and let me guess, if we happen to be playing in October this year you’ll bandwagon over and talk less (crud) eh?

It’s one thing to get down on a guy because he lazily plays up a grounder that should be a routine out. Or one that jogs down to first when the play could well be close. Or someone who always happens to have a “hamstring” issue and plays 80 games a year.

But when something is wrong with a guy and the numbers back it up. And when the conditions are different he’s producing some great numbers, it’s kinda petty to bitch and moan, don’t ya think?

Robby you left out the tired cliche of koolaid drinker. Explain why Glaus had a .779 batting average at Busch Stadium II from 2005 through 2007. ESPN has the splits and can break it down for you.

Let’s put it in your own words. It’s one thing to get down on a guy because he lazily plays a grounder that should be a routine out. Or one that jogs down to first when the play could well be close. Or someone who always happens to have a “hamstring” issue and plays 80 games a year…OR SOMEONE THAT USES THE DAMP NIGHT AIR AS AN EXCUSE FOR HIS POOR OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCE.

Kindly refrain from using more profanity. There are minors that read this blogs also.

Hey Robby, I’m with you. I can’t believe the bitchin’ and whinin’ coming from Cards fans. The Cards are doing better than advertised this year, so you’d think people would be happy. Glaus clearly has a legitimate problem. It’s ridiculous to say he isn’t going to produce this year because he’s not taking the ‘roids. He clearly was producing on the road–you had to like all those doubles. And while we’re at it, for those who were at Busch stadium last night, was it really necessary to boo Izzy when the guy has 8 saves already this spring and, I believe, is leading the league in saves? We all felt the agony of that loss, none of us more than Izzy himself, but geesh! the guy is human. And he looks stiff to me. Did we learn nothing two years ago, when Izzy was a gamer playing through the agony in his hip? Imho, Izzy’s earned a little patience from the fans. Sounds like a bunch of Yankees fans in Cardinal Nation these days.

Hey Jack,
That .779 average you speak of , you do realize that he only played one year in the national league. How many at bats does that number represent? I checked, it was in 9 at bats. Way to base an opinion of how good someone should be on 9 at bats. You are an idiot.

I was at the stadium last night (sitting about 25 rows behind home plate) and my eyes were watering enough that I occasionally had trouble seeing–and I wasn’t trying to hit a baseball. It is tree pollen season. I am really allergic to it. My eyes water every spring. I use special eyedrops and they help a little bit. I also wear glasses.

This is spring in the St. Louis area which means heavy tree pollen. I wear glasses and use eye drops. I was at the stadium last night and my eyes were watering. Good thing I didn’t have to hit a ball.

Koolaid? Um no.

There’s a difference in supporting a player who has done absolutely nothing to deserve getting reamed 20 some games in the year, than thinking he’s the 2nd coming. I’m in the former camp if you’re having issues keeping track.

While you’re at it, since you want to quote and inject words into what I had previously said, show me where, in any link, he’s laid any excuse for having issues at night. He hasn’t laid it down as an excuse, so your comment has no merit to begin with. He’s saying what’s going on, he’s not talking down his batting stats because of it.

And for the record, he *has* been Rolen-like defensively and that is a feat most of the fans wouldn’t have thought would be the case. His numbers are damn fine anywhere but in this situation. And he was pulled last night because last night - more than any other night game- it became a true liability.

And it’s not damp air, it’s allergies that’s causing it. The last thing you want is a batter half blind up against a pitcher with control issues as bad as last night. Get a grip will ya?

Allow me to take your stats and shed some real light on them, ok? As Max states you’re talking about 9AB, or 12PA. Real value in those numbers huh? And come to find out, those stats were based on the year he played in 2005 with the Diamondbacks so you could have left off 2006 and 2007 in your statement. And it was the old stadium, not the current one so pollen issues could have dramatic differences. Not counting the fact that those three games were in AUGUST. Come on.

If you want to hate on a guy, that’s fine. But don’t shade it with off the wall numbers that has no context to the current situation.

Wow. A lot of people on here and other websites are way off the mark. Not surprising.

