Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry:
Holy shit Cardinals just had one of the dumbest plays ever. Sosa could have scored easily and took the lead. Forgot to step on third.
the Cardinals base running has been one of the most positive and consistent parts of their game this year.
But that was the bonehead plays of the year. There wasn’t even going to be a throw home. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
the Cardinals base running has been one of the most positive and consistent parts of their game this year.
But that was the bonehead plays of the year. There wasn’t even going to be a throw home. :-)
I wouldn't call it a bonehead play, but certainly a major physical error. He had to pause slightly to make sure he wasn't hit with the ground ball and then has to be thinking he needs to "haul ass" to score. Just the slightest hesitation like that can throw off your rhythm in catching the base just right on the inside corner. It's a blunder, but I think it was more physical than mental. He was amped up to score and it showed in his execution.
You watch Goldy scoring the go ahead run in the 10th and he is really gauging his steps before touching third...because he could... the ball was going to rattle around in the corner. Had he missed third it would be a bonehead play, because he had all the time in the world. Sosa had to think this was going to be bang bang at the plate after he had to hesitate. It doesn't excuse the miscue, but it helps explain what probably happened. [Reply]
He’s a guy you’d DFA without blinking but/for his organizational cache. C is a real problem. Knizner is looking overmatched as often as not as well.
Wonder if Yepez could pry Danny Jansen out of Toronto. Doubt it, but with Gabby Moreno seemingly ready to be promoted, Jansen could get squeezed out by Moreno and Kirk. [Reply]
Went to Thursday night and last night's game. Great atmosphere as always and glad we could pull out a victory. Hard fought battle throughout the series [Reply]
Originally Posted by Marco Polo:
Went to Thursday night and last night's game. Great atmosphere as always and glad we could pull out a victory. Hard fought battle throughout the series
We were there Friday and then the day game on Saturday so we got the split.
Man, you just couldn't have asked for a better day for baseball on Friday. Sunny, 75 degrees, light wind blowing out to RF - beautiful day.
But Wrigley is still a shithole. Though Cubs fans seem to have become more tolerable now that they are again resigned to being irrelevant.
The weekend, as per usual, turned into an excuse to eat way too damn much food, though. I've took like 8 shits yesterday after gorging myself Friday and Saturday night. And of course breakfast at the Eleven City Diner before heading out to the park is always a real risk in its own right - but that place is just so damn good. [Reply]
On that note - Zack Thompson was easily the most impressive of the young arms I saw. I wasn’t blown away by Liberatore and both Oviedo and Woodford looked as mediocre as ever. But Thompson had a fair amount of life on his stuff that I wasn’t really expecting. [Reply]
Been a terrible series in Tampa this week. Need to turn it around. We finally get our hitters going and now it’s the pitchers who are shitting the bed. [Reply]
