Fresh of the boat, I'm wondering what to be more excited about in the near future. The Cardinals winning their next seven games, Dante Hall's new St. Louis birthday suit, or Paul Kariya's nice, slick blue skates. Truth is, can Kip Wells really beat Carlos Zambrano tonight? Can he beat anybody, for that matter, or has he already had that one brilliant start we signed him for? Dante Hall's probably too old for me to be giving him this much hype, and Paul Kariya has to take a young team and lift them to stardom in one year or less or the Blues are going to lose more fans. And more fans. Get your Kariya jersey's now, my buddy Jeff is buying up every single one in the St. Louis area. So you better special order yours.
What's more exciting: Lindsey Lohan going back to rehab or the exciting potential of that Milwaukee collapse I keep talking about? Is that going to happen, or should I shut up?
And speaking of the Cardinals. Apparently Carpenter is scheduled for Tommy John surgery early next week? Am I hearing this right? If it's true, or if it's not true, what the hell are the Birds going to do at the deadline? Are we contenders or not? To break it down, we've got two teams ahead of us as of right now. This Chicago series can go a long way in determining where we stand for the stretch run, especially considering a four game stint with the Brewers follows. All of which are at Busch.
My thoughts, however, are if we don't win both of these upcoming series, then we have to stay put and try to lace this thing together with what we've got. I certainly don't feel like we should trade for lineup help, for two reasons: first and foremost, it's our pitching that needs desperate help (I don't expect Carp or Mulder this season), and secondly, where would we trade? Our outfield is set for the future with Duncan, Rasmus, and Ankiel (I think?) Our infield is solid, for the most part, but I guess there is a possibility of packaging Scotty Ballgame in a deal with a young pitcher (Reyes) for a quality starter. But who? Dontrelle Willis is the only guy that interest me on the market, and despite my infatuation with him early in the season, he sucks right now. And I don't want him on my team.
If we do make trades, I think they have to be for players who are under contract for more than this season. And also, will Walt Jocketty really be motivated to help this team if the rumors about him not being around in the future are true? Another something to think about. This team is going to have to get hot and they're going to have to do it with the player's they have right now. So somebody step up and throw strikes.
Eleven games left against the Cubbies. Ten left with the Brew Crew. There's plenty of time to spoil some cork parties in the NL Central. But the bottom line is that we have to motivate and start kicking ass. Bottom line. So get your ass out to Busch stadium with your case of Budweiser and get those Cardinals some damn W's.
Here's to Zambrano being absolutely terrible tonight. Cheers.
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Well he wasn't terrible tonight. Weird, but not terrible. Wells was pretty good but was let down by a Rollen error. I hate to give up on the Cards this year but the fact is this team always figures out a way to lose. Tonight it was an error by a gold glover. That's the way the season is going. Not to be overlooked tonight was a downright bizzare at bat by Molina. He got up 3 and 0 on the count and then took the next two pitches which were right down the middle of the plate. Both times he headed for first like they were obvious balls. THEY WERE RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE!! Even Joe Buck couldn't figure out what he was doing. He then attempted to call time out when the pitcher was in his windup and took strike three while arguing he should have been given time. It was the most bizzare at bat I have ever seen. It's that kind of year!
Yeah. I kind of ate my words yesterday. But at least Kip Wells pitched pretty well, that's a good sign. We need him to string together a few quality starts and get this ball rolling again. Remember his first two starts of the year....where did that guy go?
Let's get the next six.
Wells sucks. We need to give up on him and throw somebody else. That's the reason we can't win any damn ballgames. Because we keep hoping for somebody to throw a good start. It's not going to happen. Bring up some AAA guys, hell, bring up Ankiel and put him on the mound. He's better now than Wells.
Just letting you know, Cookson was the head coach at SCC through the '94-'95 year. He stayed one more year and was an assistant coach before he retired. Noticed the mistake on your article on the main page and on the page that shows the year by year records at SCC.
Thanks for the correction, I've passed it on to our webmaster and we'll look into it and get things squared away.
Good eye.
After watching the game last night it is obvious to see that the Cardinals are a lifeless team. I think Tony needs to move on as these guys are just not motivated. I know there has been lots of injuries but this team has no heart. They quit running a year or two ago (Scott Rollen leads the team in stolen bases with 5)and have been playing like an American league team all year. The good news is that with a few moves and maybe some new leadership direction they could be right back in the thick of things next year. When you have to bring up an 0 and 10 or 12 whatever he is guy to pitch to the first place team you know it is just not your year.
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