Bullpen tries to hand Arizona a victory

05/07/2012

Cardinals 9 Diamondbacks 6

'Birds--

I just want to vent:

Lance Lynn left the game after the fifth inning last night.  He was up 7-0 and I guess Mike Matheny thought he'll get his 6th victory in 6 tries.  I didn't have faith that the bullpen would be able to hold a lead for four innings.

JC Romero attempted to prove me correct in the sixth inning.

I watched in horror as JC Romero did not record an out in the sixth inning.  He faced FIVE batters. His ERA for the game is infinity. Infinite.  When Mike Matheny finally pulled him from the game, the Cardinals only led by three runs.  For some inexplicable reason,  Matheny then handed the ball off to the Cardinals' second worse reliever, Fernando Salas (trying to build confidence?).  He gave up 3 hits, but also recorded 3 strikeouts.  The Cardinals escaped the innning with a one run lead.

This loss would have been on Matheny and it would have been a painful no decision for Lance Lynn. Fortunately, Allen Craig and David Freese went back-to-back to (deep) center field in the seventh inning and the Cardinals won by three.

Crazy Power:

The first five batters had solo home runs. The five homers in one game were the most by a NL club this year, and the most home runs by the Cardinals in a single game since 2007.

'Til Later!

Ok I get it...

04/19/2012

Reds 6 Cardinals 3

Dear Cardinals,

You guys obviously don't want to win on getaway day. You guys obviously don't want to win when there is a possibility of a sweep.  I can accept that as long as you keep winning series.  What I can't accept is Mike Matheny sitting nearly all the bats that play everyday on the same day-- lowering the chances of us winning of getaway games.

'Til Later

"Happy Flight!" meter: 2/4

What, what!

04/06/2012

Cardinals 11 Brewers 5

Dear Cardinals,

Way to lay the hurt on the Brewers today! Too bad those three Brewers runs scored in the ninth and made the score somewhat respectable.

It's fun spoiling teams home openers.

I'm falling in love with ya'll-- speed and stolen bases, timely hits and home runs, and sexy, gutsy pitching. There's so much swag these first two games.

You all are striving for the extra base.  No one seems afraid of making a mistake, and it shows in the freedom you all give yourselves on the field.  In order to accomplish a goal or the seemingly impossible, you can't be afraid to fail.  If you don't try at all-- if Furcal didn't try to stretch his single into a double because of the fear of being tagged out-- you never know what could occur. You could find yourself in scoring position. Sure, you could play it safe and stay on first, but I like that the team is running the bases aggressively. 

I do hope, however, that you guys will run a small bit more conservatively on such hits if losing.  

I hope Matheny finds the proper balance of resting the old guys and playing the young bench players.  The young guys need to stay sharp and the old guys need to rest their surgically-repaired knees (I am looking at you-- Berkman, Beltran, and Furcal).

The team already look unstoppable.  (Winning makes me write fanciful  nonsense.)

I hope the first loss never happens. But it will, and when it does, I hope this is the sort of team that always come back and wins the next day.

It looks like it may be.

 

Please win tomorrow in Wainwright's first game post- surgery.

'Til Later