OT - Astros shut out for 5th time in 20 games

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In no relation to this weekends series, but you have to admit... the strikezone is much different in Atlanta.. well, at least when Maddux and Glavine pitched there.


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MizzouRah wrote:In no relation to this weekends series, but you have to admit... the strikezone is much different in Atlanta.. well, at least when Maddux and Glavine pitched there.
I will admit that Glavine and Maddux got some boarderline calls...it's obvious and anyone who's watched them pitch more than one time would tell you the same thing. However, I don't see it nowdays with the staff that they have. The only guy that MIGHT have the reputation to get some calls is Smoltz and he was squeezed yesterday. I don't know why the hell LaRussa is whining now.
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Yeah, both teams pitchers had the same calls.. it was just weird that in the 7th inning the ump changed the strike zone. That should have NOT been a walked in run.

but.. we lost that game when the ball hit Pujols..


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Sounds like he took that from someone bitching about Duke.
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dbdynsty25 wrote:St. Louis fans have been awfully quiet lately...too bad your manager is a whiney b*tch.

From LaRussa:

"I praise the Atlanta Braves as much as anybody, but the only thing they're not to be respected for is how they (fuss) and moan about every freaking play," LaRussa told reporters. "It's so one-sided that, sooner or later, it's almost like a strategy.

"They beat the umpires down. It's really bull and beneath the class of the organization. It's a joke. There's no doubt in my mind. Maybe that's their strategy. It's not to be admired. It's not to be copied."


What a whiner...get your team ready to play and stop worrying about the other clubhouse.
Ya it's baseball strategy, I dont know why he would seemed so shocked. Phil Jackson did the same thing when he coached for the Lakers. If Shaq didnt get the calls in one game, he would b*tch at the refs during the game and in the media and the next game Shaq would be getting all the touch foul calls. Larussa should do the same thing, I am sure he's done it before in the past.
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Weaver2005 wrote:
dbdynsty25 wrote:St. Louis fans have been awfully quiet lately...too bad your manager is a whiney b*tch.

From LaRussa:

"I praise the Atlanta Braves as much as anybody, but the only thing they're not to be respected for is how they (fuss) and moan about every freaking play," LaRussa told reporters. "It's so one-sided that, sooner or later, it's almost like a strategy.

"They beat the umpires down. It's really bull and beneath the class of the organization. It's a joke. There's no doubt in my mind. Maybe that's their strategy. It's not to be admired. It's not to be copied."


What a whiner...get your team ready to play and stop worrying about the other clubhouse.
Ya it's baseball strategy, I dont know why he would seemed so shocked. Phil Jackson did the same thing when he coached for the Lakers. If Shaq didnt get the calls in one game, he would b*tch at the refs during the game and in the media and the next game Shaq would be getting all the touch foul calls. Larussa should do the same thing, I am sure he's done it before in the past.
Uh, maybe maybe he's doing it now? A precursor to their next series? The whining about the whining of the other team is the bad guy? What does that make the guys that whine in a forum about a manager that whines about another team that whines?

Oh yeah, the Cards are on pace for 107 wins!
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Okay, so maybe the Astros suck w/ or w/o Berkman. Nice showing in Atlanta this weekend...

Lose all 4 games...

Get outscored 38-8

Whew...now I know why they are 1-14 on the road this year. Eesh.
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