St. Louis Cardinals Franchise

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

St. Louis Cardinals Franchise

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[MannybeinManny]

Yeah man, I'm a Cards fan as well. If I started one I'd probably trade Ludwick and someone else to get a top pitcher. I know it might not sound realistic, but I want to bring up Rasmus. Actually I'd probably wait one year and trade Ludwick and Glaus together and bring up Rasmus and Wallace.

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

Hmmm...that's interesting but I think that I would take Ankiel and Duncan and get a pitcher and then trade Glaus to get a good second baseman and then bring up Wallace and then you have room for Rasmus and Mather...just a thought

[MannybeinManny]

Yeah, but I kind of have a man crush on Ankiel jk. lol But everyone in STL loves that guy.I was there for his first game back in the Majors. It was awesome!! Yeah I forgot bout Mather. If the Cards farm system is rated correctly it should be pretty good on the game. Also we need someone who can swipe some bases.

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

If they have Schumaker's speed right he could be your man or you know....Yadi

[NEPatriot77712]

yeah man id follow your chise. if you kept up with it and everything it would be awesome to have a bunch of well ran franchises to follow this year!

[j_clem]

I'll follow it.

I plan on starting one as soon as I pick up my copy of 2k9. I'm a diehard Cards fan.

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

Thanks man...I'm definitely following yours as well...I am going to do a Baseball Tonight every week on Friday Nights...should be pretty neat.

[MannybeinManny]

yes let the Sea of Red convene!!!

[NEPatriot77712]

that baseball tonight idea sounds cool. i think that i want to put like a hot stove thing or an mlb tonight thing that the mlb network has. it would be sweet if you did espn and i did the mlb network. heck we could make all these franchises intervene and like have Q&A's with all the different franchise owners and stuff. that would be pretty sweet

[NYY Cardona]

I will follow it. Once the season starts I will be making one too.

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

that baseball tonight idea sounds cool. i think that i want to put like a hot stove thing or an mlb tonight thing that the mlb network has. it would be sweet if you did espn and i did the mlb network. heck we could make all these franchises intervene and like have Q&A's with all the different franchise owners and stuff. that would be pretty sweet

I will be doing the ESPN theme...depending on how the poll that I have put up turns out I will have Top 10 plays and Milestones. Videos of certain things such as, injuries, home runs, hits, etc.

[NEPatriot77712]

very cool. i dont want to copy you, so maybe ill do an mlb network theme with some different things.

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

I don't mind if you do the same thing...I'm copying ESPN so....and I didn't even inform them so...lol...but seriously I think it would be really hard on you to do MLB Network so why don't you do ESPN? Although MLB Network is advertised in the game so you may have the upper hand...lol

[MannybeinManny]

Whatever you do make sure our boy Alberto brings home the MVP lol ;). Then we'll know it's realistic. jk! Good luck to ya man I'd post mine, but for some reason I have ADD when it comes to franchises in any game lol. I play em for a week tops then want to start a new one all the time. I like the fantasy draft a lot too. I always draft with a different stragety. Like sometimes I'll go with all speedy athletic guys like the Uptons.

[NEPatriot77712]

idk to be honest the video thing is going to be difficult so you can go with that. I do want to do some Q&A's with the owners though. Like talk to you about your upcoming season and stuff like that and then post it under the name Mlb Network or ESPN.

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

lol...ya I used to be like that but then it became more fun trying to bring home a MVP instead of play like 20 games and call it quits and then you go do another one...its always more fun for me if I see stats build up over time. Like also trying to break certain records...Pujols baby...74 home runs...predicting it...lol

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

idk to be honest the video thing is going to be difficult so you can go with that. I do want to do some Q&A's with the owners though. Like talk to you about your upcoming season and stuff like that and then post it under the name Mlb Network or ESPN.

I will be using the 2kshare for the videos and then upload them onto here and then use a little iMovie to mess with it...I didn't understand what you were talking about when you said owners and talking to them but now I get it...lol....GREAT IDEA! mind if i ask you a few questions...lol i can already see it!

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

Go check out my page...got some news on there for the future...I'm out until tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. CT...PEACE

[NEPatriot77712]

yeah see thatll be perfect, we might as well combine our greatness and have me and you run ESPN on here.haha You can be the video expert and ill take the interviews and stuff. If you want to then youve got a deal.

