St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates GameThread, Apr 23, 2008 7:05 PM EDT

Cardinals vs. Pirates, 23 April 2008

by Charlie on Apr 23, 2008 3:01 PM EDT Comment 9 comments

St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Todd Wellemeyer and Ian Snell kick off a two-game set at 7:05 at PNC. As always when Snell pitches against the Cardinals, watch out for Albert Pujols, who's 9-for-16 lifetime with four homers against Snell.

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Scary start...

...great ending!

I’d also like to thank the Texas Rangers for making me feel a little better about the Bucs’ last few drubbings. Ah, the sweet smell of schadenfreude...

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on Apr 24, 2008 2:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Texas Rangers

I run a Texas Rangers fan site, and I was coming here to post something. Much to my surprise, there was already a Texas Rangers remark here. :)

Anyway, I was going to post this link. Pirates fans might find it amusing.

http://www.rangerfans.com/archives/2008/04/g22_rangers_serve_up_a_heaping_big_pile_of_suck.html

by Joe Siegler on Apr 24, 2008 3:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I feel for you...

... it kinda seemed that the Tigers were taking out the frustrations of their dismal first week on the Rangers.

by humbucker on Apr 24, 2008 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know a ton about Kevin Thompson,

but he should be on the mlb team right now. Can anyone tell me why he isn’t occupying the bench OFer spot instead of Nyjer Morgan? I know this has been talked about a lot before, but I was hoping some Nyjer fan out there will be able to make a good argument for me.

by DITO on Apr 24, 2008 9:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'll play Devil's advocate

Nyjer is a significantly better defender than Thompson, and his baserunning gives him added tactical value. Thompson is basically the same type of hitter as Gomez and Dougie M and Paulino: decent average and doubles power, but not a big thumper. As such, he’d be redundant on the team, with the way the roster is currently constructed. He made notional sense as a platoon partner for Nate this spring, but since Nate’s hitting .335/.412/.484 against LHP so far this year, that isn’t really a pressing need at the moment.

That said, once I go back to being myself, I’d probably still make the switch.

by Vlad on Apr 24, 2008 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs