rob Chubb

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    Sounds like Mozeliak is growing more and more frustrated by the day. I believe Matheny will be gone by the AS break.
     
  3. cheddarisbetter

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    1st and 3rd place hitters below .230, yikes
     
  4. Truman

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    lol keep dreaming

    :feelsbadman:
     
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  5. Savage Rob Chubb

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    My Dad expects it to happen any day. Probably just wishful thinking, but he claims his friends in St Louis are hearing that.
     
  6. cheddarisbetter

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    Strike zone is brutal tonight but fuck these bats man
     
  7. Truman

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    Pitch recognition is just terrible. Whatever they're training/practicing isn't working. Not sure how much a hitting coach really matters, but Mabry needs to go.
     
  8. Truman

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  9. Truman

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    Broxton released.

    :blessed:
    :praisehim:
    :chatzy:
     
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  10. Truman

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    Wasting these starts by Carlos is getting pretty old.

     
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  11. Truman

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    Dexter murdered that ball
     
  12. Truman

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    Salvaged a split w the Dodgers. I'll take it.
     
  13. Savage Rob Chubb

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    The demise of Adam Wainwright appears to have been greatly exaggerated.
     
  14. Truman

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    I thought for sure he was done. Hope he can keep this up
     
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  15. Savage Rob Chubb

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    I did too.
     
  16. Savage Rob Chubb

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    The crowd at that game today is why Cardinals fans really are the best fans in baseball. Not sure any other team in the MLB could draw a crowd like that for a 2:00 weekday game on June 1st.
     
  17. Truman

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    Eh there are several.

    However, some of my best childhood memories are of my dad surprising me and pulling me out of school to go to thursday afternoon games on getaway day
     
  18. Savage Rob Chubb

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    Several? No. Probably more like a few.
     
  19. cheddarisbetter

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    The Dodgers and Cubs only come to mind
     
  20. Savage Rob Chubb

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    I was thinking Cubs and Red Sox.
     
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    Just something that stuck out to me when watching the highlights. Seemed like the crowd was bigger than it normally is for day games during the week.
     
  22. Savage Rob Chubb

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    My God Carpenter looks so lost at the plate right now.
     
  23. cheddarisbetter

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    This offense is so fucking bad :blech:
     
  24. Truman

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    Defense has been worse
     
  25. cheddarisbetter

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    2-0 groundout, nice at bat peralta
     
  26. John Blutarsky

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    Molina's AB in the 8th with the bases loaded was pathetic.
     
  27. miles

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    I kind of get a kick out of all the hair pulling about Matheny on twitter. Don't get me wrong, he sucks, but the front office has let the team down just as much as he has. Matheny has just taken old, rotting chicken and make chicken shit out of it.

    Look at the last 4-5 years and think of the guys brought up through the farm system who have been only serviceable or better.

    Piscotty
    Diaz

    Yeah, Reyes got hurt but that's still inexcusable. The core of the team got old and they have done a shit job of replacing it. We've even struggled to bring up any effective bull pen guys.
     
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    Baseball is stupid anyways, have never liked it
     
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  29. cheddarisbetter

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    Lol, Cecil is a joke, team has no marbles
     
  30. cheddarisbetter

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    Way to stick with your guns matheny
     
  31. Truman

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    This team is streaky as hell. It's quite frustrating.
     
  32. cheddarisbetter

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    So we have blown leads for loss in 19 of 57 games, impressive
     
  33. Truman

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    Saw a stat that we also have the honor of losing the most games in which we held a multi-run lead.
     
  34. John Blutarsky

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    I didn't watch the game but was Lynn pulled because Matheny or was there a valid reason?
     
  35. Tiger Z

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    Cards holding a press conference at 2.


    Might be some happy tmb cards fans here shortly.
     
  36. Truman

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    Firing Matheny would be the only thing that would make me that happy. If that's what was happening I think it would have been leaked out by now.

    Wong is back, so maybe they're releasing Peralta, but idk why that would necessitate a presser.
     
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    Probably just firing an assistant like Mabry. In other words, nothing will change.
     
  38. Truman

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    Maloney reassigned. Meh

    Peralta DFA'd!!!!!! yay.
     
  39. Truman

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    So basically shuffling the deck chairs.
     
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  40. Tiger Z

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    "Nothing is fucked, dude."
     
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  41. lazy bum

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    I like the implications from Bernie that this maybe means Mo is getting behind Shildt to put pressure on Matheny. We could do much worse than putting Shildt in the manager role for a rebuild.
     
  42. Truman

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    Idk anything about him except that he's not Mike Matheny, so he's alright in my book
     
  43. Truman

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    PS it really saddens me Matheny is this bad, because he was one of my faves as a kid.
     
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  44. lazy bum

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    supposed to be a pretty great fundamentals coach and is a Cards blog darling.
     
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  45. cheddarisbetter

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    Fryer is trash, .191 for a backup catcher isn't acceptable, drop him and pick up someone else
     
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  47. Truman

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    I was really hoping for a strike out to limit damage.
     
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    Review that shit please, replay looked like he missed him
     
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  49. Truman

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    I thought so too, but didnt seem like Dex put up much of an argument
     
  50. cheddarisbetter

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    Rosie reverting back