What SPORTS did you watch today?

Cards and the Pirates are mirroring each other.  Cards got swept by Texas and have also lost 5 in a row.  First time since 1983 that the Cardinals have lost every game of a homestand of 5 games or more.  And now we're in Chicago.

I'm going to tonight's game against the Giants. The pitching matchup ? Bumgarner vs. Locke. Ouch !

Yeah that doesn't bode well for the Bucs.

And yet somehow the Pirates pulled off the win. Locke pitched rather well and a rather strange home run from Erik Kratz sealed the deal, 1-0.

Cards beat the Cubs 3-2.

tohostudios wrote:

Cards beat the Cubs 3-2.

Now we're only 14 games back !

Watched the Dodgers beat the Nationals last night.

Kershaw is simply unbelievable this year. 

Speaking of him, today on MLB Central they showed video of Kershaw holding 6 baseballs in one hand...and holding his hand palms down at that!

Cards beat the Cubs again tonight 4-3.

The Pirates got spanked last night 15-4 by the Giants. The downward spiral continues.

Just finished watching the Cardinals complete the sweep of the Cubs.  They beat Arrieta today.  Final was 7-2.  First time the Cards have swept at Wrigley since May of 1988.

No one saw that coming.

Watching the Braves and Marlins.

tohostudios wrote:

Kershaw is simply unbelievable this year. 

Speaking of him, today on MLB Central they showed video of Kershaw holding 6 baseballs in one hand...and holding his hand palms down at that!

I saw that! I was like "How?!?"

Watched the Pirates blow a 5 run lead and lose to the Giants 7-6. Man has the pitching been unbearable to watch this year.

Just finished watching the Pirates lose to the Giants again 5-3.

The Pirates have gotten horrible and they've gotten to that point quickly. I can't explain it. Maybe the injuries to Cole and Cervelli but all teams gotta deal with that.

It really did happen fast.  Seems like just a couple weeks ago the Pirates were 2 or 3 games ahead of the Cardinals.

I really think the loss of Cervelli is at the heart of it.  The same thing happened to the Cardinals when they lost Molina to the thumb injury.  When you lose a catcher who calls a good game and who the staff is comfortable with you can't just plug another guy in there and expect the same results.  And the fact that Cervelli is an offensive weapon as well just makes the loss worse.

I'm sure glad I didn't stay up to watch the end of the Cardinal game last night. Trevor "Blowsitall" came in with a 3-1 lead in the 9th and promptly gave up a double, a walk and a three run homer. His ERA in June is 14.14 with a WHIP of 3.00. Send his ass down to AAA and let him figure it out down there; I'm tired of watching him cough up games.

Braves and Mets are on now.

Watching Premier Boxing on CBS.

The most interesting thing so far is that the lead announcer is Mauro Ranallo who is also the lead announcer for WWE Smackdown. I thought all WWE announcers signed an exclusivity clause but apparently not.

I've watched the Pirates take two games from the Dodgers,surprisingly. Those were much needed wins. I'd like to see them keep it up but they're going against Kershaw and have called Kuhl to oppose him.

Currently watching the Cards vs Seattle and it's 3-1 M's.  We're facing a lefty who came in with opposing teams batting over .300 against him and of course STL is making him look like Steve Carlton.

We need this one because last night Mike "I've Sprung A" Leake had his shortest outing of the year going 3.1 innings and allowing 5 runs as the Cardinals lost 5-4.

Earlier today I watched the Marlins beat up on the Cubs 6-1.  Shlubs have lost 6 of 7.  That makes me smile.

EDIT:  Nevermind.  It's now 4-3 STL after three straight doubles then a triple.  That's more like it. Still only the 5th though and there's still the gasoline bullpen of the Cardinals. Please keep Blowsitall out of this damn game...

Cards won 11-6 hitting 6 homers, 6 doubles and a triple.

Watching Dodgers and Pirates

Cards ended up beating Seattle 11-6