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@johnrabe

10 years

The #Ravens didn't release Ray Rice when they saw this video. They released Ray Rice when YOU saw this video. Remember that. #RayRIce #NFL

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1 year

Dunno who it was, but a someone gets a gold star. Marmol (annoyed at being asked if he considered pulling Gio before the 2nd HR) “Yeah, if you’d told me the second homer was coming, I’d have taken him out.” Reporter: “Well it’s happened three times this year now.” #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

Tomorrow, Albert Pujols will walk up to home plate in Busch Stadium wearing a Cardinals uniform. If that doesn’t give you at least a couple of goosebumps, I can’t really help you. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

The complete breaking of Paul Goldschmidt after five months of MVP baseball is the saddest thing of the year. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

5 years

Show me another town where Anibal Sanchez gets a standing ovation for throwing 7-plus innings of no-hit ball against the home team in a crucial game. Make fun of the “best fans in baseball” if you want, but they absolutely are. #TimeToFly #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

I think the way the Albert Pujols saga wrapped up in St. Louis in 2011 left many of us with a bittersweet taste. To see it all redeemed this way, in this glorious and completely unexpected final year back, has just been a gift. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

5 years

Yankees plan: spend $326M on Cole Nationals plan: keep rotation, spend $245M on Strasburg Mets plan: strengthen rotation, spend $118M on Wheeler Reds plan: shore up IF & offense, spend $64M on Moustakis #STLCards plan: spend $500 on Gold's Gym membership for Matt Carpenter

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@johnrabe

2 years

None of this, of course, is Dylan Carlson's fault. He doesn't run the team or make the trades. All he does is go out every night and play really good baseball. The thing I'd most like to see happen with him is a standing ovation at Busch Stadium tonight. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

1 month

Excited for Miles Mikolas, who will be heading to Arlington for the All-Star game tomorrow. All eight competitors in the Home Run Derby have asked for him to pitch to them. #STLCards #ForTheLou

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@johnrabe

4 years

Once you factor in the reported Cardinals’ interest in Lindor and Arenado, the 2021 infield looks like this: 1B Goldschmidt 2B Edman SS DeJong 3B Carpenter #STLCards

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@johnrabe

4 years

Tim McCarver may’ve been Bob Gibson’s best friend on the Cards. He tells a story: he went out to talk to Gibson during a tense game moment. When he was halfway there, Gibby hissed, “The only thing you know about pitching is you can’t hit it. Get back behind the plate.” #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

This is officially the greatest night of my life. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

4 months

Goldy needed that. Gorman needed that. I needed that. You needed that. #STLCards #ForTheLou

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@johnrabe

2 years

Jeff Albert quits, and in a condo in San Diego somewhere, Mike Shildt is like, "You've gotta be kidding me." #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

How great has Dan McLaughlin been during this run? Every call is better than the last. He’s having as good a streak as the team. #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

2 years

The very definition of mixed emotions: #AlbertPujols hits numbers 699 & 700 tonight…and it happens on Apple TV, called by a crew that just got pulled off of a high school game. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 months

Keith Hernandez on the Mets broadcast has noted that Mikolas tips his curveball by slowing down his motion. An observation he made when it was 3-0. I’ll bet you haven’t heard that on the Cardinals broadcast. #STLCards #ForTheLou

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@johnrabe

3 years

The Reyes deal was bad. But you had O’Neill, Arenado, and others failing in key, key situations with RISP. This game wasn’t lost because of one decision or one pitch. This one was lost, as so many were this year, because the hitters failed to hit. #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

2 years

I remember that it actually stung me when he got 500 and 600 in Anaheim. For Albert to come back home and get 700. It just…there’s nothing left undone. I did not expect to be this emotional. #Pujols700 #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

St. Louis got $790 million. Stan Kroenke got a new stadium and a Super Bowl championship. He got the other owners to pay for his malfeasance. He would take this outcome every time. The bad guys win.

