The Lions' Pride

I don't disagree, however, I got the feeling most everyone in baseball knew that the Phillies and the Jays were in serious talks about Doc, so the M's were the one's who offered a package. I liked aumont when I saw him in the futures game a few years ago.

the one thing I think we both agree on is that Amaro would be better off standing pat and letting the system develop.

Trading Lee away was a terrible deal. No use even trying to protect it. They got back a average pitching prospect. (aumont) and an athletic OF who can't hit (gillies). Who does that trade for cliff lee?!? Any good GM would have pushed to get Pineda. How much pressure would that have taken off Amaro? Maybe wouldn't need to sign cliff back. Save cap space for bats and Cole. A lot of the phils problems come from anaro

We (my friends and I) nor the StL media have decided. All I know is he islike my second favorite Cardinal right now. He makes me feel like fat people can do things hahaha. Hefty Hefty Hefty.

Welcome aboard the band wagon... glad to have you.

I know.. I see that idiot, Matt Sebek, throwing a bunch of stuff out there on twitter...

Wanna talk the future of the Cardinals? I fully understand now why they passed on resigning Albert. I preface it by saying, I understand not all prospects work out.... etc etc etc...
But they have Shelby Miller coming who is projected to be a stud lefty starter... Carlos Martinez, who is a bit further away, and needs a bit better control, but some scouts think he may have the best arm in the minors.
Then with the bats... Adams who is already in the STL at 1B... Kolton Wong coming to fill whats been a gaping hole for years at 2B, and gets Dustin Pedroia comparisons. The best of them all may be Oscar Tavares, who at 19 is destroying AA right now, and may be the best pure hitter in the minor leagues... to think they have legit positional players coming at CF, 2B and 1B... its really amazing.
On top of guys already in the show, and though a bit older... Freese and Craig neither have yet put together a full, injury free season... but if and when they do, may be two of the best pure hitters in the league...
Its an embarrassment of riches in their system... and I am not even a Cardinals fan and it has be blushing.

Good luck Phillies fans. Seems like both teams are going through rough patches right now, but these two teams always play some good baseball when they matchup.

I hope you lose every game in this series. And I mean that in a loving way.

And if the Cards look like shit I still have this:

I have a feeling this one is going to get high scoring. Molina is PISSED (Idk if you guys saw the chat with the ump on the Phillies broadcast) with the strike zone, as he should be. But Jake looks rattled by it which is never good.

Some hard hit balls by the Cards early as well, but they have to turn them into runs.

That's how I usually feel, I have no real issue. I just understand why Jake, being that type of pitcher, and Yadi would. Especially because of Yadi's history with this umpire.

Our boy had a brutal night... the game was on MLBN so I got to see 3 of his final AB's... every time he had men on base, or middle of a rally, and I really thought he was going to get a big knock. The book is already out on him though, Charlie brought the lefty in to face him 2 different times... but not every team is going to have 4 lefties in the pen like Phillie.

Best part about being home minus tge lack of classes I'm taking is I can finally watch the yanks....

In other news, it's depressing to me that I can't get tickets to Rangers games anymore. Supposedly we're set to break the AL attendance records this year.

Damn bandwagoners.

If the Pirates had any ounce of offense, it might be very well leading the division. Who would have thought McDonald, Bedard, and Burnett would be doing what they are doing and the bullpen has the best ERA in the NL?

the phillies are an old team, make no mistake. they have also been ravaged by injury, but they are old.

Howard is 33 or 34, Utley is 32, Polanco is 35 or so, Rollins is also in his 30's. Halladay is mid 30's, Lee is 33 or there abouts, Blanton is no spring chicken.

And in this non-steroid era, that is an old team. 10 years ago, they are in their prime (not accusing any of using PED's).

My gut feeling is rotator cuff for Doc. It's better to tear a ligament in your elbow now than it is to hurt your shoulder. If that is damaged, not only is his season done, but his career will be shortly. It took Johan, over 18 months to come back and he's still not throwing with the velocity that he once was. Shoulder injuries are death to pitchers.

Only disappointment so far is benching him on my fantasy team Friday night v Cliff Lee, after he looked pretty bad against a couple lefty relievers on Thursday... but what a weekend... kid on fire. Thanks for the link.