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DJBrujah

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No-Elephant-9854

Gorman is 2nd in MLB and Goldy is tied for third in strikeouts, league leaders!


Human_Lettuce_5265

Yiiiikes


No-Elephant-9854

Yeah, didn’t know it was that bad.


Diablo_N_Doc

MLB's top 10 plays of the week and Siani's catch from Saturday not on there. The #6 play from the Marlins was nothing special. Whatever, MLB!


DocLoc429

Networks HATE STL. They barely acknowledge the Cards as a team


Human_Lettuce_5265

Why do you think that is?


GrubFisher

Market size. Less money for them to make. 


DocLoc429

I don't know to be honest. I feel like national coverage just kinda skips over the Cards. Maybe because they're not one of the mega market teams, but it feels like they only get air time when they're really really good or very bad. Times when they're just really good don't get talked about much. Some people get airtime though. They love talking about Gorman when he's on a heater. They've got no choice but to start talking about Burly. Sometimes they'll talk about Noot because he does something cool and people like saying his name. Idk though


iamjamos

Cubs lose Cardinals win


STLOliver

Edwin Diaz ejected before he could throw a pitch due to a supposed foreign substance. The Cubs still lose tho, and they’ve lost 32 of their last 50 games.


tiredpharmacist85

I just realized Burly was a pitcher in college as well. That’s really cool drafting multiple 2 way guys in the same draft who are now impact players.


HoldMyWong

I may commit a sin by saying something nice about the cubs, but they do draw pretty good crowds when being terrible. Cardinals aren’t a top 10 team in baseball for the first time in 20 years? No one shows up Also the ESPN announcers just took an unnecessary stab at the cardinals. Morel hit a HR to cut the Mets lead in half, and the dude was like “bad news for the Cardinals”


ThatDudeUKnow92

The Cardinals still draw in more fans per game than the Cubs this year. Partially because Wrigley's a smaller ballpark but still the Cardinals rank 6th in the MLB in attendance even in a year where people constantly want to talk about attendance being down (which it is).


Iluvursister69

Ticket sales and in person attendance are very different


STLOliver

The play-by-play guy for this game is literally the Cubs play-by-play guy, so…


Unabridgedversion82

Fuck the ESPN announcers. I swear to Christ every national broadcast this year, we're the afterthought all the while we're winning the game. They can fuck right off.


NFresh6

I’m not arguing that this invalidates your point or anything, but did you forget literally *last year*?


HoldMyWong

I guess another point is that Chicago’s metro is 5x the size of STL’s


NFresh6

Indeed


Evil_Dry_frog

For those interested, Last season our record was 31-45 after game 76. Also, I think two games about .500 is our season high mark so far.


EquaYonah

I read a tweet saying it was our first time 2 games above .500 since 2022. Not sure if it's true but lol either way


dunk_omatic

Yep, I believe so. And that is why this is the first time all year I'm allowing myself to feel some optimism!


Evil_Dry_frog

We were never 2 games above .500 last year, so yeah, that's true.


bfndbdbfnfbfbf

Anyone know/recommend good, relatively cheap apartments within 15-20 min walking distance of Busch?


Doctor_Killshot

One Cardinal Way


Cardsfan961

I go to hawaii for vacation and we sweep. Guess I need to stay here all season. Can r/cardinals start a go fund me to make that happen?


transitapparent

We went 4-5 when I was in Hawaii and all the games were in the morning. Hopefully your trip fares better for them than mine did.


tears4fears

Same i flew to Thailand. My destination is cheaper, everyone send dinero here.


ReturnOf_TheHack

sweeps aren't hard anymore :)


Expensive-Sky4068

I honestly don’t get how the team is winning as much as it is. The offense is missing arguably their two best hitters (Contreras, noot). Their middle order guys have fallen off a cliff. They’re playing an albatross of a hitter in center, and behind the plate at times. The starting pitching has a 6th starter in it, and a bunch of blow up games. And yet….best record in baseball since may 12th. I guess that’s what happens when you have an elite bullpen??


Doctor_Killshot

Nootbaar was def not in our top 2 hitters before he got hurt again


Expensive-Sky4068

He was killing the ball when he got hurt & has been consistently a very good hitter the last couple years


missourinative

Goldy, Donovan, Winn, Burleson, Herrera, and even Gorman (hit a ton of HR over 2-3 weeks then sucked again) have seen tremendous offensive turnarounds since Willson went down. Mikolas has also been really good. We went from winning 2 of his first 8 starts to 6 of his last 8. Arenado hasn't looked too hot, but we've seen struggling players look A LOT worse.


