***Official 2015 STL Cardinals Thread***

[BigRedChief]

2011 World Series Championship
2012 NLCS. One win from another WS appearance.
2013 World Series. Two wins from another World Series Championship
2014 NLCS. Three wins from another WS appearance

• Made the postseason 10 times in the last 14 seasons.
• Only 1 losing season since 2000.
• Reached the World Series 4 times since 2004 and won as many championships (two) the past eight seasons as it did from 1965 to 2005.
• Made the NLCS 9 times including the last 4 years 2011-2014
• Three million attendance? Take it to the bank.
• 65 post season wins since 2004. 22+ wins more than any other team.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by O.city

And egg on my face

Well it was against Haurang. He's a Hall of Famer if he bats against Haurang every day.

[bdj23]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Well it was against Haurang. He's a Hall of Famer if he bats against Haurang every day.

Can we talk about Harang's ravish good looks for a moment?

[bdj23]

Cooney is already getting the hook

[O.city]

Cooneys spot start didn't go so well.

Need more runs today

[O.city]

Offense has really come on since the lineup change

[bdj23]

I hope this isn't just a byproduct of playing the shit-ass Phillies

[bdj23]

15-6 is the best record in MLB at the moment

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by BDj23

I hope this isn't just a byproduct of playing the shit-ass Phillies

Eh, it kinda is.

They played some really shitty baseball the last couple of nights and yet weren't even challenged. Even game 2 of the series where Wacha refused to pitch worth a damn was pretty ugly.

They'd have been lucky to split 2-2 against most teams in that series and could've just as easily been swept out of it. The Cardinals have struggled with decent fastballs the better part of the last 2 seasons and getting to pick on 2 minor league righties and a fading veteran over the last 3 nights is really going to help them. There are a lot of slider speed bats on that team and when the hardest thrower you see in a series is Aaron Harang, you're going to knock some guys around pretty well.

That's a really really bad Phillies team. The Cardinals have also won 5 of 6 against a garbage Brewers squad. Sure, they're 15-6 right now but going 8-2 against 2 squads with a combined .289 winning percentage will do a lot to build that .700 winning percentage. They also get to miss Cole in this Pittsburgh series.

The good news is that they've done this while Heyward has looked as bad as Allen Craig ever looked last season. The bad news is that there's no way a staff anchored by two 23 yr olds sandwiched around a 36 yr old is going to hold up. Lynn's the only prime-years innings eater we have and he's just not gonna get it done on his own.

Really we need to hope that the team stays hot through the AS Break and then both Wacha and Martinez go down with minor lower body maladies that allow them to re-charge (consecutively, mind you, not concurrently). Lyons, Marco or Garcia could take on a few starts in their respective absences and they could be back to get us through a September/October charge.

As good as things look...they don't really look that good.

[O.city]

While true, they've done about what you'd hope they'd do playing those teams.

Doesn't hurt that Carpenter might actually be a descendant of thor

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Eh, it kinda is.

They played some really shitty baseball the last couple of nights and yet weren't even challenged. Even game 2 of the series where Wacha refused to pitch worth a damn was pretty ugly.

They'd have been lucky to split 2-2 against most teams in that series and could've just as easily been swept out of it. The Cardinals have struggled with decent fastballs the better part of the last 2 seasons and getting to pick on 2 minor league righties and a fading veteran over the last 3 nights is really going to help them. There are a lot of slider speed bats on that team and when the hardest thrower you see in a series is Aaron Harang, you're going to knock some guys around pretty well.

That's a really really bad Phillies team. The Cardinals have also won 5 of 6 against a garbage Brewers squad. Sure, they're 15-6 right now but going 8-2 against 2 squads with a combined .289 winning percentage will do a lot to build that .700 winning percentage. They also get to miss Cole in this Pittsburgh series.

The good news is that they've done this while Heyward has looked as bad as Allen Craig ever looked last season. The bad news is that there's no way a staff anchored by two 23 yr olds sandwiched around a 36 yr old is going to hold up. Lynn's the only prime-years innings eater we have and he's just not gonna get it done on his own.

Really we need to hope that the team stays hot through the AS Break and then both Wacha and Martinez go down with minor lower body maladies that allow them to re-charge (consecutively, mind you, not concurrently). Lyons, Marco or Garcia could take on a few starts in their respective absences and they could be back to get us through a September/October charge.

As good as things look...they don't really look that good.

While all that may be true............We still have the best record in baseball. Thats not luck.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

I'd much rather the Cardinals beat the piss out of bad pitching and actually waylay bad teams rather than scuffle and play down to their level, as they have so often done in the past.

[O.city]

Soon as Hamas and I start bitching about him, Adams starts mashing

[bdj23]

start bitching about Heyward now.

[O.city]

Heyward is a defensive late inning replacement that can't hit

[O.city]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Eh, it kinda is.

They played some really shitty baseball the last couple of nights and yet weren't even challenged. Even game 2 of the series where Wacha refused to pitch worth a damn was pretty ugly.

They'd have been lucky to split 2-2 against most teams in that series and could've just as easily been swept out of it. The Cardinals have struggled with decent fastballs the better part of the last 2 seasons and getting to pick on 2 minor league righties and a fading veteran over the last 3 nights is really going to help them. There are a lot of slider speed bats on that team and when the hardest thrower you see in a series is Aaron Harang, you're going to knock some guys around pretty well.

That's a really really bad Phillies team. The Cardinals have also won 5 of 6 against a garbage Brewers squad. Sure, they're 15-6 right now but going 8-2 against 2 squads with a combined .289 winning percentage will do a lot to build that .700 winning percentage. They also get to miss Cole in this Pittsburgh series.

The good news is that they've done this while Heyward has looked as bad as Allen Craig ever looked last season. The bad news is that there's no way a staff anchored by two 23 yr olds sandwiched around a 36 yr old is going to hold up. Lynn's the only prime-years innings eater we have and he's just not gonna get it done on his own.

Really we need to hope that the team stays hot through the AS Break and then both Wacha and Martinez go down with minor lower body maladies that allow them to re-charge (consecutively, mind you, not concurrently). Lyons, Marco or Garcia could take on a few starts in their respective absences and they could be back to get us through a September/October charge.

As good as things look...they don't really look that good.

What would you have them do about the starting pitching?