[NEPatriot77712]

sounds good man, later bro

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

But how do we do the stats from your games and my games? and videos from your games and my games...ahhh im so confused...lol but ya I will do that if you want GO CARDS!

[NEPatriot77712]

well i mean i can upload videos off 2kshare and then send them to you to do that imovie or whatever you called it haha and we could just send each other stats. i think it could work for sure! but yeah ill talk to you about it tommorow

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

wait...I just know about 2kshare I don't actually know how to use it..can you tell me real quick?

[seermagic12]

Yeah man, I'm a Cards fan as well. If I started one I'd probably trade Ludwick and someone else to get a top pitcher. I know it might not sound realistic, but I want to bring up Rasmus. Actually I'd probably wait one year and trade Ludwick and Glaus together and bring up Rasmus and Wallace.

you do realize there is already room in the outfield for Rasmus, right? Ludwick, Rasmus & Ankiel will be the outfield for the cards this year. Schumaker is moving to 2nd base.

[CARDS2501]

What they really should do is figure out a way to trade Ludwick, Schumaker and Freese for a pitcher like Jake Peavy. Then spend the ****ing money to sign Manny Ramirez. Move Brendan Ryan to second base and then call up Colby Rasmus. They would have a lineup/rotation that couldn't be beat in a 7 game series.

LINEUP
CF Colby Rasmus
RF Rick Ankiel
1B Albert Pujols
LF Manny Ramirez
3B Troy Glaus
C Yadier Molina
SS Khalil Greene
Pitchers Spot
2B Brendan Ryan

BENCH
Chris Duncan
Brian Barden
Joe Mather
Jason LaRue
Jarrett Hoffpauir

ROTATION
Jake Peavy
Chris Carpenter
Adam Wainwright
Kyle Lohse
Todd Wellemeyer

BULLPEN
Kyle McClellan
Trevor Miller
Jason Motte
Brad Thompson
Joel Pineiro
Chris Perez
Royce Ring

I know that this is only a "fantasy" lineup but I would be willing to bet that they could win 105-110 games with a team like this if they could put it together in real life...and its not really that much of a stretch if DeWitt would only open up DeWallet!

[CARDS2501]

lol...ya I used to be like that but then it became more fun trying to bring home a MVP instead of play like 20 games and call it quits and then you go do another one...its always more fun for me if I see stats build up over time. Like also trying to break certain records...Pujols baby...74 home runs...predicting it...lol


I hope he never hits 74 homers in a season...it seems like when you do something like that you are just setting yourself up for a steroid investigation. If he is on them I wouldn't care but I would rather not know.

[Pujols4MVP12]

Cards fan here also, I'd follow. I have one of my own, but I will be running it on DynastyManager.

[jcardinals1512]

I'd follow as well, you need to make Schumaker your second baseman...he will be eventually. That is what he is going to have to do in order to stay on the Cardinals...too much potential in the outfield.

When Rasmus comes up, do you think Ankiel will move over to left, or Rasmus?

[CARDS2501]

I'd follow as well, you need to make Schumaker your second baseman...he will be eventually. That is what he is going to have to do in order to stay on the Cardinals...too much potential in the outfield.

When Rasmus comes up, do you think Ankiel will move over to left, or Rasmus?


Ankiel will play right field because of his arm.

[jcardinals1512]

yeah...ludwick in left. That makes sense. Can't wait for the season to start. Gonna be a good year i think. Just imagine how many wins we would have had last year with a consistent closer. Hopefully one of the guys can pull it together this year.

[MannybeinManny]

you do realize there is already room in the outfield for Rasmus, right? Ludwick, Rasmus & Ankiel will be the outfield for the cards this year. Schumaker is moving to 2nd base.

Rasmus isn't starting in the Majors this year. So who would play the other outfield position? And I've never heard of this Schumaker movin to second talk? Where'd you hear this?

[NEPatriot77712]

im not sure how 2kshare works yet so we will find out haha

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

ya we would've taken 1st place if we didn't have 42 blown saves....o well we should be good this year...Pujols healthy should be good even though last year was amazing...

[jcardinals1512]

Rasmus isn't starting in the Majors this year. So who would play the other outfield position? And I've never heard of this Schumaker movin to second talk? Where'd you hear this?

