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Re: Cards re-sign McFarland

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Mdcardfan60 wrote:
May 14 22, 12:40 pm
CardsofSTL wrote:
May 14 22, 8:24 am
dmarx114 wrote:
May 14 22, 6:22 am
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Do your thing Oli.
Don't be ridiculous
Why is it ridiculous to criticize a manager for making the same mistakes over and over?

Is that no longer allowed on this message board?
Friday's game wasn't close. If he had used Helsley; that would have been ridiculous.

And making a comment like Do your thing isn't criticizing; it's deliberately trying to get a rise out of other posters and it's being a dik.
It was 3-1 when McFarland came in. That’s not close?
Based on the lack of Cardinal offense all night long, no it was not.

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Today I learned that 3-1 games in the 8th inning aren’t close. Learn something new everyday.

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Re: Cards re-sign McFarland

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dmarx114 wrote:
May 14 22, 1:06 pm
Today I learned that 3-1 games in the 8th inning aren’t close. Learn something new everyday.
Runners on 1st and second and a counter handed batter, IIRC. Then backup catcher who can’t hit. Guy PHing off IL first time in 3/4 of a year and backup catcher hits.

Maybe McFarland is wrong to use there but why is he on the roster? He’s not Brooks or Naughton or Woodford. He was signed to be effective.

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Re: Cards re-sign McFarland

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dmarx114 wrote:
May 14 22, 1:06 pm
Today I learned that 3-1 games in the 8th inning aren’t close. Learn something new everyday.
Context matters.

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Re: Cards re-sign McFarland

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CardsofSTL wrote:
May 14 22, 1:30 pm
dmarx114 wrote:
May 14 22, 1:06 pm
Today I learned that 3-1 games in the 8th inning aren’t close. Learn something new everyday.
Context matters.
Besides the tying run being on deck if you get through the top of the 8th still down 2, what context am I missing?

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Re: Cards re-sign McFarland

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dmarx114 wrote:
May 14 22, 2:25 pm
CardsofSTL wrote:
May 14 22, 1:30 pm
dmarx114 wrote:
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Today I learned that 3-1 games in the 8th inning aren’t close. Learn something new everyday.
Context matters.
Besides the tying run being on deck if you get through the top of the 8th still down 2, what context am I missing?
A continuation of poor at bats by the Cardinals. If we are using hindsight 20/20 arguments; then even if the Cardinals pitchers had shut down the Giants; the Cardinals would have still lost the game.

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Re: Cards re-sign McFarland

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CardsofSTL wrote:
May 14 22, 2:27 pm
dmarx114 wrote:
May 14 22, 2:25 pm
CardsofSTL wrote:
May 14 22, 1:30 pm
dmarx114 wrote:
May 14 22, 1:06 pm
Today I learned that 3-1 games in the 8th inning aren’t close. Learn something new everyday.
Context matters.
Besides the tying run being on deck if you get through the top of the 8th still down 2, what context am I missing?
A continuation of poor at bats by the Cardinals. If we are using hindsight 20/20 arguments; then even if the Cardinals pitchers had shut down the Giants; the Cardinals would have still lost the game.
We had 8 base runners in 7 innings, so I disagree that this was a night of poor at bats.

And I am certainly not using 20/20 hindsight. That’s why I bumped my original post which said McFarland should not be used in 1 or 2 run games.

Frustrating Oli doesn’t realize this.

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Re: Cards re-sign McFarland

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dmarx114 wrote:
May 14 22, 2:42 pm
CardsofSTL wrote:
May 14 22, 2:27 pm
dmarx114 wrote:
May 14 22, 2:25 pm
CardsofSTL wrote:
May 14 22, 1:30 pm
dmarx114 wrote:
May 14 22, 1:06 pm
Today I learned that 3-1 games in the 8th inning aren’t close. Learn something new everyday.
Context matters.
Besides the tying run being on deck if you get through the top of the 8th still down 2, what context am I missing?
A continuation of poor at bats by the Cardinals. If we are using hindsight 20/20 arguments; then even if the Cardinals pitchers had shut down the Giants; the Cardinals would have still lost the game.
We had 8 base runners in 7 innings, so I disagree that this was a night of poor at bats.

And I am certainly not using 20/20 hindsight. That’s why I bumped my original post which said McFarland should not be used in 1 or 2 run games.

Frustrating Oli doesn’t realize this.
Agree to disagree? This conversation is pointless.

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Re: Cards re-sign McFarland

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At this point, it’s become pretty clear the Cardinals front office is clearing out struggling players and bringing up players who produce at AAA.

Yepez, Donovan, Walsh replacing the struggling DeJong, Dickerson, Whitley, Brooks etc.

McFarland is not a good pitcher. He’s not horrid, but he relies on good fortune with batted ball variance and should be a depth piece in the bullpen who doesn’t ever pitch in leverage situations.

If he doesn’t improve soon, you could see another struggling veteran sent out for a young player actually producing.

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Re: Cards re-sign McFarland

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Luis Garcia is pitching very well for SDP. Little different pitch mix and way of achieving results, but just as effective, if not moreso.

Cardinals letting him go to re-sign McFarland and then sign Corey Dickerson was always laughable.

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