MLB Division Series, Day 6: Phillies/Cardinals, Brewers/Diamondbacks
by Al Yellon on Oct 5, 2011 4:01 PM CDT
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PrintThe two National League division series can end tonight, if the Phillies' Roy Oswalt can hold down the Cardinals and the Brewers win in Phoenix. If so, it could also be Albert Pujols' last game in a Cardinals uniform. We'll see. If St. Louis wins, they'll play Game 5 in Philadelphia on Friday.
As for the D'backs, they crushed the Brewers 8-1 on Tuesday thanks in part to a gigantic grand slam hit by Paul Goldschmidt, which resulted in this:
Move over, Ted Lilly. You've got company.
Also, the D'backs are asking their fans to wear black and "blackout" Chase Field tonight. I'm not a huge fan of alternate jerseys -- Arizona is going to wear their black ones tonight -- but the "blackout" could look pretty cool.
Full info on tonight's games after the jump.
Both games today are on TBS.
5 pm CDT for Cardinals/Phillies. Phillies lead series 2-1. Dick Stockton (play-by-play) will call the game alongside Bob Brenly (analyst) with Craig Sager as a reporter.
8:30 pm CDT for Diamondbacks/Brewers. Brewers lead series 2-1. Victor Rojas (play-by-play) and Joe Simpson (analyst) will call the action with Sam Ryan as a reporter. This game is on TNT.
MLB.com Gameday for Cardinals/Phillies
MLB.com Gameday for Diamondbacks/Brewers
Baseball-reference.com game preview for Cardinals/Phillies
Baseball-reference.com game preview for Diamondbacks/Brewers
SB Nation game preview for Cardinals/Phillies
SB Nation game preview for Diamondbacks/Brewers
This is the only thread I'm posting for today's games. If you need overflows due to extra innings or rain delays, post them in the fanshot section.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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Hey...just read where Francona is gonna fill in for McCarver for a couple games...
Tito auditioning?
"When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes." - Bob Uecker
Maybe, but check out
Francona on FOX gig: “I’ve only broadcast one other game in my life … and I sucked. This is going to be interesting.”
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So has McCarver
and he’s done ‘more than one’.
I'm a Cubs fan. The Jaded Bitterness comes as a Standard Feature.
So our choice is between...
… “sucked” and “sucked”?
Mute button, here I come.
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I hate national broadcasters
They should mix and match commentators from the 2 teams contesting or just pick the more popular announcers for teams. Uecker & Scully would probably be the most wanted. Network broadcasters are usually dull and feel like they don’t really know the history of the team or the game past a few facts and past whatever cliff notes they were given for both teams.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 5, 2011 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Back in the 1960s
… they used to have the broadcasters from the teams split duty, or at least share the mic with a national broadcaster for part of the game.
They should start doing that again.
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Ha ha -- I thought the EXACT SAME THING last night...
…when Goldschmidt hit that home run. I still like Ted’s glove flip better — it showed true passion and competitiveness; whereas Marcum’s was like, “Ah, f**k it.”
Baseball is pitching, offensive production, baserunning and defense.
And just so we'll never forget...
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by Al Yellon on Oct 5, 2011 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Nothing will ever top that...
Get 'em on, Get 'em over, Get 'em in!
by DKT on Oct 5, 2011 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions
The Marcum episode
was much different. There clearly was a major disagreement between Marcum and Lucroy over what to throw Goldschmidt with two strikes. First, Lucroy came out to the mound and they had an animated conversation. Then Lucroy put down two signs that Marcum shook off. Then he throws a pitch that Goldschmidt crushes to put the game out of reach.
Then, when Roenicke came out to the mound to take Marcum out, I thought Marcum and Lucroy were going to come to blows.
odd too - is that the ball BARELY got out
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
A Fan of Alternate Jerseys, If...
they are only worn on Sundays in road games. Alternate jerseys should never be worn at home.
Good things come to those who wait... and wait....and wait.
