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um, he is the 2005 Cy Young winner, what more do you want?
the Astros needed to swing at the losw pitches and foul them of, that would have stopped them
They did, and he still got em out.
When will anyone start to give credit to Chris Carpenter?
um, he is the 2005 Cy Young winner, what more do you want?
people to recognize that he might be a better pitcher than Pet e.
everyone says "Well they didnt have Pet e last year, and this year they do"
This year the Cardinals replace Jason Marquis with Mark Mulder, and Woody Williams with Chris Carpenter, and 2005 Matt Morris is FAR better than 2004 Matt Morris.
Nunez is playing a more solid 3rd than Rolen last year.
Reggie Sanders is heads above last year.
Once again, the Cardinals improved too. And everyone just wants to ignore the Cardinals "Eh, they are much worse"
Whatever you say, Missing Link.Nunez is playing a more solid 3rd than Rolen last year.
Nunez is hitting about 300 and driving in runs and is HEALTHY.
Rolen last year was hitting, 000, and yeah ok.
But keep talking about Nunez.
don't start sucking your own just yet tpark
its a long series
I think the Cardinals are a better team, on paper (higher payroll, too). I just figured the Astros would gut this one out as well as they're playing right now and with the ability to set their rotation. Let's not forget that the big three of Clemens-Oswalt-Pet te pitched a grand total of three games in the series last year and are set up to pitch six of them this year.
I don't want to make excuses, but I wonder how Andy was feeling? I know he came down with the flu and then he got nailed by a ball in warmups. Carpenter did look pretty good though, we just have to start taking advantage of situations. One more timely hit or two and we put up a couple runs early. I'm not going to complain about the strike zone because it was called pretty evenly, our players just have to adjust and they didn't.
haha.don't start sucking your own just yet tpark
its a long series
You were Cardinal hater 1 last year.
Well they wont win the division their pitching sucks
Well they dont have anyone to win a playoff series
Jeff SUppan cant outpitch Roger Clemens.
Wanna keep being wrong jughead?
who are 5-12 vs the Cardinals this year BTW.Let's not forget that the big three of Clemens-Oswalt-Pet te
Carry on...
I'm not going to take the time to figure this out, but there's no way the three of them picked up 17 decisions against the Cards. If you're going to be so arrogant, at least sound somewhat reasonable. Or is that just who you are?
I guess I am that.
Thats what everyone says I am. Go ahead and just hate me.
Get in line, you'll save alot of time.
I apologize, I was wrong.
12-5 is the overall Cards vs Astros record.
I looked up game by game, and officially, the Cardinals are 4-2 vs the "Big Three"
beating Pet ie, Clemens, and Oswalt (Oswalt more than once, even stopping an 8 game winning streak in june)
So the Cardinals HAVE had success against the big three, they KNOW how to beat the big three.
So save the NL Champion Astros gear, this series may not be that easy Stro fans.
Yeah, Pet te was playing hurt and sick. He wasn't as effective with his pitches, I think its because of that.
At least T Park doesnt argue with the fact that he is the missing link that paleontologists have been searching for.
When the 'stros tie up the series will T Park jump off the Cardinals' bandwagon?
He sure was quiet during the middle 3 last year....
Hmm, couldn't have been, I was working and had a job?He sure was quiet during the middle 3 last year....
Nahhhh.
Luckily now that the Cards won, you are unemployed with plenty of free time.
Pet te is overrated and that was proven last night.
The Astros have a great starting rotation - possibly the best in the league - but what's going to end up killing them, is the same thing that killed them all year long. Run support. They don't have a great offense.
Clemens, Oswalt, and Pet te can pitch great, and give up only 2 runs - but they're probably only going to score one.
What the Astros have to do is force St. Louis to go to the bullpen earlier. I'm impressed with their starting pitching (although we could've easily put up a couple more on Carpenter with some more timely hitting). We OWN Isringhausen though, and have fair success against the rest of their bullpen. The games we lose are the ones that their guy pitches eight or nine innings and only gives up a run or two.
I still can't believe they brought in Jose Vizcaino.
Well, they did take Berkman out of Game 4 of the NLDS when it was tied late. Well, "late" so we thought.
They took Berkman out Sunday because Garner wanted a pinch runner and a chance to put it away. And Vizcaino was hitting because he's actually decent at getting on base. Bagwell still doesn't have the power to put it out of the park and Luke Scott didn't make the NLDS roster. We really don't have a whole lot of power on the bench right now.
By what standard is a .299 OBP decent? I suppose compared to pinch hitting with a pitcher, Jose is the choice, but you've got a Hall of Famer on the bench who has delivered in key situations even since coming back from his most recent injury.And Vizcaino was hitting because he's actually decent at getting on base.
If I'm going to go down, I want to go down with the best option... Not Jose Vizcaino. If Jeff Bagwell bats and grounds out, you wouldn't hear anyone say "Damn, we shoulda put Vizcaino up there."
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