It was Adrian Beltre. He and Pujols were both born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic around the same time.
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It was Adrian Beltre. He and Pujols were both born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic around the same time.
dgcrow
- Kelso, WA
Confirmed! Adrian Beltre.
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Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
Cards like lefties and have a decent record and Kershaw. At least, in the past.
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Albert Pujols joins 700-HR club: The best stories from those who played with and against him
Mike Trout, Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez, Tony La Russa, Brad Lidge and more reflect on the most memorable moments on Pujols' path to 700.
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The balance in the universe is restored......The dulcet tones of Danny Mac reverberates throughout the airwaves and Cardinal Nation is at peace once again..
Kershaw vs. Montgomery............A battle of lefties with the remnants of smoke fueled by cannon shot's in home runs hit by "" The Machine "" still in the air .......
What a way to spend a Saturday night.............Lets go Cardinals and reduce the magic # by one more game.........................
Kershaw vs. Montgomery............A battle of lefties with the remnants of smoke fueled by cannon shot's in home runs hit by "" The Machine "" still in the air .......
What a way to spend a Saturday night.............Lets go Cardinals and reduce the magic # by one more game.........................
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A quick peek at Cardinals 2023 and a big question mark of what to do about the catchers position..........Knizner looks like a 40-50 game backup and Herrera still at least a year away.............now back to the Cardinals quest for WS championship # 12...............................
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We are witnessing a bad example of Monty-zoom-a's revenge tonight................................what has happened to Mr. Montgomery ??...........
Is it that much of a difference between Yadi or Knizner catching ??.........every pitch that has gone for a hit against him has been elevated and this is his third straight start with different results than the previous starts..................................
Oh well , Albert got his 700 club membership so the road trip hasn't been a total loss....................
Is it that much of a difference between Yadi or Knizner catching ??.........every pitch that has gone for a hit against him has been elevated and this is his third straight start with different results than the previous starts..................................
Oh well , Albert got his 700 club membership so the road trip hasn't been a total loss....................
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Ryllini
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Catcher position will be a question. How seriously will they go after Wilson Contreas and how serious will he be in STL. I do believe we are locked into DeJong one more year. He is a vacuum at SS, but does he suck at the plate. TON is a question as well. Oh yeah, we need a #1 on the mound. With all that being said and those questions marks are here with this team, we have a shot in 22. I'm hoping the arch of supreme hotness reaches the club again starting in about a week.
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can't come soon enough for me .....Goldie is in a funk.......Glad to see Arenado get his 30th HR and 100th RBI's tonight , and of course , Albert getting into 700 club.....
Do you think Contreras would consider the Cardinals and vice versa ??..................my buddies who I talk to about the Cardinals is about a 70/30 split not getting him and the cubbies resigning him.......I only posted this post earlier cause I was bored with tonight's game.........
I guess the lead is down to 6.5 games now......I don't even want to think about it getting smaller with this few of games left.....
Oh well , win tomorrow and enjoy the off day Monday before the 2 game series @ the brewers....................later bro......................
Clear case of regression to the mean. Players go on crazy runs sometimes. He happened to go on a crazy run when we first acquired him. Even though he looked like a Cy Young candidate in that stretch he didn't suddenly become a different player than he was with the Yankees. He's a good, valuable pitcher, but not what you'd consider an ace.
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Quick Hits: Powerhouse Dodgers reclaim spotlight with homers, Kershaw win vs. Cardinals
LOS ANGELES — The bright highlights and big blasts of Friday night did not linger for the Cardinals into Saturday at Dodger Stadium.
Derrick Goold
LOS ANGELES — The bright highlights and big blasts of Friday night did not linger for the Cardinals into Saturday at Dodger Stadium.
They were already playing catchup by sundown.
A day after allowing five homers to the Cardinals, including Albert Pujols’ Nos. 699 and 700 of his career, the Dodgers answered with three homers of their own. They laced Cardinals starter Jordan Montgomery with three homers before the lefty could get a fifth out and then held fast for a 6-2 victory.
The loss stalled the Cardinals’ magic number at four.
The earliest they can clinch the National League Central crown is Tuesday at Milwaukee, where they will play the second-place Brewers.
The Cardinals trailed by six runs before they produced any Saturday. Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw quieted the lineup that scored 11 the night before, lulling the Cardinals with that blend of breaking balls they’ve seen so often during his career in the postseason. Kershaw struck out seven in his six innings, and that helped him navigate around seven hits.
Both of the Cardinals’ runs came on a single swing.
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How Cardinals are scrutinizing their options to find the right stuff for playoff rotation
Quintana asserted his candidacy. Montgomery has loosened his hold on one spot. Wainwright has Sunday in LA, and Cardinals would welcome reassurance.
Derrick Goold
LOS ANGELES — However the Cardinals rewrite their pitching schedule in the coming week and prepare an under-development rotation for its postseason assignments, they can be certain of one thing when it comes to even the most obvious rotation plans.
Come October, uncertainty is the rule.
“The playoffs are always hectic,” said Dakota Hudson, a starter turned reliever who may start in the coming week. “It’s all hands on deck. I’ll be prepared for whatever situation is thrown at us.”
With nine games remaining in the regular season and a 6 ½-game lead in the National League Central, the Cardinals have some latitude to explore the starters they’ll count on in a short, best-of-three series to open the playoffs. And they need it. Jordan Montgomery, a shoo-in for a spot in a playoff rotation a few weeks ago, lost his third consecutive start and allowed as many homers (three) as he had strikeouts in Saturday’s 6-2 loss to the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. For the series finale Sunday, the Cardinals turn to veteran Adam Wainwright, who eschewed a plan to give him extra rest so that he could work his way out of a “dead arm” phase that has shortened his recent outings and complicated his results.
