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[Brownie19]

35 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

Its actually remarkable how many top prospects have failed for the Cards over the last 10-15 years. And the only one that actually looked good died in a car crash.

Something is wrong with that development staff

Rick Ankiel!!!

[Laika]

16 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Weren’t there a lot of prominent posters on here who were obsessed with the Cards front office years ago? 

I think that was largely ironic or sardonic.

Cards used to be too proud of their old school system and ways of doing things. The Cardinal Way, all that crap. Outsiders kind of always saw it as BS.  

[Brownie19]

28 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Weren’t there a lot of prominent posters on here who were obsessed with the Cards front office years ago? 

Between 2000 and 2015, they went to the playoffs in 12 of 16 seasons, won the World Series twice and lost in the finals twice.  They were a great organization - albeit one that had their own model and were very rigid about it - something that is now seemingly hurting them.

They also stole Chris Carpenter from the Jays and turned him into an ace - which Jays fans remain bitter about.

[Spanky__99]

Just realized tomorrow night's season opener is exclusively on Netflix, lol

[jaysblue]

2 hours ago, Spanky__99 said:

Just realized tomorrow night's season opener is exclusively on Netflix, lol

I’m either going to try to find a bar that has Netflix, or just suck it up and pay for a month.

[jaysblue]

2 hours ago, Brownie19 said:

Between 2000 and 2015, they went to the playoffs in 12 of 16 seasons, won the World Series twice and lost in the finals twice.  They were a great organization - albeit one that had their own model and were very rigid about it - something that is now seemingly hurting them.

They also stole Chris Carpenter from the Jays and turned him into an ace - which Jays fans remain bitter about.

They also have one of the best-looking jerseys in baseball.

Busch Stadium is still on my TDL. 

[Spanky__99]

11 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

I’m either going to try to find a bar that has Netflix, or just suck it up and pay for a month.

K...

 

[jaysblue]

Ok since its the night before Opening Night, lets make some predictions.

AL and NL Awards, some team O/U W-L, division winners. 

Wins:

• Pirates Over 78.5
• Athletics Over 75.5
• Nationals Under 65.5
• Diamondbacks Over 79.5
• Guardians Over 78.5

Division Winners:

• AL East: unsure
• AL Central: Cleveland
• AL West: Mariners
• NL East: Phillies
• NL Central: Cubs
• NL West: Dodgers

Awards:

• AL MVP: Vladdy
• NL MVP: Acuna Jr.
• AL Cy Young: Crochet
• NL Cy Young: Skenes
• AL ROY: McGonigle
• NL ROY: Weatherholt

Some sleeper picks:

• AL MVP: Jazz Chisholm Jr.
• NL MVP: Jackson Chourio
• NL Cy Young: Eury Perez
• AL Cy Young: Gavin Williams
• AL ROY: Chase DeLauter
• NL ROY: Hunter Barco

Sleepers to Make Postseason:

• Pirates
• Athletics
• Guardians

 

[John_Havok]

32 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

They also have one of the best-looking jerseys in baseball.

Busch Stadium is still on my TDL. 

Great story about Busch Stadium that I love... the Busch family of course owns Budweiser and the Cardinals, and wanted to call it Budweiser Stadium. MLB wouldnt let them so they named it after the family instead.....Busch Stadium.... and then created a new line of beer called Busch after the fact. 

The old middle finger to MLB!

[G-Snarls]

32 minutes ago, John_Havok said:

Great story about Busch Stadium that I love... the Busch family of course owns Budweiser and the Cardinals, and wanted to call it Budweiser Stadium. MLB wouldnt let them so they named it after the family instead.....Busch Stadium.... and then created a new line of beer called Busch after the fact. 

The old middle finger to MLB!

Took my now deceased father there for the World Series in 2011 

Great stadium. Great fans. (Who dad and I interacted with a lot and at that point were quite happy their team had traded Colby Rasmus for bullpen help)

Definitely some of the fondest memories I'll ever have :) 

[Stangstag]

4 hours ago, Brownie19 said:

Between 2000 and 2015, they went to the playoffs in 12 of 16 seasons, won the World Series twice and lost in the finals twice.  They were a great organization - albeit one that had their own model and were very rigid about it - something that is now seemingly hurting them.

They also stole Chris Carpenter from the Jays and turned him into an ace - which Jays fans remain bitter about.

Yeah and something happened around the 2012/13 timeframe, as that’s when guys like Rasmus, Jon Jay, Craig Allen, Kolten Wong, etc. were becoming pumpkins left and right.

That org has been rotten since the 2013 WS loss

[Stangstag]

3 hours ago, Spanky__99 said:

Just realized tomorrow night's season opener is exclusively on Netflix, lol

Holy s*** lol

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, jaysblue said:

I’m either going to try to find a bar that has Netflix, or just suck it up and pay for a month.

Or… 

[Brownie19]

1 hour ago, G-Snarls said:

Took my now deceased father there for the World Series in 2011 

Great stadium. Great fans. (Who dad and I interacted with a lot and at that point were quite happy their team had traded Colby Rasmus for bullpen help)

Definitely some of the fondest memories I'll ever have :) 

That's awesome man.  Nothing better in life than a father/son day at the ball diamond.  I also need to get to Busch Stadium still - hoping I get to take my boys to it and I hope one day they tell their friends that it was some of the fondest memories they have ❤️

[G-Snarls]

1 hour ago, Brownie19 said:

That's awesome man.  Nothing better in life than a father/son day at the ball diamond.  I also need to get to Busch Stadium still - hoping I get to take my boys to it and I hope one day they tell their friends that it was some of the fondest memories they have ❤️

Hopefully you get to and lots of other great experiences too. 

