What SPORTS did you watch today? (2018)

Wow.  You weren't kidding.  Cards score 5 in the bottom of the 9th to win 10-8.

Yeah , the bullpencil strikes again. That's pathetic.

Pirates vs Cardinals, game 2.

I caught the last couple innings of last nights Pirates/Cards game. Nice to see Taillon pitch a good game and the bullpen keep the lead for a change and close it out.

Well yesterday was National Donut Day so the Cardinals decided to celebrate by posting a donut on the scoreboard.

Bud Norris just blew a 2-1 Cardinal lead in the top of the 9th.  See, we have a bullpencil too.

EDIT:  OK maybe your bullpencil is worse than our bullpencil.

I didn't watch the game but I saw the results. Typical...

Watching the Pirates/Cardinals.

Wacha has a no-hitter through 8.

I watched part of the Golden Knights/Capitals game last night. I got very drowsy after the first period, and ended up falling asleep on the coach. My mother woke me up in the morning and I went to sleep upstairs, not getting up until almost 3:00 PM. That's almost 15 hours I was lying down for. I was so tired this weekend.

I was watching the Pirates and Cardinals until that grand slam was hit. Right there I knew it was going to be one of those games and I had no desire watching a gutless performance by my team. So I shut it off and went out and cut grass.

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I was watching the Pirates and Cardinals until that grand slam was hit. Right there I knew it was going to be one of those games and I had no desire watching a gutless performance by my team. So I shut it off and went out and cut grass.

The good news is the Pirates broke up the no-hitter with the first batter in the 9th.  The bad news is the Csrdinals brought in Jordan Hicks and his 105mph fastball and he shut the Pirates down.  5-0 final. 

I guess our two teams are about even on the season now 007.  The Pirates got off to a great start sweeping us at PNC and winning the first series here in STL but since then we've won the last series at PNC and now 3 of 4 here in STL.  Why am I not surprised?  These teams seem to beat the crap out of each other the last several years.

Yeah I guess. But I fear the Pirates are fading fast. They've won only 3 of their last 14 games. or something like that. At least we had the first 2 months or so to really enjoy. Oh well. It's what everyone expected around here actually.

Marlins vs Cardinals.

The return of both Yadier Molina and Carlos Martinez in the same game.  Molina has already driven in a run but Martinez has already walked 5 through 3 innings and Florida is leading 2-1 in the bottom of the third. Martinez has really looked rusty; if not for 3 double plays already the score would be much worse.

The Pirates are no showing the Dodgers, losing 4-0 with only 2 hits under their belts. Hell of a job fellas.

I normally root for teams to pound the Dodgers (especially since their my Dad's favorite team) but since the Pirates are a threat to STL I hope their current malaise continues.

With the score tied 2-2 after 4 the Cardinals are bringing in some guy named Guilmet who I've never even heard of to pitch; Martinez is done after 4.

Well Carlos Martinez was lifted after 4 struggling innings but the score was 2-2 when he left.  Then we brought in some clown I've never even heard of, Preston Guilmet, who promptly coughed up 3 runs in the 5th.  Nice job bullpencil. Against the Marlins no less, who average a little over two runs per game.


See our pen sucks too.

Well at least we have 4 hits now.

Ugh. 5-0 now. Time to switch it off if it wasn't dark, I'd go outside and cut some grass again.

The Cardinals came back with 2 runs in the 5th to cut it to 5-4 but the kid Gomber came in and promptly gave up a homer in the 6th so it's now it's now 6-4 Marlins.  And the Fish have 2 on with no outs so our version of the "bullpencil" is rearing its ugly head again.

And remember, this is the Marlins we're talking about.  They can't hit their way out of a paper bag normally.  But not against our pen.


Grass cutting sounds good...

Wow, they just said the Cards bullpen ERA over the last 70+ innings is 6.59.  Top that!

It's now 7-4 Marlins; that's 5 earned runs out of the pen in a measly 2 innings.

I have no idea what their ERA is but last night's loss dropped the Pirates to .500 for the first time this season.

Dodgers at Pirates. Currently 6-4 Pirates in the bottom of the 3rd.

Damn.  Alex Reyes is out for the season again.  Out 16 months with TJ surgery he came back and pitched 4 innings last week and now he's had surgery to reattach his lat muscle to his shoulder.  That just screams potential HGH to me as he was trying to come back from TJ surgery.   The Cardinals should test him.

Crap.  The Cardinals just announced that Red Schoendienst has died.  The Hall of Famer, former Cardinal manager and player was 95.

Red was managing the Cardinals when I became a Cardinal fan back in 2nd grade.   And every year since he still dressed in the Cardinals uniform and would hit fungoes.  People would ask him why he still did it and he always said young ballplayers kept him young.