Bases loaded for the Cards. Rally cap on.

Cards score. 7-2. 1 out, runners on 2nd and 3rd. C'mon Cards.

Whoo! Martinez redeems himself with a double! 7-4!

C'mon Goldy, one time.

Jose can rake. Be perfect in the AL

Goldy's a tenth of second from hitting a dinger.

Seven straight strikeouts. And the extension hasn't even kicked in yet. **** me.

Whiff...

Ozuna and Goldy have been a black hole this series.

That's literally the worst AB I've ever seen in my life.

Yes Goldy is lost right now but that Ozuna at bat was wtf.

Well, at least we're back in the game. And we still have 12 outs to tie this up.

Had he been wearing a blindfold it couldnt have looked worse.

Ozuna doesnt want to cancel his offseason plans he made for tomorrow.

It slammed the brakes on any momentum you guys had. God damn

3 up, 3 down. C'mon Cards.

The 3 and 4 hitters in our lineup have been the worst this series in a pool of very bad.

They were good last series so we should have seen this coming.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cardinals found a way to completely overachieve and still leave fans pissed off wanting more. Typically pretty hard to do.</p>&mdash; Bob Zuppke (@BobZuppke) <a href="https://twitter.com/BobZuppke/status/1184264563111292928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Is that tweet about their season or the 5th inning?

Dejong. What are you doing?

Thank you, Gallegos. Great job.

I appreciate your posotivity.

It's the Cards. What choice do I have.

Heart of the line-up coming up.

Got some Sombreros to give out.

C'mon Yadi. One more time.

Ouch

C'mon Dejong. Redeem yourself right here.

BASES LOADED

Biggest AB of the series.

Game & Series on the line here.

Man, Hudson is bringing it.

What a letdown.

And marp does what marp does.

Well at least that was interesting.

Not true, I expected him to strike out looking.

Welp, that sucked.

Isn't that the scenario they have him for?

Good point.

It's October 15th, but I can feel that Carpenter hot streak is right around the corner!

:LOL:

Is he a golfer? Perhaps he has better luck hitting a ball that isn't moving.

I assume he's got his tee time set for tomorrow.

Man those stupid runs we gave up in the first on errors and botched plays loom large now.

Well, at least they doubled their run output of the previous three games. Baby steps.

Too bad it's not a 20 games series. marp and the boys would have the Nats right where they want 'em.

NOW? :)

Andrew Miller pitching really well.

Well the whole game but I was referring to not taking advantage of the bases being loaded in a 3 run game.

Better season than expected, see this thread next year boys.

Go Nats, beat whatever powerhouse AL team you see in the WS.

Yeah, I'll be rooting for them. Especially if it's against the ****ing Yankmees.

Nice job, Nats. Go win a Series.

Yea. I was getting a chuckle out of the fans that were so worried. Even if StL wins, Nats were going to win it all anyway.

Congrats Expos.

It's always better to get knocked out by the eventual champion. One of those "moral victories" that my teams put in trophies cases instead of actual trophies. :spock:

The shift has basically made Carpenter a bad player. He needs to figure that shit out because we are stuck with him for a few more years.

only one team that has swept an LCS since 2005 has went on to win a WS.

Would be cool to see the Nationals beat whatever freight train they have coming their way but they are going to have to pitch much more efficiently with their starters and I dont see how that happens vs either one of those AL offenses.

Season in a paragraph. Way more than I was expecting back in April. Overperformed by any measure by the fans that post in here anyway.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#STLCards</a> had a better season than many people expected, snapped a three-year playoff drought, won a thrilling series over the Braves and then played a largely embarrassing NLCS against a hot Washington team and were swept. Their 2019 season is over.</p>&mdash; Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) <a href="https://twitter.com/markasaxon/status/1184305198262640640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lmao pwned

I didn't expect much from the Cards this year, so getting to the playoffs and winning against the Braves was more than I hoped for.

