Yup, and Didi thinks he'll make it back.... we'll see I guess.
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MLB World Series 2018: Eh. Dodgers/Boston. Eh.
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Yup, and Didi thinks he'll make it back.... we'll see I guess.
Good night in Tampa last night! It seems we've learned we can win a game in that stadium.
The BlueJays have fired John Gibbons, saying its time to move on.
Not surprising, there was word back in July that he was likely done. So that gives us vacancies in Anaheim and Toronto; I would expect that Riggleman will get sacked in Cincinnati, Buck Showalter's contract is up in Baltimore and he's given no indication that he wants any further part of that shitshow, and I guess the Rangers will be looking for a new guy. There's usually always one firing that comes out of fucking nowhere, but I have a feeling that Banister in Texas was that one this year.
Scott Servais.
It’s not out of the realm of possibilities that Gabe Kapler is fired despite the Phillies’ improvement. A number of the players seem to have quit on him because they’re tired of his over-reliance on analytics.
Jerry Dipoto fucking loves Servais and the Mariners widely out-performed expectations (especially with the way no one expected King Felix to get booted to the bullpen), he isn't going anywhere.
Eh, Gillick and MacPhail picked him for a reason. I would expect to see roster changes in Philadelphia before a managerial shift; beyond that, first-year guys usually get a grace period unless the team becomes a complete and utter shitshow, which Philly was not this season.
This just in: Rays pitcher poops his pants (but you could hardly blame him if he did)
Hell no. 110 mph. So glad that didn't catch him in the head.
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OK, yeah, they were hot in August. But the Cards are 11 and 13 so far this September, including losing 3 of 4 to the Dodgers and being swept by the Brewers, both at home. They look unlikely to make the playoffs without a sprint to the finish, and even then they won't without help. It's more likely we'll suffer the indignity of being knocked out of the playoffs by the Cubs in Wrigley Field.
Damn good thing the front office locked up Shildt for three years on August 28. They're 14 and 14 since then.
OK, yeah, they were hot in August. But the Cards are 11 and 13 so far this September, including losing 3 of 4 to the Dodgers and being swept by the Brewers, both at home. They look unlikely to make the playoffs without a sprint to the finish, and even then they won't without help. It's more likely we'll suffer the indignity of being knocked out of the playoffs by the Cubs in Wrigley Field.
Damn good thing the front office locked up Shildt for three years on August 28. They're 14 and 14 since then.
Damn good thing the front office locked up Shildt for three years on August 28. They're 14 and 14 since then.
Wow, shit, a team signed its interim manager to a full-time deal, and did so without the foresight to see injuries and how competitive the NL Central would be this season.
Yeah, they're sure a bunch of scrubs, considering that if either the the Brewers or Cubs had lost tonight, the Cardinals would have been in play for WC2 with four games to go.
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OK, yeah, they were hot in August. But the Cards are 11 and 13 so far this September, including losing 3 of 4 to the Dodgers and being swept by the Brewers, both at home. They look unlikely to make the playoffs without a sprint to the finish, and even then they won't without help. It's more likely we'll suffer the indignity of being knocked out of the playoffs by the Cubs in Wrigley Field.
Damn good thing the front office locked up Shildt for three years on August 28. They're 14 and 14 since then.
The way my Cubs are playing, the Cards still have a shot. We've been playing down to the competition again lately.
No way. The Mariners will get there... they almost did this year. It's not their fault they play in the NBA Western Conference.
Yeah, they're sure a bunch of scrubs, considering that if either the the Brewers or Cubs had lost tonight, the Cardinals would have been in play for WC2 with four games to go.
The Cards are only 1GB of the Dodgers for WC2. It could still happen.
Is the Mets deGrom the Cy Young winner? 1.70 ERA, 269K's, fewest walks 46, fewest HR 10 and of course fewest wins 10.
But that's as maybe. In my opinion giving the job to Shildt permanently as quickly as it was done was an impulsive move based on the team having a 26 and 12 record after Matheny was fired. That's a small n and anyone would know a record like that is unsustainable. He may have to respond to adversity sometime (injuries, slumps, whatever -- things hardly unique to the Cards that any other manager must adapt to and get around). While Shildt can't help injuries or slumps leading to losses, he also got a ride from Matt Carpenter, who carried the team during that 26 and 12 run as much as anything.Wow, shit, a team signed its interim manager to a full-time deal, and did so without the foresight to see injuries and how competitive the NL Central would be this season.
Yeah, they're sure a bunch of scrubs, considering that if either the the Brewers or Cubs had lost tonight, the Cardinals would have been in play for WC2 with four games to go.
To be fair, even the games after August 28 where the Cards are below 0.500 aren't really enough to make a judgment, either. It is kind of regression to the mean. The Cards are now 37 and 25 since August 28. That's still not bad despite how it's distributed.
However, there should've been no rush to wrap up Shildt. I doubt his phone was going to ring off the hook from other teams wanting him. Prudence dictated waiting until the end of the season to look at the bigger picture of where the franchise was and what needed to be done. Barely sneaking into the playoffs if they make it at all was not what was expected of this club in April. It's not what puts over 40,000 in the stands almost every night despite some of the highest ticket prices in MLB.
As big a fan of this franchise as I am, the front office is a little too self-satisfied with their own and caught up too much in the notion of Cardinal Nation and the Cardinal Way. Sometimes, teams lose their way. It happened during a rather bleak 1970s that ended with outsider Whitey Herzog remaking the team as one of the best of the 1980s. It happened again in the mid-1990s when Tony LaRussa was brought in and reshaped things (Albert Pujols sure helped, too, of course).
Shildt is a Cardinals lifer. I just wish they would've waited until the end of the season to conclude if he was the solution or part of the problem. In the off season, Showalter and Girardi would've been available. Even Mark McGwire or Carlos Beltran or newer managerial hopefuls like them. Talk to them. Talk to all of them. Get outside perspectives. Hear fresh voices. Bring someone in to shake it up and reinvigorate things.
Remember, this is the club that hired Matheny from within over Terry Francona, who said he would've taken the job if they had asked him. At least they had talked to Francona, though.
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I think he is.
I can't see how it could be anyone else.
In the American League, however, I think it's a tight race between Sale and Snell.
In the American League, however, I think it's a tight race between Sale and Snell.
David Wright is available to Pinch Hit tonight and will start at 3rd Base tomorrow, supposedly Jose Reyes is going to start at Short Stop also.
Also 7 years ago today, Jose Reyes got 1 at bat, a hit and taken out of the game. So he ended the season with a .337 batting average to try and win the batting title.
ETA: He batted in the bottom of the 5th inning and grounded out weakly to third.
Also 7 years ago today, Jose Reyes got 1 at bat, a hit and taken out of the game. So he ended the season with a .337 batting average to try and win the batting title.
ETA: He batted in the bottom of the 5th inning and grounded out weakly to third.
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It better be. The Cards are 2 behind LA for WC2 now, and the Cubs need to win the next 2 vs the Cards to ensure the division because this years Brewers aren't willing to make it easy like in years past.
The Phillies have now lost 9 straight and have fallen behind the Nats in the east.
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