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Baseball Season Preview: St. Louis Cardinals

UncouthSloth — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:03:11 EDT

JH48!

UncouthSloth

Baseball Season Preview: St. Louis Cardinals

josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:16:19 EDT

@The White Boom Boom: You don't wear underwear, either?

josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you

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J-No — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:02:10 EDT

You sound like a whiney White Sox fan. A preview about your team should be about your team, not my team.

J-No

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J-No — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:59:17 EDT

You sound like a whiney White Sox fan in this preview. A preview for your team should be about your team. Not my team.

J-No

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notthequarterback — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:54:28 EDT

@BaseballBookshelf: VinnY, smart guy.

Sorry that a competitive team every 100 years is SO goddamned offensive, Cards fans. Maybe you can lure Garrett Stephenson out of retirement to shore up that pitching staff.

notthequarterback

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BaseballBookshelf — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:23:53 EDT

In the game-after-Kile-died game at Wrigley, I was wearing my McGwire jersey (simpler times) and while walking to the stadium some old lady yelled out to me "Sorry about your pitcher."

At another game in Wrigley with Vinnie Castilla prominently involved, I saw an older guy intently listening to the game on his Walkman, clad in a Ron Santo jersey and hanging on every word.

I will not think of either of these people when dancing on the grave of the 2008 Cub season.

BaseballBookshelf

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KittyLitterKing — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:00:34 EDT

Let's see:

1) Cardinals preview: Check

2) Ankiel gets first RBIs of season: Check

3) Noah-like rain washes away Opening Day: Damn, is Will in town?

KittyLitterKing

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ky-jellydonuts — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:34:00 EDT

@BubbaCJ24: Ferris Bueller, the archetype for lying swine like Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Kozlowski, was a Cubs fan from the north suburbs. Elwood Blues was from the south suburbs, Calumet City, and was sent to jail while trying to save an orphanage. It's a lot like Clippers-Lakers in LA, if the Lakers acknowledged the Clippers' existence.

ky-jellydonuts

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effin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:22:00 EDT

I walked into a bar in Los Angeles to watch my Cardinals on opening day. Midway through ordering a Bud Light, a balled up napkin hit me in the mouth. Damn Cubs fans.

effin

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Sherrill-Theory — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:26:47 EDT

You raise the spectre of Albert's aorta imploding AND the possibility of the Cubs winning the Series ... Jesus, Leitch: Why don't you release 1,908 black cats into the Busch outfield while you're at it.

Sherrill-Theory

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Crookednose — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:40:12 EDT

great game at Yankee Stadium today. Looks like it'll be a magical last season for The Ashtray that Ruth Built.

Crookednose

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whodatmaninablacksedan — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:33:21 EDT

@BubbaCJ24: It's socio-economic. Cub fans come from more comfortable northside neighborhoods and suburbs. Wrigley is about way more than baseball, it's sceney, the place to be in the summer. Lots of casual fans, frat boys, and pretty girls. They look down on Sox fans, Sox fans resent their higher incomes, their trust funds, and casual attitude about losing. Sox fans are blue collar, Cubs fans are white collar. Jimmy Buffet and Dave Matthews were perfect to play Wrigley, while The Cell was a better venue to host Springsteen and The Rolling Stones.

whodatmaninablacksedan

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Lady Andrea — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:30:26 EDT

@verbal213: there's no word yet. Hopefully not long.

Lady Andrea

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verbal213 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:27:53 EDT

I'm at school and don't have access to a TV. How long is the delay supposed to be. Hope we don't lose this great start to the season to the weather. Go Cards!!

verbal213

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UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:06:11 EDT

The Mets do plan on hitting something other than popups against Mark Hendrickson, right?

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

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Jay L. — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:06:00 EDT

@Planet B:
Pujols won't, and Ankiel already did

Jay L.

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Planet B — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:02:22 EDT

also, what's the over/under on when Pujols and Ankiel get busted for HGH?

Planet B

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Lady Andrea — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:02:00 EDT

@Barry Lutz: I could just kiss you. Opening Day RULES.

Lady Andrea

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Planet B — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:01:52 EDT

haha. looks like people are picking my Royals to have a better record than the Cards.

Long live Don Denkinger! (still had plenty of time to win that series and they didn't)

Planet B

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BubbaCJ24 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:01:11 EDT

@whodatmaninablacksedan: Yeah, I never understood that. My friends that are Sox fans get more excited when the Cubs lose than when the Sox win. One would assume that they would care more about the Tigers or Indians.

I don't root for the Mets, but I also don't hate them, like I do the Red Sox. Like, really hate. With the power of a thousand suns.

BubbaCJ24

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Barry Lutz — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:00:26 EDT

Cards are on pace for about 5800 runs this year (as of the second inning today.) Pujols is on pace for about 300 home runs. But they aren't gonna play the NL champs in every game, so you have to figure those numbers will go up.

Barry Lutz

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Afino — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:59:34 EDT

....and Pujols homers.

Afino

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Lady Andrea — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:59:13 EDT

PUUUUUUJOLS!

Lady Andrea

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muggsybogues — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:53:01 EDT

@Doyle McPoyle: Yes, if it doesn't have to do with The One They Call Johan, I don't think I give a shit anymore.

muggsybogues

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HugsFromHarold — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:48:40 EDT

Skip Schumacher is my Homeboy!

HugsFromHarold

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Doyle McPoyle — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:47:32 EDT

THE SANTANA ERA...HAS BEGUN!

