Timmy's Tidbits: St. John Vianney And Colby Rasmus

Tim McKernan posted on July 21, 2009 00:00

Exhausted and rambling before shutting it down early, and so I say:

-What the fuck is that thing over Colby Rasmus' lip? If this were 1988 and we were at my grade school of St. Gabriel's on the South Side, Colby would be the Brad Pitt of Tamm Avenue. No one was cooler than the young hoosier who was able to grow a mustache in grade school in my turf. We had one guy who was so "smart" that he turned 16...while in fucking 8th grade. Naturally, he was sporting a Colby. And, also naturally, he proceeded to attend Vianney...named after the patron saint of the peach fuzz mustache.

-Nice fucking ballpark. Three examples last night in Houston at The Baseball Freakshow That Is Minute Maid Park:

1. Carlos Lee hits a ball that maaaaybe gets out of Busch Stadium. In the jackoff fest at Minute Maid, it goes up on the railroad tracks.

2. Skip Schumaker hits a ball that would've gone off the wall in left-center. Bartman Jr. reaches over and catches it...because there's absolutely no divide between the wall and the playing field. Most likely it wasn't a home run...but it would've been enjoyable to see if it would've traveled out.

3. Ryan Ludwick hits a ball about 415 feet to dead center. It's a home run in 90% of the ballparks in baseball. In nitwitland, it's a long fly out...after it's caught...on a hill...five feet in front of a motherfucking flag pole.

Seriously. Get it fixed.

-I would have rather seen Sandy Duncan sent up to pinch hit with the game on the line in the 9th than Chris Duncan. Sandy's glass eye would have been sounder than Operation Duncsaster. Seriously...why in the name of all things holy was Chris Duncan pinch hitting for Brendan Ryan in that spot?

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# Stlhooligan

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 3:11 AM

Timmy, Somebody seriously has to grow a pair down at the new Busch and find out what the hell Lil Duncan has on Tony that keeps getting him at bats and starts of the potential Roy Hobbs in Rasmus. I miss all of the game tonight until the top of the 9th and instead of letting a contact hitter who has some plate discipline in Ryan hit, Larussa sends up the f-ing stiff with a jersey named Duncan who has no talent, no understanding of the game and is only on this team because of his last name. Help us out Tim and find out the truth, Cronkite, Jack, Haray and Grantland Rice are all waiting at the bar up above to discuss and debate this great issue.

# Cobra Kai

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:31 AM

This Duncan fiasco has gotten out of control. Even if it is nepotism, it's gotten to the point of being absolutey ridiculous. We have gone to calling him 'The Automatic Out'. I wish someone in the local media would press LaRussa like hell to figure out his reasoning, except for his standard, "He's a good ballplayer.".... He can't hit or field. The only thing he's good at is building a nice big chaw of Red Man in his cheek. I heard Dan and Al talking about Brendan Ryan during the game last night and they said that LaGenius "couldn't find a way to take Brendan out of the lineup"... why would he be looking for a way to do that anyway? The guy is nuts.

# bastardilla

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:18 AM

I was thinking exactly the same thing about the queer carlos lee home run. It might have gone 340 feet. Maybe.

# afanger

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:37 AM

tim,
there is plenty of room on the ANTI TONY LARUSSA bandwagon. i have been calling for his head for 10 years. batting the pitcher 8th is assinine, batting ryan 9th is even more ridiculous (isn't he batting .280?), put ryan in the 2 hole! duncan and ankiel have both played their way off the roster, but tlr just won't make it happen. we have won TO SPITE tony for many years..... this whole "we are in 1st place" is what people that don't know baseball say. just because we are in first doesn't mean our manager isn't a total utter jackass. he is truly the mike martz of mlb.

# st. louisville cards

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 11:41 AM

Don't be knocking the V-High because we are always winning at sports and crappy mustache growing contests.

The Cards need to give some of the guys at Memphis some more shots at helping the team out, Duncan and Ankiel have been given more than enough time to get their swings right.

# L D

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 2:36 PM

If I was a MLB center fielder, especially on the Astros, I would refuse to play there...I mean why don't you just put a slip and slide behind 2nd base while you're at Houston! Effing GD ridiculous. someone will get hurt and hurt badly....it's only a matter of time....

p.s. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall during that meeting(s) when deciding that centerfield fiasco...a hill and a flag pole?????!!!!!!

# fitshaced

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 3:08 PM

How many times are you going to allow them to burn us TLR? I can't believe you don't slap yourself anytime you even think about playing Duncan or Ankiel. I feel bad for Dave Duncan though. That's gotta be embarrassing. Imagine that conversation between him and TLR after everytime Chris fucks up (which is a lot).

Timmy's Tidbits: St. John Vianney And Colby Rasmus

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