Comments for Kopper's Kaos http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com Cardinals pitching prospect David Kopp reports from the Minors Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:37:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on A Special Bond by ikeozark33 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/2009/05/03/a-special-bond/#comment-12 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:37:38 +0000 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/a_special_bond.html#comment-12 I am really irked! I read that the Cardinals are now battling for a wildcard spot in the playoffs! Whose darned idea was it to say this? If we can’t win our division, we sure as heck won’t land the wildcard!
Injuries have hurt this year and we try to fill their positions with castoffs. Besides Pujois, Holliday, and Jones, we aren’t hitting our weights. On top of that, Holliday isn’t the clutch hitter that he was suppose to be.
Someone needs to light a firecracker under our butts, jump start the team, smile, and play up a storm. What hurts is the fact that Dusty Baker sounds like he has a crystal ball. He just made the Cardinal series what it was, then the Reds starting beating the heck out of everybody including the ones that we are suppose to beat but aren’t. We’re like two freight trains in the night going in a heckava hurry in two different directions!

]]> Comment on A Special Bond by shadowjack17@yahoo.com http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/2009/05/03/a-special-bond/#comment-11 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:48:52 +0000 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/a_special_bond.html#comment-11 First things first: A long time ago in a galaxy far away I was a pitcher. In high school. A junkballer, but Dan Quisenberry and Kent Tekulve made my junk look like professional stuff at the time–our other pitcher was 6’5″ and threw BBs at the plate. My fast (sic) ball clocked in at a dangerous 68 MPH. And I still had an ERA of 0.170. Why? My catcher was eidetic. Photographic memory. Shades of Bull Durham. I NEVER shook that man off. And I won. A lot. Okay, it was high school, but still. The analogy holds true. And yes, my dad was a semi-pro catcher in the dark ages for the Cardinals (actually the Busch team) so maybe I had a leg up on the process.
Secondly: I am SOOOO tired of the LaRussa bashing that passes for sport in St. Louis. Love him or hate him for not being whichever savior of baseball you think he ought to be. The man wins. Consistently. No, he’s not Whitey Herzog. No, he’s not Torre. No, he’s not Schoendienst. But you should really pay attention to where the Cardinals rank these days compared to the “good old days of (fill in the blank)”. Here’s the research, freshnewstuff: 3rd winningest manager ever. Period. Name me who can adequately replace the brain trust of LaRussa/Duncan/Moz. Go for it. I eagerly await your next informed syllable. If you hate LaRussa so much then move your sorry “fan” status to being a Cub follower.

]]> Comment on A Special Bond by shadowjack17@yahoo.com http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/2009/05/03/a-special-bond/#comment-10 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:47:56 +0000 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/a_special_bond.html#comment-10 First things first: A long time ago in a galaxy far away I was a pitcher. In high school. A junkballer, but Dan Quisenberry and Kent Tekulve made my junk look like professional stuff at the time–our other pitcher was 6’5″ and threw BBs at the plate. My fast (sic) ball clocked in at a dangerous 68 MPH. And I still had an ERA of 0.170. Why? My catcher was eidetic. Photographic memory. Shades of Bull Durham. I NEVER shook that man off. And I won. A lot. Okay, it was high school, but still. The analogy holds true. And yes, my dad was a semi-pro catcher in the dark ages for the Cardinals (actually the Busch team) so maybe I had a leg up on the process.
Secondly: I am SOOOO tired of the LaRussa bashing that passes for sport in St. Louis. Love him or hate him for not being whichever savior of baseball you think he ought to be. The man wins. Consistently. No, he’s not Whitey Herzog. No, he’s not Torre. No, he’s not Schoendienst. But you should really pay attention to where the Cardinals rank these days compared to the “good old days of (fill in the blank)”. Here’s the research, freshnewstuff: 3rd winningest manager ever. Period. Name me who can adequately replace the brain trust of LaRussa/Duncan/Moz. Go for it. I eagerly await your next informed syllable.

]]> Comment on A Special Bond by shadowjack17@yahoo.com http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/2009/05/03/a-special-bond/#comment-9 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:46:53 +0000 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/a_special_bond.html#comment-9 First things first: A long time ago in a galaxy far away I was a pitcher. In high school. A junkballer, but Dan Quisenberry and Kent Tekulve made my junk look like professional stuff at the time–our other pitcher was 6’5″ and threw BBs at the plate. My fast (sic) ball clocked in at a dangerous 68 MPH. And I still had an ERA of 0.170. Why? My catcher was eidetic. Photographic memory. Shades of Bull Durham. I NEVER shook that man off. And I won. A lot. Okay, it was high school, but still. The analogy holds true. And yes, my dad was a semi-pro catcher in the dark ages for the Cardinals (actually the Busch team) so maybe I had a leg up on the process.
Secondly: I am SOOOO tired of the LaRussa bashing that passes for sport in St. Louis. Love him or hate him for not being whichever savior of baseball you think he ought to be. The man wins. Consistently. No, he’s not Whitey Herzog. No, he’s not Torre. No, he’s not Schoendienst. But you should really pay attention to where the Cardinals rank these days compared to the “good old days of (fill in the blank)”. Here’s the research, freshnewstuff: 3rd winningest manager ever. Period. Name me who can adequately replace the brain trust of LaRussa/Duncan/Moz. Go for it. I eagerly await your next informed syllable.

]]> Comment on A Special Bond by possible20 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/2009/05/03/a-special-bond/#comment-8 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:36:32 +0000 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/a_special_bond.html#comment-8 I’m desperate for a forum: does STL know how bad Tony LaRussa is?? He’s the worst game day mgr in baseball; his pitcher decisions are a disaster; he manages to failure, rotating pitchers in there until one of them fails. Why the heck did he take Wainwright out tonite??? Do the research: he’s a disaster, and costs his players big time. Let him go, see ya later. Hall of Fame my ***. Most wins? He’s old. Check out the losses.

]]> Comment on A Special Bond by freshnewstuff@yahoo.com http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/2009/05/03/a-special-bond/#comment-7 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:34:40 +0000 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/a_special_bond.html#comment-7 Great game David!

RobertJ
http://superbaseball.blinkweb.com/

]]> Comment on A Special Bond by kopper65@gmail.com http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/2009/05/03/a-special-bond/#comment-6 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:37:10 +0000 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/a_special_bond.html#comment-6 Dude, you were shagging in the OUTFIELD?! Right on!!

Signed,
the other kopper

]]> Comment on A Special Bond by mlb4life12 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/2009/05/03/a-special-bond/#comment-5 Sun, 17 May 2009 13:40:45 +0000 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/a_special_bond.html#comment-5 David,
In what ways as Dennis helped you as a pitcher?

]]> Comment on A Special Bond by jrocke217 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/2009/05/03/a-special-bond/#comment-4 Sat, 16 May 2009 06:12:31 +0000 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/a_special_bond.html#comment-4 david,

great start on friday, keep it up big guy.

josh

]]> Comment on Unbelievable Commercial by rickmcq1 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/2009/04/01/unbelievable-commercial/#comment-19 Thu, 07 May 2009 13:31:32 +0000 http://cardinalsprospect.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/04/unbelievable_commercial.html#comment-19 This commercial ranks with the 1979 “Mean” Joe Green commercial for Coke (YouTube link below).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Iwnq0sFwRE

Thanks for highlighting it, as I had never seen it aired either.

Was there a similar major influence in your childhood development as a pitcher?

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