Best wishes to our Week 65 winner, “irrigator5”, for predictions on which unheralded Cardinals might contribute to the big club in 2007.

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Congratulations and thank yous are in order to our Week 66 winner, “Smartpig”, for sharing the inside story on the Cardinals' visit to the White House.

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Thanks, Brian.  Thanks, HeHate.  By the way . . . what was it that got you suspended for an entire week?

SmartP. - Actually, it was a number of infractions. On the bus ride to D.C., a group of us in the back of the bus were put on report for gambling(poker) and failing to cease play when requested to do so. If I recall, I was taking a beating, so in hindsight, it would have been in my best interest if I would have listened. After a night of drinking, I refused to get off the bus the following morning when we visited George Washington`s home over in VA. Also, three friends and I invited a few fellow female classmates to our room for beer and strip poker. This event ended up attracting many visitors. Unfortunately for us, one ended up being a teacher whom busted it up late in the evening. Later that evening, we decided to take one of those large album covers that were common in that era and filled it up with shaving cream, olive juice, this chocolate mix and other stuff and then scotch taped the open side together. Our hotel room doors had a small gap at the bottom which enabled us to place the taped end of the album just under this teachers door and then we stomped on it and took off. I never saw the result, but from what I was told, it splattered the walls inside his room pretty good. The one that got me good was our last evening in D.C. when some friends and I tossed our mattresses off our second story balcony and took turns swinging from our chandelier type light until it broke off. The above were just things that I was involved in. There were many other instances of hooliganism. My behavior was in no way indicative of the type of parenting I received, as I came from a strict yet fair household. This was a case of myself and others doing ignorant acts...acts that just can`t be written off to youthfulness. This field trip certainly did not reveal some of my finer moments and I was lucky that it did not impede the furthering of my education.

Thanks, Hehate.  Sounds like quite a trip.  I'm surprised, though, that you made it past the strip poker incident.  Had I done that on my high-school trip I think I would have been shipped home straight away.

I just have that hunch that SmartP. had enough common sense back then not to put himself in that situation to begin with.

Congratulations are in order for our Week 67 winner, “haltz”, for his comparison of Jim Edmonds to past centerfield greats.

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Congratulations are in order for our Week 68 winner, “Sawatski”, for clearly explaining how ridiculous a recent story out of New York concerning Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen really was.

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Congrats Sawatski on a job well done. Little jealous here though....Sawatski takes home the prize with a grand total of 3 posts and Diz and I have about 5000 posts and have never even sniffed this prize. Maybe Diz and myself should co-author a thread that would knock your socks off....but that would probably be the week that DoubleJ writes his masterpiece and we`d finish out of the money.

Yea same here.  I would consider myself lucky to win once lol.  Congrats though Sawatski.

Well, I have been mostly a reader for the better part of two years.  I am not usually moved to write.  Most of you have a much better read on the body of available stats that apply to situations.

I should point out that I had about 25 posts on the old board, but I guess I started over on this one.

Well, I have been mostly a reader for the better part of two years.  I am not usually moved to write.  Most of you have a much better read on the body of available stats that apply to situations.

I should point out that I had about 25 posts on the old board, but I guess I started over on this one.

Congratulations are in order for our Week 69 winner, “CariocaCardinal”, for opening up a debate on the merits and demerits of Mark Mulder’s new contract with the Cardinals.

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Congrats Carioca!!!!!! This must be like the 8th time you have won this award since I flew onboard. Good job!!!!

Please congratulate our Week 70 winner, “Bokonon2”, for opening up a debate on the relative ranking of the Cardinals farm system.

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Please congratulate our Week 71 winner, “irrigator5”, for a forecast on where players will be assigned at different levels of the Cardinals farm system.

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Brian Walton

Please congratulate our Week 72 winner, “SydneyDave”, for his defense of the Cardinals manager, Tony La Russa.

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Congrats to our Week 73 winner, “haltz”, for a sabermetrically-inspired analysis of the defense played by outfielders Juan Encarnacion and John Rodriguez.

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