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by cmarlow from St. Louis, MO

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Cardinals Weekend
Aug 24, 2008 | 3:24 PM
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STL:

First off, I haven't blogged in eleven days (as our web team constantly reminds me), but I have an excuse.  The other day I wrote an "Izzy Done for the Season" post but before I sent it I went to a different website for a second and subsequently lost all of the text when I came back.  So note to the FOX 2 Web Team, please create some type of automatic save so that we don't lose all our stuff ...

Now to the Cardinals ... Friday night I've never seen a team get so many cheap hits ... everything the Cards hit fell in ... it became circus-like and actually painful to watch ... I kind of felt bad for the Braves ... What did you guys think of Wainwright's comeback ?  I don't think the Cards could've been happier with his outing Friday ... He'll go against the Brewers and Manny Parra (the pitcher Prince Fielder had a slap fight with in the dugout) Wednesday night at Busch ...

Saturday ... Kyle Lohse has gotten nickled and dimed his last few starts ... didn't really get hit hard ... Chipper threw his bat at a ball and drove in a run ... then the Braves got 2 2-run singles on ground balls up the middle just out of the reach of second baseman Felipe Lopez ... and speaking of Lopez ... I don't know if him not making the play in the ninth was an effort issue or not but I thought the FOX broadcasters described it perfectly by saying that Lopez was "a little casual ... a lot casual."  The ball was scorched so I think Lopez thought he had more time than he did.  Bottom line: that play has to be made. 

Another thing, I know I whine about media stuff alot, but I think if you are one of the main storylines of the game then you should make yourself available to the media afterwards.  For example after Saturday's game Lopez and Albert Pujols (he was 3-5 with a homer and 3 rbi's) left the clubhouse without talking to reporters (Pujols often does this).  Even though Kyle McClellan looked like he was ready to leave when the media got in the clubhouse, he took the bullet, and answered the questions after a tough outing.  I have a lot more respect for the players that face the media after poor performances ... I think it's part of being a professional baseball player ... keyword: professional ...

Lastly ... why is Lopez playing over Aaron Miles anyway?  I'm not trying to pile on the guy, but hasn't Miles been hitting over .300 and solid defensively all year?

Your Thoughts?

Charlie Marlow

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Speedy62269 read my blog
Aug 24, 2008 | 7:53 PM

Waddup Charlie? Give me time to review the box scores and I'll hit you back some comments.
the4thstooge read my blog
Aug 24, 2008 | 9:17 PM

i kinda wonder if maybe some of the players might be a tad afraid of interviews after a game,especially a loss,afraid they might say something destructive to the clubhouse about a bone head play,pitching,etc.as fae as lopez playing instead of miles,they must see something in him that i don't,not sure what that would be though
Speedy62269 read my blog
Aug 25, 2008 | 8:20 AM

Charlie – how’s it going? The first thing I do when creating a blog or writing a long comment is create it in MS Word. Yes, Fox2 does need to create an automatic draft save feature.

Friday night's butt-stomping of the Braves (18-3) was a prime example of seeing the ball. The Cards were on, the Braves were off – it’s part of the game. I look back at when the Royals came to St. Louis (June 17-19) and swept the 3 game series. That was a prime example of the Cards “off” and the Royals seeing the ball and getting lucky.

Did “Chunk” Fielder get arrested for that assault yet?

I agree on benching Lopez and playing Miles. Aaron Miles has more experience and when needed can pitch up one heck of a LLWS fastball – yeah – 61mph! I think we need a blog on Cardinal Feedback - positive/negative for each game. This way we can continually blog on the issue while retaining the same blog site.

Cards have to win both games against the Brewers. If not, then it will show that we are not worthy of a playoff bid.
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cmarlow

* Sports Reporter, Producer and professional tri-pod carrier at FOX 2 * fill-in radio host for "The Morning After" and "The Foxhole" on Team 1380 * born and raised in Toledo, Ohio * have 2 brothers and a sister * graduated Magna cum Laude from Bradley University in 2004 with a degree in Communications and History * played baseball during first 2 years of college * worked for a year and a half in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan * worked for 2 years in Lansing, Michigan * love anything baseball and Ohio State football * enjoy watching movies and working out

Member Since: 5/3/2008


 

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