The Cardinals begin defense of their championship tonight by helping the newly named Miami Marlins open their new stadium. Kyle Lohse gets the ball for the Cardinals while Josh Johnson goes for the Marlins. The Cardinals also play their first game in a decade without Albert Pujols on the roster. Despite that loss, the projections still expect the Cardinals to contend for the division title.
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I think the Cards, Brewers and Reds are in a three-team race for most of the season. But there’s that 1% chance for the Cubs…
Rice CubeQuote Reply
mb21 wrote:
Sorry, I’m sticking with the closed game thread.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
What the shit? I had no idea there were so many posts in the forum. For some reason I thought it would only last a day and didn’t bother to go back.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Oh god, I see the home run display!
ACTQuote Reply
Oh man, I wasn’t going to believe it until I could see a regular season game, but….. MLB.TV thinks I paid for this season but I haven’t. I don’t like to steal, but if you are going to give me something, I’m going to take it. Woo!
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
It’s on ESPN and espn3.com anyway.
incidentally, I haven’t paid for my Baseball Prospectus subscription for over a year, but I still get all the content.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
Maybe so, I’m just happy my MLB.TV account works on a regular season game. Unless this is one of them “free” games they do….
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ ACT:
I can see why batters would be a bit annoyed by that thing sitting right next to the batters’ eye.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
(dying laughing) ACT you edited your comment so now my reply makes no sense.
Anyway, cheers to incompetence…
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Nope. Today’s free game was an exhibition between the Blue Jays and Indians.
ACTQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
My fault. I re-edited it to put back the part you were replying to.
ACTQuote Reply
All that green…and that color of green.
It looks like vomit.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Stop talking about Albert Pujols!
ACTQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
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Puma SLIDE
(dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I don’t mind it. Yet.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ ACT:
careful, colin might be reading (dying laughing)
GWQuote Reply
Freese —> legend
Rice CubeQuote Reply
That catcher’s helmet is hideous.
ACTQuote Reply
I just realized I have to write a series preview tonight (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
You don’t have to.
Or if you do, just do the Cliffs Notes version, i.e. “Cubs lose” (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
John Lannan requesting a trade.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ ACT:
Weird. I’m pretty sure I get 8 months for the price of 12 there.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
There’s a widget on the sidebar with updated forum posts. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
Tom Ricketts will be on WSCR tomorrow at 7:30 AM CST to speak about the money for Wrigley renovations. It can be streamed live at 670thescore.com, or the podcast can be downloaded from that same site shortly after the interview.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I don’t care what anyone says. other than that ridiculous thing in CF, this is an awesome ballpark.
mb21Quote Reply
Kyle Lohse is brown??
GBTSQuote Reply
I hope MGL didn’t hear the part where they discussed Ozzie’s baserunning philosophy. He’d probably die of a heart attack.
ACTQuote Reply
MLB.com is screwing over their best customers, SK. You should be ashamed.
/Yellon
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I’m really dying to see a Marlin hit a home run.
ACTQuote Reply
@ mb21:
i like it, too.
GWQuote Reply
Who’s the third guy in the booth? Ted Nugent?
GBTSQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I am their best customer.
I just counted and this is my 10th season with this account – one for audio and nine for MLB.TV
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I was ignoring that shit.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
WTF was that? Hanley and Reyes just let that dribble through (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
(dying laughing) @ ozzie;s facepalm
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
If it’s Ted, then we’ll know when he starts firing arrows out of the booth.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
It’s probably cause Hanley was being lazy and Reyes was being selfish.
GBTSQuote Reply
Top effort from the Hanley and Reyes there. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Dammit…no homer.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
I’m normally not one to say so, but it really looked like a pretty half-assed effort from both of them.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
418??? Holy shit!
GBTSQuote Reply
Holy cavernous outfield, Mish. How did that not go out?
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I saw Hanley just slow down or stop. That ball wasn’t even hit that hard.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Oh, it’s Francona.
He does not have a voice for television.
GBTSQuote Reply
My avatar is off to get laid. SK out, fuckfaces!
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
(dying laughing)
GWQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
They really don’t want people to see that home run display.
ACTQuote Reply
GBTS wrote:
Would you ask Tom Petty that question?
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
FLAGGED
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
One last comment before I go.
If you stare at the superfriends image below long enough, everyone turns into either a Longneck, Shortneck or a Normalneck. It’s pretty creepy.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Wow, I guess that was hit in the air! Nice double play.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
put that in your next review
GWQuote Reply
Pssht. Marlins suck.
GBTSQuote Reply
Nice of the Cards to show the Cubs how to properly K-CS.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
That homerun thing looks like those folders girls used to have in middle school.
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
DPLEETED
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
Lisa Frank was that bitches name
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
humping dolphins
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
The look of this ballpark gets old fast. It looks like Steve Zissou and Liberace founded a design firm and this was their first project.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
No more no-hitter.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
They’re never going to hit a homer.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
THIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=slIHk6QytcM
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
What’s the point of spending that money on the home run display when they made the stadium so huge?
ACTQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
That place is a cavern.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I like it. It’s got personality.
joshQuote Reply
I like what I’ve seen of the ballpark. Small disclaimer though, I’m colorblind (dying laughing)
My only big complaint is the colors on the M logo. My wife pointed out that it looks more Southwestern than Miami-y
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
I’m telling you, they’re trying to appeal to the Hispanic population. The whole thing reminds me of a Mexican carnival. In a good way.
joshQuote Reply
WGN, DirectTV ————> back together again
BerseliusQuote Reply
The Marlins’ logo isn’t bad, in my opinion. Maybe it has one color too much. Lose the yellow.
ACTQuote Reply
This just in: Motte is nasty.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
I’d rather they just picked one color, and doubled down on the Art Deco-y vibe of the M.
BerseliusQuote Reply
DPLEETED
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Comment from Ryno on last year’s opening day preview
oops.
BerseliusQuote Reply
Rice CubeQuote Reply
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/baltimore-orioles-drop-exhibition-game-community-college-164735728.html
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
About 8 years too late.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/minor-leagues/cubs-6th-best-since-2007-in-free-agent-signings.html
mb21Quote Reply