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EastonBlues22 wrote:Well, if I've learned anything from watching this game it's that Encarnacion should never bat ahead of Edmonds again (vs righty or lefty), and that Wilson should never see the lineup again (vs righty or lefty).

If TLR can take even that much from this game, I'd consider it to be a moral victory.

I was mad when I saw both of the in the lineup. Gimme So or even Dunc against a lefty over either one. That's a minimum of 5 Ks right there.

GatewaySnayke wrote:

EastonBlues22 wrote:Well, if I've learned anything from watching this game it's that Encarnacion should never bat ahead of Edmonds again (vs righty or lefty), and that Wilson should never see the lineup again (vs righty or lefty).

If TLR can take even that much from this game, I'd consider it to be a moral victory.

He should never appear in a World Series game again.

I agree 110%, but pansy-boy Selig wont do anything. He'll just say "The umps checked him and didn't find anything."

pujolswrox wrote:

GatewaySnayke wrote:

EastonBlues22 wrote:Well, if I've learned anything from watching this game it's that Encarnacion should never bat ahead of Edmonds again (vs righty or lefty), and that Wilson should never see the lineup again (vs righty or lefty).

If TLR can take even that much from this game, I'd consider it to be a moral victory.

He should never appear in a World Series game again.

I agree 110%, but pansy-boy Selig wont do anything. He'll just say "The umps checked him and didn't find anything."

Uh, I think he was talking about Wilson, there...

GatewaySnayke wrote:

EastonBlues22 wrote:The umps didn't catch him.

He washed it off after the first inning.

Nothing is going to happen to him.

We need to get over it.

There's still the principle of the matter.

Sammy Sosa grounded out when he had his corked bat, did that make it okay that he used it though? I'm more upset that they are taking atrocious at-bats, but Rogers is a cheater, and deserves to be treated like such after this game. This isn't a game in August, this is the World Series.

No, there isn't.

The more we (and by we I include the team and coaches) focus on that after the game, the less we'll be focusing on what really matters...the reasons why we're losing this game, and what we should be doing to prepare ourselves for the next game.

Nothing, and I mean nothing, other than those two things matters one little bit. This is the freaking World Series...not a regular season game. The more we make a big deal out of something that we shouldn't be thinking about at all, the more distracting it is going to be for the team to do what they need to do to win.

bschulte wrote:

pujolswrox wrote:

GatewaySnayke wrote:

EastonBlues22 wrote:Well, if I've learned anything from watching this game it's that Encarnacion should never bat ahead of Edmonds again (vs righty or lefty), and that Wilson should never see the lineup again (vs righty or lefty).

If TLR can take even that much from this game, I'd consider it to be a moral victory.

He should never appear in a World Series game again.

I agree 110%, but pansy-boy Selig wont do anything. He'll just say "The umps checked him and didn't find anything."

Uh, I think he was talking about Wilson, there...

I agree with that 110% too though.

GatewaySnayke wrote:There's still the principle of the matter.

Sammy Sosa grounded out when he had his corked bat, did that make it okay that he used it though? I'm more upset that they are taking atrocious at-bats, but Rogers is a cheater, and deserves to be treated like such after this game. This isn't a game in August, this is the World Series.

If the Cards were caught stealing signs, would you say the same thing?

Edit: did you also demand that Julian Tavarez have his hat checked every time he came out to pitch with the Cards?

Cards really need to get a few baserunners this inning...for momentum, if for nothing else.

EastonBlues22 wrote:Cards really need to get a few baserunners this inning...for momentum, if for nothing else.

That's a start. Now they need to keep it going.

Molina with a single going the other way...good start.

Any chance he makes it to second base?

Kyle wrote:

GatewaySnayke wrote:There's still the principle of the matter.

Sammy Sosa grounded out when he had his corked bat, did that make it okay that he used it though? I'm more upset that they are taking atrocious at-bats, but Rogers is a cheater, and deserves to be treated like such after this game. This isn't a game in August, this is the World Series.

If the Cards were caught stealing signs, would you say the same thing?

Edit: did you also demand that Julian Tavarez have his hat checked every time he came out to pitch with the Cards?

Not that this was directed at me, but... stealing signs isn't against the rule book. It happens often. The other team just needs to change their signs if they think it's happening.

If Julian Tavarez deserved his suspension if he really had a foreign substance on his hat -- which is WAY more debateable than what KR did tonight.