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10/20/2005: "Exile Over"


I returned to Baseball Primer to lurk sooner than expected, and was greeted with the following links:

King Doesn't Appear In Postseason.
{{customtwo}}"I think Flo [Randy Flores] did a great job the times that he pitched, but I'm bitter," King said after the Cardinals were eliminated from the National League Championship Series in six games. "We had eight games, nine games after the last game of the season, and I was pretty much a spectator. If I can't pitch here, then I can pitch somewhere else."


Well then. (The immediate Primer response was "Trade him to Baltimore for Steve Kline!") I like Ray--don't disappoint the posse--but Tyler Johnson could probably take his spot, especially if second-half-Ray comes into Spring Training next year. The thing I don't get is, La Russa gave him every chance in the regular season to prove himself, and... well, he didn't. If not then, then why in a situation in which a no-batters-retired outing would hamstring the team?

Also, Larry Walker announced his retirement. I was hoping he'd stick around for cheap--Broken Down Walker posted an .886 OPS last year, only 36 points lower than a certain Andruw Jones--and 300 good at-bats and solid right field play again, but it's understandable that the guy wants to be able to live a relatively pain-free life more than he wants to receive eight cortisone shots and a bionic neck. Is he a Hall of Famer? 6,907 at-bats, an OPS 40% above the league average when adjusted for Coors, and seven gold gloves, not to mention a ridiculous peak. Borderline, but there are certainly worse players in the Hall. People are going to overadjust for Coors like he's Tuffy Rhodes hitting 55 homers in Japan, but because he quickly outstripped Bichette Happens as the Face of the Franchise he might get a bonus.

And finally, to everybody who's wondering where they'll get their Mike Shannon fix with the Mighty MOX being replaced by the Tinny TRS, try game one of the World Series, where everybody who's got a ticket to New Comiskey will receive an XM Radio. A coupon for one, rather; you have to commit to three months of the service to receive it.

I suggest it--as I said in the comments of the last post, I've gotten enough use out of just the alternative music stations, the decades (40's in particular), and the 24 hour old time radio feed. (Shut up--er, t'ain't funny, McGee.) It's also interesting to hear some of the famed announcers of other teams in a capacity beyond "that one soundbite of Vin Scully from that one game" or "Bob Uecker playing himself as a violent drunk in Major League."

Not that there's anything wrong with Major League. The first two.

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on Thursday, October 20th, CalvinPitt said

I have to say that I think, difficult as it may be, I'll be able to part ways with Ray King.

As for Bob uecker, was he really violent. I remember profane, possibly bipolar, but I can't recall much violence.



on Friday, October 21st, Len Cleavelin said

'It's also interesting to hear some of the famed announcers of other teams in a capacity beyond "that one soundbite of Vin Scully from that one game" or "Bob Uecker playing himself as a violent drunk in Major League."'

When the Cards were playing on the road, hearing some of the other teams' announcers was interesting. Uecker was a gem, I thought, and Scully was quite impressive too.

The one thing that *really* irritated me about XM was inconsistency in the airing of pregame shows. In some cities (Kansas City and Cincinnati pop immediately to mind), it seemed that if you tuned in a half hour early that you'd get most of the pregame show for that day's game. With St. Louis home games, though, the XM feed would start about 5 minutes before game time (a couple times, that I recall, Wayne Hagin was well into the lineup cards before the XM feed started). I suspect that the inconsistency was the fault of the individual radio stations (i.e., when they'd let XM start broadcasting their feed). If Tinny TRS will let XM broadcast the pregame show (at least the half hour before gametime), I can forgive the Cards for leaving the mighty MOX.



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