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@johnrabe

2 years

Anybody who watched the Cardinals throughout September and wasn’t blinded by bias will not have been surprised by this. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

In the midst of the disappointment, I don’t want it to get lost how big Adam Wainwright came up again last night against the possible Cy Young winner in a game where every run would be precious. He saved this team over and over again this year, and finished big. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

1 year

A Marlins fan said to me tonight, “You guys gave us Skip and kept Marmol. I’ll bet you wish you could do that one over.” Boy, do I, buddy. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

….smile because it happened. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

Gonna be so pumped when the Cardinals walk out of the winter meetings with a middle reliever and a backup backup catcher. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

1 year

Marmol said in his postgame press conference that they knew what things would look like after the trading deadline but the current team is “competing like crazy.” And I’m here to tell you that that’s an absolute, bald-faced lie. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

The reward now for winning your division is a 34 hour postseason. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

I’ve got news for you. This Albert Pujols farewell year ain’t no nostalgia tour. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 months

Leaving aside all the baseball arguments, Alec Burleson seems like one of the more amusing and likable personalities on this team. #STLCards #ForTheLou

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@johnrabe

2 years

If I'm Bally and the Cardinals, do I pick up the phone and beg Joe Buck and Bob Costas to take 30 games each this summer while we get things figured out? Yes, yes I do. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

1 year

According to Chip Caray, Tyler O’Neill told Oli he couldn’t play today. I wish I had a $5 million per year part-time job. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

The Cards let Gold Glover Kolten Wong walk to their div. rival for nothing, & replaced him w/ Tommy Edman. Wong: .295/351/464/814 Edman: .255/301/376/677 Nothing against Tommy, a versatile bench piece. But do you have any idea how administratively incompetent this is? #STLFly

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@johnrabe

2 years

It’s 2022 and Adam Wainwright is still the St. Louis Cardinals’ best pitcher. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

LOL Tom Verducci on MLB on the Happ deal: “It’s kind of hard to imagine what the Cardinals see here.” #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

2 years

Strained hammy? Yadi just takes a shot of whiskey and keeps going. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

What we are experiencing with Adam Wainwright right now is nothing less than magical. It defies everything that we know about how baseball and Mother Nature work. Absolutely the best thing about this season. #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

4 months

Look, I’m nobody’s fashion plate, but these cheapo Fanatic uniforms are not doing Lance Lynn any sartorial favors. #STLCards #ForTheLou

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@johnrabe

11 months

I know we’ve said this over and over. But I’m still just amazed by it. I’ve never seen a major league baseball team this bad where not a single person got fired. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

4 years

And the ALCS most valuable player award goes to: John Mozeliak. #STLCards #MLB #MLBPlayoffs

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@johnrabe

2 years

I miss Tyler O’Neill being good. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

Hear me out: Soto AND Shohei #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

Let this serve as my Official Apology to Corey Dickerson. Mr. Dickerson, I humbly apologize. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

St. Louis fans almost never boo. And honestly, this *deserves* booing. Those tickets are expensive, and this is absolutely unacceptable baseball. It’s a failure of the players, it’s a failure of the manager and coaches, and it’s a failure of the front office. #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

7 years

R.I.P. Cubs dynasty. 2016-2016

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@johnrabe

5 months

I admit I was a bit skeptical of the Cardinals' supposed improvements during the offseason. But now that we've had a month of Grapefruit League ball to evaluate, I just want to say, in anticipation of the season: This rotation has a legitimate chance to be quite awful. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

Adam Wainwright is just absurdly entertaining in these in-game interviews. He’s going to have quite a broadcasting career in store when he hangs it up. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

14 days

Mo in 2022: “Dylan, we’re not trading you. I don’t care if they offer me Juan Freaking Soto.” Mo in 2024: “Hey, Dylan, the Rays just offered me Shawn Somethingorother. He maybe pitches? I dunno, whatever. Anyway, pack your stuff.” #STLCards #ForTheLou

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@johnrabe

3 years

STOP THE INSANITY, @BallySportsMW . Your announcers need to be at the ballpark. You are delivering a subpar product and charging people for it—and planning to charge them even MORE. Knock it off. Pony up for a professional broadcast again. #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

2 years

No way I’m hanging around here tonight for all the hot takes. I’m grieved for everyone involved. The guy. His wife. His kids. The fans. And I thank God nobody was hurt or killed, as they easily could’ve been. I’m just sad, and not interested in anyone’s posturing.

