2013 Playoffs LATEST: "CARDS LOSE! CARDS LOSE!" Boston Red Sox 2013 World Series Champions.

[jerichoholicninja]

He was safe Yadier. Maybe if you spit on the umpire he might change the call.

[jjkoestler]

If Tony LaRussa managed the Dodgers there would be some Cardinals getting hit today due to Hanley sitting on the bench with sore ribs from a HBP compliments of Joe Kelly.

 

Hanley still isn't 100%. That HBP was huge.

 

I wouldn't mind seeing Holliday or Yadi take one in the ribs, but putting runners on base would be pretty stupid at this point. The Cards cannot get on base on their own and it would certainly fire up the team.

[logan82]

There is no way I can root for the Dodger$. I have really come around on the Cardinals in terms of respecting the organization. They are about as impressive a franchise as exists in MLB. And yes, I do still hate them, but that was largely tied to TLR, & is fading away the longer he's gone. Although I guess Crapenter will be back to hate next season, & Molina isn't exactly charisma personified.

Once Molina and Carpenter are gone I could respect the Cards. Provided the bean ball crap stops.

"As a player, I just think he doesn't know [about how to act]," Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran said. "That's what I think. He really doesn't know. He must think that he's still playing somewhere else.

 

"He has a lot of passion," Beltran said. "No doubt about that. Great ability. Great talent. I think, with time, he'll learn that you've got to act with a little bit more calm.

 

"So you know, he's going to learn. It's going to take him time, but he's going to learn. When you try to do those things sometimes, you know, you get that attention. And you don't want to wake up nobody. I always thought if you hit a home run off a pitcher, you've got to make him believe he made a mistake. You don't wake him up. Or next time, the pitcher's going to be more focused with you and he's going to try harder to get you out.

 

"So he will learn," Beltran concluded. "I don't think he's a bad kid. I just think he doesn't know right now."

 

Nevermind. It seems to be an organizational thing.

[fondybrewfan]

Heaven forbid people can't get excited when they do something good in the NLCS. Give me a break.

[jerichoholicninja]

There is no way I can root for the Dodger$. I have really come around on the Cardinals in terms of respecting the organization. They are about as impressive a franchise as exists in MLB. And yes, I do still hate them, but that was largely tied to TLR, & is fading away the longer he's gone. Although I guess Crapenter will be back to hate next season, & Molina isn't exactly charisma personified.

Once Molina and Carpenter are gone I could respect the Cards. Provided the bean ball crap stops.

"As a player, I just think he doesn't know [about how to act]," Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran said. "That's what I think. He really doesn't know. He must think that he's still playing somewhere else.

 

"He has a lot of passion," Beltran said. "No doubt about that. Great ability. Great talent. I think, with time, he'll learn that you've got to act with a little bit more calm.

 

"So you know, he's going to learn. It's going to take him time, but he's going to learn. When you try to do those things sometimes, you know, you get that attention. And you don't want to wake up nobody. I always thought if you hit a home run off a pitcher, you've got to make him believe he made a mistake. You don't wake him up. Or next time, the pitcher's going to be more focused with you and he's going to try harder to get you out.

 

"So he will learn," Beltran concluded. "I don't think he's a bad kid. I just think he doesn't know right now."

 

Nevermind. It seems to be an organizational thing.

 

I'm guessing the Beltran quote is about Puig. Did he do something specific to garner the comment or is it just because he actually plays hard and looks like he's enjoying himself?

[logan82]

I'm guessing the Beltran quote is about Puig. Did he do something specific to garner the comment or is it just because he actually plays hard and looks like he's enjoying himself?

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[trwi7]

I'm guessing the Beltran quote is about Puig. Did he do something specific to garner the comment or is it just because he actually plays hard and looks like he's enjoying himself?

 

He hit a triple last night and raised his arms like he hit a homer, then when he got to 3rd he pumped his fist.

 

It's the playoffs, lighten up. People aren't robots.

[TURBO]

Except Puig looked like an idiot with his arms up in victory, thinking he hit a HR.

 

Maybe players should celebrate after they know for sure there is cause for celebration. (Not that a triple isn't worth celebrating...) He took the time to admire his accomplishment, big bat flip, arms raised in victory, only to discover he actually had to run it out.

[jerichoholicninja]

If your opponent doesn't hustle because he is celebrating why should you care? It didn't happen in this case but how many times has a batter trotted out of the box because thought he hit a homerun but got thrown out at second or only got a single? It happens a couple times a year and if you're on the other team, so what? It only benefits your team. Grow up or shut up St. Louis.

[brewcrewdue80]

You know how I view the Puig dealings, is that 1 he's not from the US. He defected to the US, signed a contract and took Less Than a Calendar year to play for the Dodgers! You play the game 21years of your life one way and expect in a year's time to know the "unwritten rules/etiquette" that exists in MLB?

 

I think of it like Boo Weekley who never played Match Play until the 2008 Ryder Cup and didn't know he could concede a putt. For Puig ignorance is Bliss when you watch him enjoy himself playing baseball.

