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  1. lukevan
    How dare Sheets give up any runs! Let's get outta this and come back for the win.
  2. lukevan
    Before the season, who would've really thought we'd be 21.5 games ahead of the Pads by the time we faced them?
  3. lukevan
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    Somewhere, Joe Morgan is weeping softly into a pillow.
  5. lukevan
    After saying that I would be rooting against the Cards, I couldn't help but root against the Cubs last night once the game started. I'm sorry if my rooting damaged our playoff chances.
  6. lukevan
    KAPLER!! BOOYAH!!!!
  7. lukevan
    awesome, I leave and good things happen! K, heading back out now!
  8. lukevan
    ugh, the second I come into the IGT...
  9. lukevan
    Wow, 12 pitches later... c'mon Eric get out of it baby.
  10. lukevan
    Yeah I don't see how winning the division improves our chances much to go to the World Series. The extra home game would be nice but this season has shown that it doesn't matter much where they play the games. Brewers vs Cubs on the road: 4-2 Brewers vs. Cubs at home: 0-4
  11. lukevan
    Definitely a must win. Would be nice to see Sheets pitch awesome again, though.
  12. lukevan
    Not to pick on anyone in particular, but why are people saying "we should just be taking care of business and worrying about the brewers winning games"? Obviously, we want the Brewers to win every game the way out. The question is: which team losing gives us the best chance at the playoffs and the answer for me is the Cardinals. Even after tonight's loss, they are just 2 games behind us, which can evaporate in a blink. Catching the Cubs is a secondary concern, albeit an emotionally important one. All we need is to make the postseason. I'd love to see a Cubs/Brewers 7 game playoff series.
  13. lukevan
    It may very well be an indicator of future success or lack there of, but the games have already been played and someone is trying to make a statement about that finite set of games. In some discussions sample size is irrelevant, because the size of the sample is the point of the discussion. I doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that there are going to be peaks and valleys in performance over 162 games. This is the disconnect. People normally don't talk about past performance as just that, past performance. It's usually "player A has been terrible, so how could you think they will ever be any good, bench/DFA him!" There are years and years of statistics that show the wild fluctuation in player production from year to year, due to simple statistical selection, the luck inherent in where a baseball goes when it's hit and player improvement/regression. Sometimes projections don't mirror what actually happens, but of course there's no way it's possible to be exactly right. Sometimes a player finally "gets it" and improves, sometimes they produce less due to injury or other factors. Of course sometimes, projections nail reality, such as the White Sox in 2007 and the Tampa Bay Rays of 2008.
  14. lukevan
    It makes the most sense to try and steal third with only one out so you can score on a sac fly or slow grounder, and it definitely makes sense to double steal with Cameron to avoid the double play with Mr. Double Play himself, Jason Kendall, especially with Suppan on deck. To me that made perfect sense and turned out just perfect.
  15. lukevan
    Hit with 2 RISP! Who says Kendall should've sat today?!
  16. lukevan
    Ned probably had planned for JJ to have today and tomorrow off. Small sample alert on last night's game stats!
  17. lukevan
    Yeah I didn't think either was out of line. Just thought it was funny how people reacted so harshly to Braun.
  18. lukevan
    It's a little weird that we consider Prince's HR walk okay in a blowout but Ryan Braun's little stare on a GW HR in the 9th inning got 13 pages of shame.
  19. lukevan
    that's the same appeasing mentality that ultimately ruins teams and eventually leads to players making themselves bigger than the team. Says who? I don't think Prince is now going to go around slapping teammates around every time something doesn't go his way. It was an isolated incident and I trust that Yost informed Prince that it shall remain as such after the game.
  20. lukevan
    My reasons for Cardinals 2008 success: Ankiel and Ludwick are better players than previously thought or projected. You've got a productive Troy Glaus at 3B instead of Scott Rolen in a down 2007 season (127 OPS+ for Glaus as compared to 89 for Rolen in 07). Pujols is hitting even better than he did last season with a .450 OBP. I'm not crediting LaRussa's motivational skills as the reason the offense is suddenly better. The starting rotation has completely surpassed preseason expecations but they already had a good defense which helps stabilize the rotation, not to mention a great defensive catcher. I'd credit the Cards GM more than the manager for the rotation.
  21. lukevan
    It has to be clear in the locker room who is running the team. So... you think the players don't know? Do they all think that they themselves run the team? I don't get it.
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  25. lukevan
    Certainly losing all four was a disaster. The division is probably a far-fetched dream at this point. But I would've said that when we were 9 games back a few months ago too. Ned certainly is a part of the team and has his share of responsibility for the team's failures, I worry about how much of a hitting coach he is. Our approach at the plate gets really poor at times.
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