Guardians (Lively) vs Brewers (Rea): 8/18/24, 1:10pm

[BruisedCrew]

Brewers scored just 28 runs in the last 9 games of the homestand and still went 6-3. 

[markedman5]

Cards lose to Dodgers 2-1

mixed emotions 

[wibadgers23]

1 minute ago, markedman5 said:

Cards lose to Dodgers 2-1

mixed emotions 

Same here but the Phillies lost today so there's that.

[BruisedCrew]

Just now, markedman5 said:

Cards lose to Dodgers 2-1

mixed emotions 

Not for me.

Plenty more opportunities for the Dodgers to lose. Don’t give the Cardinals any breath. 

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, BruisedCrew said:

Not for me.

Plenty more opportunities for the Dodgers to lose. Don’t give the Cardinals any breath. 

Are you actually worrying about a team that's 11 games behind us on August 18th?

[BCF]

3 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Are you actually worrying about a team that's 11 games behind us on August 18th?

Never count the Cardinals out until they’re eliminated. I’ve seen them go on a run like crazy in Sept 

[HarveysWBs]

3 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Are you actually worrying about a team that's 11 games behind us on August 18th?

You never stop worrying about the horror villain until the lights go up in the theater. This is NL Central 101 stuff.

[markedman5]

Old friend Bowden Francis dominates the Cubs in 1-0 win

[wiguy94]

Guys the 2023 and 2024 Cards are not the Cards of old. You don't need to be scared of them anymore.

[HarveysWBs]

3 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Guys the 2023 and 2024 Cards are not the Cards of old. You don't need to be scared of them anymore.

The ‘06 Cardinals were absolute trash. I still get mad thinking about that team. But I bet a girl that they’d lose the World Series against the Tigers. Lost the bet, took her on a date, and the rest is history, so not all bad I guess.

[edfunderburk]

One of my favorite things to do these days is watch Counsell stumble through his postgame interview 

He sounds monotone & sleepy - never makes eye contact with anyone - generally sounds miserable 

[wiguy94]

5 minutes ago, HarveysWBs said:

The ‘06 Cardinals were absolute trash. I still get mad thinking about that team. But I bet a girl that they’d lose the World Series against the Tigers. Lost the bet, took her on a date, and the rest is history, so not all bad I guess.

The 2006 Cardinals were 9 games over .500 on August 18th with a run differential 73 runs better than the 2 games under .500 2024 Cardinals. 
 

You guys have to let that boogeyman go. Yadi and Pujols aren’t walking back through that door. 

[markedman5]

2 hours ago, HarveysWBs said:

The ‘06 Cardinals were absolute trash. I still get mad thinking about that team. But I bet a girl that they’d lose the World Series against the Tigers. Lost the bet, took her on a date, and the rest is history, so not all bad I guess.

I think I saw that story on Seinfeld………Todd Gack lost the bet that Dustin Hoffman was in Star Wars( as I recall Gack also thought that Richard Nixon’s middle name was Moe but I digress)  ……so  he had to take Elaine out……..his story didn’t work out as well as yours did……..😎

[HarveysWBs]

8 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

The 2006 Cardinals were 9 games over .500 on August 18th with a run differential 73 runs better than the 2 games under .500 2024 Cardinals. 
 

You guys have to let that boogeyman go. Yadi and Pujols aren’t walking back through that door. 

Sure, but that kind of illustrates the point that what you are on August 18th does not exactly indicate where you’ll be a month and a half later. On October 2nd, the Cards’ run diff was down to +19, and their putrid 83-win campaign actually exceeded their Pythagorean W/L by a single game.

The existence of that championship team is an abomination, made all the more galling by the fact that the Brewers have met or exceeded that win total ten times (about to become eleven) since 2006 and haven’t even won a pennant. So yeah, I want to see the Cardinals lose and go ahead and keep on losing forever.

[torts]

36 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Are you actually worrying about a team that's 11 games behind us on August 18th?

You must be new here, there's this voodoo called The Cardinal Way ™

[HarveysWBs]

5 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

I think I saw that story on Seinfeld………Todd Gack lost the bet that Dustin Hoffman was in Star Wars……so  he had to take her out……..his story didn’t work out as well as yours did……..😎

Oh yeah, it’s been a great ending. But unlike Gack, I was really sure I was going to win that bet…

[wiguy94]

14 minutes ago, torts said:

You must be new here, there's this voodoo called The Cardinal Way ™

That voodoo walked out the door when Pujols and Yadi retired.

[torts]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

That voodoo walked out the door when Pujols and Yadi retired.

The Cardinal Way™ is ever present

[Brock Beauchamp]

4 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

Technically 1.5 because the Dodgers have the tiebreaker over us but both the Phillies and Dodgers are within striking distance.

Yeah, I wasn't including the tiebreaker, though obviously it matters.

[CheeseheadInQC]

5 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

Technically 1.5 because the Dodgers have the tiebreaker over us but both the Phillies and Dodgers are within striking distance.

I’ve seen this a number of places. If you’re going to account for the tiebreaker, why move it a full game, which would still allow for a “tie,” rather than a half game, which would not?

[wiguy94]

5 minutes ago, CheeseheadInQC said:

I’ve seen this a number of places. If you’re going to account for the tiebreaker, why move it a full game, which would still allow for a “tie,” rather than a half game, which would not?

Because at the end of the year there will be no half games as everyone will have 162 games played so you'll need to be a full game ahead of the team that has a tiebreaker over you.

[Brian]

7 minutes ago, CheeseheadInQC said:

I’ve seen this a number of places. If you’re going to account for the tiebreaker, why move it a full game, which would still allow for a “tie,” rather than a half game, which would not?

Because the Brewers are 72 an 52

and the Dogers are 73-52 the extra win accounts for the 1/2 game. 

[CheeseheadInQC]

8 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Because at the end of the year there will be no half games as everyone will have 162 games played so you'll need to be a full game ahead of the team that has a tiebreaker over you.

Yes, but in that case being a full game up would trigger a “tie” in this version of the standings. If you move it a half game, if they end up tied in real life, the Dodgers end up a half game up in the altered standings. If the Brewers end up a game ahead, they are still a half game up and thus clearly ahead. It is all semantics, but I had just usually seen a half game adjustment before this year.

[HarryDoyle]

3 hours ago, HarveysWBs said:

Attended the game last night—can confirm, if the panels are also closed. The first few innings had roof AND panels closed, and it was brutal. But when the panels opened up it made a huge difference

Was at the game today. The panels were open so it wasn't bad but I couldn't figure out why they left the roof closed. I asked the guy I was sitting next to, who is a season ticket holder and he said it was closed Friday despite it being a nice night out because the rumor was Mark A's wife was cold. 😂

[markedman5]

1 hour ago, edfunderburk said:

One of my favorite things to do these days is watch Counsell stumble through his postgame interview 

He sounds monotone & sleepy - never make eye contact with anyone - generally sounds miserable 

At least he got paid……..because as was made clear that’s what mattered most……💰