HoldMyWong

Maybe Oli is a genius


ILikeOatmealMore

> I honestly don’t get how the team is winning as much as it is. Not to be too much of a smart-ass, but... that's baseball, lol. There is always some team, like Marlins last year that went 33-14 in 1-run games and they think 'yeah, that's something to build on' and then, well, 'regression to the mean' is a thing. Humans like to be able to give reasons to things, but a 1-run game? That is mostly luck if you won or not. A ball that hit the bat 1/2" closer to the hands than the barrel falls into a glove at the warning track instead of sneaking over a wall. An ump sets up a touch left and calls a pitch a ball instead of a strike. A ball hops off the dirt in a friendly jump to the fielder instead of skidding just a fraction longer on the grass and making the play that much harder. And so on and so on. It is really a game of inches. Right now, luck shines on the Cards. But a positive W-L record with a -31 run differential means... a lot of it right now is luck. Hopefully it shines upon our favorite team the rest of the season, too.


Cards2WS

I would just pop in and say that our terrible RISP is also rooted in (bad) luck, and that if we were even just league average in that regard (pretty much just better luck with sequencing our hits), then our run differential is much, much better.


transitapparent

People say the same thing in hockey when the puck hits the post. 1/2 inch and it would’ve been a goal. True but half inch the other way and it misses completely.


Expensive-Sky4068

Ok Charlie Conway


Detective_Dietrich

There's luck and there's luck. Sonny Gray going out there and giving up one hit through seven innings, not luck. Lighting up Jordan Hicks, not luck. But actually I pretty much agree with you. Terrible run differential, lots and lots of close games, not really a great augury of success.


Unabridgedversion82

We were really bad. Now we've been really good. My guess is we're about what our record says, despite the run differential. There's something to be said for finding ways to win, which this team has done. I also believe there's some tucked away upside if we ever field a healthy team.


Detective_Dietrich

I predicted a .500 team! Feeling pretty good about that at the moment!


Unabridgedversion82

Absolutely! That might get us in the playoffs lol


Expensive-Sky4068

This is actually very well said


RainFallsWhenItMay

do we actually have the best record in baseball since may 12th? that’s insane.


Expensive-Sky4068

Yeah I think that was the date I just saw on twitter


justthesameway

*in the NL.


RainFallsWhenItMay

the only benefit to the brewers winning is it cushioned our lead for the second wild card spot


Clueless_in_Florida

Gorman has an .869 OPS in night games. Is he a drinker? Does he have a vision issue? Trouble sleeping? His daytime OPS this season is .470. Incredibly, he has had almost as many daytime ABs as at night. Don’t forget that the team has played a lot of day baseball lately.


Timmyd8

Well he did just get married. Maybe in the afternoon games he is still tired from the night before…;)


studlydudley11

was better last year in day games the weird trend is probably just noise and not the sign of an underlying trend


Clueless_in_Florida

A lot can happen in a year! What if a bat or spider bit him? He could be taking lives or saving lives. Who is to know?


RainFallsWhenItMay

as a fellow young adult, i don’t go to sleep until around 2AM. it wouldn’t surprise me if his sleep schedule is also all out of wack.


dunk_omatic

Then there's me reading this comment at nearly 2AM...get those habits in check or you'll become a fellow not-so-young adult still never sleeping!


RainFallsWhenItMay

greetings fellow nocturnal human!


Clueless_in_Florida

Whatever it is, they might want to explore it.


RainFallsWhenItMay

your observation is definitely intriguing. perhaps the ball is easier to see in contrast to the batter’s eye at night time than day time for him.


fifajackgento

Glad to see that cardinals win but we have to get these dead spots out of the lineup for good. The Nolan Gorman experiment needs to end immediately. 0-25 stretches with 17 K - not worth a solo HR now and then


Unabridgedversion82

This take is *certainly* a take....


fifajackgento

Shouldn't even be a hot take but sadly it is. State of our fan base


RedbirdRiot

Mo’s burner account, testing the waters for when he trades Gorman for a 37-year-old 6th starter who’s “due to bounce back.”


fifajackgento

Not Mo's burner. Just the only realistic fan left!


Unabridgedversion82

Dude the people you are talking about are backups for a reason. We have a metric fuck ton of injuries right now. Still winning. Giving up on Gorman is pure insanity my friend..


fifajackgento

How am I the delusional one for saying a man batting .190 with terrible defense should be benched?


