YawkeyWay

MF84/Spike/Hermida Rules, I think it's funny you've been called out as being a troll on your own board rather than on the Cardinals Board (I am also a member there under the same name) where you are accusing them of being unfair to you. People treat you poorly because you bash their team, I remember your signature about the Cardinals being able to win in "every month except October", There are other team threads on CardsClubhouse (CCH), and the only reason "yours" is the most popular is because you stir things up with a lot of your posts. If I recall correctly, that thread has constantly been on the verge of being locked, and you've also been suspended from CCH on a couple occassions. You have very little credibility on that site; so little that you've resorted to coming here to make people feel bad for you. The treatment you get at CCH is a result of what others in this thread have described as trolling. I made it clear from Day 1 at CCH that I was a Red Sox fan, after the 2004 World Series no less, but I made it very clear I was just there to talk baseball and not brag or toot my own team's horn. You've been the antithesis of that behavior; called out on two boards, one being your home field, and I can assure you I'm not the only one at CCH who has noticed.

:::sigh::: Congrats Carp That's the best response I've seen yet on this board since the award was announced.

Carpenter was deserving, just as Willis was, but Carpenter was better than Willis in WHIP, K/9, BAA, OPS, among others. Willis' one extra win doesn't make up for the extra losses, and the stretch Carpenter had in the middle of the season meant more to the Cardinals pennant than his late-year stumble hurt it. Not to mention Dolphin Stadium is a very favorable pitcher's park, while Busch Staium was a slightly favorable hitter's park. Neither would have been a poor choice, but Carpenter certainly isn't the wrong one.

For those of you suggesting a backup outfielder (Kapler), that isn't true within the context of the rumor. Supposedly this will be a name "we care about." Not to mention Kapler was out all postseason (and next year) with a ruptured achillies' tendon. My money is on Damon, Sheffield or Podsednik (if only because it has been some of the smaller, faster guys)