'Major' = 4-5 win player.

Not sure how they get one of those. And even with that, I think they need Ozuna to get back to 3-4 wins at least.

And I will reiterate, I had them winning the championship once they got in in '06. I didn't think they'd manage it in '11 though.
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Yeah, Quintana's been as 4th startery as they get this year. Just ungodly mediocre.
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For that Cubs tard still holding hope for Darvish.....General rule of Free Agents, and I shouldn't have to explain this to adults: if you're not even getting value Year 1, you very likely got fleeced.


(Aka "Sandoval'd")
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Yeah, it's pretty hard to 'win' a free agent deal if you eat the first year. Now if Darvish shows up in October and pitches 2-3 games like Cueto did for the Royals, all will be forgiven. And when you see his stuff you're constantly convinced that he has that crayon in his crayon box. But man - he sure seems to spit the bit int he post-season quite a bit.
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If he shows up in Oct and pitches well that'll blow everyone's mind. He was a puddle of piss last October on the big stage
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I agree. That #3 hole hitter would give them 4-5 wins. Mo has to get one somehow, someway. If not through FA and $300+million then they are going to have to trade some young pitching and outfielders. And it will have to be at least one, maybe two of Reyes/Flaherty/Martinez/Hicks level or we are not getting a legitimate 3 hole hitter.
That was a 12 years ago thread. I don't feel like checking the 2006 thread so I'll take your word for it. Duly noted.
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No matter how you slice and dice it, its trending up.


Matheny lost 10 out of his last 15 games. 10/15. Pathetic.

Shildt 13-9 since taking over


Shildt 4 consecutive series wins. 3 against winning teams (4/6 series wins total)

Meathead won 4 series out of his last 14 series (4/14 total series wins)
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In the the last 10 weeks of Mike Matheny's tenure the Cardinals won 5 series COMBINED.

They've won 4 in a row under Shildt.

Now it's a small sample size that this hell-stretch after the Royals could flip on its head pretty easily, but it's impossible to watch this team and not notice that it's playing decidedly better baseball.
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That was a 12 years ago thread. I don't feel like checking the 2006 thread so I'll take your word for it. Duly noted.

EDIT:


I had this one saved. Looks like Hamas may have kinda said they had a chance before the series. Didn't search for you. Like I said, I take you at your word anyway.
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=150694
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It wasn't here. I thought I rep messaged you a thread from my Cardinals board once. Eh - no matter. The difference between that team and 2011 (or so I said at the time) was the 2006 team still had HOF talent with HOF ability who were simply injured for large parts of the year and finally started getting healthy into September.

I felt like the '11 squad was more smoke and mirrors.
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I think the 2004/2005 Cardinals had the most talent of any team since the Whitey ball era.
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Pft....Whitey ball?

Try Musial or even the Gashouse Gang.

The 2004 St. Louis Cardinals would've MAULED any of Whitey's teams. I will always be bitter as hell that they didn't win a championship. That was unquestionably the best team in the sport and just got wrecked by the vagaries of short series baseball. 2006 was the baseball Gods doing us a solid and making up for screwing us two years prior.

2005 was undone by Mark Mulder quitting because of a bad break in an elimination game. I attended that game and I've never seen a pitcher visibly give up the way he did after that call at 2b and a simple seeing eye grounder. He just decided he'd had enough of that particular pitchers duel and was going to groove pitches the rest of the day. His body language was absolute shit.

Fuck you, Mark Bellhorn. Fuck you as well, Mark Mulder.
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Now, I got curious. Search rep came right up. You were proving in the 2011 thread that you said they'd win in 2006. Link provided.


The link is dead. But based on the overwhelming circumstantial evidence, I rule in your favor. You were indeed Nostradamus like.
http://www.birdsonthebat.org/showpos...71&postcount=1
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The 04 Cards had the 4th best offense/speed/def (fWAR) in Cards history. 1985 was 3rd.


The 04 Cards had the 6th best offense + pitching. 1985 was 4th.



Net: Whitey's 1985 club was better at both facets.
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You basically are asking for a repeat of 2011. Cards record on August 24, 2011?

67-63
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