GDT : Cardinals vs Cubs (7/29) ~ 6:45pm CDT

[82birds]

good AB Masyn
LOL

[cbcardsfan]

Minor league Cardinals are at it again I see

[RunSup]

11 pitch inning for May. Nice.

Now let's make Boyd throw some pitches

[82birds]

attawy Mr May
three very strong innings

[82birds]

nice idea Church
took a good play to get him

[Futuregm2]

JJ has seen 2 pitches in 2 ABs

[cbcardsfan]

A bunch of minor league type players taking one bad at bat after another. They have no plate discipline. Been this way for several years now.

[Lightning Rod]

These guys are getting to the point of being unwatchable.

[hmoss859]

25 pitches in 3 innings for Boyd

The local nine has given up

[RunSup]

1st pitch bunt for an out by Church. Whatever.
Pages grounds out on 3rd pitch
Wetherholt grounds out on the first pitch

Well done guys. Way to make Boyd work.

[Pura Vida]

A bunch of minor league type players taking one bad at bat after another. They have no plate discipline. Been this way for several years now.

+-

Exactly....and the coaching talent is in question. Beyond boring now!

[11WSChamps]

I've been giving them an inning or two and then moving on- don't think I am the only one. Even if they get it together in the next year or three it is going to be hard to re-build the fan base. They can run a bunch of their own spots during the game but they need ad revenue from actual advertisers. They need Ballpark Village revenue and not just on game days. They need people to want to rent the apartments. They have a lot of needs.

They need to play well enough to prevent fans from wanting to put out their own eyes with ice picks. Right now it is better to move on to something else for entertainment.

I agree- been watching for 65 years. If they are still in the game I normally watch till the end or until the wheels come off but as you said there are a lot of other things to do.

About the same years for me. 1960 to now. I remember following any way I could, including the transistor radio for late night west coast games. We are lucky to be able to watch all the games we are, although the selling certain games by MLB is annoying. I take the night off when they do that, although I subscribe to one or two that have the broadcast. Direct TV used to have all the games.

Listened to tons of games on the old transistor radio. For some reason Direct gave me the baseball package so there are plenty of other games on every night and I can hear some quality announcers!

I read both newspapers Globe and Post, and had an Uncle who save the Sporting News, at one time the Baseball Bible for me. Read them from cover to cover. The minor league section was the Craviduce of their time.

TSN was the goods, back in the day. I’m gonna paraphrase Harry from, I believe, 1965: “You know you’re in trouble when you walk into the clubhouse and see more copies of “The Wall Street Journal” than “The Sporting News.”

Only Harry could have come up with that.

[82birds]

four very strong innings for May
just what the doctor ordered

[RunSup]

Remember when this lineup was "relentless". Good times. Good times.

[cbcardsfan]

That good first half for Walker…. Probably the best he will ever be.

[Poojols]

Can Burly never bat against LHP again please? Thanks.