Let's look forward to the Cardinals Methocalypse

[InternetApex]

The Cardinals broadcasters endless butthurt over that Russell single (that was fucking fair) will fuel me for days

I really want to hear it, but don't know what you were listening to. I can't find the endless butthurt. The two TV guys were iffy on it, but no real butthurt. Both radio guys thought it was fair.

I was watching the FSN Midwest feed. It was pretty amusing, they both said it was obviously foul to begin with, then retracted their statements once it the initial replay was obviously fair or at worst too close to call.

Then the Cubs took the lead and through the subsequent innings there was a slow build until that call became second only to Denkinger. The initial reaction was admittedly tame.

When I got to that part of the game, I switched feeds so I could listen to it.  One of them said it was fair, and subsequently changed his mind to foul, and the other said it was foul, and subsequently changed his mind to fair.  In any event, I thought butthurt was disappointingly thin on the ground.  They did, though, completely miss the fact that Maness had been ejected (as did Matheny), something that Len and JD identified as soon as it happened.

It was pretty fucking satisfying to see them come unglued like that. A borderline call goes the other way and the pitcher gets run in the back end of a doubleheader in which they're starting a pair of slapdick bums. Not a good look. The new pitcher comes in and gets the double play ball he needs, which he proceeds to fire into centerfield to give the Cubs the lead and allow a big inning. Was that a momentum shift of sorts? I don't fucking know. It would be awesome if young players looked at that and realized that the Cardinals are capable of being awful at the wrong time too and it translated into something tangible down the line. It probably only translated into a third victory out of 12 games. But it was fun to watch and think about and fire up the HOT TAKE machine and aim at the Twitbooks and etc.  

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

The Cardinals broadcasters endless butthurt over that Russell single (that was fucking fair) will fuel me for days

I really want to hear it, but don't know what you were listening to. I can't find the endless butthurt. The two TV guys were iffy on it, but no real butthurt. Both radio guys thought it was fair.

I was watching the FSN Midwest feed. It was pretty amusing, they both said it was obviously foul to begin with, then retracted their statements once it the initial replay was obviously fair or at worst too close to call.

Then the Cubs took the lead and through the subsequent innings there was a slow build until that call became second only to Denkinger. The initial reaction was admittedly tame.

When I got to that part of the game, I switched feeds so I could listen to it.  One of them said it was fair, and subsequently changed his mind to foul, and the other said it was foul, and subsequently changed his mind to fair.  In any event, I thought butthurt was disappointingly thin on the ground.  They did, though, completely miss the fact that Maness had been ejected (as did Matheny), something that Len and JD identified as soon as it happened.

It was pretty fucking satisfying to see them come unglued like that. A borderline call goes the other way and the pitcher gets run in the back end of a doubleheader in which they're starting a pair of slapdick bums. Not a good look. The new pitcher comes in and gets the double play ball he needs, which he proceeds to fire into centerfield to give the Cubs the lead and allow a big inning. Was that a momentum shift of sorts? I don't fucking know. It would be awesome if young players looked at that and realized that the Cardinals are capable of being awful at the wrong time too and it translated into something tangible down the line. It probably only translated into a third victory out of 12 games. But it was fun to watch and think about and fire up the HOT TAKE machine and aim at the Twitbooks and etc.  

Yeah, those first 3 sentences summed up how my thoughts last night.  Things go a little sideways for once and suddenly the Cardinals become unglued like Cubs Twitter.  Very satisfying.

[SKO]

The Cardinals broadcasters endless butthurt over that Russell single (that was fucking fair) will fuel me for days

I really want to hear it, but don't know what you were listening to. I can't find the endless butthurt. The two TV guys were iffy on it, but no real butthurt. Both radio guys thought it was fair.

I was watching the FSN Midwest feed. It was pretty amusing, they both said it was obviously foul to begin with, then retracted their statements once it the initial replay was obviously fair or at worst too close to call.

