Chris Carpenter to retire

[TooLiveBrew]

Link (Boston Globe/Nick Cafardo)... scroll to the "Apropos of Nothing" section, & then it's item #8

 

8. Chris Carpenter’s agent, Bob LaMonte, said the righthander will retire and “may have an opportunity to work for the Cardinals organization. Chris basically came back from five career-ending surgeries. I don’t think you’ll ever see anyone do that again. He had a sixth one and it was too many. He had a great career, a great human being.”

[JimH5]

Good.

 

Hopefully he'll inspire the rest of his teammates to follow him.

[afeter]

can we can retire the carpenter joke as well?

[DHonks]

Carpenter had a very nice career. He's also a reason to not get down on young pitchers. He and Halladay were absolutely awful (Manny Parra-like) at times in their early Toronto days. Yet both wound up being VERY good pitchers.

[logan82]

can we can retire the carpenter joke as well?

Depends what he tells his kids.

[jerichoholicninja]

can we can retire the carpenter joke as well?

Depends what he tells his kids.

 

Beat me to it. I came here specifically to post "How will he explain this his son?"

[gregmag]

Sayonara to one of the worst people MLB has coughed up in some time. I hope he has a miserable retirement.

[Baldkin]

He couldn't have summed up my feelings better himself.

 

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/762236/carp.gif

[jerichoholicninja]

Sayonara to one of the worst people MLB has coughed up in some time. I hope he has a miserable retirement.

 

I don't know if I would say worst. Annoying, righteous hypocrite, yes.

[craigharmann]

You mean he didn't already retire like 2 years ago? Huh.

[Thurston Fluff]

Good. Now go away.

[torts]

dony worry guys, Carpenter and LaRussa may be gone, but Beltran and Wainright are keeping it going

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/stl/st-louis-cardinals-take-issue-with-los-angeles-dodgers-celebrations?ymd=20131015&content_id=62962860&vkey=news_stl

[torts]

You don't want to wake up nobody," Beltran said

 

you cant wake up nobody because theres nobody to wake up

[hawing]

http://www.trevorloudon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/buhbye.jpg

 

Except if he stays in the organization, he won't really be gone.

[tomwopat]

dony worry guys, Carpenter and LaRussa may be gone, but Beltran and Wainright are keeping it going

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/stl/st-louis-cardinals-take-issue-with-los-angeles-dodgers-celebrations?ymd=20131015&content_id=62962860&vkey=news_stl

 

My opinion of A-Gonz goes up:

 

"I did what I always do," Gonzalez said. "We are in L.A., so Mickey Mouse stuff does go. ... Mickey Mouse is only an hour away. So, you know, it fits us. I did what I always do."

 

Also of interest: http://deadspin.com/why-dont-the-st-louis-cardinals-respect-the-game-1445679050

[brains and braun]

And this one...

 

http://deadspin.com/why-your-cardinals-suck-1443513646

[vegasbrewcrew1993]

hey chris can you take wainwright and that david freese guy with you? i still have nightmares of that nlcs from 2011