***Official St. Louis Cardinals 2009 Season Thread***

78-55

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by DesiDez:

Originally posted by jrg:
Matt Holliday!!!!!!!!

I have a feeling Holliday resigns before the end of this month

Yeah, I expect a new contract before the end of the season..he loves it in St. Louis apparently.

He is a Boras client, no way in hell he signs before the end of the season, i think he will sign with the Cardinals, its a perfect fit for him, but not until he tests the free agent market to drive his price up a little

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by DesiDez:

Originally posted by jrg:
Matt Holliday!!!!!!!!

I have a feeling Holliday resigns before the end of this month

Yeah, I expect a new contract before the end of the season..he loves it in St. Louis apparently.

He is a Boras client, no way in hell he signs before the end of the season, i think he will sign with the Cardinals, its a perfect fit for him, but not until he tests the free agent market to drive his price up a little

Holliday himself has said he expects to sign a contract before the season end. He said he's willing to take a small pay cut to stay in a "championship-like" situation.

Seeing Busch Stadium jam packed with 43,000 people on a Tuesday night versus the Pirates means ALOT to him considering hes came from Oakland...and Colorado...and now he's playing in arguably the best baseball city in the country. Not to mention, he lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma..so now hes closer to home then he ever has been.

Funny thing I just heard on ESPN..they were talking about the Cardinals and said if the Cardinals had THIS team the whole season, they'd be around 85-90 wins right now.

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by DesiDez:

Originally posted by jrg:
Matt Holliday!!!!!!!!

I have a feeling Holliday resigns before the end of this month

Yeah, I expect a new contract before the end of the season..he loves it in St. Louis apparently.

He is a Boras client, no way in hell he signs before the end of the season, i think he will sign with the Cardinals, its a perfect fit for him, but not until he tests the free agent market to drive his price up a little

Holliday himself has said he expects to sign a contract before the season end. He said he's willing to take a small pay cut to stay in a "championship-like" situation.

Seeing Busch Stadium jam packed with 43,000 people on a Tuesday night versus the Pirates means ALOT to him considering hes came from Oakland...and Colorado...and now he's playing in arguably the best baseball city in the country. Not to mention, he lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma..so now hes closer to home then he ever has been.

Funny thing I just heard on ESPN..they were talking about the Cardinals and said if the Cardinals had THIS team the whole season, they'd be around 85-90 wins right now.

i dont know about that

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by DesiDez:

Originally posted by jrg:
Matt Holliday!!!!!!!!

I have a feeling Holliday resigns before the end of this month

Yeah, I expect a new contract before the end of the season..he loves it in St. Louis apparently.

He is a Boras client, no way in hell he signs before the end of the season, i think he will sign with the Cardinals, its a perfect fit for him, but not until he tests the free agent market to drive his price up a little

Holliday himself has said he expects to sign a contract before the season end. He said he's willing to take a small pay cut to stay in a "championship-like" situation.

Seeing Busch Stadium jam packed with 43,000 people on a Tuesday night versus the Pirates means ALOT to him considering hes came from Oakland...and Colorado...and now he's playing in arguably the best baseball city in the country. Not to mention, he lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma..so now hes closer to home then he ever has been.

Funny thing I just heard on ESPN..they were talking about the Cardinals and said if the Cardinals had THIS team the whole season, they'd be around 85-90 wins right now.

i dont know about that

Wait and see

Jesus Christ, THANK YOUUUUUUUU Oakland!!

Milwaukee Brewers (64-67 3rd NL Central 13.0 GB)

Dave Bush (3-5 5.88 ERA 62K)

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St. Louis Cardinals (78-55 1st NL Central)

Chris Carpenter (14-3 2.20 ERA 115K)

While Albert Pujols(notes) appears to be on his way to winning a second straight NL MVP award, Matt Holliday(notes) has been just as important to the St. Louis Cardinals’ surge.

Pujols and Holliday look to help the Cardinals, who are running away in the NL Central, win for the ninth time in 10 games Wednesday night against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Pujols hit his major league-leading 42nd homer for St. Louis (78-55) against the Brewers on Wednesday, but it was Holliday that delivered the decisive blow.

After Pujols drew his major league-leading 40th intentional walk, Holliday hit a three-run homer to break a 4-all tie in the seventh inning, and the Cardinals hung on to win 7-6 to remain 10 1/2 games up on the Chicago Cubs.

“I’m going to anticipate Albert being walked if Babe Ruth is hitting behind him,” Holliday said. “I mean, 42 home runs on Sept. 1. I think he’s the best player of all time.”

While Pujols is putting up Babe Ruth-like numbers, leading the majors in runs (104), on-base percentage (.444) and slugging percentage (.673), the Cardinals might not be where they are without Holliday.