Doyle McPoyle

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jwaves2007 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:46:43 EDT

I hate fancy bars that make you put pants on before you go to them.

jwaves2007

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whodatmaninablacksedan — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:44:06 EDT

"we're sure Chicagoan Obama, White Sox fan or no, would get some mileage out of it too"

No way. That's not how Sox fans roll. We hate them more than you do.

whodatmaninablacksedan

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Ascender — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:43:04 EDT

The Cubs - Cards rivalry may be a little nicer, but that didn't stop some douche from sucker punching my friend Seth who was wearing a Cubs hat at Busch Stadium in the ramps after the Cards had BEAT the Cubs last summer.

Ascender

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Lady Andrea — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:42:54 EDT

@UkraineNotWeak: he's become the mascot, like Billy Bob at ShowBiz.

Lady Andrea

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Jay L. — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:42:13 EDT

Ankiel had an RBI double in the first off lefty Jeff Francis, but this game's getting called for rain soon.

Jay L.

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UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:41:50 EDT

Leitch!!

He actually works at Deadspin? I thought they just flew him in for Pants Parties.

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

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Christmas Ape — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:40:26 EDT

implosion of Albert Pujols' aorta > explosion of Harry Pujols

[www.holytaco.com]

Christmas Ape

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Steve Trachsel, Ace — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:40:08 EDT

Orioles pitching, a tradition for making other teams look like the 1927 Yankees since 1988.

Steve Trachsel, Ace

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DucksOnPondScum — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:39:53 EDT

Ankiel doubles to right, knocking in two. Mr. Leitch your table is ready.

DucksOnPondScum

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RonZookonRedBull — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:39:39 EDT

And Ankiel the Natural starts the season with a bases-loaded double and 2 RBI's...

RonZookonRedBull

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Raskolnikov — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:35:16 EDT

Finally, another Cubs preview.

When did you turn into a White Sox fan, Will?

Raskolnikov

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Randall Tex Cobb — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:33:58 EDT

Who is this "I" person will is talking about?

Randall Tex Cobb

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Weed Against Speed — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:33:30 EDT

@The White Boom Boom: If Will only put on pants before going down to the bar, he probably looked just like this guy, but with emo bangs:

[deadspin.com]

Weed Against Speed

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Afino — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:32:47 EDT

You know what's sad?

Going, "where's the Braves preview? I never saw one!" and then realizing the Braves preview came 2 weeks ago, on the ONE afternoon you took off from work.

Sonofabitch. At least I looked before I posted this.

Afino

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GorgeForeman — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:31:13 EDT

Will, your first mistake was spending your cable money on pants. Bad call.

GorgeForeman

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Carson — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:29:58 EDT

Will, bringing Bartman up as your favorite Cub memory is bad juju in this, the 100th anniversary of you-know-what.

Bad Cardinal consequences are sure to follow. Like Ankiel testing positive or something.

Carson

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Afino — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:29:39 EDT

LaRussa's already drinking the season's sorrows away.

Afino

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Signal to Noise — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:28:58 EDT

Baseball season has officially started with Vin Scully saying "it's tiiiime for Dodger baseballlll."

Weird for ESPN when two of its five games get rained on.

Signal to Noise

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BigRicks — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:27:58 EDT

Needs more Colby Rasmus

BigRicks

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throwbot — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:27:52 EDT

(we're sure Chicagoan Obama, White Sox fan or no, would get some mileage out of it too)

Because that worked so well for Red Sox fanatic John Kerry in '04.

throwbot

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Katni — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:27:34 EDT

65/35? Is there a special section on the southern IL census form for that or something?

Katni

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My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:27:30 EDT

That was a dart to home by BInge.

My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH

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OchentaYcinco — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:26:17 EDT

Fucking Brett Myers.

Oh, and Cardinals something something something.

OchentaYcinco

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CubsDynasty — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:26:05 EDT

At least the Illini had a good year

CubsDynasty

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King of Pants — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:25:02 EDT

and, yes, Rick Ankiel a chance.

For one brief moment, when I couldn't find The Name, I was certain that time had stopped and that the anguished wail of angels' horns declaring the judgment caressed my ears.

I will now retire to a cave, where I shall weep.

King of Pants

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The White Boom Boom — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:24:41 EDT

It's weird to know that Will and I both wear the same thing when listening to a baseball game on the radio.

The White Boom Boom

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Lady Andrea — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:24:39 EDT

Seriously, that would be the worst thing to happen this year. Guh.

Lady Andrea

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Marth — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:24:26 EDT

But what about that pitcher that suddenly couldn't pitch but then became an outfielder who hit lots of dingers and was on the juice?

Marth

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Christmas Ape — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:23:16 EDT

The Cardinals-Cubs rivalry is every bit as storied as the Yankees-Red Sox, but, you know, a little less tortuously imposed on us.

Christmas Ape

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ILovePaleHoseandPaleHos — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:21:41 EDT

Leitch? Never heard of em.

ILovePaleHoseandPaleHos

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And_You_Shall_Know_Me_By_The_Trail_of_Cheez-Its — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:21:25 EDT

This post was approximately 52,000 words shorter than I expected.

And_You_Shall_Know_Me_By_The_Trail_of_Cheez-Its

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DeepFriar — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:21:19 EDT

@Steve Trachsel, Ace: And he's from Mattoon, IL? Geez, you think you know a guy . . .

DeepFriar

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Steve Trachsel, Ace — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:12:50 EDT

Will wrote a book? Man, I wish he had mentioned it on this website.

Steve Trachsel, Ace