Blues Forum Lounge (Home of All Things OT) - Part 2018

[LGB]

Man **** the Cardinals and their fans.

Blues are in the home stretch and getting moved aside for one of a million baseball games and it only happens because there's idiots that only watch baseball because it's slow enough for their simple minds to comprehend.

I'm fine with people not liking baseball, but saying it is simple is ridiculous.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

I'm fine with people not liking baseball, but saying it is simple is ridiculous.

Didn't say it was simple. I said it was slow as in the pace. The people are simple

But that would be fine with me if it wasn't spilling over into hockey. In October, if the Cards are in a race, then yeah I can understand the Blues moving aside.

But then the flip should also be true and it's not and there's my problem. It's less baseball and more decisions made because of baseball fans in this city.

 

[LGB]

Didn't say it was simple. I said it was slow as in the pace. The people are simple

But that would be fine with me if it wasn't spilling over into hockey. In October, if the Cards are in a race, then yeah I can understand the Blues moving aside.

But then the flip should also be true and it's not and there's my problem. It's less baseball and more decisions made because of baseball fans in this city.

I wish Blues games down the stretch took priority as well, but viewership dictates that. I will not deny baseball is a slow game and I can understand why people who are not fans find it very boring.

 

[Note Worthy]

Could you even imagine the Cardinals in a playoff run down the stretch and they get bumped to the alternate channel for the 3rd Blues game of the season. Lol.

 

[EastonBlues22]

Didn't say it was simple. I said it was slow as in the pace. The people are simple

But that would be fine with me if it wasn't spilling over into hockey. In October, if the Cards are in a race, then yeah I can understand the Blues moving aside.

But then the flip should also be true and it's not and there's my problem. It's less baseball and more decisions made because of baseball fans in this city.

Baseball games used to be well under two hours long. When I became a fan, they were still averaging about 2.5 hours and many of the games I watched/went to were over in 2.25 hours or less.

It became excruciating as games crept closer and closer to 3 hours long. I gave up when playoff games started hitting 4+ hours. I just didn't have room in my life for that sort of time commitment when my enjoyment of the product was falling off a cliff. It shouldn't be a slog to make it through a game. Get the game back to 2.5 hours or less and I would definitely consider coming back. Baseball at that pace was quite enjoyable.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

I'm cool with baseball being what it is. I don't expect it to change to appeal to me.

Just quit bumping hockey during the push for the playoffs is all I'm asking.

 

[stlbluz]

The 11+ minutes of actual action during a 2-1/2 hour sporting event is lost on me.

 

[542365]

I’ve said this probably 100 times, Flaherty will end up in the bullpen. He’s incredibly inefficient. He has great stuff though, but he can never go deep in games because he throws 25 pitches an inning. Will be a great reliever one day.

 

[Vladdy the Impaler]

I’ve said this probably 100 times, Flaherty will end up in the bullpen. He’s incredibly inefficient. He has great stuff though, but he can never go deep in games because he throws 25 pitches an inning. Will be a great reliever one day.

BS. The dude is #1 starter material. He's just like Wainwright early in his career, just give it time.

 

[542365]

BS. The dude is #1 starter material. He's just like Wainwright early in his career, just give it time.

#1 starters go deep in games. He’ll never do that consistently. Just a solid bullpen arm.

Edit: averaged just over 5 innings per start in the minors. That’s who he is.

 

[TheDizee]

9 30 and JUST getting into the 6th inning

LMFAO

 

[Vladdy the Impaler]

So Paul Goldschmidt is pretty good.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

So Paul Goldschmidt is pretty good.

I agree

 

[TheDizee]

 

[PiggySmalls]

I didn’t know goldschmidt’s nickname was Big Al.

 

[Vladdy the Impaler]

Absolutely YUUUUUUUGE game from Pauly G tonight. Might be too early to call, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the Cards may finally have another MVP candidate manning 1st base.

 

[bluesfan94]

The 11+ minutes of actual action during a 2-1/2 hour sporting event is lost on me.

I take it you aren't a football fan, then?

#1 starters go deep in games. He’ll never do that consistently. Just a solid bullpen arm.

Edit: averaged just over 5 innings per start in the minors. That’s who he is.

This is a terrible take. Even if he doesn't go deep in games, which is more the way the game is moving anyway, he'll still be a starter because he can give you five amazing innings.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

So, this Goldschmidt guy...

 

[TheDizee]

So, this Goldschmidt guy...

too bad we have a manager who treats game 4 like its a game 7 and brings in a inexperienced closer in for a 2 inning save.

and why do they continue to feed fowler ab? guy is terrible.

 

[The Note]

Bullpen blows a 3 run lead in 3 innings. Gonna sink the team again this year if that keeps up.

 

[bluesXwinXtheXcup]

The sky is falling in Cardinal Nation.

 

[bluesfan94]

too bad we have a manager who treats game 4 like its a game 7 and brings in a inexperienced closer in for a 2 inning save.

and why do they continue to feed fowler ab? guy is terrible.

That's not a two inning save.

Fowler hasn't been bad this year.

 

[Vladdy the Impaler]

It's a long season, but man the Brewers are good. Yelich is going to be an NL MVP candidate. Cubs are still loaded, and the Pirates/Reds have both gotten stronger. It's gonna be an absolute grind in the central.

Pitching is going to have to be much better if we have any hope of making the post season.

 

[bluesXwinXtheXcup]

I served 3 tours to the Persian Gulf. Every deployment someone died. Every deployment we killed a lot of bad guys. The whole time I was overseas, I had the Blues. It was my rock. My touch of America. Something I could relate to in a situation I couldn't.

 

[Default]

Baseball season for me is going great. Keep it up Cards.