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@johnrabe

11 months

Between this and seeing the Milwaukee players all remaining at the rail in the dugout to listen to Adam Wainwright, I gained a new appreciation for the Brewers' franchise last night. They conducted the whole evening with class. #STLCards

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Brewers broadcast calls the final out of Adam Wainwright's 200th career Win 🎙️ Jeff Levering 🎨 Tim Dillard #stlcards

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@johnrabe

2 years

I’ll bet Albert Pujols hasn’t run that far at full speed in seven years. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

I like Dylan Carlson. But man, you’d have to absolutely be in LOVE with Dylan Carlson—and possibly under the influence of hallucinogens—to let him hold up a Juan Soto deal. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

The Cardinals won the Marco Gonzales trade. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

For much of this season, this team was nothing but frustrating. And now, somehow, it will occupy a spot in my heart that only a handful of teams have reached. Man, I did not see that coming. This month has been something really special. #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

2 years

I mentioned this the other day, but I can’t get past it. Jack Buck called Albert Pujols games. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

1 year

I’m not kidding. Players get benched when they’re terrible. Umpires who have as bad a game as Ron Kulpa did should at the very least have to sit out a few games. There needs to be some accountability—and there appears to be none. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

Management made a conscious decision to make their bullpen worse by bringing back VerHagen and McFarland and demoting Zack Thompson. Which is pretty remarkable. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

A tweet guaranteed to please no one: the Cardinals genuinely got better at the trading deadline. But not good enough. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

I’ll say it again. @DannyMacTV is very good at his job. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

Enough of this, @BallySportsMW . You’re cheating your viewers. Stop the money-grubbing and send your announcers back out on the road with the team. #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

1 year

Nobody who didn’t watch this game is ever going to believe that Adam Wainwright was good tonight. But he was. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

1 year

@MLBONFOX @awfulannouncing Unfortunately, Blink 182 reminds people of 2004 when the Orioles were bad, so he’s been suspended indefinitely.

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@johnrabe

3 years

I’m 52. Mike Shannon started broadcasting Cardinals baseball when I was 2 years old. All my life as a baseball fan, Mike Shannon has been behind the mic; I never knew a time when he wasn’t there. At a certain point, the voice and the team become indistinguishable. 1/ #STLFly

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@johnrabe

2 years

Dear #STLCards : Fans said “play the kids.” You said no. We were right. Fans said Paul DeJong was unplayable. You disagreed. We were right. Fans said “Bring up Gorman, slide Edman to SS.” You said no. We were right. So listen…Hicks isn’t a starter & Dickerson shouldn’t play

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@johnrabe

3 years

Cool for Shildt to let Reyes finish the season on one final soul-crushing note though. #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

3 years

Dear Mike Shildt: hitting Paul DeJong behind Nolan Arenado can lead to what we call “pitching around Nolan Arenado.” This might be something you see in games. Like, say, today, for example. Please check into this. Love, your friend John #STLFly

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@johnrabe

2 years

It may be slightly unorthodox, but I’d like for Jordan Montgomery to make all his own starts and also all of Dakota Hudson’s. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

5 years

Hey, I don’t know if you’ve heard, but Max Scherzer wanted to be a Cardinal. And the #STLCards weren’t interested. #TimeToFly

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@johnrabe

2 years

I’m a Harrison Bader fan. And the injury has raised serious questions. But I think the thing that made him expendable has been Dylan Carlson’s work in CF over the past month. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

The final night that Albert Pujols ever donned the birds on the bat, ten years ago tonight, was a pretty good one. #STLCards

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3 years

OTD in 2011: "What a team. What a ride." #WorldSeries #11in11 #STLCards 📹 via @MLB

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@johnrabe

2 years

Harrison Bader mentioned this in his postgame comments. Tyler O’Neill cutting off the ball down the left field line to hold Estrada to a single and keep the double play in order was a big deal. Not to be overlooked. That’s how you win a ballgame. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

There are those who say championships are all that matters. I think that’s sad, reductionistic thinking. Yes, titles are the top of the mountain. But these moments matter. 700. 62. 893. Ankiel making it back. Holliday’s last home run. They’re the foundation of fandom. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

I’m not sure the Cardinals have ever had a player with more baseball smarts than Yadier Molina. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

