The Tim McCarver Memorial Post-Season MLB Thread

[Headache in a Suitcase]

if jeff weaver shuts down the mets lineup tonight, it would shock me more than what kenny rogers did to the yankees.

 

[popacrobat]

game 6 would be on full 4 days rest

you're right. i dunno what i was thinking when i posted that. forgot about game 5

 

[U2democrat]

I guess that's why we're the only Cards fans on here


I won't be surprised if they lose, but I'll be thrilled if they win.

 

[popacrobat]

if jeff weaver shuts down the mets lineup tonight, it would shock me more than what kenny rogers did to the yankees.

i just want 5, maybe 6 good innings out of weaver. that's all. please.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

and on a side note, aaron nevil is being interviewed on SNY right now... singing the national anthem apparently... and his mole still frightens me, maybe because if i ever came face to face with the man, i couldn't help but stare at the giant mole, and the man would kill me.

 

[popacrobat]

exactly, anything they do now is gravy, if they lose its not really a big deal, because they werent expected to come this far anyway

i shall be disappointed because all the met fans have come out of the woodwork where i go to school and i really don't want to have to hear them.

otherwise, i agree.

 

[Chizip]

yeah, bandwagoners like headache piss me off too

 

[U2democrat]

and on a side note, aaron nevil is being interviewed on SNY right now... singing the national anthem apparently... and his mole still frightens me, maybe because if i ever came face to face with the man, i couldn't help but stare at the giant mole, and the man would kill me.

god help us all...

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i shall be disappointed because all the met fans have come out of the woodwork where i go to school and i really don't want to have to hear them.

otherwise, i agree.

tell 'em the yankees lost last week and to go back into the woodwork... we don't want 'em

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

yeah, bandwagoners like headache piss me off too

you're right... everyone knows i'm really a red sox fan

 

[U2democrat]

When I went home over fall break this past weekend I found my very first Cardinals cap from my first major league game in '93...I think I was 6 at the time. My dad raised me a Cards fan

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

in no ways am i saying that john maine is comparable to chris carpenter... carpenter's obviously the better pitcher at this point in their careers, no questions asked.

but their second half stats aren't all that different

post all star break
john maine - 12 starts, 6-2, 3.28era, .203baa
chris carpenter - 15 starts, 8-4, 3.09era, .226baa

carpenter obviously is the better, more experienced pitcher... but it's not as huge a mismatch as people are making it out to be. after all... maine only has to go 4 to 5 innings before the mets turn it over to the pen, which has been clearly better than that of st. louis.

carpenter is better, no doubt. but it's not like maine sucks.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

and while we're on a stat kick, lefites are hitting .344 with 22 dingers this year against jeff weaver

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

 

[phanan]

you're right... everyone knows i'm really a red sox fan

I knew it.

 

[phanan]

if jeff weaver shuts down the mets lineup tonight, it would shock me more than what kenny rogers did to the yankees.

If Jeff Weaver shuts down the Mets lineup tonight, I'm going to assume it's his brother in disguise.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

the lineup for st. louis...
1. eckstein
2. wilson
3. pujols
4. encarnacion
5. rolen
6. edmonds
7. belliard
8. molina
9. weaver

aaand for your new york mets
1. reyes
2. loduca
3. beltran
4. delgado
5. wright
6. floyd
7. green
8. valentin
9. glavine

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

my leg hasn't stopped shaking for the past 2 hours

i'm a few guinness deep

it's time to go to the bar

may the best team win

let's gooooooooooooooo

 

[phanan]

If Jeff Weaver shuts down the Mets lineup tonight, I'm going to assume it's his brother in disguise.

He's an imposter, I tell you. An imposter!











I am astounded that the Mets only have one hit so far.

 

[phanan]

I guess I jinxed him.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

: wonders if Shannon is too drunk to realize what's going on in the game:

Like I should talk, I was too busy watching Grey's Anatomy so I have no idea what the score is...

:girl:

 

[Chizip]

well i kinda figured this one would be a loss

but to waste such a great start by weaver kind of hurts, i almost wish he had given up 8 runs

 

[popacrobat]

no you don't, because it would have killed the bullpen and shattered his confidence

 

[popacrobat]

the inning where belliard lined out to start the inning, molina and weaver single then eckstein lines into the DP was the killer.

that and preston wilson swinging at ball 4 when it was pretty much at his eyeballs with pujols on deck. brutal.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

if the cardinals actually think that this was a good game because they saved the bullpen, then they have no chance whatsoever to win this series.

this game was exactly what st. louis wanted... yet they lost anyway. if chris carpenter loses tonight, the series is over.

let's not forget... the mets bullpen is far superior to the cardinals bullpen, and they didn't even end up losing heilman tonight.

the cardinals season rests on the arm of chris carpenter. he best be as good as every cardinals fan thinks he is.

 

[popacrobat]

i didn't say it was good because they saved the bullpen, but should weaver been slapped around like a hobag and lasted 2 2/3rds or something, then it would be a lot worse.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

understood... but i still think this game will shake his confidence. he finally pitched a great game in new york, where so much of his self esteem issues began... yet he lost anyways.

now if you'll excuse me, it's back to the ticket hunt!

 

[U2democrat]

I was watching the game out in the living room last night, and some of the girls I live with would come in and watch a few minutes, and would start to yell at the TV "Hit a home run! Score! Do something!" then I would say "It's a pitchers duel, it's a different kind of excitement...the skill and finesse are different!" And they would all look at me like this:


Aaaanyway, no surprise the Cards lost...on to game 2.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I was watching the game out in the living room last night, and some of the girls I live with would come in and watch a few minutes, and would start to yell at the TV "Hit a home run! Score! Do something!" then I would say "It's a pitchers duel, it's a different kind of excitement...the skill and finesse are different!" And they would all look at me like this:


Aaaanyway, no surprise the Cards lost...on to game 2.

That would probably be me...

So happy the Mets won! Hopefully the Tigs can pull off another win today.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i would like to say that i called beltran's homerun before the pitch was thrown... now if you'll excuse me, i have to go pat myself on the back now