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Shady wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 09:51 am

Shady wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 09:22 am A good article on Nathan Church. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/ri ... d=msedgdhp

In the video clip, a nice play by Church in CF, aggressively charging the ball and throwing the runner out at the plate. By the way, I appreciate the kind words from sikeston bulldog2 and Melville. Two very respectful posters on CT. The forum could use more of their class. There is way too much petulance by too many on CT.

Monsieur De Treville wrote: ↑06 Jun 2025 22:02 pm

Cusecards wrote: ↑06 Jun 2025 21:58 pm

Monsieur De Treville wrote: ↑06 Jun 2025 21:47 pm

Cusecards wrote: ↑06 Jun 2025 21:36 pm

Cranny wrote: ↑06 Jun 2025 21:34 pm

Shady wrote: ↑06 Jun 2025 21:31 pm Church, at 24, is coming on strong. He's also a fine CF.

Too many threads started. Take a break.

Yes PLEASE give it a rest!

It's Shady's way or the highway. A hundred poster's can beg & plead while other message boards kick him off...but he has no intention of changing.

It's why his wife & kid ran away from him!

Look I’m passionate about Cardinal baseball but it’s still a game.
I have no idea what his personal issues are?
And I have responded positively in a number of his threads.
But it does seem that with a LITTLE effort he could make some adjustments to suit the forum???

He refuses to make ANY efforts. He likes to pretend he's fine and everyone else has a problem.

hugeCardfan wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 12:46 pm I do agree that shady starts too many threads. I would imagine there is compulsion involved. Still, I don't understand why a topic like this one needs to be more about shady than Church. Why is that?

Church is interesting to me. He can play baseball and has tools. He can hit line drives all day and makes great contact. Has been known for his hitting despite a lack of sheer power. What has become interesting is his defense. He roams the outfield, makes really good plays and his arm in dead on. Taking an extra base on him is problematic. I don't care much about his size unless we intend to start him at 1B.

I admit that if the subject doesn't interest me, I tend to stay away from shady's posts. But, Church intrigues me. I caution folks not to hate on Church on account of shady. I think we will see him in St Louis. While Scott is our CF'er, Church can spell him. Though Church is a LH hitter, as is Scott, his splits for average are good vs LH pitchers.

I really think folks who are aggravated by shady should stay away from his posts. It's healthier for all concerned.

I don't watch minor league baseball as often as duce, but, I do quite a bit. I spend time in Springfield and Peoria. I've seen quite a bit of Church and he is good enough to reach St Louis. I am sure of it.

Melville wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 13:21 pm

hugeCardfan wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 12:46 pm I do agree that shady starts too many threads. I would imagine there is compulsion involved. Still, I don't understand why a topic like this one needs to be more about shady than Church. Why is that?

Church is interesting to me. He can play baseball and has tools. He can hit line drives all day and makes great contact. Has been known for his hitting despite a lack of sheer power. What has become interesting is his defense. He roams the outfield, makes really good plays and his arm in dead on. Taking an extra base on him is problematic. I don't care much about his size unless we intend to start him at 1B.

I admit that if the subject doesn't interest me, I tend to stay away from shady's posts. But, Church intrigues me. I caution folks not to hate on Church on account of shady. I think we will see him in St Louis. While Scott is our CF'er, Church can spell him. Though Church is a LH hitter, as is Scott, his splits for average are good vs LH pitchers.

I really think folks who are aggravated by shady should stay away from his posts. It's healthier for all concerned.

I don't watch minor league baseball as often as duce, but, I do quite a bit. I spend time in Springfield and Peoria. I've seen quite a bit of Church and he is good enough to reach St Louis. I am sure of it.

Correct.
The topic is of good quality.
Who started the topic is of no relevance.
Quality conversation for those capable of making it so.
Agree with you that the track record he has established so far, Church is interesting.
By the way, some folks who dismiss a #21 ranked prospect such as Church, should take note that in 2021 Pallante was the 26th ranked prospect in the system, Burleson was #29, Pages was #40, and Donovan was #50.

Melville wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 13:21 pm

hugeCardfan wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 12:46 pm I do agree that shady starts too many threads. I would imagine there is compulsion involved. Still, I don't understand why a topic like this one needs to be more about shady than Church. Why is that?

Church is interesting to me. He can play baseball and has tools. He can hit line drives all day and makes great contact. Has been known for his hitting despite a lack of sheer power. What has become interesting is his defense. He roams the outfield, makes really good plays and his arm in dead on. Taking an extra base on him is problematic. I don't care much about his size unless we intend to start him at 1B.

I admit that if the subject doesn't interest me, I tend to stay away from shady's posts. But, Church intrigues me. I caution folks not to hate on Church on account of shady. I think we will see him in St Louis. While Scott is our CF'er, Church can spell him. Though Church is a LH hitter, as is Scott, his splits for average are good vs LH pitchers.

I really think folks who are aggravated by shady should stay away from his posts. It's healthier for all concerned.

I don't watch minor league baseball as often as duce, but, I do quite a bit. I spend time in Springfield and Peoria. I've seen quite a bit of Church and he is good enough to reach St Louis. I am sure of it.

Correct.
The topic is of good quality.
Who started the topic is of no relevance.
Quality conversation for those capable of making it so.
Agree with you that the track record he has established so far, Church is interesting.
By the way, some folks who dismiss a #21 ranked prospect such as Church, should take note that in 2021 Pallante was the 26th ranked prospect in the system, Burleson was #29, Pages was #40, and Donovan was #50.

Cranny wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 14:37 pm Church is not a prospect. No reason to waste a thread on him.

Shady wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 14:47 pm

Cranny wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 14:37 pm Church is not a prospect. No reason to waste a thread on him.

You have no clue on this one.

Shady wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 14:47 pm

Cranny wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 14:37 pm Church is not a prospect. No reason to waste a thread on him.

You have no clue on this one.

WLTFE wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 15:31 pm Do we have a new moderator that tells people how many threads they can start?...I simply ignore threads I have no interest in...

Monsieur De Treville wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 16:10 pm

WLTFE wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 15:31 pm Do we have a new moderator that tells people how many threads they can start?...I simply ignore threads I have no interest in...

Sure. That makes sense.

But...

Do you ignore telemarketers or put yourself on a no-call list?
Do you ignore door to door salesmen or put a "no soliciting " sign up?
Do you ignore junk e-mails or do you have them sent straight to a spam folder?

Ignoring Shady doesn't fix the problem of him spamming this board. He is relentless and has no shame.

Cranny wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 14:37 pm Church is not a prospect. No reason to waste a thread on him.

Monsieur De Treville wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 16:10 pm

WLTFE wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 15:31 pm Do we have a new moderator that tells people how many threads they can start?...I simply ignore threads I have no interest in...

Sure. That makes sense.

But...

Do you ignore telemarketers or put yourself on a no-call list?
Do you ignore door to door salesmen or put a "no soliciting " sign up?
Do you ignore junk e-mails or do you have them sent straight to a spam folder?

Ignoring Shady doesn't fix the problem of him spamming this board. He is relentless and has no shame.

Melville wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 16:27 pm

Cranny wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 14:37 pm Church is not a prospect. No reason to waste a thread on him.

By the way, some folks who dismiss a #21 ranked prospect such as Church, should take note that in 2021 Pallante was the 26th ranked prospect in the system, Burleson was #29, Pages was #40, and Donovan was #50.