Hmmmm.
I don’t like the cardinals and I dispise Roy Oswalt. Can they both lose?
We'll miss you Big Boy. #10 for Hall of Fame.
by mrcubsfan on Oct 5, 2011 4:57 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Interesting story line
Albert has hit more HR’s off Oswalt than anybody else.
Don’t think Roy doesn’t know that.
Also, Pujols is hitting .580 this series.
How long till pitchers and catchers report?
We need some real Cub news to talk about. Not rumors and DBacks games.
We'll get some soon enough.
A new GM hiring should make this site pretty busy.
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Every day is one less day to get their act together.
I am pulling for Friedman, he has bested Epstein with a fraction of the resources and has built a team that can compete year after year. I would be happy with several of the choices though.
Every day is one less day to get their act together.
I’d be more concerned about this if today were November 5 instead of October 5.
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So were the 2011 Cubs.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2011 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions
In June.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2011 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Im going on vacation next weekend
so it will happen next weekend. Stuff always happens when Im away so I am the last to know.
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
Junior Lake 3-4 in AFL today,
with a double and a homer.
I'm a Cubs fan. The Jaded Bitterness comes as a Standard Feature.
Also just retweeted Keith Law...
… Chris Carpenter is throwing 100 MPH.
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I hope he goes Dempster and walks 10 in the first 4 innings and the Cards lose.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2011 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Wait.
Which Chris Carpenter are we talking about here?
Baseball is pitching, offensive production, baserunning and defense.
Either way...I still hopw the Cards lose.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2011 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions
SWL - please don't remind me of that
Game 1 of the 2008 NLDS was too much to handle….
by DanvilleCubs on Oct 5, 2011 5:49 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He sure did make sure we lost that game didn't he?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2011 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions
idk...It seemed like 15 in 1.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2011 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Dempster was Dumpster that game
It did seem like 15 in 1…. I’m gonna go cry now.
by DanvilleCubs on Oct 5, 2011 8:01 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
before you say yes....
were any of them strikes?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2011 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I laughed when I saw that live
Definitely reminiscent of TRL’s reaction. I’m always amazed when pitchers can tell the difference right away between a long fly ball and a home run – by the time it goes over their head it’s traveled just 60 feet and isn’t all that high off the ground yet. But obviously both TRL and Marcum knew right away, and both ended up being right.
The Chris Young
HR off Lilly in 2007 was definitely a no doubter. I was at that game and everyone in the park knew it was gone, just by the sound it made coming off the bat. It landed a good 12-15 rows deep in the bleachers.
I was also at the game last night, and it was NOT a no-doubter, although you knew it was trouble because it was headed for the gap. It just barely cleared the fence in right.
Whats wrong with alternates?
The standard white and grey gets boring. It gives each team a little personality. I came to love them because whenever Zambrano went out to pitch, it was guaranteed he would pick the blue jersey.
i have always contended that the reason baseball was pretty much always white team versus gray team was because there was no color tv for a very long time and then there was no good consistant color television for some time.
such is not the case now.
not only do i think every team should have an alternate color top, i think the teams that have them should wear them more often. since everything pretty much revolves around television these days i think more color on tv makes games it more likely someone stops and watches the action when it happens. i like what houston did for a few years making the brick shirt the defacto road jersey and i wish more teams did it as well.
baseball is the only major sport where you don’t need teams in opposite colors to tell which team is on offense and which team is on defense, why it is also the only sport that insists on having its teams 95% of the time wear the blandest, non-team color uniforms is beyond me.
I still haven't decided who I'm cheering for this year.
But I do want Matt Kemp to win the MVP, and Clayton Kershaw to win the Cy. And Jose Bautista is a 2011 version of Brady Anderson. Give it to one of the Yankee or Red Sox outfielders, and the Cy in the AL goes to Verlander.
I wish we were a good baseball team.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
I am wondering
if there has ever been a team that had both the MVP and Cy Young Award winner and never even got a sniff of the postseason?
