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Predict GM 6 Score; Win NYT Cardinals Special Edition

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We did this give-a-way a while back, and it actually turned out pretty cool... so our friends at AnyDate.com offered us another copy of the St. Louis Cardinals NY Times historical paper. 

What is it? 

"The St. Louis Cardinals Historical Paper consists of 63-pages of commemorative New York Times headlines, articles & photographs about the Cardinals. Celebrate all of the Cardinals best plays, games, and series with this St. Louis Cardinals History Newspaper, which includes a special color section."

Check it out: St. Louis Cardinals Historic Newspaper

So if you want a copy for free, just post your prediction on the score below in the comments and the closest to the final result will win. 

You have until first pitch tonight  in Game 6 (OCT 21 2012) to get your entry in. Please make sure to pick what team will win as well (Ex: Cards 5, Giants 2)

Good luck. And let's Carp this one down. 

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NLCS Game 5: Put The Champagne On Ice

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The Cardinals have played 173 games in 2012 and last night's loss was, by a wide margin, the worst.  

Obviously the comedown from expectations of popping bottles to icing bottles is severe. That has to be a factor in making this statement, but it was more the amalgamation of all the worst parts of the 2012 Cardinals baked into one, neat, 9 inning example made it... ahem... take the cake.
 
Pitiful offense? Check.
 
You know how many baseball games you can win by scoring 0 runs? Zero. It's never been done. Yet there they were, making Barry Zito have flashbacks to 2004. It was a feeble attempt at offense. It really wasn't even a suggestion of offense.
 
Bad coaching? Check.
 
Maybe Mike Matheny is trying to get the city to turn on Lance Lynn. Maybe he's a gambling man. Maybe he's asleep when Lance Lynn starts. Regardless, he can't watch enough Lace Lynn struggling in the 4th inning before making a move. With the off-day pending and the possibility of being able to set your rotation for the World Series in reach, Coach should have had an itchy trigger finger.
 
He didn't. Then again, did it really matter? Because the Cardinals bats were in their patented 2012 sleep mode.
 
Insane plays? Check.
 
How about a hybrid bunt/swing single from the Giants pitcher? Or a throw to second base that misses all the fielders, but hits the base? Hell, unless you were rooting for the Giants, these might be the two most interesting things that happened Friday night. 
 
Ugh.
 
So the Cardinals are going back, back to Cali. And will have 2 more opportunities to return to the World Series. Raise your hand if you think this is going to go 7. 
 
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Trumbsy: "Will You Marry Me, Adam?"

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Oh man. Did you guys just SEE that? 

I am so in love with Adam Wainwright right now that I can’t even stand it.
 
I’ve decided that when we get married (BECAUSE THAT WILL HAPPEN), Yadier Molina is going to be my maid of honor.
 
And I think Pete Kozma and Matt Carpenter will probably be bridesmaids. It’s all up in the air right now and I’ll have to talk to Adam about it (because we talk about EVERYTHING and are so in love), but I'm sure the pieces will all fall together.
 
Right now it’s kind of touch and go, but it’s obviously very difficult to plan a wedding when he’s out there being so awesome at throwing baseballs. We simply don’t have time for ALL OF THESE DETAILS.
 
I’m sure that when the day rolls around it will just be perfect and wonderful, because he means so much to me and our love is forever. If Hunter Pence (haha, THAT GUY!) can’t stop us, than no one can.
 
Put it on your calendars, you guys. You’re all invited!!!
 
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NLCS Game 4: Dazed & Confused

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Giants? Hardly. 

Game 4? Hardly.
 
It was a night to be savored. One of the rare post season wins where the outcome is long been determined before the final out has been recorded. Where the normal high pressure at bats morph back into the lazy metronomic beats of the summer that has just passed us by. 
 
The Cardinals dispatched the Giants 8-3 in would could/should have been worse than that. Tim Lincecum started, or as San Franciscans might say, proved his terrible regular season wasn't a fluke. He was battered for runs early, late and in-between, putting the Birds in a position to let Adam Wainwright do work before getting the bullpen irregulars some playoff work.
 
Oh, and while Holliday and Yadi busted out of slumps, Carlos Beltran was able to grab a day of rest. The worst thing that happened was the pending benching of Matt Carpenter when no one wants it to happen.
 
Such are the spoils of being 5 wins away from back-to-back championships.
 
The Giants are capable of winning 3 in a row after facing elimination. They're a poor man's Cardinal when it comes to making things harder than it should be. So this series needs to end Friday night in St. Louis, or things could get very dicy.
 
What more can be said? The Cardinals stepped up Thursday night and whipped the Giants' collective ass. They're a beaten team now and it's time to claim the Senior Circuit title and start this weekend off right.
 
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Time Lapse Cardinals Pumpkin Carving

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Thanks to our friends over at the NOC who sent over this pumpkin carving time lapse.

