In case people don't know the abbreviations:

OBP - On base percentage (e.g. 20 min in a 2 hour game = .1667)
SLG - SLuGger factor (bicept circumference / waist as a percentage)
R - Duh, runs.
HR - Duh, um, Homeruns.
RBI - Runs batted in.
TB - Taco Bell (i.e. I'm going to TB for a BB with SC and a DP to drink.)
BB - Bean burrito.

232 BB is SICK this early in the season! 

posted by matthewlane at 05:12PM CST on May 10

oops sorry. TB = total bases--i.e, single counts for 1, double 2, etc, etc. 

posted by Valatan at 05:16PM CST on May 10

Additionally What would happen if one were to swap the STL club for the AA Springfield Cardinals 

posted by Valatan at 06:45PM CST on May 10

Growing up in Springfield (the one that's a capitol) and not understanding that there were different levels of quality and affiliates and whatnot in the baseball farm system, I always wondered what exactly would happen when the local (apparently single A) Springfield (IL) Cardinals played those other ones that I always heard about on TV. Total Insanity was my guess. More than that, when I would see a billboard I would always wonder, "Why hasn't one of them sued the other? The logos are almost exactly the same!" 

posted by natedogg at 11:15PM CST on May 10

I'm with that guy on all of those -- except pujols is not Nelson. He's Ranier Wolfcastle. Hey Pujols, how do you sleep at night? "On piles of money, surrounded by beautiful women." 

posted by mrflip at 01:35PM CST on May 11

While it's been over a month since I've made any comments on AE, I couldn't resist this one.

Okay, I was remarking to my daughter the other day that I actually find it really hard to root for Pujols. Anyone who has ever loved a sports team or player knows that what makes the love so sweet are the shitty things that happen in between. The droughts, the strikes, the slumps, the streaks, and the slip-ups only serve to test your faith. And good things only come to those that suffer. Pujols never makes me wonder. He's a machine.

Don't get me wrong, I love the guy. I was at NLCS game 5 last year, and I wet my pants when he won it with a 3-run shot in the ninth. I just find it hard to connect with a guy that hasn't simply touched the hand of God, but is the fleshy manifestation of Zeus's thunderbolt sent straight from Mt. Olympus to destroy baseballs located within a volume of about a fifth of a cubic meter.

I choose instead to root for Jimmy Edmonds. His .245 average is sufficiently below his .290 career average to make it worth while. He can look like a complete idiot with one swing, wrapping himself up like wet towel needing to be wrung out. Then pulverizing the next pitch over the wall in dead center. In the field he makes easy plays look like it took every ounce of effort he could muster. He makes hard plays look easy. And above all he makes the impossible plays. Futhermore, he takes a belt-high inside strike like no player I've ever seen -- by falling ass first into the ground like it flew right over his head!

Now that's a guy that you can love. 

posted by leroy at 02:13PM CST on May 11

And what did your daughter think of this point? BTW, how come she hasn't signed up for an account? 

posted by mrflip at 03:33PM CST on May 11

She's still pissed I haven't taken her to a game. I guess that's why she didn't chime in with her opinion. She's a good listener though. And she doesn't throw fits when I shout my "bowling words" at the TV like someone else in my family. She's going to her first redbird game on the 17th of July; I've even signed her up for a birthday message on the scoreboard during the game!

I think she digs Albert. She named her elephant that after game 5 of the 2005 NLCS. She used to like Reggie Sanders, but he's departed. 

posted by leroy at 04:10PM CST on May 11

precocious! 

posted by natedogg at 05:08PM CST on May 11