From what i've read the last couple of years...if Rasmus makes the team or he is called up, LaRussa wants him to play everyday. Otherwise he can keep developing in Memphis. He will not be a bench player. When he makes it...he's got it. Schumaker is going to take some reps at second base this spring. They are hoping he can catch onto it quickly. The big picture is for him to be the second baseman from 2010 on. That's what they hope anyway.

http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090205&content_id=3801824&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl

[mars040520]

Nice work, I'll be following, and check out my giants franchise

[MannybeinManny]

From what i've read the last couple of years...if Rasmus makes the team or he is called up, LaRussa wants him to play everyday. Otherwise he can keep developing in Memphis. He will not be a bench player. When he makes it...he's got it. Schumaker is going to take some reps at second base this spring. They are hoping he can catch onto it quickly. The big picture is for him to be the second baseman from 2010 on. That's what they hope anyway.

http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090205&content_id=3801824&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl

Yeah I know when he's called up he'll play, but he's not starting the year out at MLB level. Good info though I hadn't heard of the Schumaker move to second yet. Hopefully he can pull it off. It's one of the hardest posititons defensivley.

[seermagic12]

Yeah I know when he's called up he'll play, but he's not starting the year out at MLB level. Good info though I hadn't heard of the Schumaker move to second yet. Hopefully he can pull it off. It's one of the hardest posititons defensivley.

I believe Rasmus has a good shot at starting in CF this year. He's healed, he's put on a bunch of muscle this offseason and he's ready to go.

I really think they're linup will look like
2B - Schumaker
CF - Rasmus
1B - Pujols
LF - Ludwick
RF - Ankiel
SS - Greene
C - Molina
P
3B - ? (if freese the linup will look different)

[jcardinals1512]

I believe Rasmus has a good shot at starting in CF this year. He's healed, he's put on a bunch of muscle this offseason and he's ready to go.

I really think they're linup will look like
2B - Schumaker
CF - Rasmus
1B - Pujols
LF - Ludwick
RF - Ankiel
SS - Greene
C - Molina
P
3B - ? (if freese the linup will look different)

I'm pretty sure they won't let Molina bat 7th, Larussa likes a faster guy in front of the pitcher...and until Greene proves himself, he might see himself in that spot. We'll see though, hopefully Molina can keep up his hitting. It will be interesting to see if one of the 3rd base rookies can put on a show and put some pressure on Glaus when he gets healthy. I love all the young talent so much more than if we were to sign a big name. Easier to root for, and you feel like you watch them grow and develop.

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

2009 St. Louis Cardinals Franchise

2008/2009 Off Season

This year we have made some moves in the organization. We have also locked up a few players to some short term contracts and long term contracts. Overall we feel that we have accomplished a majority of the goals that we had set for ourselves to do in the off season. With that being said, I would like to give you a complete summary of what we have done as an organization to make our team better for the 2009 baseball season.

This off season we were able to come to an agreement with our pitch coach Dave Duncan. I personally was very happy that he was willing to come back and be our pitching coach.
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(left) Dave Duncan (right) Tony LaRussa
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We were also able to pick up pitcher, Charlie Manning off the waivers. Last year he played for the Washington Nationals.

We have also come to terms with back-up catcher Jason LaRue. We have signed him to a one year deal.

Along with Jason LaRue we have also signed relief pitcher, Trever Miller from the Tampa Bay Rays. He should add some depth to our bullpen. Which was one of our main goals this off season.
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pictured is left handed pitcher; Trever Miller

With letting Cesar Izturis go and Aaron Miles go we felt the need to aquire a player that could fill the shoes of both players and we thought there was no better player than Khalil Greene. He should be good aspect of the team and help us in the are we need him most, shortstop.
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pictured above is Khalil Greene

As far as adressing our needs in the farm system we have gone out and aquired Joe Thurston and Justin Knoedler to minor leage contracts.

We have signed Royce Ring, Brad Thompson, and Todd Wellemeyer to help adress our needs in the bullpen area. We feel that each one of these guys will be able to go out there on the ball-field and help contribute to our team. We feel very comfortable with where we are with these players and their ability to go out there and give us there full 110% each time they take the mound.
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(left) Royce Ring, (middle) Todd Wellemeyer, (right) Brad Thompson

To adress our short term needs in the outfield we have decided to resign outfielders Chris Duncan, Rick Ankiel, and Ryan Ludwick. Both Rick Ankiel and Ryan Ludwick we arbitration eligible. However, neither cases went to an arbitration hearing.