 

I honestly could care less about showboating in baseball. I prefer some excitement. It was afterall his 1st hit in that series at home and he got the crowd going berserk! Fans will show up to watch him play for that. Other teams fans will show up to boo him for that, either way he just put more fans in the seats. I do think that you have to be someone special though on a team to do a showboat. If it were Yuni out there showboating when you clearly are a detriment to your team then that's uncalled for. Why? Let's face it, if you are going to showboat you are bringing attention on to yourself and if you want attention then you need to be worthy of attention. Puig throwing guys out from the wall on the fly at 3b that is worthy. Crushing the ball to the opposite field with regularity like he does that is worthy. There are only a number of players on a team that should be allowed to showboat for Milwaukee I'd say Braun,Gomez,Segura and even Lucroy. They are the stars not only for their bats but do make plays defensively as well. And some fans are sticklers for that and if you are a star on both ends then yeah go ahead and showboat.

[trwi7]

This is glorious.

[Bombers]

This is glorious.

That is great. It makes the Cardinals complaining ludicrous. They clearly are not the models of perfect behavior are they

[hawing]

I have such an internet crush on Deadspin lately.

[BruisedCrew]

Tiger fans are not real happy with Prince Fielder these days.

[rondoman]

Princes power has all but disappeared. It probably wont get better moving forward either.

 

Most of us knew Prince wasnt gonna age well, but I dont think we saw it coming this soon. This season was his lowest OPS ever in a full season.

 

I can definitely say thank god we never signed Prince to a fat 5 year 100 million dollar contract, that would have really put a dent in signing any other guys or giving other guys extensions.

[TooLiveBrew]

Princes power has all but disappeared. It probably wont get better moving forward either.

 

Most of us knew Prince wasnt gonna age well, but I dont think we saw it coming this soon. This season was his lowest OPS ever in a full season.

Keep in mind that the difference in counting stats between 2012 & 2013 is just 5 HRs, 8 H, & 10 BB (& 22 PA). Honestly, you have to factor in going from 17 HBP to 9 this season as well. Over his last 40 games this regular season, he OPS'd .957 & only went hitless 8 times.

 

In short, I think it's a little early to declare that bolded part. A drop in HRs should have been expected, moving from Miller Park to Comerica, and I think this is most likely simply a case of a not-as-good season combined with bad luck. Fielder looks like (in terms of 'the eye test') he's in as good of shape as he ever was with the Brewers, so it's pretty hard for me to think he's all of a sudden physically declining at 29. He probably won't age well, but I think this is more an aberration than beginning of a trend.

[trwi7]

Nick Punto, you are stupid.

[TURBO]

Prince at 5 years and 100 million seems like a bargain to me! Obviously we weren't going to pay what Detroit did, so the 5 years/100 million was never going to happen, but I for one wish it had...

[Baldkin]

Nick Punto, you are stupid.

 

For those that may not have seen it, he got picked off of 2nd base with his team down two in the 7th.

 

Idiot.

 

http://cdn.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/KozmaPickoff.gif.opt_.gif

[BruisedCrew]

Nick Punto, you are stupid.

 

I blame it on Ron Roenicke's aggressive base running philosophy.

 

It is now affecting other teams.

[rondoman]

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/10/16/4843632/prince-fielder-contract-postseason-playoff-stats

[kalle8]

these playoffs make me sick:

 

- i hate the cards for...well we all know

- i hate the dodgers for the money can buy Championship stuff

- i hate the red sox because they spend a ton of money but they think they are different from the yankees because of some sabermetric thinking

- i hate to see Prince succeeding in winning a Championship out of Milwaukee

 

and i like showboating in baseball, i grew up with soccer silly celebrations

[jerichoholicninja]

Whatever came over Gonzalez on Wednesday afternoon brought on one of the most ostentatious bat flips of his career. And summoned the notion to pantomime those Mickey Mouse ears, because a Cardinals pitcher – Adam Wainwright – had accused him of being just that childish, and because Gonzalez’s teammates have adopted that as his unofficial nickname, and maybe because it looked fun to be so goofy.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb--adrian-gonzalez-s--mickey-mouse--antics-get-real-with-a-pair-of-homers-as-dodgers-win-game-5-021154216.html

 

Will Ferrell reads Dodgers lineup

 

I love how the Dodgers are making a mockery of the Cardinals dissatisfaction of the Dodger's supposed making a mockery of baseball.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

It took all year long for me to get on the local team's bandwagon...but mocking the Cards has finally done it. Go Dodgers!!!

[sdcheezhd]

I thought it was interesting that the Cards went out of their way to make it clear that they saw nooooo problem with the Mickey Mouse ears and that any way Gonzalez wants to celebrate a big HR is just fine with them. Maybe they're looking at their poll numbers and/or maybe they realize that if Gonzalez (who grew up down here and played for the Pads for years and who nobody has ever had anything bad to say about) is mocking you the problem isn't everybody else it's you.

 

The only people who haven't gotten the message are the Worst Damn Sportswriters in America at the LA Times. They did get rid of TJ Simers (who's suing them, of course, because he's the worst) but Plaschke is still there to ladle on the derp.