Bautista has done it for two years so
he would be double Anderson. Dodgers win MVP and Cy Young winning 82 games? Verlander is a no brainer, others take your pick.
Kemp was better than Braun according to WAR. Plus he’s less of a douche.
Kershaw was one and a half lower WAR than Halladay, but had a better record, higher K/9, etc. I think that one is the closest.
Ellysbury deserves it in the AL, too.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
I wish Seth Rogan would stop getting acting roles.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2011 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
say way I feel about Neil Patrick Harris
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"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
Detroit
is whom I’m cheering for this post-season.
by Josh Timmers on Oct 5, 2011 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Id love Hunter Pence
in the OF for us.
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"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
Hell no.
First-class tool.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
aaaaaaaaaand I just realized who I'm talking to.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Where do you get that Pence is a tool?
Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.
- John Wayne
Yeah, I wonder about that, too.
Seems like an OK guy to me.
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Oswalt being a whiny bitch
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
Id still take him
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2011 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions
where would he park his bull dozer??
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
ALBERT PUJOLS YOU ARE THE BEST BASEBALL PLAYER I HAVE EVER SEEN
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Utley at first, grounder to short. Furcal fields the chopper, fires to first. Utley pauses, turns the corner, and chugs for third. Pujols cuts the throw off about 10 feet before first, guns it to Freese, Freese head-tags a sliding Utley out at third.
SS—>1B—>5 out
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
meanwhile, at the Chicago Cubs fundamentals instructional session....
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2011 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions
must resist being insensitive
I'm a happy panda.
by jesus christos on Oct 5, 2011 7:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Halladay vs Carpenter
WOW. Cliff Lee to come out of the pen if needed too.
Dusty would probably bring Mark Guthrie into the game
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
I never thought I'd say this,
but I wish Dusty was our manager.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
More baseball is being played by men wearing jerseys.
Also, if you haven’t seen Conan O’Brien’s funniest skit ever, 1864 baseball, watch it now. You will laugh.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Yep, Conan's best skits were from around that time
I’d put that one up at the top along with Conan’s visit to Central Park with a group of birdwatchers.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 5, 2011 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions
This beastmode thing that prince does annoys me a lot.
48 minutes of intensity
by dsenchi on Oct 5, 2011 8:48 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I probably watched the least amount of baseball this year than I have in two decades.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Randy Wolf looking like Randy Wolf.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
I'm cheering for the not-Brewers.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Lol do u hate the diamondbacks?
If the first round works out the way I want it to, I’ll have a hard time deciding who to root for I’m the NL.
48 minutes of intensity
by dsenchi on Oct 5, 2011 9:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm cheering for anybody not named the Brewers, I decided.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
always a good way to go
I'm a happy panda.
by jesus christos on Oct 5, 2011 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
As long as it's not the yanks or the cards it's acceptable
48 minutes of intensity
by dsenchi on Oct 5, 2011 10:52 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Back to back hrs for the d-backs!
Yes!
48 minutes of intensity
by dsenchi on Oct 5, 2011 9:04 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
The Squirrel!
Rally Squirrel needs to go to the NLCS regardless of which team advances from the Phillies/Cards DS.
Can squirrels be trained to run the baselines for acorns?
Can we get Rally Squirrel at Wrigley next year?
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OT: I'm pretty sure I saw Tom Gorzellany at a diner in Iowa City this morning.
Wonder what he could be doing here?
"Beisbol been berry berry good to me." -Tony Oliva
Top Secret Mission
He’s either:
1.) Trying to track down the real Mike Quade. You know, the stellar minor league manager that the Cubs thought would be a great manager, except they got this smiling joker instead.
2.) Trying to find a more competitive team than the 2012 Cubs to play for. He’s tracking down a promising single-A team.
3.) He’s simply hungry and wants to caucus with some couscous.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 6, 2011 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
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