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(left) Rick Ankiel, (middle) Ryan Ludwick, (right) Chris Duncan

To wrap up the entire off season we have released second baseman, Adam Kennedy. We felt that he wanted out so we relieved him of his contract.

Thanks for joing this episode of Baseball 101.
Check back every Friday at 10:00 CT
Till then GO CARDS!

In the next episode of Baseball 101 NEPatriot77712 and AlbertPujolsFreak5 will talk about the upcoming 2009 season and each owner's feelings about there team. We will also cover what we will be adding to our program. Thanks again!

[jcardinals1512]

pretty cool

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

thanks man...

[jcardinals1512]

I'd like to see what your starting rotation, bullpen, lineup, and bench will be like. Spring training will determine a lot for the real team...I still don't know what I'm gonna do for my franchise when I get the game. Hopefully they give Molina the ability to hit this year.

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

I will be posting the lineup pretty soon...but thanks for your interest

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

Is anyone still interested in this? Cuz if not I'm not going to continue

[EgyptianDynasty]

Anything except Cardinal bashing does not interest me. haha jk

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

hey Egyptian Dynasty...will you follow? I believe you have one don't you? If so I'll return the favor -

[mars040520]

I'm following......check out my giants chise..............people will start to come when the game comes out and we are able to post scores and recaps of games...until then don't worry

[EgyptianDynasty]

Sure...I'll follow. I'm usually not on these boards quite as much once the game releases. I don't have my own though.

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

alright...I will check it out. and thanks man, i was like y isnt anybody coming and viewing it anymore...i thought i did an ok job with my first post of info...in case you haven't seen it you should go to page 4 and take a look...

[EgyptianDynasty]

10:00 a.m. Feb 20- Cubs tix go on sale! sorry to go off topic

[mars040520]

Yea i've got school friday so the earliest I'll be home is like 2:30, do u think there will be tix left, especially with this economy?

[EgyptianDynasty]

The premium games (cards, Sox) wont be avail. thats for sure.

[mars040520]

well yea obviously, I tried last year and waited for like two hours, those were the first ones gone but i got two bleacher seats for the game soriano got hurt against the Braves. The first two games I went to last year, Soriano got hurt. The April night game against Cincy and the June night game vs. ATL. Luckily the third time I went, the Cubs won against STL (The Edmonds 2 HR game) and Soriano stayed healthy. There's no place like wrigley.

[EgyptianDynasty]

I was 0-4 at cub games last year. They only lost like 12 ames at home the frst 2 months and I was t 4 of them. It was sooo frustrating. anyways, we prolly shouldnt turn this into a cubs thread, as much as it should be

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

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[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

tell me what you think

[EgyptianDynasty]

Lineup would look a heck of a lot more potent with the Man-Ram in the lineup. They should quit being cheap and sign him so the Cubs can have some competition in the division.

[mars040520]

Don't give them any ideas Egyptian!!! Lol anyways it looks like a deadly lineup, hopefully you can get some bullpen through trades....Duncan cough cough cough

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

St. Louis Cardinals 40-Man Roster

Catchers
Jason LaRue
Yadier Molina

Infielders
Brian Barden
Troy Glaus
Khalil Greene
Jarrett Hoffpauir
Albert Pujols
Brendan Ryan

Outfielders
Rick Ankiel
Brian Barton
Chris Duncan
Ryan Ludwick
Joe Mather
Skip Schumaker
Nick Stavinoha

Right-Handers
Mitchell Boggs
Chris Carpenter
Ryan Franklin
Blake Hawksworth
Josh Kinney
Kyle Lohse
Kyle McClellan
Jason Motte
Chris Perez
Joel Pineiro
Matt Scherer
Adam Wainwright
Todd Wellemeyer

Left-Handers
Jaime Garcia
Charlie Manning
Trever Miller
Royce Ring

Non-Roster Invitees

Catchers
Bryan Anderson
Tony Cruz
Luis De La Cruz
Steven Hill
Justin Knoedler
Matt Pagnozzi

Infielders
Allen Craig
David Freese
Joe Thurston
Brett Wallace

Outfielders
Jon Jay
Colby Rasmus

Pitchers
Tyler Herron
Clayton Mortensen
Ian Ostlund
Adam Ottavino
Fernando Salas
Jess Todd
P.J. Walters

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[jcardinals1512]

Looks good so far...are you not gonna try Schumaker at 2B...I think that is where he might play this year. Then you will have some room for Rasmus or Mather, just a thought.

