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Julio Lugo - MW4 - 08-05-2009
You had me at "fiery stink hole"
Julio Lugo - BT - 08-06-2009
<!--quoteo(post=56026:date=Aug 5 2009, 09:32 PM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Aug 5 2009, 09:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Whoa, whoa, whoa. One thing, Kabes: the Cards don't compete "year in and year out" on "half" the Cubs budget. For one thing, it is only in recent years that the Cubs have started consistently out-spending the Cards. For another, the Cardinals have always been relatively big spenders in the NL Central. For still another, it's never ever been "half" of what the Cubs spend.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not only that, but define "compete". Last year, we outspent the Cardinals by 18 million dollars. And we finished 11.5 games ahead of them. 2007 I think the disparity in payroll was less, and we finished 7 games ahead of them (the Cardinals with their 100 million dollar payroll finished under .500). In 2006, they won 83 games (admittedly they won the WS, but another semi competent team in the Central would have kept them from even making the playoffs in a normal year).
The Cardinals are not wizards. They have not won more than 86 games since 2005, despite having the greatest player of our generation playing in his prime. They've had a number of reclamation projects blossom under them (Carpenter, Ankiel, Piniero, Wellemeyer, Ludwick, any number of "gritty" middle infielders) which is to their credit, but let's not pretend that everything they've touched turns to gold. Any team with Pujols and Carpenter SHOULD be fucking good.
Julio Lugo - kbwsb - 08-06-2009
I'm not lapping Cardinal taint. In fact my first post in this thread began with: "I despise them."
I just think it's pretty clear that some teams are better run than others. It seems as if the Royals are on a mission to make the most amount of unfathomably bad decisions in one 5-year period. They're succeeding. On the other hand, The Red Sox seem to draft really well, sign productive free agents, make astute trades, and win a couple championships here and there. Using another tact, the Phillies World Championship team is almost entirely home-grown.
I may be seeing things wrongly, but IMO, there actually are some teams that seem to be run better than others. I would put the Cardinals in the subset of "teams that seem to be run well."
It pisses me off, but that doesn't mean I'm going to be an ostrich, and pretend it doesn't exist.
The Holliday trade was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. It makes me sick to have a 3-4 of Pujols and Holliday to play against. But you can't say it was a dumb move by the Cards.
Anyway, fuck 'em. We have the talent and the intestinal fortitude to whip their asses.
I'm looking forward to it.
Julio Lugo - ColoradoCub - 08-06-2009
![[Image: myspace.jpg]](http://www.primessnig.net/wp-content/myspace.jpg)
Julio Lugo - Auz - 08-06-2009
<!--quoteo(post=56105:date=Aug 7 2009, 04:02 AM:name=ColoradoCub)-->QUOTE (ColoradoCub @ Aug 7 2009, 04:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I would still hit it...
Julio Lugo - jstraw - 08-06-2009
<!--quoteo(post=56157:date=Aug 6 2009, 05:35 PM:name=Dingo)-->QUOTE (Dingo @ Aug 6 2009, 05:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=56105:date=Aug 7 2009, 04:02 AM:name=ColoradoCub)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ColoradoCub @ Aug 7 2009, 04:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I would still hit it...
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Depends on from which end...
Julio Lugo - funkster - 08-06-2009
Fuck her stomach.
Julio Lugo - The Dude - 08-07-2009
best fans in baseball.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->A teacher at St. Margaret of Scotland School has resigned after being charged with assaulting a Busch Stadium usher who was in a wheelchair, authorities said. Bridget Matarazzi, 25, of the 6500 block of Bradley Avenue, was charged with third-degree assault for allegedly trying to push the usher from his wheelchair when he approached her at a game on Saturday evening to talk to her about her drunkenness, police said. Laura McClure, 25, who lives in the 200 block of Green Falls Drive in Fenton, also was involved in the incident Saturday and allegedly repeatedly hit a stadium alcohol compliance manager who also was there.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Julio Lugo - VanSlawAndCottoCheese - 08-07-2009
<!--quoteo(post=56276:date=Aug 7 2009, 01:14 PM:name=The Dude)-->QUOTE (The Dude @ Aug 7 2009, 01:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->best fans in baseball.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And--<b>AND</b>--the prudish city arrests nice young ladies simply for skipping through the crowd at the ballpark.
![[Image: Busty_Heart_at_Cardinals_Game.jpg]](http://www.boobpedia.com/butler/images/f/f1/Busty_Heart_at_Cardinals_Game.jpg)
Julio Lugo - veryzer - 08-07-2009
[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asshole.gif[/img] <!--quoteo(post=56278:date=Aug 7 2009, 12:30 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)-->QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Aug 7 2009, 12:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=56276:date=Aug 7 2009, 01:14 PM:name=The Dude)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Dude @ Aug 7 2009, 01:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->best fans in baseball.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And--<b>AND</b>--the prudish city arrests nice young ladies simply for skipping through the crowd at the ballpark.
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is that tommy herr?
Julio Lugo - VanSlawAndCottoCheese - 08-07-2009
<!--quoteo(post=56308:date=Aug 7 2009, 04:34 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Aug 7 2009, 04:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asshole.gif[/img] <!--quoteo(post=56278:date=Aug 7 2009, 12:30 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Aug 7 2009, 12:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=56276:date=Aug 7 2009, 01:14 PM:name=The Dude)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Dude @ Aug 7 2009, 01:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->best fans in baseball.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And--<b>AND</b>--the prudish city arrests nice young ladies simply for skipping through the crowd at the ballpark.
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is that tommy herr?
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HAH! Well, it sure ain't Bernard Gilkey.
But I think she's smuggling Ozzie Smith in her shirt.
Julio Lugo - jstraw - 08-07-2009
<!--quoteo(post=56334:date=Aug 7 2009, 04:27 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)-->QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Aug 7 2009, 04:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=56308:date=Aug 7 2009, 04:34 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Aug 7 2009, 04:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asshole.gif[/img] <!--quoteo(post=56278:date=Aug 7 2009, 12:30 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Aug 7 2009, 12:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=56276:date=Aug 7 2009, 01:14 PM:name=The Dude)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Dude @ Aug 7 2009, 01:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->best fans in baseball.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And--<b>AND</b>--the prudish city arrests nice young ladies simply for skipping through the crowd at the ballpark.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
is that tommy herr?
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HAH! Well, it sure ain't Bernard Gilkey.
But I think she's smuggling Ozzie Smith in her shirt.
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Wait...I think he's about to do a back flip...