By the way, Glaus got his 15th rbi today. Yeah, he doesn’t have a homerun, but he is knocking runs in. Anyone bothered to look at all the doubles he has?

He is also on pace for 97 runs batted in. Not too shabby when you realize he hasn’t yet hit a home run, and you know that he will hit a few of those. His average has never been something to write home about, but the guy produces.

He’s doing that. He’ll figure out something to improve his allergy situation. It’s not rocket science, but if you’ve never dealt with it, you got a learning curve to deal with. As for his previous success in St. Louis: limited number of games and allergies don’t hit instantaneously. He’s now spending most of his time here.

Quit acting like people who have never had a problem in your lives. It’s pathetic.

ldomino,

Thanks. And yeah, my comment earlier pertaining to the ‘roids was the fact that it was alleged during his injury years for one, and two his performance on the field didn’t have anything like some players with a screaming jump. there wasn’t anything even close to +10mph or 30HR or the like.

In short, I don’t for a second believe that we’re experiencing the ‘roid free version of Glaus, we’re just experiencing him.

I’ve actually been a harsh critic of his numbers, till all of this has came about, then when you remove these games and have a look, those numbers don’t look that bad. They’re close to average cleanup numbers. The severity of his night games here at home is why his numbers take such a hit and look bad averaged out.

The thing that gets me is that it’s an environmental variable that’s giving him issues. That’s no different than a player who can’t play in a dome with a white ceiling because of losing the ball, or someone who can’t play on turf because of ailments, or even Pujos being moved to first in large part to protect his elbow from further damage some years back.

If he stunk it up on the road, or in day games, or whatever then I would be right there putting pressure on him. But he’s clearly not as the stats show thus far.

As far as Izzy is concerned I agree that he shouldn’t be booed off the field. How many players did we leave on base in that game? A ton. It shouldn’t have been a save situation to begin with. We should have been 5-6 runs up, easily. Izzy has appeared in almost 40% of our games thus far. it’s clearly not something that can last the whole season.

When it comes to Izzy the fans need to be reminded of two things. One, by July he should be in the elite 300 saves club. That in itself is a testament to what he’s meant to us. Joining Smith, Eck, Sutton and the like.

Second, out of all active closers his actual save percentage is quite high. 87% since 1999 88% since being with the Cards. Rivera is 90%, Hoffman is 79%!, the Corderos are low 80’s, Lidge 83, etc. (all mentioned on VEB today)

For the price we have most of these guys at, for the youth (in playing time) these guys are in. We have an impressive set of guys out there. If nothing else, these boys will be respected highly by the end of the year.

But yeah, the worst part of this fast start is the Yankeeish attitudes that continue to creep up. Remember, we were picked to battle for bottom of the division, enjoy the good times.

You know Robby I wish there were more people out there whom would take your tack and level headed-ness when looking at this ball club. It royally peeved me last night to listen to Izzy come off of the field to boos. Yes he blew the save oppurtunity, but as you pointed out he shouldn’t have had to be out for the save. Then for people to be as irate as they were, calling for the sky to be falling because, the team is in a bit of an offensive funk… I mean come on. 1) this is a ball club that had been picked to be about 5-10 games below .500 at this point in the season, 2) as you mentioned (did as well at VEB in the gamethread) they are a young team (MLB service time / PA rated). valley’s like this are to be expected. If we can manage to play in this manner like we did last year perhaps there is a shot that we could be playing for something in August-September. As for now it is baseball and there is nothing we (the fanbase) can do about what they are doing on the field. Sit back and enjoy being able to watch them play, all in all compared to the product we expected to see… it is slightly better than advertised. So Glaus moved from canada playing in a dome to St. Louis and is having allergy issues playing in an open air stadium. He’ll get it figured out give the guy a break. For all of you who are about to tell me to drink some more Koolaid… if you really think that is what I am doing. I’ll be more than happy to have a few pictures of it for you. You guys are behaving worse than the guys who were getting on DG during Spring training because in the midst of providing great coverage and insight into what was happening he mad a few hurried typo’s grammatical errors on a blog! To y’all all I have to say is deal with it. Now, back to my Kool Aid. (I fear we as a fan base are becoming spoiled and turning into something disgusting)