Oh and don't let the Cubs fans fool you...the Cardinals are gonna give them a lot of competition this year, pending the health of Carpenter and Wainwright.

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

well I thank you for your input...I will be posting something called "Battle for the Positions" sometime today...maybe right now actually...

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

St. Louis Cardinals Battle for the Positions

This year there is a lot of competition at each position for the St. Louis Cardinals. Here is a look at the competition at each position.

Catcher
Yadier Molina
Jason LaRue
Bryan Anderson

First Base
Albert Pujols
Chris Duncan
Troy Glaus

Second Base
Skip Schumaker
Brendan Ryan
Brian Barden
Jarrett Hoffpauir
Tyler Greene

Shortstop
Kahlil Greene
Brendan Ryan
Tyler Greene
Pete Kozma

Third Base
Troy Glaus
David Freese
Brendan Ryan
Brian Barden
Brett Wallace
Allen Craig

Left Field
Rick Ankiel
Chris Duncan
Brian Barton
Skip Schumaker

Center Field
Skip Schumaker
Rick Ankiel
Colby Rasmus
Joe Mather
Jon Jay

Right Field
Ryan Ludwick
Brian Barton
Joe Mather

Rotation
Chris Carpenter
Adam Wainwright
Kyle Lohse
Todd Wellemeyer
Joel Pineiro
Jess Todd
Kyle McClellan
Mitchell Boggs
Blake Hawksworth
Jamie Garcia

Closer
Jason Motte
Chris Perez
Ryan Franklin
Josh Kinney
Kyle McClellan

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[jcardinals1512]

I had completely forgotten about Pete Kozma...do you know how he did last year by chance?

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

I had completely forgotten about Pete Kozma...do you know how he did last year by chance?

from the stats I have seen...I would not say he's anything special...but he may turn out to be great. That's the beauty of baseball...you never know

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

Alright I am very sorry to my followers that I have not updated my franchise in quite sometime. I have indeed started my franchise. In the next couple of minutes I will be posting up the scores and stats of each game. Thanks, Marshall!

[soldaderyan]

Alright I am very sorry to my followers that I have not updated my franchise in quite sometime. I have indeed started my franchise. In the next couple of minutes I will be posting up the scores and stats of each game. Thanks, Marshall!

couple of minutes?... 11 hours later nothing haha :D

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

couple of minutes?... 11 hours later nothing haha :D

HAHA! wow that made my day! I was in the middle of doing it on my laptop and fell asleep. I am going to start playing again in about 1 hour or 1 1/2. I will update then...

[soldaderyan]

haha thats cool pujols

[Blueshockey6]

Mather is going to be our opening day 3B and Skip will be our opening day 2B

[Beefcake2135]

I'll follow, and gladly contribute any info or interviews (hint hint ;) ) for the baseball tonight idea. Also check out my Tigers chise, i really havent had any feedback and want some.

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

LOL! Sorry guys again. I was in the middle of updating this and started feeling sick. I will post it up right now I swear! LOL! Stay with me I will still update everything. Here it goes...

[AlbertPujolsFreak5]

Greene Hits 2 Doubles as Cardinals Down Pirates 5-3

TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pirates 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0
Cardinals 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0





Name AB R H RBI AVG BB SO

Schumaker 5 2 2 2 .400 0 0

Ludwick 4 0 1 0 .250 0 0

Pujols 4 0 2 0 .500 0 1

Ankiel 4 1 1 0 .250 0 0

Glaus 3 1 2 3 .666 1 0

Molina 4 0 1 0 .250 0 0

Greene 4 1 2 0 .500 0 0

Ryan 4 0 2 0 .500 0 0

Wainwright 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Duncan 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Ring 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Rasmus 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0

Franklin 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0

TOTALS: 35 5 15 5 .428 1 1


Summary

2B: Pujols 2, Greene 2

HR: Schumaker, Glaus

RBI: Schumaker 2, Glaus 3

SB: Ludwick, Ryan

CS: Schumaker

W: Wainwright (1-0)

S: Franklin (1-0)

[Blueshockey6]

Franklin as your closer???