As those two options look for a foothold, lefty Jose Quintana has emerged as perhaps the best Game 1 option of the group with 10 consecutive starts of two runs or fewer and a hearty 6 2/3 shutout innings against the 105-win Dodgers on Friday. At the same time, Jack Flaherty had his finest stretch of innings in more than a year, struck out nine, and two former starters, Hudson and Steven Matz, are elbowing their way into roles in the bullpen. Hudson pitched two scoreless innings in relief Saturday to stall LA for the offense to rally. It did not.
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‘Team needs me to pitch well’: Cardinals’ Wainwright continues skid, and he’s not alone
Veteran pitcher throws season-low three innings in 4-1 loss to 106-win Dodgers, continues to experience 'dead arm' that's zapping his effectiveness.
Derrick Goold
LOS ANGELES — The curveball doesn’t feel like it’s spinning with the usual wickedness, the cutter seems dull, the sinker flat. Certain there isn’t a physical reason for the lack of familiar, zippy life on his pitches, Adam Wainwright knows of only one way to revive them and his September.
Keep on pitching.
The veteran starter and the Cardinals agreed that the best way through Wainwright’s persisting “dead arm” sensation this month was to make a start Sunday, as scheduled, but with a limited pitch count. By the end of three innings he’d almost exhausted it, and hours later he still was exasperated by an inability to have his execution match his health and his performance meet his expectations of the moment.
At Dodger Stadium, against a potential October opponent, Wainwright allowed four runs in a season-low three innings and despite sturdy work by the bullpen the Cardinals could not rally, losing 4-1 to the Dodgers.
“This team needs me to pitch well if we’re going to win the World Series; I really need to be a part of it,” Wainwright said. “I’m frustrated. The stuff is not great. … All I know how to do is keep going. That’s all I know how to do. The only way I don’t come out of this is if I give up.”
The Cardinals’ magic number to win the National League Central dropped to three Sunday despite a fourth defeat in six games and second consecutive lost series. The Brewers’ loss earlier in the day assured that the Cardinals can claim the division crown Tuesday with a win at Milwaukee. A win would clinch the season series and seize the tiebreaker for the Cardinals. The Cardinals cannot finish any higher than the third seed into the NL playoffs, as a division winner.
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Cardinals can pour Champagne with win in Milwaukee. Brewers need sweep to keep cork on
It's Cardinals' turn to celebrate on their rivals carpet, and they have two chances to win one game and cinch the NL Central crown, their second since 2015.
Derrick Goold
MILWAUKEE — There came a point in some tucked away visiting manager’s office last week in California when Oliver Marmol stopped a series of questions about resting regulars, juggling lefty relievers and auditioning rookies such as Alec Burleson.
He felt the need to point out the standings, and not just to the questioners.
“I feel like people think we’ve clinched, and we haven’t,” Marmol, the Cardinals’ manager, said. “I get it. But we’re not there yet.”
But they could be soon.
Champagne, beer, ice, and officially licensed merchandise will be in the building Tuesday night as the first-place Cardinals visit the team chasing them, the Milwaukee Brewers. With a win in either of the two games this week at American Family Field, the Cardinals will clinch their second National League Central championship since 2015. A win gives the Cardinals the season series against the Brewers and, thus, the tiebreaker for the division title and the No. 3 seed for the National League playoffs.
Major League Baseball confirmed that although the Cardinals’ magic number technically is three, a single head-to-head win against the Brewers will assure the division title. Of course, two wins by Milwaukee and the tiebreaker flips. The champagne chills.
“That is competition, right?” Marmol asked. “You get to go against the team that’s chasing you and put them away. We welcome that. That is the first goal. Beat everybody in your division. Be the best team in your division. And then be the last team standing.”
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Read the full transcript of Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel's live Cardinals chat
Bring your Cards questions and comments every Monday to our 11 a.m. live chats.
Bring your Cards questions and comments every Monday to our 11 a.m. live chats.
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Greetings for next-to-last regular-season chat. One win in Milwaukee wraps up division title for Cardinals. But, obviously, questions remain. What's on your mind?
Commish
- Is Quintana suddenly the front runner to be the Cardinals post season opener?
- I still think Miles Mikolas is the top pick to open the postseason for the Cardinals. He has been their best pitcher most of the season. But Jose Quintana has inserted himself into the mix, certainly.
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After 5 innings , Cardinals lead the brewers 5-0.......
Knizner with a 2 run homer.......yep , Knizner.............................
Goldie with 2 RBI's.......
Mikolas has been impressive...........retired the first 10 brewers.....has 8 K's
Cardinals scored a run by Nootbaar at second and Goldie hit a single to left field........Yelich fielded the ball just as Nootbaar touched 3rd base and scored the run with it not close at home .....wow......Yelich is a shell of himself from his MVP year.......I know he has back issues but wow.............
Knizner with a 2 run homer.......yep , Knizner.............................
Goldie with 2 RBI's.......
Mikolas has been impressive...........retired the first 10 brewers.....has 8 K's
Cardinals scored a run by Nootbaar at second and Goldie hit a single to left field........Yelich fielded the ball just as Nootbaar touched 3rd base and scored the run with it not close at home .....wow......Yelich is a shell of himself from his MVP year.......I know he has back issues but wow.............
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Yelich won MVP in 2018 and hit 44 dongers, swiped 30 bags, and came in 2nd place in MVP voting in 2019. And now at just a few years later, and just at age 30, is pretty much an average player. Pretty wild.
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I can't wait to see the celebration and see Jim " The Cat ' Hayes in his poncho with the skull on the back................lol...
been such an up and down season but we deserve the central division crown........Hope for a long run in October and into November ..........
Let's Go Cardinals !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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