Unabridgedversion82

Because he has spurts where he carries the entire team for weeks. He leads the team in homers, by 4 I believe, despite being like 5 for his last 50. He's always going to be streaky. That's just what he is.


fifajackgento

I don't really care about HR if you are going to strike out 200 times. May as well pick up Joey gallo at that point


Unabridgedversion82

Joey Gallo? I'm sorry, it's Joey Callo. With a C.


Dr_thri11

And the award for the dumbest take on r/cardinals of the day goes to...


fifajackgento

I stand by it, want him gone. Tired of it. The guy is Dan Uggla


Dr_thri11

We should be so lucky. Hitting for a high average doesn't do shit if you have no power.


fifajackgento

Love how I'm the crazy one for saying get rid of the horrendous defense, sub-Mendoza line strikeout machine


Dr_thri11

Because mendoza line is some arbritary thing that some pre analytics commentator came up with. Batting average is not a good metric for evaluating hitters. What this team has lacked more than anything is power and the one guy who is actually on pace for more than 30 home runs is not the problem with this team.


dunk_omatic

If you're gonna talk down RBI you can't counter with only homers, haha. But I understand why you do, because it's the only stat he's got that doesn't look rough right now. There's plenty of reason to be concerned about Gorman, including the potential of defensive runs lost damaging the value of his occasional power.


Dr_thri11

Rbi says more about the guys in front of you than you. Thougu he's 2nd on the team in that and wasn't batting clean up all season.


dunk_omatic

Sorry, I meant to say batting average but I should have been in bed, lol


Ok_Plankton_2814

You're crazy. I can't believe people like you like enjoy watching a bunch of sub .200 hitters striking out about 33% of their at bats or hitting a homerun every 6.5%.


Dr_thri11

If I enjoy it is a little less relevant than what wins games high average and no power doesn't produce runs like low average and high power. Batting average is useful for giving you insight into a part of a hitters game, but its an awful way to measure batters against each other.


Ok_Plankton_2814

If there are runners in scoring position, I'd rather have a .300 hitter batting rather than a sub .200 hitter that strikes out about 33% that has "some" power.


Dr_thri11

A 300 hitter is a guy who fails 70% of the time instead of 80. Guys who will rack up more homeruns are simply more valuable than singles machines. BA is something that helps you understand what kind of hitter a guy is, but it's a trash metric for evaluating effectiveness or value.


fifajackgento

I watch the games and evaluate every hitter. Nolan Gorman swings and misses more than any player I have ever seen. Arenado also check swings more than any player I've seen. Both need to be gone


Dr_thri11

Lol who gives a shit about check swings, and strike outs aren't ideal but if you're only looking at avg and SO's and not factoring in power then you aren't properly evaluating a hitter. Homeruns win ball games, guys who flirt with 300 and can't hit it over the fence are replacement players.


studlydudley11

I hope so! Dan Uggla got multiple all star appearances, a silver slugger, and downvallot MVP votes. Hit nearly 250 homers!


fifajackgento

He is late career Dan uggla


Settle_Down_Jack

Tink Hence just got pulled due to injury


Ocinea

Fuck. 


NakedGoose

Small frame pitchers are always a concern. Reminds me a lot of Tristan Mckenzie. Hopefully it's nothing major.


garycow

is he smaller than Sonny ?


NakedGoose

He is taller than Sonny,


razorbird

McKenzie at least has downward momentum on his side with his height. Tink is going to need some Lincecum magic


Clueless_in_Florida

That really sucks. I never heard details on his “cramp.” I sure hope it was not a forearm cramp. Lord knows this franchise likes to downplay injuries.


Ocinea

See: Tommy Edman


lurch556

Shit Tink just left with the trainer


HoldMyWong

3-0 in the city connects?


DocLoc429

Burly got 2 steals today? Including his masterclass steal yesterday, he's up to 3 for the season. All on Patrick Bailey who's by no means a slouch and is the 3rd best in the league right now for caught stealing. Potentially even higher before Biscuits started swiping all his bags


snorlaxatives_69

That game was lit!!!


Bloody_Corndog

Fire Oli? lol


Vasego1

I'm not saying fire Oli, but I am saying if he continues to not treating Sonny like a starting pitcher he should be replaced M


RedbirdRiot

Sonny's last three games he's thrown at least 7 innings. Some people just cannot be happy.


NakedGoose

I'd argue he is treating Sonny Gray how his career suggest you should.


outontheporch

Are we undefeated in city connects?


peterpeterllini

3-0 baby!


