St Louis Cardinals - 2015 edition

[kyfan606]

Saw the writing on the wall for the last month or so. Was hoping some way some how we could make another World Series, but it was not to be this year. I tip my hat to the Cubs they were playing a lot better down the stretch and took it to us.

 

[CloverforkCat]

Saw the writing on the wall for the last month or so. Was hoping some way some how we could make another World Series, but it was not to be this year. I tip my hat to the Cubs they were playing a lot better down the stretch and took it to us.

Agree, injuries took a toll on us at bad times this season. We scored runs against the Cubs, but they were just on a roll with the bats. We actually homered in all 4 games, just couldn't hold the Cubbies.
Congrats to them, I can actually see them getting to the World Series !

 

[NKYWildcat]

This wasnt as much about the Cardinals and their injuries as it was the Cubs are FRICKIN good..thats a helluva lineup....and are going to be good for a while. If the pitching holds up....look out.

 

[Bluewest]

Yep, Cubs were "just"good this year....it is what it is.....

Cards will probably be next year as usual.

 

[Bluewest]

Yep, Cubs were "just"good this year....it is what it is.....

Cards will probably be next year as usual.

Be "back" next year.

 

[Tskware]

This wasnt as much about the Cardinals and their injuries as it was the Cubs are FRICKIN good..thats a helluva lineup....and are going to be good for a while. If the pitching holds up....look out.

They are indeed very good, and Arrieta is on another planet right now.

I will post some factoids about 1908 I looked up for fun some time this weekend. Lets just say . . . that was a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

 

[Comebakatz3]

The Cardinals also didn't seem to play with a whole lot of passion in the series. I don't know what it was, but there were few times that I recall them really looking like they were loose and having fun. In the last game there were never any rally caps that I saw or any real shenanigans in the dugout. It was all business, but baseball is something you're more successful at if you're having fun. I don't think that played a huge factor, but it certainly didn't help their cause.

The biggest factor home runs were the biggest factor (duh! lol). Saw a stat in the series that the Cubs scored about 34 percent of their runs off of home runs this past year. Yet, at one point, in the Cards/Cubs series they had scored something like 20 of 25 runs off of home runs. Maybe you attribute that to pitching or maybe you attribute it to the Cubs just getting hot. What I can tell you is that the Cubs hit something like 12 home runs in 19 games during the regular season against the Cardinals. Yet, as we know they hit 6 home runs in one game and 10 total against the Cards. This was also just in 3 games considering that they were shutout in game 1. So, did the Cardinals pitchers just do poorly or did the Cubs just get hot? I guess we will find out more when the ne