Eat a Big One, Stark...

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Back in May, I foolishly graded the best and worst free-agent signings of the offseason. Like you could tell back then. But here in September, this much looks clear: In all the offseason swapping of shortstops that went on, the Cardinals ended up with the best deal. St. Louis' David Eckstein may not be as good of a defensive player as some of the other guys who switched teams, though he's certainly not bad. But given his offense (he leads the Angels' Orlando Cabrera and the Red Sox's Edgar Renteria in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage), his grit and his price tag (three years, $10.25 million), the Cardinals have to be really, really happy.

[gibsongirl]

Jayson can eat two:

You guys keep arguing about Roger Clemens over Chris Carpenter. And Carpenter will keep pitching like he did on Thursday -- going seven innings, with three hits, seven strikeouts and no runs to pick up his 21st win. The guy hasn't lost since in more than three months (June 8). He hasn't pitched fewer than seven innings since then (that's 16 straight starts). He's been fantastic. I know wins are overrated. But Carpenter (21-4, 2.21 ERA) isn't. He's pitching as well now as he has all year. Take that into consideration. What a season.

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Originally posted by gibsongirl@Sep 9 2005, 09:08 PM
Jayson can eat two:

You guys keep arguing about Roger Clemens over Chris Carpenter. And Carpenter will keep pitching like he did on Thursday -- going seven innings, with three hits, seven strikeouts and no runs to pick up his 21st win. The guy hasn't lost since in more than three months (June 8). He hasn't pitched fewer than seven innings since then (that's 16 straight starts). He's been fantastic. I know wins are overrated. But Carpenter (21-4, 2.21 ERA) isn't. He's pitching as well now as he has all year. Take that into consideration. What a season.

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I said it in the other thread...but if I had to choose between Carpenter and Clemens to pitch a must-win game tomorrow...

I'd take Carpenter in a heartbeat...


You know what though...something I just thought of....since the Cy Young is theoretically a "one man" award for best pitcher...

Why not throw both of them out for all nine...tell them there's no bullpen...they're noth out there for the duration...wonder who's ERA would be higher then?

Of course, Carpenter has pretty much done this already, head-to-head with Clemens...and Carp wasn't the one to blink...