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Gray verse Imanaga

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Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.
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sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:10 am Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.
I'll be there...Cubs are not playing well..should be a good one...
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Re: Gray verse Imanaga

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WLTFE wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:16 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:10 am Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.
I'll be there...Cubs are not playing well..should be a good one...
Worse case scenario is a split series going in. You should see a great baseball game.
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Re: Gray verse Imanaga

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Gray 10-5, 4.21, 1.17 Whip.
Imanaga 8-4, 3.12, 1.02 whip.
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sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:10 am Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.
Cards could have signed Imanaga. How different would our rotation look with him. Instead they cheaped out and Chicago signed him. Pretty sad.
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Guessing they'll still be some heat, just hoping it's applied to the Cubbies rear end as they ............. sputter downward.
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Would the game take on any more significance if it were a sweep scenario. For the Cubs?
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CCard wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:54 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:10 am Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.
Cards could have signed Imanaga. How different would our rotation look with him. Instead they cheaped out and Chicago signed him. Pretty sad.
Do you have a link for this. I’d love to know if there is one ounce of truth…
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sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:10 am Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.
Cards NEVER play well on Sunday Night Baseball, or any nationally televised game. Or it sure seems that way!
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Cardinals4Life wrote: 09 Aug 2025 10:56 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:10 am Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.


Cards NEVER play well on Sunday Night Baseball, or any nationally televised game. Or it sure seems that way!
usually true, although beating Kershaw certainly was a wonderful exception
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Cardinals4Life wrote: 09 Aug 2025 10:56 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:10 am Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.
Cards NEVER play well on Sunday Night Baseball, or any nationally televised game. Or it sure seems that way!
Not too good on Sunday night this year:

April 6, 2025 at Fenway: Boston 18 - Cardinals 7
May 4, 2025 at Busch: Cardinals 5 - Mets 4
July 6, 2025 at Wrigley: cubs 11 - Cardinals 0
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hugeCardfan wrote: 09 Aug 2025 10:50 am
CCard wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:54 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:10 am Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.
Cards could have signed Imanaga. How different would our rotation look with him. Instead they cheaped out and Chicago signed him. Pretty sad.
Do you have a link for this. I’d love to know if there is one ounce of truth…
Are you saying that the Cardinals made an offer to Imanaga?

No I don’t think they did either.

Tough to sign someone if you don’t offer them a contract.
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hugeCardfan wrote: 09 Aug 2025 10:50 am
CCard wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:54 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:10 am Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.
Cards could have signed Imanaga. How different would our rotation look with him. Instead they cheaped out and Chicago signed him. Pretty sad.
Do you have a link for this. I’d love to know if there is one ounce of truth…
https://houstonianonline.com/how-shota- ... ree-agent/

Hoyer personally scouted Imanaga during a trip to Japan in September and has kept in touch with his representatives, though the Cubs did not jump in as a top candidate until the late stages of negotiations.

“Every team is different, and it’s a long process,” Imanaga said. The athlete on Thursday through an interpreter. “At one point I mentioned, ‘I hope the Cubs make me an offer.’ I was just kind of kidding because at that time the Cubs were out of the picture.


Cards could have jumped in and signed him, they didn't even make an offer.
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82birds wrote: 09 Aug 2025 11:08 am
Cardinals4Life wrote: 09 Aug 2025 10:56 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:10 am Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.


Cards NEVER play well on Sunday Night Baseball, or any nationally televised game. Or it sure seems that way!
usually true, although beating Kershaw certainly was a wonderful exception
Since I really dislike the LA Dogdirts, I always enjoyed our dominance of The Great Kershaw. Had a grin from ear to ear when Big City Adams and Kolten Wong went deep in the playoffs against Kershaw.

That said, those days were eons ago, thanks to Mozo the Clown, Oily Oli, and MO’s cast of incompetents. The end of this season can’t come too soon.
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CCard wrote: 10 Aug 2025 17:40 pm
hugeCardfan wrote: 09 Aug 2025 10:50 am
CCard wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:54 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 09 Aug 2025 09:10 am Good morning.

Sunday night baseball. Gray v imanaga. Finally Ace to Ace. And a night gane for Gray. No heat.

We were 42-36 when we met Cubs first series. We won first two to go 8 over .500. We did not pitch Gray on game four against Cubs. We saved him. Since the we are 17-22 ish.

Had we pitched Gray in that series we may have had different results hence better over all results.

Good game Sunday.
Cards could have signed Imanaga. How different would our rotation look with him. Instead they cheaped out and Chicago signed him. Pretty sad.
Do you have a link for this. I’d love to know if there is one ounce of truth…
https://houstonianonline.com/how-shota- ... ree-agent/

Hoyer personally scouted Imanaga during a trip to Japan in September and has kept in touch with his representatives, though the Cubs did not jump in as a top candidate until the late stages of negotiations.

“Every team is different, and it’s a long process,” Imanaga said. The athlete on Thursday through an interpreter. “At one point I mentioned, ‘I hope the Cubs make me an offer.’ I was just kind of kidding because at that time the Cubs were out of the picture.


Cards could have jumped in and signed him, they didn't even make an offer.
Then they couldn't have signed him :roll:
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There is more to being an ace than ERA alone.
Gray is 11-5 now for a .500 team.
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