Bring on the Cards
By
Amanda
Posted at 7:46 pm
I've taken a catnap ahead of time and carried-out Chinese food so I wouldn't have to waste my precious energy cooking tonight, so I'm hopeful that I'll stay awake through the whole game tonight. It will help me if we can avoid the rain delay this time.
C. Trent has the line-ups:
Redlegs
Josh Hamilton CF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Ken Griffey Jr. RF
Edwin Encarnación 3B
Scott Hatteberg 1B
Alex Gonzales SS
David Ross C
Bronson Arroyo P
Redbirds
David Eckstein SS
Chris Duncan LF
Albert Pujols 1B
Scott Rolen 3B
Jim Edmonds CF
Preston Wilson RF
Adam Kennedy 2B
Yadier Molina C
Braden Looper P
Can anyone explain to me why Josh Hamilton leads off this line-up? I realize that there are not a lot of other choices, but Hatteberg or Phillips seem like better choices than Hamilton.
Ross got a couple hits last night after dipping below the semi-Mendoza line (.100) briefly. Here's hoping he's moving back up. It would be hard for him to move much further down.
Line-up
worked yesterday, so I’m actually glad Narron left it alone….
We got Chinese take out too!
If this game starts to really suck, I’m gonna switch over to Mythbusters 😉
Ooh, what are the Mythbusters talking about today?
first pitch in is a strike that looked outside to me. C’mon, Hamilton, let’s waste a homer!
Proxy says: “Jamie examines the slump; interviews Mark Grace. Meanwhile, Adam performs a series of tests to figure out why the Cardinals can’t hit water if they fell out of a boat.”
LaRussa has Buster the ballistic dummy in right.
What kind of Chinese you eating, Ms. Scratcher? Jonny had the General Tso’s, I was all over the shrimp in lobster sauce.
Thank goodness for our ace…Bradon (gulp) Looper.
Oh, and the kid is rocking the baloney and American cheese Lunchable. He also ate our fortune cookies.
I almost got shrimp in lobster sauce!!
I got chicken with mushrooms, Steve had mongolian beef.
I’m going to try to keep track of how many slow rollers the Cardinals hit. That’s one.
Eerie. We’re on a wavelength.
So Arroyo tonight. At a game later this season they’re giving away a hat in his honor with blond wig built in.
Does the hat come with a cheesy acoustic guitar album?
No, you’ve got to buy the cheese acoustic guitar album.
ACK! Did he hurt himself??
Oh well.
The Cardinals got the first hit. That’s odd.
Of course he did!
Dang, are the Reds already done batting?
That’s two.
Gonzo’s play last night was on Baseball Tonight. It was the only coverage of the Reds that I caught on the whole show.
Two and a half…that wasn’t very slow, but Molina is.
Oh, I hear ya. Sometimes it seems like the only time the Cardinals are shown is serving up home runs in montages.
Look at the mad hopz on Looper!
Oh, Dunn is ALWAYS in montages of pitchers striking people out. I think Dunn shouldn’t even count as one of a pitcher’s Ks. That’s easier than striking out the pitcher.
Keisler is going tomorrow? But he didn’t need to lose any weight…
Um, our announcers are going to ask for Hamilton’s phone number.
Helluva play.
Keisler is a reclamation project, though.
He’s married.
Three and a half.
Does Albert usually have a shaved head or did he come down with lice this season?
It looks pretty bad outside…there might be a delay coming soon.
It’s usually shaved.
So why was Pujols removed from the game yesterday? He seems all right tonight.
Man this game is going quick. The lack of scoring does that, I reckon.
According to Tony after the game, Albert’s knee was “barking.”
This game is quick. Maybe they’ve seen the forecast.
Hey BubbaFan. I heard he tweaked his knee. Convenient that it was already a blowout.
I’d like to give the pitchers the credit for this double-shutout, but I have to think it’s the battle of in the ineffective offenses. Even though the Reds scored 10 yesterday.
The Cardinals can only score on Sundays. Really.
WTF is a lead?
Maybe they should try praying more. :pray:
Hey! You said they could only do that on Sundays! 😛
Sunday came early this week. 😛
(BTW, how’s your kitty?)
I liked the fan who touched the ball. He looked like he was ready to take himself out back and flog himself, but he probably just prevented his runner from being tagged out at third or something.
Kitty’s doing better, but isn’t 100% yet 🙁
There was much cursing at that fan at my house.
Why must our fielders play two steps from the wall? There’s time to run back, fellas.
Yeah, how’s the feline? Mine’s a pain in the neck.
I could go on and on about the kitty – gotta wait for some tests so I’m all freaked out. But he’ll probably have nothing wrong with him.
If only Looper had more than 3 career hits….
Poor kitty. [img]http://www.bubba-crosby.com/smilies/cat3.gif[/img]
Kind of a rough inning for Arroyo there.
That is freaking adorable!
Awww!
I’m sorry to hear about the tests. I bet the kitty didn’t like getting those done either.
Yeah, he wasn’t happy.
Cy Looper.
Nice catch. He must have been following the trails.
Maybe you shouldn’t play so deep, Hamilton.
I thought that was trouble off the bat. I’m one of those people!
Four and a half.