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Twins Sweep
Yanks in 5
Mets in 4
STL in 4
Minnesota VS Oakland in Minnesota I believe.
Detroit VS New York in New York
New York vs Los Angeles in NY.
St Louis vs San Diego in SD.
predicitions?
Minnesota in 4
New York in 4
LA in 4
STL in 5.
Twins Sweep
Yanks in 5
Mets in 4
STL in 4
All five games except for SD in four.
(Sadly) Yankees in five.
Twins in five.
Dodgers in five.
Padres in four.
A hunch:
Minnesota in 4
Yankees in 5
Dodgers in 4
Padres in 4
Minnesota in 6
Padres in 7
Minnesota in 6
I'm sure that I'll be proven 100% full of crap.
I like it.
All the media and all the people on here discount the Cardinals.
If we lose, theres no gloating, if they win, its suprised elation
There are 4 predictions posted; 2 take the Cardinals to beat the Padres and 2 take the Padres to beat the Cardinals. I'd hardly say that "all the people on here discount the Cardinals," even if I was searching for some reason to feel offended or disrespected.
You sound like the 05-06 Pistons or something.
And considering the Cardinals were two games away from the biggest collapse in history, it's kind of hard to disagree with people thinking the Cards won't simply flip the switch.
Doesn't mean now.And considering the Cardinals were two games away from the biggest collapse in history, it's kind of hard to disagree with people thinking the Cards won't simply flip the switch
Everyones at 0-0.
No pressure is on them, and like the players and TLR said, gonna go out and give it a whirl, if we lose, oh well, if we win, we suprise people.
I meant all the media and some on here, I apologize for my snafu.There are 4 predictions posted; 2 take the Cardinals to beat the Padres and 2 take the Padres to beat the Cardinals. I'd hardly say that "all the people on here discount the Cardinals," even if I was searching for some reason to feel offended or disrespected.
You sound like the 05-06 Pistons or something.
But it is true, no one in the media or anywhere else has picked the Cardinals.
I like it.
If the Cardinals win, I can't wait to hear the crawdading.
Heres a stat for you guys, that think the Cardinals are just helpless.
Runs scored 781 (prorated to 786 since we only played 161 games, which translates into 6th in NL and 14th in MLB)
Runs allowed 762 (prorated to 767 runs since we only played 161 games, which translates into 5th best in NL and 10th in MLB
6th in the NL in runs scored
5th in runs allowed.
The way the media and alot of fans talk, youd think they were under 500 and a pathetic team.
Everyone that says they have to flip a switch yada yada.
They can.
They are done getting chased.
They are now the hunter and not the hunted.
Remember the Steelers.........
San Diego Padres: 3.87 ERA
St. Louis Cardinals: 4.54 ERA
And just for good measure...
Los Angeles Dodgers: 4.23 ERA
New York Mets: 4.14 ERA
Padres opponents BA: .249
Cardinals opponents BA: .268
SD K/BB: 2.34
StL K/BB: 1.92
SD BB/9: 2.88
StL BB/9: 3.17
LAD BA: .276
StL BA: .269
The Padres steal more, take more walks...
The Dodgers and Mets score more...
I do.
The Steelers won their last four games before the playoffs started.
The Cardinals lost 10 of their last 16 and nine of their last 12. The Cardinals went 12-17 in Sept./Oct.
The Cardinals lost the season series to the Padres and Mets (and swept the Dodgers).
You just better hope Suppan gets his fastball working early.
And I make all these statements and pull up stats and count wins and losses (for whatever ing reason, I can't sleep at 4:30 in the morning) not because I dislike the Cardinals, but because your claims that the previous 162 (well, 161) games don't mean a thing is, quite simply, false.
If I were you, I wouldn't reference the Steelers to make your point, I'd reference the Chicago White Sox of last season and how they snuck up on a lot of people to win the WS.
Except the Cardinals don't have a third starter (the likely Game 3 starter has exactly ZERO post-season wins), and they have a Game 4 starter who is either a rookie or the lesser of the Weaver boys.
The CWS had four starters with 14 or more wins. The Cards have two [and one of them is under .500 (Marquis 14-16)]. In comparison, the 2005 CWS pitcher with double-digit losses also led the team in wins (Garland 18-10).
The Pads pitching hasn't been exactly stellar. Peavy is 11-14. No one knows Williams better than the Cards. Young only has 2 decisions in his last 9 starts.
Carp is 2-0 with 2.14 ERA in post season.
Suppan is 2-2 with 3.84 ERA.
Peavy is 0-1 with 16.62 ERA.
Williams is 3-2 with 5.50 ERA (with Pads 0-1 27.00 ERA)
Position-wise:
C: Pads
1B: Cards
2B: Even
SS: Cards
3B: Cards
LF: Pads
CF: Pads
RF: Even
Pen: Pads
Bench: Even
Skip: Cards
X Factor: Cards (Best player in NL; Best Pitcher in NL; have had much recent playoff sucess)
If the Cards show up, they are better team. If the same lame team shows up that has been playing the past 2 weeks, we can adopt the scrubbies "Wait 'til next year" cheer.
True, but overall, they've been one of the better staffs since the ASB.
Yet the lowest ERA of any pitcher since the ASB is?
Jeff Suppan....
Its fine.
Its cool.
Its kinda cool going in as the underdog.
I didn't realize Jeff Suppan was going to pitch every inning of the NLDS.
My bad, please carry on, and while you're at it, take this World Series trophy with you.
We won't be needing any playoffs or anything like that.
Oh, you know those silly statistics don't mean anything.
Forget that since the ASB, the Cards are last out of the playoff teams in stupid statistics like ERA, WHIP, Saves, Save Opportunities, Runs Allowed, HR Allowed, Strikeouts, Winning Percentage, Opponents Batting Average, Opponents Slugging, Opponents On-Base %, Holds, K to BB Ratio (tied with SD), K/9 and H/9.
Oh, and that they're next to last in BB/9, Walks Allowed and Hits Allowed.
Now, you might say that the Cards will beat teams with their powerful offensive output.
True, it could happen.
But hitting gets you to the playoffs, pitching wins the Series.
Speaking of the Cardinals...has Tony La Russa mentioned if Matt Leinart will make the start this week?
Oh grow up.I didn't realize Jeff Suppan was going to pitch every inning of the NLDS.
My bad, please carry on, and while you're at it, take this World Series trophy with you.
We won't be needing any playoffs or anything like that
You said they had NO ONE outside of Carpenter.
So i mentioned Suppan.
Thats it.
But go on trashing the Cardinals.
I'm pretty sure I mentioned that Suppan needed to get his fastball working early and that the Cards didn't have a third starter.
I said the likely Game 3 starter had no post-season wins (considering Jeff has two, it can't be him I was talking about). I said the likely Game 4 starter was either a rookie (Jeff's pitched 11 seasons) or one of the Weaver boys (Jeff's last name is Suppan).
So, where did I say the Cards had ?
Last edited by Johnny_Blaze_47; 10-02-2006 at 07:54 PM.
But go on ignoring anything like statistics, history and past performances.
minnesota in 4
yanks in 5
mets in 4
padres will sweep
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