Poll of the Day > Sports Discussion Topic #180: St. Louis Cardinals OF Tryouts Inside

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STLCards1991 posted...

Greg Holland has been granted his release.

It seems like just yesterday you were saying you were excited for Greg Holland

I've done a lot of growing up this season.

Why do the Rockies have shit-ass Wade Davis closing games instead of Ottavino

Looks like we both have a problem with washed-up ex-Royals

I need to find a way to hook Shohei Ohtani highlights directly into my bloodstream.
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Every time I watch the Giants give up a bunch or runs I wonder why it was obvious to me that their pitching was going to be awful before the season but they made no attempts to improve it, instead getting McCutchen and Longoria.

What I'm trying to say is I'm smarter than the Giants

I think the Cardinals made a smart move trading for Ozuna but it hasn't paid off obviously. But at the time I did say just adding him wasn't gonna be enough to compete with the Cubs so I'm also smarter than the Cardinals. The one saving grace of this season is they finally got with the program and fired Matheny.

Zeeky_Bomb posted...

I need to find a way to hook Shohei Ohtani highlights directly into my bloodstream.

Apparently he's just been DHing full-time recently. I haven't heard much about him lately and I guess that's why. Kind of weird to me that they'd still have him hitting when he can't pitch because of injury; isn't that risky? Especially given that he was expected to pan out as a far more valuable pitcher than hitter.

Well I'm sure it was part of his agreement with the Angels that he would get a lot of time at the dish. And he's been really good as a hitter too.

Johnny Football got pulled at the half in his first CFL game after throwing four interceptions.

The dumb president's latest petty fight he's picking is with a guy who's beloved in a swing state.

If only LeBron had gone back to Miami too...

I never thought about that... I'm sure at least a few people will change their vote just because of that

Chewster posted...

The dumb president's latest petty fight he's picking is with a guy who's beloved in a swing state.

If only LeBron had gone back to Miami too...

This is excellent. No one has been elected president without winning Ohio since JFK. LeBron is saving us from second term Trump.

Wait does Ohio still love LeBron though? He just left again.

I assume they still do... I would. Born and raised there, did a ton for the community, and ended the championship drought

I assume some people are upset with LeBron but it definitely isn't nearly as bad as when he left the first time. Building that school added a lot of good will too. When he went to Miami, I don't remember him really showing his face in Ohio again.

Also, real talk, I expect Trump to get blown out even more in the popular vote and probably lose at least one of his swing states, but I'm worried that still won't be enough. Americans are really dumb and Republicans don't actually care that much about Russian meddling

LeBron actively tried to stop trump last time and it didn't work. If you're a trump guy at this point you're a trump guy at the expense of everything else you used to like. No sports, no tv, no comedy, just our fat senile Nazi president

So I guess the Suckies are back to sucking

I'm watching some of the Packers Family night game (pretty much drills with different players very little contact) and Brett Hundley was doing just as bad as last season.
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He is not good at football

He isn't and Mike McCarthy just needs to admit that he made a mistake with him, but he is sticking with him always claiming he is a great quaterback and just needs to work out some kinks.
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Matt Carpenter has two walks, a double and a homer tonight. I have spent every day baffled by him for like two and a half months

STLCards1991 posted...

after throwing four interceptions

Ooh, the reverse Al Bundy

I don't think it'll happen but I find it hilarious that people are speculating on Kobe coming out of retirement, like it would be this really cool thing. Does everyone forget that he became one of the worst players in the league like five years ago? I bet the Lakers know this too, but if he really did want to come back, would they be willing to say no? Would they give him a small role, or would they still let him chuck a bunch of shots playing starter minutes now that they're actually contending for the playoffs?

I kind of want it to happen just to see what a trainwreck it would be

Seems like the kind of thing LeBron wouldn't stand for

The thing is, even if he did unretire, he'd still be one unretirement behind Mike

He would absolutely go back to chucking like crazy within like a week.

Jon Gray with 70 pitches through 6. I hope he can go the distance so we don't have to see Wade Davis again

I'm hoping to see Davis today.
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I like on the GameFAQs sports boards when you see people who are fans of both the Patriots and Warriors, or like the Cowboys, Lakers and Yankees and you wonder if they're real people.

My favorite though is Lizzie, who literally has six MLB teams in her favorite teams sig and two of them are in the same damn division (Mariners and Angels)

The greatest Lizzie moment ever was when she was for some reason challenging herself to name all the California teams and she left the Padres off but claimed victory. When this was pointed out to her, she said she really thinks of the Padres as more of a Seattle team

Their stadiums are 1255 miles away from each other

In a cruel twist of fate, it was neither Gray nor Davis who blew the game, but Ottavino. Cool I love baseball

Chewster posted...

I like on the GameFAQs sports boards when you see people who are fans of both the Patriots and Warriors, or like the Cowboys, Lakers and Yankees and you wonder if they're real people.

My favorite though is Lizzie, who literally has six MLB teams in her favorite teams sig and two of them are in the same damn division (Mariners and Angels)

and Bama/Ohio State

I find it hard to truly be a fan of a team that isnt one from a place I've lived. I do have a tendency to root for teams that people unnecessarily hate though like the warriors.

Million Dollar Baby has got to be the most depressing sports movie ever

It's so good though.

Lol, the football HOF is going to make a rule that says you have to commit to attending your ceremony before getting inducted. It's happened literally one time ever that a guy didn't go and now they're making a rule about it!

Does that rule also apply if you kill yourself before getting into the HOF because you have CTE?

Big news: A guy on the vikings reddit is saying that he went to the movies and Kirk cousins was there seeing Christopher Robin by himself

Chewster posted...

Does that rule also apply if you kill yourself before getting into the HOF because you have CTE?

That'll be an interesting case study when it happens, which it will. Junior Seau got in there under the wire.

The A's might be coming for the Astros now. They're only four games back and half of the Astros' position players are on the DL. Springer, Altuve, Correa, McCann, and McCullers (who is a pitcher, yes) are all on the DL

This Aaron Donald situation is interesting. It seems like he's serious about not playing a snap until he has a new contract and I don't even know if the Rams can pay him what he wants/what he's worth. He kind of got screwed by the CBA...4 year rookie contract, 5th year option, and then they could franchise tag him at least once, never having guaranteed money for more than 1 season at a time.

Chewster posted...

Does that rule also apply if you kill yourself before getting into the HOF because you have CTE?

Probably. It wouldn't surprise me to say the least.

MNTwins1991 posted...

Big news: A guy on the vikings reddit is saying that he went to the movies and Kirk cousins was there seeing Christopher Robin by himself

This might be the most likeable thing about Kirk... which is a very low bar, I admit.
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Christopher Robin was a legendary pitcher in the classic Winnie the Pooh Home Run Derby

I got to him but he was too obnoxious for me to want to try too hard against.

I don't think I ever got to CR

Rick Ankiel is going to try to make a comeback as a reliever. He announced it on the Cardinals pregame show today. He's gonna be 40. How nuts is that

I didn't find Christopher Robin to be insanely difficult but the winning conditions were too strict. 32/40 pitches had to be home runs.

Right. It was just too much to make it worth my effort.