At least at the WS with dad we didn't really care who won it was just for the experience 

My track record for attending Blue Jays post season games OTOH is a well documented and brutal 0-4 (2015 with my son vs Texas and 2025 with my wife vs Seattle)

[Spanky__99]

3 hours ago, jaysblue said:

Ok since its the night before Opening Night, lets make some predictions.

AL and NL Awards, some team O/U W-L, division winners. 

Wins:

• Pirates Over 78.5
• Athletics Over 75.5
• Nationals Under 65.5
• Diamondbacks Over 79.5
• Guardians Over 78.5

Division Winners:

• AL East: unsure
• AL Central: Cleveland
• AL West: Mariners
• NL East: Phillies
• NL Central: Cubs
• NL West: Dodgers

Awards:

• AL MVP: Vladdy
• NL MVP: Acuna Jr.
• AL Cy Young: Crochet
• NL Cy Young: Skenes
• AL ROY: McGonigle
• NL ROY: Weatherholt

Some sleeper picks:

• AL MVP: Jazz Chisholm Jr.
• NL MVP: Jackson Chourio
• NL Cy Young: Eury Perez
• AL Cy Young: Gavin Williams
• AL ROY: Chase DeLauter
• NL ROY: Hunter Barco

Sleepers to Make Postseason:

• Pirates
• Athletics
• Guardians

 

Degenerate... 👆

Who has zero balls in calling an ALE winner???

[G-Snarls]

 

 

[jaysblue]

8 hours ago, Spanky__99 said:

Degenerate... 👆

Who has zero balls in calling an ALE winner???

Betting wise, would go with Boston or Baltimore since the odds are more favourable than the Jays or Yankees. Cheering and picking the Blue Jays though. Regardless, tough division and should be a dogfight all season long. 

[mphenhef]

12 hours ago, jaysblue said:

Ok since its the night before Opening Night, lets make some predictions.

AL and NL Awards, some team O/U W-L, division winners. 

Wins:

• Pirates Over 78.5
• Athletics Over 75.5
• Nationals Under 65.5
• Diamondbacks Over 79.5
• Guardians Over 78.5

Division Winners:

• AL East: unsure
• AL Central: Cleveland
• AL West: Mariners
• NL East: Phillies
• NL Central: Cubs
• NL West: Dodgers

Awards:

• AL MVP: Vladdy
• NL MVP: Acuna Jr.
• AL Cy Young: Crochet
• NL Cy Young: Skenes
• AL ROY: McGonigle
• NL ROY: Weatherholt

Some sleeper picks:

• AL MVP: Jazz Chisholm Jr.
• NL MVP: Jackson Chourio
• NL Cy Young: Eury Perez
• AL Cy Young: Gavin Williams
• AL ROY: Chase DeLauter
• NL ROY: Hunter Barco

Sleepers to Make Postseason:

• Pirates
• Athletics
• Guardians

 

Division Winners:

• AL East: Orioles
• AL Central: Royals
• AL West: Mariners
• NL East: Mets
• NL Central: Cubs
• NL West: Dodgers

Wildcards

Jays, Yanks, Rangers

Phils, Brewers, Pirates, 

Awards:

• AL MVP: Witt
• NL MVP: Shohei.
• AL Cy Young: Crochet
• NL Cy Young: Skenes
• AL ROY: Murakami
• NL ROY: Wetherholt

 

[sliderguy35]

AL:
Division Winners - TOR / KCR / SEA
Wild Cards - TEX / NYY / BAL

NL:
Division Winners - NYM / CHC / LAD
Wild Cards - MIL / MIA / SDP

AL MVP: Bobby Witt - (Dark Horse: Corey Seager)
NL MVP: Shohei Ohtani - (Dark Horse: Corbin Carroll)

AL CY: Cole Ragans - (Dark Horse: Kyle Bradish)
NL CY: Jesus Luzardo - (Dark Horse: Eury Perez)

AL ROY: Kazuma Okamoto (Dark Horse: Colt Emerson)
NL ROY: Owen Caissie (Dark Horse: Ryan Waldschmidt)

[BTS]

Baseball tonight!

[Stangstag]

20 minutes ago, BTS said:

Baseball tonight!

Hopefully get our first DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE of the year

[glory]

Tonight's game being on Netflix means I can actually watch it, so I might be one of the few people who likes MLB's new partnership with Netflix. Less cable, more streaming works for me. 

Glad we finally have baseball again. Off season didn't feel as long as usual with the Jays going until literally the last possible day of the season, but this is still the best time of year for sports IMO, so glad we are back. 

[Orgfiller]

15 minutes ago, glory said:

Tonight's game being on Netflix means I can actually watch it, so I might be one of the few people who likes MLB's new partnership with Netflix. Less cable, more streaming works for me. 

Glad we finally have baseball again. Off season didn't feel as long as usual with the Jays going until literally the last possible day of the season, but this is still the best time of year for sports IMO, so glad we are back. 

I also think the WBC helped massively bridge the gap between the offseason and the regular season. Spring Training is such a slog, so getting a legit two weeks of high level competition and entertainment was huge for fans.

[G-Snarls]

Thanks to a World Series run, signing Cease early, and the WBC this definitely felt like the shortest off season in a very long time for Jays fans. 

[jaysblue]

Don't even see the game on Netflix lol WTF?

[BTS]

15 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Don't even see the game on Netflix lol WTF?

Sportsnet 

[BTS]

Why the f*** is Bert Kreischer on my TV? Netflix should never be allowed to do another MLB game

[Abomination]

Why are the players running out between a pair of taxis?

 

[BTS]

1 minute ago, Abomination said:

Why are the players running out between a pair of taxis?

 

This is really cringe