Originally Posted by quietwinner

and whats delusional about lohse winning the cy young? if he throws a few gems and dickey and cueto have a blow up or two each, he could definitly win. hes 3rd in the NL in era, 5th in whip, t-6th in wins, leading in fewest losses, 5th in walks, 4th in earned runs, only thing he isn't up there in is K's. and most of these lohse, cueto, and dickey all rotate in 1,2,3.

holy shit, wow. oh yeah forget about the strikeouts, look at the winzzzz. that's what matters you guys!

holliday has been the hottest hitter in the NL since for the last 2 months not named buster posey. again, hes not there yet, but the way cutch is playing and votto not playing at all, he certainly could win the mvp if the cardinals make the playoffs.

and again on lohse, the only thing he is far behind in is strikeouts. i never said wins is the key factor, but the guy has a 2.64 era. Hes pitched twice in cinci allowing 3 er, once in colorado and got lit for 5 er, once at arizona with 1 er, gave up 1 er to the tigers. some pretty tough ballparks and he had 4 great outtings. again, pretty clear that its a two man race right now, but a few gems and a dickey and cueto blow up(yea, im kinda laughing as i type this too), he could get a few votes.

alls im saying tho, is i dont think lohse is the cy young. but i do think the cards have easily a top 5 staff in the NL, and probably the league as well. staffs i would take over ours(without carp, ill note those with carp i wouldnt take)

nats
giants
rays
A's(without carp)

outside of them, i really can't think of any other teams that matchup. the thing is, the cards 1 and 2 might be a little undermatched by other teams 1 and 2(dodgers/angels come to mind), but our 3-5 are so much better, and thats without carp. a 1-4 of carp, waino, garcia, lohse, and our pick of westbrooke/lynn for 5, ill take our backend of the rotation over anyone outside of maybe those 4 listed.

so who do you guys all think have a better 1-5 than the birdnals?

Maybe a month ago for Holiday but he wasnt anywhere near the hottest hitter in August. Probably not even in the top 20 for the month.

Morrow has thrown fairly well in his first couple starts. He'll win the Cy next year. Ya that's right.

The Cardinals have the worst good offense I've ever watched. It's really fucking bad right now.

And qw, stop with the Lohse stuff...good year, but not Cy material.

Joey Votto returns to the Reds tonight from the DL.

They were playing above expectation without him. Wonder what they do w/ Fraizer. Play him, IMO.

 

Originally Posted by jasmith85

Curtis Granderson randomly gets pulled from the game after the second inning.

The way he left was weird. He grabbed all his stuff and left the dugout without saying anything. Hope it isnt any kind of personal emergency and everything is ok.

Right hamstring

 

Originally Posted by BigStack Husker

Are you sure he returns tonight? He was playing with double A Dayton last night and it sounds like he won't join them until after this series.

You're right, my bad. I based my post on what I heard during the week but just saw this quote from Dusty:

“I wouldn’t rule it out,” Baker said. “But I would probably prefer that he didn’t. Simply because you want him really ready when he gets here in all departments. I just as soon he wait until we get home, play a couple more games, get his mind together so far as he’s not hurt anymore. That’s toughest thing to do once you’ve had an operation. Anyone who’s had an operation knows that.”

wow QW is more delusional about the cards than he was about the blues.

 

Originally Posted by 36crazyfists

wow QW is more delusional about the cards than he was about the blues.

loooolll

I don't read NHL threads, but I'm sure it was awesome with them making the playoffs for the 1st time in forever...

quietwinner is a special fan. he is very, uhh, passionate, about his teams.

 

Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd

loooolll

I don't read NHL threads, but I'm sure it was awesome with them making the playoffs for the 1st time in forever...

quietwinner is a special fan. he is very, uhh, passionate, about his teams.

he got pretty mad when LA dominated them in the playoffs

Dude. E5 is one of the best nicknames in baseball. He's been grandfathered into it as far as I'm concerned. For a while it was "Triple E" with the third E being "error" obviously. But E5 is better IMO

wut? i heard that dude was in the running for cy young

 

Originally Posted by md7156

Loshe is getting shelled today

Sure Lohse gave up 8 runs a day after Dickey threw a CG SO, but Lohse plays in a tougher division so it's pretty much a wash.

 

Originally Posted by Niceguy

Guys, this dud only proves how above expectation Dickey and Cueto are pitching. If Cy Young Favorite Lohse can get shelled, then those lesser talents are due for some major regression.

Dickey has just had retard luck and that dipshit Cueto has just benefited from good defense. Those fuckers run like Bolt.