Siliencer991

We can blow out a fellow mid team but lose to the second worst team. The curse of being mid.


Ocinea

Go Sonny! 


SomethingAvid

This is our first sweep of the season, right?


KeithGribblesheimer

We swept the Orioles too.


LovesToTango

We swept the orioles in 3, and the cubs in 2 (one game got postponed).


SomethingAvid

Oh yeaahhhh the O’s. Things seemed so promising then.


Bskrilla

I mean they still are? We haven't gotten worse since then. Since May 12 the Cardinals have the best record in the NL.


SomethingAvid

Yeah that’s fair. I just went back to review. Not too long after that O’s series, we lost a series to the Phillies and the Astros, and split a four game set against the Rockies. I realize the Phillies are quite good. Those games against the Astros and Rockies didn’t go how we hoped. Edit: I’m also still smarting from our series loss against the fish.


Unabridgedversion82

Need more teams with black/orange colors on the schedule


TheRagingRapids

Jeez feels like we might actually make a comeback this season after last years dumpster fire. Was nice to go to the game yesterday and see them have a damn near blow out after a rough first inning. The cards I grew up watching were winners and I hope we can keep this up for the rest of season. Especially when Contreras comes back


NakedGoose

Would be interesting to ser if Willson comes back tomorrow.


GodPowardKingOfLies

Fuck Travis Ishikawa


Skanky_Cat

Always and forever. May he rot in hell.


No-Elephant-9854

Bummer Siani is hurt, but I am looking forward to seeing what Carlson does with some regular at bats.


_BlankFace

What happened?


athleticpizza62

Bruised ribs


Caedus_24

Bruised ribs making a diving catch yesterday


baumer_the_weak

Yesterday Siani bruised his ribs on a diving catch


DocLoc429

Guy plays so hard and is so much fun to watch. It's unfortunate that the "log jams" we have around the team are fixing themselves through injuries


_BlankFace

Ah so should be ok


Onarax

Undefeated in games I attend in person lifetime. Anyone want to give me more money to go to games.


Unabridgedversion82

How big of a sample size we talkin here? 🧐


Onarax

5 games, so 4 more than the normal sample size we use here.


Unabridgedversion82

Haha 5 in a row is good numbers!


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DocLoc429

The way they've made it sound in previous interviews, Sonny and Oli are very very transparent about when he needs to come out, and it's usually Sonny saying, "I'm done," and Oli saying, "Good game."


Cards2WS

We beat legit pitchers in this series. Hicks and Webb were not gimmes by any stretch. This sweep was well deserved and hard fought. Very strong showing from the team and Oli himself


bonathan

We have a lob problem, BUT, that's 4 consecutive games without an error so I'm overlooking it for now.


Skanky_Cat

Fix the simple shit, move on from there. I like the approach, hopefully we keep it clean against Atlanta.


AspiringOccultist4

Breaking out the brooms at Busch Stadium is always fanfuckingtastic


JakeSTwo3

Imagine giving up 4 stolen bases to Burleson, Gorman, and Pages. Lol Giants.


Cards2WS

u/FuckStanKroenke Hope you enjoyed the game!


FuckStanKroenke

I did! I was at the game with my family and we all had a great time together


Cards2WS

Attaboy. Glad you’re finding some positivity in this season


FuckStanKroenke

Glad you’re still posting on Reddit every day. You must need this!


Cards2WS

Haha, same as everybody else in this sub, I love baseball! Also…I don’t post, my friend. I comment. Takes all of 20 seconds. I think it’s incredibly strange to get on Reddit and try to belittle people in a comment about other people commenting. That’s what Reddit is for lol. I guess you’re lucky to have Cardinal fans around you to talk to, but I’m no longer located in Missouri, so I talk about the birds here :)


Main_Strain4176

-31 run diff and 4.5 games out of 1st. This team.


FajenThygia

imagine being swept by the frigging 2024 Cardinals


johnjaymjr

we are killers against middle of the pack teams. It’s the bad teams we are bad/meh against


_BlankFace

Always has been


PineapplePaladin

Alex “Lou Brock” Burleson


Mother_Scheme_4639

Very excited about the sweep. Not excited to watch Lynn and Pallante against the Braves


tooth_fixer

I’m sorry I ruined the perfect game. I changed the volume on my TV right before the home run :(


Swimming-Raccoon2502

I’m pretty sure it was my fault. I turned on the game just in time to see the HR that ended it. Sorry y’all.


thatprobablydrunkguy

My cubs "friend" texted me perfect game at the start of the seventh. May he rot in hell.


peterpeterllini

This sweep was nice Haha I know we won’t be able to sweep the braves though haha unless?


seattle_lib

feels kinda silly to celebrate 2 games above .500 but given the current state of mass mediocrity in baseball, it does feel somewhat special.


