Comments on: About that Cardinals Dodgers preview . . .

By: Ike Mcphee

Ike Mcphee — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:24:23 +0000

Very nice post. Do you accept guest writers?

By: arodoll

arodoll — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:35:34 +0000

Dave – both teams struggled but they weren’t as bad as the analysts would have you believe. The Dodgers were still 15-12 in September and the Cards were .500 (13-13). I have got to think two teams were worse than 28-25 in September that made the playoffs. Heck the Yankees lost the last 15 out of 18 games in 2000 and won the World Series. What is obvious is that the Cardinals did play in a weaker division which wouldn’t mean much if the schedules weren’t so lopsided. Playing 18 games against the Cubs and only playing a 90+ win team like Colorado 6 times in a year can drastically inflate a record. The bottom line: these are closely matched teams and it should be a great series. I plan to see the Dodgers win in 4. I’ll be at game 2 to root on Kershaw and the Boys in Blue.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:49:09 +0000

Yeah, the Cards definitely struggled down the stretch. Meanwhile the Dodgers played inspired baseball driving a positively meteoric rise up the standings…
Does anyone know what the worst combined September records of two teams meeting in the first round since the new playoff format was adopted? This has got to be close.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:24:52 +0000

…and what was the Cardinals record in Sept in ’06? I think it was pretty awful as well and look what happened. They very well may loose, but going on a Sept record when most of the games didn’t mean a whole lot isn’t a great barometer. Yes, they ‘should’ still fight for every game, but that never happens.

By: Shely

Shely — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:54:30 +0000

I still can’t see the prediction. The last month of the season (Sep. 10 thru Oct.4), the birds had a terrible record. They were swept three times by lesser teams and they barely hung on to win. the bull pen collapsed and Wainwright had to try two or three times to win 19, and failed on the one attempt to win 20. This team is not the same as the August birds and may win one game against the Dodgers. Forget the stats about after the All Star game etc.. What is the record after September 10? That seems to be closer to how these guys are playing. We could see a miracle and possible they might pull it out, however all of the signs point to L A.. I saw the last 3 games in Cincinnati (Reds had half price tics), and they looked bad bad bad. Pinero was very hittable and didn’t have an idea on the mound. Minor leaguers were pounding the ball. Smoltz? forget about it. On the day Carpenter pitched, he looked like a Cy Young winner struggling on the mound. If you can believe the gun, his velocity was down to 86-88 for his fast ball. He hit 90 one time. What saved him was his great curve, although he had trouble placing it. After 5 innings and 90 pitches, he left the game and won because of the large lead, and the Reds gave up.
Shely in Cinti.