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bksballer89
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For all the Braves ans Cards fans we have on here.
Sam Holbrook is the umpire crew chief, so that’s one advantage.Everyone and their mom is picking the Braves on the internet it seems.
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I’m praying he takes a foul tip right in the nutsackAt the beginning of the season, i said the Braves had to win the NLDS for the season to be considered a success. Now, i revise my stance. I would be fine with Sam Holbrook being beat to shit by a mob on the field. Everything else is gravy.
If it’s gonna happen, either let it happen Thursday or in St Louis. Ain’t no need in me getting killed in the stands on Friday.Go, meteor strike!!!
My memory must be blanking but I'm only thinking that the Cards have 4 straight playoff wins against the Braves.And y’all have had voodoo on us from September on since our comeback in 96
I'm not a fan of either of these teams but I like your analysis. It seems like the Cardinals have done a great job of putting together a pitching staff that fits their stadium. Like at this point in his career I think a guy like Wainwright would struggle if he was playing for the Brewers or Reds or something. But he is still very tough to beat at Busch Stadium.I think these teams resemble their ballparks. Braves built a new shiny stadium a couple of years back and have a new shiny team. Cardinals seem to add an expansion to their ballpark every year and their team is still trotting out Wainwright and Molina in 2019. Braves stadium seems fairly even and the Cardinals have a pitchers park for the most part.
Cards had a really good April and a really bad May but finished fairly solidly after that. Both teams have an almost identical Pythagorean W/L but the Braves have just generally been better throughout the year and have a better record against teams over .500.
A big factor here is whether or not the Cardinals can hit. I saw a stat that said that they were the worst hitting team in MLB on low velocity pitches and if I know that then the Braves know that. Braves are just better at basically every hitting statistic across the board. If the Cards don't solve that then we're looking at Braves in 3 or 4.
I do think the Cardinals play some really solid baseball outside of hitting. They generally don't commit errors and are great for double plays. People don't run on Molina and the Cards like to steal themselves. Cards also have a good bench and a good amount of experience pretty much everywhere.
The Cardinals advantages are all small, though. If the Braves bring the bats and the Cards don't then this won't go well.
Go, meteor strike!!!
An upside for STL is getting Wong back and moving Edman back to 3b. This puts Matt KKKarpenter on the bench, or it should.
Not sure who Shildt is going to have pitch game #1, but Flaherty should be good to go games #2 and #5 if necessary.
I am concerned about the long ball from ATL, some STL pitchers have a knack for serving up meat pitches.
I used the wrong number of K's.....ha
He dislikes bat on ball contact.