Pujols out tonight

[The HG]

Anyone who was planning on taking either the under or Washington (I took both), those lines will probably be significantly worse in an hour.

[bigboydan]

LaRussa said last night that he would get tonight off Mr.HG.

[EJandV]

No pujols in the starting lineup sounds good to take the opposite team using ONE FACTOR ALONE , the fact he will be in uniform and can come off the bench at anytime and hit a grand slam ............ baseball can be funny . Cards all day here with the under . One factor can outweigh another in gigantic proportions . The factor of one man not starting you have keyed on putting your $ there huh , plzzzzzzzzzz tell me how big a factor it is to have Joel Hanrahan starting and getting torched in his 2nd start , where is the experience to not make that a bigger facote than a pujols that could go 0 - 4 if he started and 1 - 1 with a hr because he didnt start , yeah . We will see . I am probably way off here . Joel vs Joel in a pitchers ballpark , one pitcher has all the experience in the world where hitters hit 200 against him on the road where the other is as yellow as yellow can be .

[EJandV]

Lest not forget the fact/factor he does have a replacement that is a professional . To take a last place team for $ is pretty rich , like chasing ghosts in a run down house in your neighborhood , thinking there is something there because of something you heard , ahhh like a key player being out . I would like your worst team in the leauge to stay hot pick if the Cards were only fielding 8 players .

[rjt721]

one pitcher has all the experience in the world where hitters hit 200 against him on the road where the other is as yellow as yellow can be .

I wouldn't put any credence at all in Pineiro's BAA on the road in such a limited sample of work, especially since he basically only entered the game for mop-up duty with Boston. Check out his numbers as a starter since '05: 14-23, 6.05 ERA, 414 H in 330.1 IP, 43 HR's allowed. Sure he has "experience," but he hasn't been a big league quality pitcher since '03. I mean, Jose Contreras has experience, but it doesn't mean he's not horrible.

[rjt721]

Lest not forget the fact/factor he does have a replacement that is a professional . To take a last place team for $ is pretty rich , like chasing ghosts in a run down house in your neighborhood , thinking there is something there because of something you heard , ahhh like a key player being out . I would like your worst team in the leauge to stay hot pick if the Cards were only fielding 8 players .

[EJandV]

In more simplier language the word override , something happens more than not to OVERRIDE the go against the team with the big player out strategy . We will see . Twins won , I was wrong there .

[EJandV]

Right I agree not much on Pineiro batt av against on road , but the experience holds true , it should be a good game . Also he was pitching against tough AL teams not a sorry last place NL team in a pitchers ballpark . Watch him get fly in red , a uniform can carry you for the 1st start , just liek it carried the Nats pitcher his 1st start against the Mets , he did well . A uniform carry you ? All in the mind . Everything is mind first then the body will carry you .

[EJandV]

5 run 4th inning looks really good for the Nats in the 5th ,not too mention flukeish but watch out for Albert , hes starting to think about stretching and warming up in the on deck circle .

[EJandV]

Take all the last place teams and feed your family twice a week !!! There's a plan . lmao

[EJandV]

So this is how it unfolded >> going against teams with key player out . Tigers fell at home to W-Sox . Cards fell at the Nats . Os fell at D-Rays . Braves still cashed with no Andrew . No Shef No Pujols No Roberts , loss loss loss , no Andrew , win . 3 out of 4 , pretty good for that strategy for sat aug 4th ,very nic .

[BatemanPatrickl]

In more simplier language the word override , something happens more than not to OVERRIDE the go against the team with the big player out strategy . We will see . Twins won , I was wrong there .

Nationals won also.