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Re: St. Louis sucks
« Reply #241 on: May 18, 2023, 02:26:09 pm »
From the Cardinal blather machine:  When the Cardinals recently moved prized free-agent acquisition Willson Contreras out of the catching position, the fiery veteran could have reacted with disgust and made an already bad situation worse. Instead, the 31-year-old Contreras never sulked, felt sorry for himself and made a major issue out of having his primary position taken away from him, while the Cardinals worked to steady their starting staff.

That professionalism from the three-time All-Star starter certainly didn’t go unnoticed by manager Oliver Marmol, who reinstated Contreras to the catching position on Monday to work with Jack Flaherty. Before Contreras caught for Matthew Liberatore on Wednesday, Contreras said he spent a few hours watching video of the 6-foot-4 left-hander late Tuesday to ready himself.

 

Again, the Cardinals have marveled at the preparation and preparedness of their new backstop -- even in the face of him having his position unceremoniously taken away from him for a stretch.

“He was unbelievable,” Marmol raved. “You’re talking about an extremely humble dude, who took everything in stride and saw [his catching removal] as an opportunity. It wasn’t always ideal, but one thing he did was he communicated well. It was really impressive. I couldn’t be more proud of the way he handled it.”   
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Re: St. Louis sucks
« Reply #242 on: June 05, 2023, 11:39:00 am »
Somebody explain "urgency" to Reb.  I'm tuckered out from the "trying to do too much" discussion.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37800110/adam-wainwright-cardinals-skid-more-urgency-hurt

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Re: St. Louis sucks
« Reply #243 on: June 05, 2023, 01:20:02 pm »
Actually, the piece that Curt posted is a good example of players having no real explanation why they’re not doing better. Very similar to the mythical TTTDTM syndrome and not hitting in clutch.

Read Wainwright’s remarks: “some things can’t be explained,” he says.

What does “urgency” actually mean in a baseball context? Wainwright tells us: need to “find ways to win games and not find ways to lose games.”

A classic baseball explanation.
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Re: St. Louis sucks
« Reply #244 on: June 05, 2023, 09:27:52 pm »
Wainwright might want to tone down the calls for urgency. If they were really making urgent moves, they'd probably release the 41 year old starter who has a 5.97 ERA.

Ross is not a great manager. But Marmol might be worse. The Cardinals are still platooning Nolan Gorman, who might be their best hitter this year.

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Re: St. Louis sucks
« Reply #245 on: June 13, 2023, 08:06:05 pm »
Just heard the Cardinal announcers say "it's time to start making the uniform again.  It's time to fear the birds on the bat again."  I can't think of any uniform in baseball anyone FEARS. 

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Re: St. Louis sucks
« Reply #246 on: June 13, 2023, 09:44:27 pm »
Watching the Card game, Flannery blew up.  He seems easy to set off.

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Re: St. Louis sucks
« Reply #247 on: June 14, 2023, 05:24:06 pm »
Joy is the Cardinals giving up a two out two run homer in the 9th to tie and then getting whacked in extras.

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Re: St. Louis sucks
« Reply #249 on: June 15, 2023, 09:09:44 am »
Boo hoo…you should have opted out when you had the chance.

Now you not only passed on millions of $, but you’re stuck on a shitty team.
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Re: St. Louis sucks
« Reply #250 on: July 31, 2023, 04:51:24 pm »
skip to the 5:30 mark to hear the Tauchman call on the Cardinals radio network