Then the Cubs took the lead and through the subsequent innings there was a slow build until that call became second only to Denkinger. The initial reaction was admittedly tame.

When I got to that part of the game, I switched feeds so I could listen to it.  One of them said it was fair, and subsequently changed his mind to foul, and the other said it was foul, and subsequently changed his mind to fair.  In any event, I thought butthurt was disappointingly thin on the ground.  They did, though, completely miss the fact that Maness had been ejected (as did Matheny), something that Len and JD identified as soon as it happened.

It was pretty fucking satisfying to see them come unglued like that. A borderline call goes the other way and the pitcher gets run in the back end of a doubleheader in which they're starting a pair of slapdick bums. Not a good look. The new pitcher comes in and gets the double play ball he needs, which he proceeds to fire into centerfield to give the Cubs the lead and allow a big inning. Was that a momentum shift of sorts? I don't fucking know. It would be awesome if young players looked at that and realized that the Cardinals are capable of being awful at the wrong time too and it translated into something tangible down the line. It probably only translated into a third victory out of 12 games. But it was fun to watch and think about and fire up the HOT TAKE machine and aim at the Twitbooks and etc.  

Yeah, those first 3 sentences summed up how my thoughts last night.  Things go a little sideways for once and suddenly the Cardinals become unglued like Cubs Twitter.  Very satisfying.

Not to mention Maness rhymes with anus, amirite?

[Slaky]

The Cardinals broadcasters endless butthurt over that Russell single (that was fucking fair) will fuel me for days

I really want to hear it, but don't know what you were listening to. I can't find the endless butthurt. The two TV guys were iffy on it, but no real butthurt. Both radio guys thought it was fair.

I was watching the FSN Midwest feed. It was pretty amusing, they both said it was obviously foul to begin with, then retracted their statements once it the initial replay was obviously fair or at worst too close to call.

Then the Cubs took the lead and through the subsequent innings there was a slow build until that call became second only to Denkinger. The initial reaction was admittedly tame.

When I got to that part of the game, I switched feeds so I could listen to it.  One of them said it was fair, and subsequently changed his mind to foul, and the other said it was foul, and subsequently changed his mind to fair.  In any event, I thought butthurt was disappointingly thin on the ground.  They did, though, completely miss the fact that Maness had been ejected (as did Matheny), something that Len and JD identified as soon as it happened.

It was pretty fucking satisfying to see them come unglued like that. A borderline call goes the other way and the pitcher gets run in the back end of a doubleheader in which they're starting a pair of slapdick bums. Not a good look. The new pitcher comes in and gets the double play ball he needs, which he proceeds to fire into centerfield to give the Cubs the lead and allow a big inning. Was that a momentum shift of sorts? I don't fucking know. It would be awesome if young players looked at that and realized that the Cardinals are capable of being awful at the wrong time too and it translated into something tangible down the line. It probably only translated into a third victory out of 12 games. But it was fun to watch and think about and fire up the HOT TAKE machine and aim at the Twitbooks and etc.  

Yeah, those first 3 sentences summed up how my thoughts last night.  Things go a little sideways for once and suddenly the Cardinals become unglued like Cubs Twitter.  Very satisfying.

A good summation. Probably close to 1000 words on how unfair life and baseball is if you're the St. Louis Cardinals.

https://twitter.com/dgoold/status/618801610593042432

[CBStew]

I am surprised that no one has commented on the most interesting part of yesterday's activities.  The seventh inning stretch featured Henry Rowengarten singing the seventh inning stretch.  That is usually never my favorite part of a game at Wrigley since the acoustics and the effort to coordinate a song sung by 38000 people don't lend themselves to a very musical event.  Nonetheless, Mr. Thomas did a decent job of singing, whereas most of the celebrities who are called upon to do that either are off key or forget the words, or both.