I realized as I watched the last inning that we have a great franchise in the Cardinals. They've won 11 championships, been to the playoffs dozens of times. A lot of teams have never been to a LCS. A lot of teams just hope for a winning season. Or just a chance at making the playoffs. We can expect more virtually every year.

We'll be back. You can count on it.

Helsley with a 0.00 ERA in the playoffs.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2005 Astros<br>- Started 18-32<br>- Won Wild Card spot<br>- Beat STL in NLCS<br><br>2019 Nationals <br>- Started 19-31<br>- Won Wild Card spot<br>- Beat STL in NLCS<br><br>The Nats will hope that&#39;s where the comparison ends ....</p>&mdash; Andrew Simon (@AndrewSimonMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSimonMLB/status/1184310421584527360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Better team and coach won...

Would like to see him get some looks as a starter next year.

Post a solution to your middle school girl whining or STFU.

Fire Mo to start..then the ball starts rolling towards the staff

But, thanks to the Cubs and Yelich going down....

Mo has already said he has pitched himself into getting a chance as a starter in spring training.

Cards played well above their talent. Good run and all

Not really, but a good run nonetheless....

Post season thoughts:
173 teams have played at least 4 games in an LCS. The Cardinals were the worst team of those 173 teams in BA, slugging% and OBS%. Not the best way to end the season. But, we knew it could happen. This offense disappears for a series or a week at a time. Mo has saddled us with overpaid expensive aging players. We need consistent and better position players.

We did sweep the Cubs at Wrigley to knock them out of the playoffs. We won the division. Made the playoffs for the first time in 3 years. Actually won a playoff series against a better and more talented team. Way more than I thought this team would accomplish this year.

We have a legit #1 starter. Legit difference making position player talent coming in the next couple of years. Maybe Carlson next year? Most here thought this season was going to be crap, and it was for large parts of the season. I guess we just need to enjoy the good times like Game 4, from the 8th inning thru game 5 of the LDS.

huh? You never once said in this thread all year that this was a NLCS team? Top two in NL? Top 4 in baseball? So we are going to need some links or your FOS pal. :harumph:

I’m giving up gambling.

I’m in the same boat.

That’s the only time I even give it a thought but I still can’t get into it. I’d change the rules to allow for more scoring. I don’t get icing or offsides at all. It takes the fast break away in my opinion. Stupid rule.

It's soccer on ice with sticks. The players aren't flopping pussies like in soccer, and I do like the fights, but there's just too much skating around in circles and too little scoring.

I am sure many of you will be ready to take away my fan card after the following sentence....

But I dont know why there has been zero talk about how pathetic Yadier Molina was with the bat this postseason. He was constantly coming up in big spots with men on base and failing. One sac fly is literally all I can remember from his postseason. And that's not enough when others are struggling.

They got rid of the two-line pass rule for exactly that reason. Won't explain what that is here, but it slowed the game way down.

You have to have the icing rule otherwise a team that had any kind of a lead could just sling the puck the length of the ice at every opportunity. Icing makes the team with the lead have to continue to play hockey.

Getting rid of off-sides has been considered from time to time. Not sure if it would make the game better or worse.

But the reality is that it's just hard to score in hockey. the goal isn't very big, and the goaltenders are just really good. A 'bad' goalie will allow just 3 or so goals in a game on average.

But I get it; hockey isn't for everyone. I got into it because a friend of mine played in high school and played a bit as a minor league goalie.

He's still a decent defensive catcher, but a pure liability if he's at the plate and not behind it. He needs to hang up his spurs and move on to coaching.

He tied the game and won the game against the Braves in game 4.
Most of our hitters sucked this postseason.

Wasn't Yadi one of the few Cards that actually got some hits in the post-season?

Not saying he was great at bat, but let's be real, Yadi's importance to the team is behind the plate, not at bat. And his leadership.

You are such a ****ing douche its unreal.