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05-01-2024, 03:28 PM | #2 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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Yeah - that's an old one. Goes way back to the Alex Reyes days.
Reyes wouldn't do anything but ignore coaching and get lit up - would still get a spot in the starting 5. Thompson would go out there and pitch to his defense, get outs and just otherwise be a good soldier....and ride the Memphis shuttle. So I said "Man, the Cardinals treat this dude like Butters at the NAMBLA convention..." And thus a nickname was born. I forget that it's pretty much a nickname that about 25 people actually understand. I just use it as a matter of course. When that dude retires at 85 years old after spending 5 decades on the mic, he'll still be Butters to me. Mostly because "Lesbian Volleyball Coach with Downs" takes too long to type. |
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05-02-2024, 05:36 AM | #3 | |
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05-02-2024, 08:07 AM | #4 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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05-05-2024, 03:24 PM | #5 |
The Insider
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05-05-2024, 07:07 PM | #6 |
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Burn it all to the ground and start over.
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05-06-2024, 07:52 AM | #7 |
Diablo Negro
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Should have done that after last season, instead we gave an extension to the manager and ownership claimed the FO is doing good work.
This team is 3 years away from being relevant if they got someone with half a brain in charge tomorrow. |
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05-06-2024, 08:52 AM | #8 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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They could've started last deadline and into the offseason and been a few steps down the road; probably about where the Reds were in 2019. The Reds have slowly built their foundation back (with no meaningful fan support) and have managed .500 records or better in 3 of the last 4 seasons, with a team that's gotten younger every season. Now they're in the tough spot of finishing off the rebuild and making themselves relevant. But they have a foundation in place that would allow for good decisions that could bring them back to 90 win territory. Now the Reds draw less than 2 million fans/season so they'll struggle there. But this team shouldn't. You give the Cardinals a young foundation that can get them to .500 and a smart front office and they absolutely should be able to get to 90-92 wins again. And with a little luck and development, they can push that to 96+. This team just lacks any sort of vision to even be seen in the same light as a fairly mediocre franchise like Cincy. Those guys aren't full of wiz kids over there - it's a pretty average front office. They're just better than the arrogant and rudderless ship this mess of a squad has. |
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05-06-2024, 05:54 PM | #9 |
Consuming CP souls
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****ing sports talk radio man... 500 would be a success for this team and a sign MO has them in the right direction! Homer ****ing garbage.
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05-06-2024, 06:17 PM | #10 |
Diablo Negro
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.500 is a pipe dream for this club. The solid pitching isn't going to hold up especially with the lack of offense stressing the **** out of them everyday having to be near perfect.
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05-06-2024, 07:04 PM | #11 | |
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They take pride in not giving a shit about actual success. The BFIB are the goddamn worst. |
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05-06-2024, 09:28 PM | #12 | |
Has a particular set of skills
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05-06-2024, 09:35 PM | #13 | |
What's up braj?
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05-06-2024, 07:22 PM | #14 |
Diablo Negro
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That sequence right there sums up how
dumb the Cardinals are at baseball. Get a 2 run double with 2 outs to tie it and get thrown out by a mile trying to stretch it to 3rd for no ****ing reason at all. Hey dumb**** you likely score from 2nd on a base hit with 2 outs anyway. |
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05-07-2024, 07:01 PM | #15 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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And...Contreras got his arm broken on catcher interference. Lol.
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