Cardinals start at :49 seconds in.

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NLCS Game 3: Wet Fans Leave?

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That. Was. Looooooooooong.

I know that we don't have a retractable roof in St. Louis. I know that we probably won't have a retractable roof in St. Louis for the next 30 years. But dammit, why EFFFF didn't they build the new Busch Stadium with a retractable roof?

Prolly the same reason they didn't use real bricks. Cheapsters.

Some thoughts after 7 hours in a ballpark.

1) During the rain delay, they played the full 9th inning of the NLDS Game 5. With audio. I don't have kids, but if I did, I'd imagine this is what you do with them when they start getting fussy. Put them in front of a TV and hope they shut up. Sure enough, when the crowd started getting restless at the 2 hour mark of non-baseball, they put this on and we all shut up and watched.

Then we cheered retroactively. I can't say it wasn't pretty cool.

2) Matt Carpenter = money.

That was a bigger home run than we're going to remember. He wouldn't have been in there if Beltran's "knee" hadn't started hurting and he turned in all the offense the Cardinals needed. People will remember the rain delay, but if Carpenter doesn't get that HR, the Cardinals are probably down 2-1 in this series and fighting for their lives Thursday night.

Carpenter PWNS Matt Cain. (5-5 /4RBIs/1HR)

3) Allen Craig pretty much got benched.

Let's call a spade a spade. When Sugar Shane Robinson is taking your ABs, you just got told. And if you give me this whole needed to complete a double switch junk, I'll toss that right out of here. He got sat. The fuck. Down.

4) Matt Holliday can start hitting any day now. Seriously. Any day.

5) Lastly, to all the people that left the game (eyeball guess, about 20K or so), you are more than welcome to never get a ticket to another playoff game in your life. In fact, inventory should have been taken as people left. And unless you had a flight or emergency at home, you should be on some sort of a black list.

Did I want to sit around for 150 minutes wanking off? Hell no I didn't. But I did, because as friend of the site Bo S. in Denver reminded us... you go to every playoff game you can. Because you never know what's going to happen.

I'm not sure the 'best fans in baseball' leave an LCS game like that.

Going to have to really reconsider just how serious fans are around here with this new found laziness.

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Even My Trees Are Down With The Redbirds

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Mountain Fresh: No Holliday

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The verdict is in: Matt Holliday is completely worthless in the post-season. 

Did he put up some RBI's in the regular season? Absolutely. He should feel good cashing about 65% of his check. 
 
In post-season play, he's a liability, plain and simple.  
 
I've seen little-leagueres being heckled by their drunken father that exude more confidence on the baseball field.  
 
Let's stop throwing good money after bad and put him on the bench where he belongs. Maybe him and A-Rod can text each other.  
 
Holiday in October = Tits on a Boar. 
 
I'm Mountain Fresh, and I approved this message.
 
Ed Note: While we're moaning and pissing about players this morning, can I get a pulse check on Yadier Molina? Dude, we're going to look really silly pushing you for MVP if we keep forgetting you're playing ball. Maybe you're saving it for later? Please can we have some Yadi?
 
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NLCS Game 2: Boondoggle By The Bay

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Come on. 

You didn't think the Cardinals were just going win four straight and give you a few extra days off this extended summer, did you?
 
Nope.
 
The 2012 Cardinals do things the hard way. Sometimes the very hard way.
 
It's hard to win a baseball game without scoring a run. But it's almost as hard when your starting pitcher is also the only person to drive in a run. So the fact that the Cardinals got pancaked in NLCS Game 2 shouldn't come as a surprise. And neither should the lack of offense. Give the Cardinals enough time and they'll find a way to lay an egg.
 
Again, it was the 3 & 2/3 mark of the game that provided the Giants with four runs. This time, Carpenter survived the inning, but no more. Didn't matter a lick, though. Because it was one of those nights where the best offense in the NL was in hibernation. We've seen it before. We'll probably see it again. 
 
By the time the Cardinals take the field on October 17th, it will have been 9 days and 5 games on the road. Both numbers never equaled in playoff history. They come back to St. Louis with a split series and the ability to win the series at Busch Stadium.
 
They won't. 
 
Not that I don't want them to. But they won't. Again, this team had the rotation, somehow, set up perfectly after escaping a Game 1 start from Lance Lynn. Is there anyone else you'd want on the road in the playoffs than Chris Carpenter? And come Wednesday, Kyle Lohse will take the rock for Game 3.
 
It was too good to be true and once again we're thrust into limbo. A split in SF is what we wanted... yet, it felt like they could have done more.
 
Buckle up kids, this series is going to be dramatic. It's going to be draining. And by the time it's all over, we'll wonder what the hell just happened.
 
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Change Your Social Media Profile Pic...

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Moutain Fresh has updated his 11 in 11 social media profile pic to a 12 in 12 pic.

Please rip it off and save it as your own. You know, if you want. 

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