[ChuckD]

I am surprised that no one has commented on the most interesting part of yesterday's activities.  The seventh inning stretch featured Henry Rowengarten singing the seventh inning stretch.  That is usually never my favorite part of a game at Wrigley since the acoustics and the effort to coordinate a song sung by 38000 people don't lend themselves to a very musical event.  Nonetheless, Mr. Thomas did a decent job of singing, whereas most of the celebrities who are called upon to do that either are off key or forget the words, or both.

You must have missed the part where he sang "Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the paaaar-."

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

I am surprised that no one has commented on the most interesting part of yesterday's activities.  The seventh inning stretch featured Henry Rowengarten singing the seventh inning stretch.  That is usually never my favorite part of a game at Wrigley since the acoustics and the effort to coordinate a song sung by 38000 people don't lend themselves to a very musical event.  Nonetheless, Mr. Thomas did a decent job of singing, whereas most of the celebrities who are called upon to do that either are off key or forget the words, or both.

Y'all will be heartened to hear that at some point shortly after the stretch the guy had made it down to my area where he was approached by fans wanting to take pictures with him. At first I didn't know who he was but then gathered he was the guy who had just led the stretch--not that I knew who he was then, either, since I've never seen the movie as I was in my 20's when it came out and thus it missed my radar entirely (conversely, now that I'm a parent of young kids I rarely miss any of these new shitty kids movies). Nevertheless, the congregation around him directly in front of me prompted me to loudly remind everyone trying to get a selfie with the dude that the game was back on and I wished to see it without standing up and causing a ripple effect of every subsequent row behind me doing the same, basically inconveniencing an entire section.  The fans, being the same thoughtless jackholes that would rather take a picture with some C-list celebrity than take in the bottom of the 7th inning of a 1-run game between the Cubs and Cardinals, paid minimal to no attention to my pleas. For his part, however, Henry Whatshisname acknowledged this breach of etiquette and took it upon himself to inform the fans that if they wanted to take a picture they would need to squat down with him so those of us who couldn't give two shits about him could watch the game that we dragged our families down to the park and paid money for to watch.  

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[Quality Start Machine]

I am surprised that no one has commented on the most interesting part of yesterday's activities.  The seventh inning stretch featured Henry Rowengarten singing the seventh inning stretch.  That is usually never my favorite part of a game at Wrigley since the acoustics and the effort to coordinate a song sung by 38000 people don't lend themselves to a very musical event.  Nonetheless, Mr. Thomas did a decent job of singing, whereas most of the celebrities who are called upon to do that either are off key or forget the words, or both.

Y'all will be heartened to hear that at some point shortly after the stretch the guy had made it down to my area where he was approached by fans wanting to take pictures with him. At first I didn't know who he was but then gathered he was the guy who had just led the stretch--not that I knew who he was then, either, since I've never seen the movie as I was in my 20's when it came out and thus it missed my radar entirely (conversely, now that I'm a parent of young kids I rarely miss any of these new shitty kids movies). Nevertheless, the congregation around him directly in front of me prompted me to loudly remind everyone trying to get a selfie with the dude that the game was back on and I wished to see it without standing up and causing a ripple effect of every subsequent row behind me doing the same, basically inconveniencing an entire section.  The fans, being the same thoughtless jackholes that would rather take a picture with some C-list celebrity than take in the bottom of the 7th inning of a 1-run game between the Cubs and Cardinals, paid minimal to no attention to my pleas. For his part, however, Henry Whatshisname acknowledged this breach of etiquette and took it upon himself to inform the fans that if they wanted to take a picture they would need to squat down with him so those of us who couldn't give two shits about him could watch the game that we dragged our families down to the park and paid money for to watch.  

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As a side note, last week my wife was driving in Staten Island and told some numbnuts in another car to "PAY THE FUCK ATTENTION!"