The left-fielder has homered in three of his last five games, and is batting .371 with nine home runs and 35 RBIs in 35 games since being acquired from Oakland on July 24. Most of that damage has come at Busch Stadium, where Holliday is batting .403 with seven homers and 22 RBIs in 20 games.

While the Cardinals are a major league-best 26-9 since the acquisition of Holliday, they’ve been even better with one of their top three pitchers on the mound.

Since the start of July, St. Louis is 30-4 in starts by Adam Wainwright(notes), Joel Pineiro(notes) and scheduled starter Chris Carpenter(notes) (14-3, 2.20 ERA). With Tuesday’s victory, the Cardinals won for the 11th straight time with Pineiro on the mound.

St. Louis has been winning with such regularity, something strange happened the last time Carpenter took the mound - the team lost.

Carpenter gave up two runs and five hits in six innings of a 4-3 loss to Houston on Thursday, but didn’t receive a decision. It snapped his string of six consecutive starts with a victory.

Although Carpenter didn’t get the win, the right-hander is still 9-0 with a 2.00 ERA in 11 outings since July 5. Like Holliday, Carpenter has also been at his best at Busch Stadium, going 7-1 with a 1.86 ERA in nine starts there.

In his only start of the season against Milwaukee on May 25, Carpenter retired the first 18 batters and ended up allowing two hits with 10 strikeouts and no walks in eight innings of a 1-0, 10-inning loss.

The Brewers, who had three-game winning streak end Tuesday, counter with Dave Bush(notes) (3-5, 5.88).

After spending more than two months on the disabled list with an injured triceps muscle, Bush allowed five runs and four hits in 4 2-3 innings of an 8-5 loss to Cincinnati on Thursday. He looked sharp through the first four innings before falling apart in the fifth, when he gave up four runs.

“As frustrating as the results are, I’m trying to focus on the fact that I felt healthy, I felt good, I wasn’t tentative,” Bush told the Brewers’ official Web site. “From here on, I’m going to start pitching better.”

This will be the right-hander’s first start of the season against the Cardinals, whom he is 2-4 with a 6.06 ERA in six starts against.

since apparently hes not needed... care to trade Ludwick to the giants?!

Originally posted by skeetskeet:
since apparently hes not needed... care to trade Ludwick to the giants?!

Ha, not a chance..not needed?!

Who you thinks helping protect Holliday in the lineup?

That 3-4-5 of Pujols-Holliday-Ludwick is gonna be intact for a LOOONG time

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by skeetskeet:
since apparently hes not needed... care to trade Ludwick to the giants?!

Ha, not a chance..not needed?!

Who you thinks helping protect Holliday in the lineup?

That 3-4-5 of Pujols-Holliday-Ludwick is gonna be intact for a LOOONG time

Ludwick hasnt done ANYTHING since his hot month of July.

his numbers are way down from last year.

i still dont understand why teams dont walk Pujols.

that walk off homer was ridiculous. Bonds would have NEVER seen a pitch in that situation

Pujols is the most feared hitter in the league but everyone pitches to him... its crazy.

if people had pitched to Bonds, dude would be over 800 homers easily. ugh.

haha sorry to rant. Ludwick has pissed me off in my fantasy league this year haha

Originally posted by skeetskeet:

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by skeetskeet:
since apparently hes not needed... care to trade Ludwick to the giants?!

Ha, not a chance..not needed?!

Who you thinks helping protect Holliday in the lineup?

That 3-4-5 of Pujols-Holliday-Ludwick is gonna be intact for a LOOONG time

Ludwick hasnt done ANYTHING since his hot month of July.

his numbers are way down from last year.

i still dont understand why teams dont walk Pujols.

that walk off homer was ridiculous. Bonds would have NEVER seen a pitch in that situation

Pujols is the most feared hitter in the league but everyone pitches to him... its crazy.

if people had pitched to Bonds, dude would be over 800 homers easily. ugh.

haha sorry to rant. Ludwick has pissed me off in my fantasy league this year haha

Agreed hes had a "off year" so to say after looking at last season..but still, its not TOO bad..just not what you expected..and as for walking Pujols, its basically a "pick your poison" kind of thing..Holliday has been absolutely ripping the cover off the ball since hes been here.

Neeeeeeeext!

carp

National League:

Cardinals (79-55)
Dodgers (79-55)
Phillies (76-54)
Rockies (74-59)
Giants (73-60)
Braves (70-63)

Now the Cardinals are 1-2-3 in the NL in Wins for pitchers.

Wainwright (16)-Carpenter (15)-Pinerio (14)



Out of the 6 major stat categories on ESPN, the Cardinals have 4 leaders.

Pujols (HR's), Wainwright (Wins), Carpenter (ERA), Franklin (Saves)

http://espn.go.com/mlb/statistics

[ Edited by jrg on Sep 2, 2009 at 23:26:59 ]