9 games out of first, and now the NLCS.
2 Wildcards seems a bit silly.
Braves (4), Nationals (1)
Giants(3), Reds(2)
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9 games out of first, and now the NLCS.
2 Wildcards seems a bit silly.
Braves (4), Nationals (1)
Giants(3), Reds(2)
What a cruel way to wake up. Stupid Cardinals.
Woke up to this and not suprised. I actually have a freindly wager (made 2 weeks ago) that the Cards would be the NL representative in the WS. One step closer to unfathomable wealth :).
I get rivalries, but I certainly don't get the hatred thrown at the Cardinals. I get the dislike for Carpenter, but the rest of that squad seem like fairly decent kids. Maybe I'm not close enough to the team to know.
Good season to the Nats. Suprised me.
I have never liked the WC system in any sport, but we all know why the WC system exists. And MLB, when it expanded from 2 divisions to 3, decided to take a page from the NFL and give a second place team a chance, hoping to create more competitive balance.
But this year's one game winner-take-all WC game was stupid IMO. This is baseball, not football.
I'm old school.... I liked having two divisions in each league and the winners played each other for the pennant. But those days are lonnng gone, never to return because of M-O-N-E-Y.
I hate baseball.
Somebody's going to have to detonate something in the Cards dugout to knock them out of the playoffs.
Going back to September of 2011, the way that team has stayed alive has been incredible. No team I'd rather see lose (OK, except the Yankees), but you have to give them a lot of credit for persevering and prevailing the way they have.
I'm not a huge fan of wild cards, but the Cardinals were second in the NL in run differential. If the Cards are the NL rep in the WS, its not as outrageous as many are making it out to be.
I think if you have to have a wild card, penalizing them by making them play in a one and done game that the division winners aren't subjected to is better than one where they are bascally treated equally to the division winners.
Code:
Team RS RA Dif
Was 731 594 137
St L 765 648 117
Atl 700 600 100
Cin 669 588 81
SF 718 649 69
AZ 734 688 46
Mil 776 733 43
LA 637 597 40
Phi 684 680 4
Pit 651 674 -23
NY 650 709 -59
SD 651 710 -59
Mia 609 724 -115
Col 758 890 -132
Chi 613 759 -146
Hou 583 794 -211
It is pointless to root against the Cardinals.
And hating them seems petty and futile to me.
They continue to do what we cannot do and we are jealous.
Cardinals fans must bathe in glitter and sleep with unicorns.