4 months

The moment that changed a franchise and a city. Garry Templeton’s outburst at the crowd in 1981 was followed immediately by Whitey Herzog yanking him off the field, and secured his ticket out of town. Whitey traded him for a young shortstop named Ozzie Smith. #STLCards #ForTheLou

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@johnrabe

9 days

That was a terrible series, but the good news is, there’s no plan for next year either. #STLCards #ForTheLou

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@johnrabe

4 months

I don’t care what time of year it is. The Cardinals just beat Zack Wheeler, and that’s nothing to sneeze at. #STLCards #ForTheLou

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@johnrabe

1 year

I’ve been plenty critical of Oli Marmol. But I honestly don’t know what he’s supposed to do. Every one of these jokers he brings in is worse than the last. He can only use the guys they have. I can’t recall a Cardinals bullpen that couldn’t even hold 4, 5, 6-run leads. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

Here’s hoping that 2022 becomes a year we remember forever, like 2011, 2006, 1982…. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

This was just a great night to be a St. Louis Cardinals fan. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

Super-exiting for Nolan Gorman to have 300 friends and family at the game to watch Paul DeJong strike out four times. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

4 years

This season is the best Adam Wainwright we’ve seen in five years, and I have no idea how that’s even possible. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

4 years

Perhaps the most astounding stat of Bob Gibson’s career: He had 251 wins. And he had *255* complete games. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

It’s just incomprehensible that we’re getting to see the Albert Pujols story end this way in St. Louis. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

I really thought that Oli Marmol could finally be the first Cardinals manager in a decade to be able to handle a postseason and not get caught a step behind. And yet here we are. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

11 months

That’s the wonderful thing about baseball. Even in a grim season, there can be a night of transcendent, tear-inducing happiness. I honestly thought he wasn’t going to make it this year. But Adam Wainwright gets to top off his career as a 200 game winner. So awesome. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

Reminded again tonight how much I’m going to miss this Waino-Yadi pairing when it’s over. I’m going to try to savor this final furlong. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

7 years

1. Sorry to clog your timeline, but with the Aledmys Diaz trade today, I need to get something out. I guess the 280 characters will help.

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@johnrabe

2 years

I know nothing about it, but I’m confident that this Apple+ broadcast is going to be awful. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

John Nogowski has literally become a baseball star, and like half the stars in the league now, it happened to occur at the exact moment when he was freed from the St. Louis Cardinals. #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

1 year

If you think all the Cardinals need is three starters, you haven’t been watching. This team is like seven-plus players from contending for a playoff spot. How does whoever let this happen not get fired? #STLCards

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@johnrabe

4 years

Mo, I take every word of it back. All ten years of it. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

4 years

Do I get frustrated with Yadi sometimes? Yes. Is he a gamer? Biggest ever. Do I want to watch Yadi fight every single person on the field tonight , on both teams, the umpiring crew, and the groundskeepers? Abso-freaking-lutely #STLCards

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@johnrabe

3 years

The Cardinals have played 18 games this season. Matt Carpenter has started ten of those games and has played in every one of them. He’s hitting .083 with a .376 OPS. #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

10 months

The entire NL Central getting swept out of the playoffs in 24 hours once again shows why winning that division is not a sufficient goal for a contender. The Cardinals have always built themselves to win the division and roll the dice. Championship teams look further. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

It's 11 hours later. And the answer to your question is, no, I'm not over it. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

1 year

Seriously, I don’t know what you do to make this team a contender. You have about six DH’s. You have zero pitching. They field badly. They make terrible decisions. I don’t know how an owner can watch this and not start firing people. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

2 years

There’s really no decision to be made. When Jack Flaherty or Steven Matz or even Rick Ankiel is ready to come back, you send Dakota Hudson out to wherever he needs to go. #STLCards

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@johnrabe

4 months

I have no idea how Mark Sweeney ended up on Cardinals postgame shows, but in three minutes he’s already been more honest than that entire broadcast has for years. #STLCards #ForTheLou

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@johnrabe

3 years

I didn’t want to, but I’m getting pulled in. This team that has been so “meh” for so much of this year seems to be cramming about a season’s worth of signature moments into one week. #STLCards #STLFly

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@johnrabe

2 years

Not exactly a hot take, but I like this Brendan Donovan fellow. #STLCards

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