[Tony]

I am surprised that no one has commented on the most interesting part of yesterday's activities.  The seventh inning stretch featured Henry Rowengarten singing the seventh inning stretch.  That is usually never my favorite part of a game at Wrigley since the acoustics and the effort to coordinate a song sung by 38000 people don't lend themselves to a very musical event.  Nonetheless, Mr. Thomas did a decent job of singing, whereas most of the celebrities who are called upon to do that either are off key or forget the words, or both.

Y'all will be heartened to hear that at some point shortly after the stretch the guy had made it down to my area where he was approached by fans wanting to take pictures with him. At first I didn't know who he was but then gathered he was the guy who had just led the stretch--not that I knew who he was then, either, since I've never seen the movie as I was in my 20's when it came out and thus it missed my radar entirely (conversely, now that I'm a parent of young kids I rarely miss any of these new shitty kids movies). Nevertheless, the congregation around him directly in front of me prompted me to loudly remind everyone trying to get a selfie with the dude that the game was back on and I wished to see it without standing up and causing a ripple effect of every subsequent row behind me doing the same, basically inconveniencing an entire section.  The fans, being the same thoughtless jackholes that would rather take a picture with some C-list celebrity than take in the bottom of the 7th inning of a 1-run game between the Cubs and Cardinals, paid minimal to no attention to my pleas. For his part, however, Henry Whatshisname acknowledged this breach of etiquette and took it upon himself to inform the fans that if they wanted to take a picture they would need to squat down with him so those of us who couldn't give two shits about him could watch the game that we dragged our families down to the park and paid money for to watch.  

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That's the stuff!

[SKO]

I am surprised that no one has commented on the most interesting part of yesterday's activities.  The seventh inning stretch featured Henry Rowengarten singing the seventh inning stretch.  That is usually never my favorite part of a game at Wrigley since the acoustics and the effort to coordinate a song sung by 38000 people don't lend themselves to a very musical event.  Nonetheless, Mr. Thomas did a decent job of singing, whereas most of the celebrities who are called upon to do that either are off key or forget the words, or both.

Y'all will be heartened to hear that at some point shortly after the stretch the guy had made it down to my area where he was approached by fans wanting to take pictures with him. At first I didn't know who he was but then gathered he was the guy who had just led the stretch--not that I knew who he was then, either, since I've never seen the movie as I was in my 20's when it came out and thus it missed my radar entirely (conversely, now that I'm a parent of young kids I rarely miss any of these new shitty kids movies). Nevertheless, the congregation around him directly in front of me prompted me to loudly remind everyone trying to get a selfie with the dude that the game was back on and I wished to see it without standing up and causing a ripple effect of every subsequent row behind me doing th same, basically inconveniencing an entire section.  The fans, being the same thoughtless jackholes that would rather take a picture with some C-list celebrity than take in the bottom of the 7th inning of a 1-run game between the Cubs and Cardinals, paid minimal to no attention to my pleas. For his part, however, Henry Whatshisname acknowledged this breach of etiquette and took it upon himself to inform the fans that if they wanted to take a picture they would need to squat down with him so those of us who couldn't give two shits about him could watch the game that we dragged our families down to the park and paid money for to watch. 

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I grew up in the golden age of baseball movies for kids. Sandlot and Rookie of the Year came out when I was 5, then Little Big League and Angels in the Outfield came out the next year. I loved all of those movies and other than Sandlot (which totally holds up) I haven't watched any of them since I was a kid so as not to taint my fond memory of them.

That said, I couldn't give a shit about getting a picture with that dude and would have yelled down in front along with you, my meatball elder.

[Richard Chuggar]

I am surprised that no one has commented on the most interesting part of yesterday's activities.  The seventh inning stretch featured Henry Rowengarten singing the seventh inning stretch.  That is usually never my favorite part of a game at Wrigley since the acoustics and the effort to coordinate a song sung by 38000 people don't lend themselves to a very musical event.  Nonetheless, Mr. Thomas did a decent job of singing, whereas most of the celebrities who are called upon to do that either are off key or forget the words, or both.