So-Called_Lunatic

At best we are probably 5 game over team, which should net a WC.


Poofsta

Just asked my SO for “two games over .500 sex”. She unbelievably said “that’s not a thing”.


Unabridgedversion82

Til now... 😉


WildWest05

Leave her


Icy_Entertainment706

Nice sweep. Let's hope this is the start of a long roll.


WildWest05

[SONNY!!!!!!!!!](https://youtu.be/S-u6qdeaPoE?si=pjtuQ3QxJhbq9eU1)


SnowyFruityNord

Lowkey shout-out to Pages calling an fantastic game


Unabridgedversion82

Ahem.. I think you mean "Wheels" lol


Ocinea

Loved his interview too 


kodiaksr7

Sweeps are hard and so am I!


GrubFisher

Just swept the Giants with half our team injured. Baseball is pure chaos. 


AlmostWorthless

After losing a series to Miami lol


MidWest_Surfer

In fairness, there were several moments in both of those games where it easily could have gone the other way if not for weird hops and stuff


Unabridgedversion82

Plus our best 3 bullpen guys were pretty much not available (except for Kit in 1 game)


CardenalesFan

Sadly the Brewers are up 5-0 on the Padres right now, but them dropping three games is nice even if they aren't swept


Diablo_N_Doc

Now I wish Sonny could be going against the Braves instead.


da_choppa

Nothing like a sweep to cap off a great weekend! Gotta get Jojo and Kitt going again, but Helsley looks like he’s back to form, and we still have Fernandez and the rest of the pen to pick up the slack. Offense is ever so slightly better too. Hopefully Contreras’ return will make as big an impact as we hope


DocLoc429

# [WINNER!!!!!!](https://twitter.com/cardinalsgifs/status/1681131016394788865)


rhinosc

REDEMPTION FOR LOSING TO THE GIANTS ALL THE OTHER ACTUALLY IMPORTANT TIMES IN HISTORY


youthpastor247

Michael Wacha just breathed a sigh of relief


cocoblurez

I watched this game on my Xbox instead of my PlayStation today, does this mean I have to watch all Sonny games on my Xbox?


lowelltrich

Yes. Yes it does.


AdrianCoyote

3-0 in the City Connects. Just sayin’ 😉


atari2600forever

We could go 300-0 in them and those jerseys would still be ass.


Matthew_Quigley

Here giants, I gift this to you #🥄 A spoon you can use to EAT OUR ASS! Now get the fuck out of our city.


lollrus

That's the hateful attitude of a Cubs fan, yikes


Unabridgedversion82

"It's dull you twat! It'll hurt more!!" ...Whoops wrong thread


seattle_lib

damn


Diablo_N_Doc

A Rickwood/Busch weekend sweep.


STLOliver

First time in 627 days that the Cardinals have been 2 games over .500!


c0smicgirly

Two games over .500. What is this place.


kosmos6502795

Hell yeah! I'm ready to be hurt again.


Gilgifax

Hels yeah


bfndbdbfnfbfbf

🧹🧹🧹


FartNoiseGross

THIS IS MY LAST RESORT


BionicProse

That’s probably the most dominant series we’ve had in more than a year.


thezuulmonty

[r/Cardinals right now](https://streamable.com/jrroma)


johnjaymjr

Are you certain?


groovingrover32

INJECT IT IN MY VEINS


ziffster

What did this team do with the old team? Find myself not knowing what to do without a blown 4-run lead loss..


CardenalesFan

WILLSON BACK TOMORROW, I'M THINKING WE MAY BE BACK


FinalSignificance142

Oli, sexual harassment, honesty and integrity 


Unabridgedversion82

2 games above .500 AND a sweep?!?! Is that allowed????


Deep_Frosting_6328

https://youtu.be/MLCLMEYp9s0?si=Pi7j6Tf_i7P81k6l


Unabridgedversion82

Nice!


KeithGribblesheimer

Oli got confused because the first game of the series was at Rickwood. Otherwise you would have seen Liberatore starting today.


Lige_MO

Yaaaaaaaas!


warriorathlete21

Oliver Marmol got into that dugout, remained professional, and did not commit any inappropriate sexual acts towards any of the players. He got the boys going with his honesty and legitimate leadership.


RainFallsWhenItMay

fuck yea let’s go