Stl Cardinals Thread

[thabigbluenation]

 

[berniecarbo]

I loved Jack as a player, but he has not been good with money. He has filed two bankruptcies. I recall one player saying that as Jack was driving to the ball park one day, he stopped and bought two expensive sports cars.

Remember Pedro Guerrero? The Dodgers were trying to make him a third baseman without success. The coaches had a sit down with him. They asked him what he was thinking when the pitcher threw the ball. He said, please don't hit the ball to me. They asked him what else he was thinking. He said, please don't hit the ball to Sax either. If you recall, Sax was a second baseman who was notorious for bad throws to first base.

 

[thabigbluenation]

Throw in a Bob Horner reference as well. Whitey tried to recreate the same magic with different players once that era started to fade. Pendleton went to atl, van slyke to Pitt, Clark went out west I believe. Coleman got hurt. Ozzie was getting old.

 

[*CatinIL*]

I loved Jack as a player, but he has not been good with money. He has filed two bankruptcies. I recall one player saying that as Jack was driving to the ball park one day, he stopped and bought two expensive sports cars.

Remember Pedro Guerrero? The Dodgers were trying to make him a third baseman without success. The coaches had a sit down with him. They asked him what he was thinking when the pitcher threw the ball. He said, please don't hit the ball to me. They asked him what else he was thinking. He said, please don't hit the ball to Sax either. If you recall, Sax was a second baseman who was notorious for bad throws to first base.

I always enjoyed seeing that! But I confess, there were times when I was playing 1st base I would try to turn a double play and I ended up throwing the ball into left field so I understand the mental aspect of it. 🤣

 

[*CatinIL*]

The Redbirds with a much needed BEAT DOWN on the Rangers today!

 

[TheFrontRunner]

The Redbirds with a much needed BEAT DOWN on the Rangers today!

@HymanKaplan

Pitcher with his mlb debut today goes 7 innings only one earned run and Pham goes 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs.

Lance Lynn going to the DL though.

 

[HymanKaplan]

McGreevy!

Pham is killing it.

 

[thabigbluenation]

Dunno but I had a real good feeling about Pham. He might be nuts and past his prime but I thought he could inject some excitement into the team. See if it last.

I had also been questioning overall why we were bringing Lynn back and Carpenter and now Pham but my theory is it brings that culture back to club house. Those first 2 have been thru some playoff wars. Came from that last era we had. I thinks it's changed the teams attitude and helping to reinstate that winning culture we had.

Yadi and pujols and waino gave this organization an edge about them for a decade and a half. We lost that in recent yrs