St Louis Cardinals Fans Sound Off!

[qwerty1500]

Originally Posted by 688sonarmen

What is up with the offense just taking strikes and not swinging? I was thinking they were waiting for a good pitch but they were struck out quite a few times looking. I hope this does not swing over to swinging at bad pitches to compensate.

I've noticed an effort up and down the lineup to get as deep as possible in the pitch count with the starters. I've also seen more than average disagreement with where a few umps are calling strikes.

Discipline at the plate has really paid off for the Cards. That's easy when you're hot. I just hope they can resist the urge to press when those little slumps come along.

[Starscream]

I would like to get one win in this series. Leake was decent, but Cueto should be lights out.

[Starscream]

Komatsu looks very promising. He has a veteran approach at the plate. Do you guys think he'll still be on the roster when Carp and Wainright come back?

[688sonarmen]

Originally Posted by Starscream

Komatsu looks very promising. He has a veteran approach at the plate. Do you guys think he'll still be on the roster when Carp and Wainright come back?

Not sure, he had some great at bats. Missed the 14 pitch one but saw him hit Chapman which was nice. Wainright is back, Carp is the one out.

[Starscream]

thanks for the win, Matheny. He pretty much gave that one away by giving Berkman and Freese the day off. A win given to Cincinnati on a silver platter and the Reds still struggled to pull one out.

Good series guys.

[688sonarmen]

Originally Posted by Starscream

thanks for the win, Matheny. He pretty much gave that one away by giving Berkman and Freese the day off. A win given to Cincinnati on a silver platter and the Reds still struggled to pull one out.

Good series guys.

Yeah.. Good game though from what I saw. Hope Berkman heals up before the opener in St. Louis

I did notice no one knows what to make of Chapman, the ump looked like he was having a hard time keeping up with the strike zone with him. And the Cards just looked silly trying to hit him as well.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by 688sonarmen

Yeah.. Good game though from what I saw. Hope Berkman heals up before the opener in St. Louis

I did notice no one knows what to make of Chapman, the ump looked like he was having a hard time keeping up with the strike zone with him. And the Cards just looked silly trying to hit him as well.

No offense here, but I think you might have been listening to the Cards broadcast team a bit heavily here. Carpenter got a called strike three that was outside of the zone, but other than that, the zone wasn't that much wider than it has been all day. The plate umpire had a wide strikezone today all around, not just with Chapman. The pitch that the Cards dugout was up in arms about really was right down the middle.
The Cards announcers made me sick when they said that the umpires were caught up in Chapmania and were giving him calls b/c they were fans of his. The Reds announcers are all homers too, but that was a bit overboard.

[688sonarmen]

Berkman was up in arms not the entire dugout. Why would you listen to the Cards broadcast? I missed that part of the game so I can't say one way or the other. Be happy you all got a win

Originally Posted by Starscream

No offense here, but I think you might have been listening to the Cards broadcast team a bit heavily here. Carpenter got a called strike three that was outside of the zone, but other than that, the zone wasn't that much wider than it has been all day. The plate umpire had a wide strikezone today all around, not just with Chapman. The pitch that the Cards dugout was up in arms about really was right down the middle.
The Cards announcers made me sick when they said that the umpires were caught up in Chapmania and were giving him calls b/c they were fans of his. The Reds announcers are all homers too, but that was a bit overboard.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by 688sonarmen

Berkman was up in arms not the entire dugout. Why would you listen to the Cards broadcast? I missed that part of the game so I can't say one way or the other. Be happy you all got a win

No Reds tv today, so I switched between the Cards tv broadcast and the Cincy radio broadcast. Plus, it's always good to hear what the other team's people have to say every now and again. If I listened solely to the Reds commentary, I'd be drinking the Kool-aid and have already bought my non-existent Reds WS tickets.

[688sonarmen]

Well, this is awkward.

[688sonarmen]

[qwerty1500]

As they used to say at NASA ... "Houston, we have a problem."

[688sonarmen]

Nah, it's going to take time for Wainwright to come back. Everything else was fine in the game, bats were there. Relieving pitching was there. But I think it's Oswalt that is a free agent right now, we might want to pick that guy up just in case Carp does not come back soon.

Wainwright is going to be mentally messed up from it though, dropping the home opener after the WS ceremony that he was out for.

[qwerty1500]

Originally Posted by 688sonarmen

Nah, it's going to take time for Wainwright to come back. Everything else was fine in the game, bats were there. Relieving pitching was there. But I think it's Oswalt that is a free agent right now, we might want to pick that guy up just in case Carp does not come back soon.

Wainwright is going to be mentally messed up from it though, dropping the home opener after the WS ceremony that he was out for.

Okay ... we have a problem every fifth game.

Totally agree with Oswalt if he's still available ... not so much to fill in for Carp but maybe, more so, in case Wano keeps coming out and pitching like he did yesterday. From what I saw, really both of his starts, he has some major problems with location.

Not really sure what kind of run this team can make without our #1 and #2 guys in the rotation. Sorry, not very cheerful this morning.

[688sonarmen]

Cards Win! (Thank God) Another Saturday game blackout on MLBTV but the bats came alive on an error that gave Holiday a single in the 1st, it was history after that. I hope there is a highlight of Yaddi stealing 2nd cause it sounded awesome!

[qwerty1500]

A win helps. The bench looks like a bunch of interchangeable parts. The bullpen got the job done but Salas still makes me nervous.

[688sonarmen]

Originally Posted by qwerty1500

A win helps. The bench looks like a bunch of interchangeable parts. The bullpen got the job done but Salas still makes me nervous.

Same here, you never know what he is going to do. Interchangeable parts, good or bad?

[qwerty1500]

Originally Posted by 688sonarmen

Interchangeable parts, good or bad?

It was meant in a good way. The farm system seems to paying some dividends . . . . can't say they are the second coming of AP but the kids have a lot of talent and are making a real contribution.

[688sonarmen]

Got it, this team is like piranhas. I just read the re-cap and Matheny might have something with giving equal playing time, it seems to be paying off.

[688sonarmen]

Matt Carpenter!