How is Colby Rasmus not in this starting lineup? Another good day at the plate against the lefty Zito and he gets rewarded by sitting on the bench against a right hander with an ERA over 8. Chris Duncan has done absolutely nothing to merit the start tonight.

This is absolutely unbelievable. I can’t make any sense of playing Duncan. How he hasn’t become a bench player is beyond me. In the past 3 games Duncan has gone 0-8 with 3 strikeouts, compared to Rasmus’s 5-11 (.455 BA) with a pretty significant HR. LaRussa is a fine manager, and it’d be hard to imagine the Cardinals where they are without them, but common sense does need to come into play here. Duncan is struggling - he has been since May - and his glove is a liability in the field. Why sit the most consistent outfielder? The same case could be made for Thurston who has looked lost at the plate lately, but options at 3rd base are much more slim than the outfield.

Why not sit Duncan and play Rasmus? Please tell me someone other than Thurston can play 3rd…..He does alright defensively, but on offense it seems that everything he’s done since the end of April is strikeout and popout on the infield.

Nepotism lives in Cardinal nation. And Tony has a hard on for Thurston. The guy couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat.

Duncan again? I actually thought they were show casing him until a month ago, when I realized that nobody else wants him. Too bad Mo lacks the gumption to tell Tony to sit Duncan and play Rasmus.

How can Rasmus not be in the lineup?

I have been a Cardinal fan for over 50 years and this Duncan situation is the worst case of favoritism I have ever seen. Has LaRussa lost his mind or what?? How in the world can Duncan be playing ahead of Rasmus??? I am so sick of this crap. Is he doing this just to show that he can do what he wants or is he just an over managing idiot who doesn’t want to make his pitching coach mad?????

So Colby sits while the two useless uniforms take up space in the outfield and add outs to the 2 and 5 holes. I don’t think “K” Ankiel and Duncanthit could touch Homer SIMPSON let alone Homer Bailey.

Thanks Tony. It’s nice to see you’re taking care of your son and Godson!

Lets not forget about Thurston in line-up. He is 1 for his last 11 and seems he is averaging about an error per game. Why is he still on major league roster? What other team would pick him up. Both him and Duncan need to be replaced on roster or Cards will continue to fight to stay above even mark.

I’ll get on the bandwagon and totally agree and ask, “Why in the world is Rasmus not in the lineup”. Here we are tied for first again and Tony throws Thurston and Duncan out there. Tony, Rasmus is batting .271, had a walk-off home run with a hit, and a hit last night. What has Duncan done? o for whatever his last seven or eight bats. What gives here. I would definately put T. Greene in the lineup until DeRosa is ready. A no brainer. We as fans see this and why does Tony continue this nonsense. I hope that Duncan and Thurston do well and we win. I say this because I am a die hard Cardinal fan. Anyway, I have had my say. GO CARDS…

The reason Duncan and Ankiel are in the lineup is because all of the success they have had against Bailey. Duncan is batting .500 and Ankiel is batting .667 with a HR. Duncan is 1 for 2 and Ankiel is 2 for 3. Unbelievable!!! Any reason to not have Colby is there everyday is just ridiculous.

If Jose Oquendo had a 350 lb, 4′6″ one-armed nephew (We’ll call him “Duaner Oquendo”) who wanted to play major league ball, how many at bats do you think the cardinals would give him? I say 500 over the course of a season -and-a-half.

Why all about Duncan? Ankiel has been a far more complete disaster. How can he be in any line up over Rasmus?

Somebody please rationalize why Duncan is getting the most playing time out of all our outfielders? And why the f*ck is Raz sitting AGAIN?!?!?!?!? I was never much into the whole conspiracy that TLR doesn’t wanna sit Dunc’s kid, but I see no other statistical reason to play DunCANT over Rasmus. This favoritism is making me sick. How many failed at-bats do we have to go through before LaRussa gets it???

ditto!

maybe tony could find brian mcrae and start him too.

Wait…..so is Duncan starting?

The Cards need to find a way to have Thurston, Ankiel and Duncan remain on the bench. How is this lineup—–
Schumaker RF
Ryan 3B
Pujols 1B
Ludwick LF
Rasmus CF
Molina c
T Greene SS
Hoffpauir 2B
Pitcher

Obviously, we need DeRosa and Glaus in the lineup, but this would do until then. Pujols should have the 2 highest batting average hitters in front of him in the lineup, not a .240 hitter batting 2nd (Ankiel, Duncan).

Nothing like stacking the lineup with a bunch of deadwood to insure the death of any rally the Cardinals manage to put together. I don’t care if Duncan got 1 hit in 2 ABs against Bailey LAST YEAR. All I care about is how he is hitting now, which is not at all, and that’s all Tony should care about, too, especially with options like Rasmus riding the pine! Since when is the Cardinals offense doing so well that Tony can EVER afford to sit a productive bat? I am SO sick of this. And I echo the sentiments of another poster in the hope that freakin’ Mozeliak will get enough backbone to either trade that loser or make Tony sit him. Whoo! Okay, I think that’s the harshest I’ve ever posted on here, but doggoneit, Enough IS Enough already!!!!!

“K” Ankiel strikes again! Great AB on 3 pitches. Yet, Colby rides the pines for this worthless uniform.

Great call LaGenius!

agreed

Say Tony, how’s this lineup working out for you so far?!

This is a total lack of professionalism by Larussa & the sort of move that could facilitate a cancerous reaction in the clubhouse. Honestly, moves such as this have got embarrass both Chris & his father. Daddy Dunc is a professional, and although I’m sure he appreciates Tony’s confidence in his kid he must be embarrassed when the nepotism is this patent. Moves such as this effectively marginalized Chris’s talent in the eyes of both his teammates & the fans and arguably breed dissent throughout the organization. I’m a huge Larussa supporter but this sh*t got

Then he finally puts Rasmus in the game, and he come up with 2 key hits….. and I believe at least one of those was off a lefty.

I just couldn’t believe we had Ankiel and Duncan in the same lineup. I understand you may need to play one of them…but both is crazy. Really, crazy.

Tony knows this is his last go around with the Cards and is just poking everyone in the eye with his finger. Enjoy.