Y'all will be heartened to hear that at some point shortly after the stretch the guy had made it down to my area where he was approached by fans wanting to take pictures with him. At first I didn't know who he was but then gathered he was the guy who had just led the stretch--not that I knew who he was then, either, since I've never seen the movie as I was in my 20's when it came out and thus it missed my radar entirely (conversely, now that I'm a parent of young kids I rarely miss any of these new shitty kids movies). Nevertheless, the congregation around him directly in front of me prompted me to loudly remind everyone trying to get a selfie with the dude that the game was back on and I wished to see it without standing up and causing a ripple effect of every subsequent row behind me doing the same, basically inconveniencing an entire section.  The fans, being the same thoughtless jackholes that would rather take a picture with some C-list celebrity than take in the bottom of the 7th inning of a 1-run game between the Cubs and Cardinals, paid minimal to no attention to my pleas. For his part, however, Henry Whatshisname acknowledged this breach of etiquette and took it upon himself to inform the fans that if they wanted to take a picture they would need to squat down with him so those of us who couldn't give two shits about him could watch the game that we dragged our families down to the park and paid money for to watch.  

This Moment in Meatball History has been brought to you by Budweiser.  You're welcome.

You never saw any of the American Pie movies?  I find that hard to believe.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

I am surprised that no one has commented on the most interesting part of yesterday's activities.  The seventh inning stretch featured Henry Rowengarten singing the seventh inning stretch.  That is usually never my favorite part of a game at Wrigley since the acoustics and the effort to coordinate a song sung by 38000 people don't lend themselves to a very musical event.  Nonetheless, Mr. Thomas did a decent job of singing, whereas most of the celebrities who are called upon to do that either are off key or forget the words, or both.

Y'all will be heartened to hear that at some point shortly after the stretch the guy had made it down to my area where he was approached by fans wanting to take pictures with him. At first I didn't know who he was but then gathered he was the guy who had just led the stretch--not that I knew who he was then, either, since I've never seen the movie as I was in my 20's when it came out and thus it missed my radar entirely (conversely, now that I'm a parent of young kids I rarely miss any of these new shitty kids movies). Nevertheless, the congregation around him directly in front of me prompted me to loudly remind everyone trying to get a selfie with the dude that the game was back on and I wished to see it without standing up and causing a ripple effect of every subsequent row behind me doing the same, basically inconveniencing an entire section.  The fans, being the same thoughtless jackholes that would rather take a picture with some C-list celebrity than take in the bottom of the 7th inning of a 1-run game between the Cubs and Cardinals, paid minimal to no attention to my pleas. For his part, however, Henry Whatshisname acknowledged this breach of etiquette and took it upon himself to inform the fans that if they wanted to take a picture they would need to squat down with him so those of us who couldn't give two shits about him could watch the game that we dragged our families down to the park and paid money for to watch.  

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You never saw any of the American Pie movies?  I find that hard to believe.

American Pie was a kids' move?  Man, no wonder your generation's so fucked up.

[Bort]

I've neither seen any of the American Pie movies nor ever had a desire to. I doubt either of these will change.

[InternetApex]

I've neither seen any of the American Pie movies nor ever had a desire to. I doubt either of these will change.

I've never seen any Fast and Furious or Bourne Identity or Spiderman movies. This makes me a superior human being to all those who have. But the first American Pie isn't bad. If you get stuck watching it you may laugh.

[Bort]

I've neither seen any of the American Pie movies nor ever had a desire to. I doubt either of these will change.

I've never seen any Fast and Furious or Bourne Identity or Spiderman movies. This makes me a superior human being to all those who have. But the first American Pie isn't bad. If you get stuck watching it you may laugh.

Out of all of these, I have only seen all 5 Spider-Man movies. Of which, if you add up the positive moments across the board, a cumulative total of slightly over two are pretty good.