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Just some food for thought.......Medlen's last 14 appearances in 12 of them he faced MIA,HOU,NYM,SD,.........some of the worst teams baseball has to offer......now the pressure of the world is on this kid and has to face the best offence he's seen in months ,throw in the fact that the Cards have been in playoff mode for weeks now while the Braves have been cruising into the show and Lohse has revenge on his mind for one of his worst outings all year came at the hands of the Braves in his only start against them this year..........it is October and these Redbirds have been here before.........you don't think that clubhouse doesn't want to show the rest of MLB that Pujols leaving didnt slow these guys up a bit.........I like the line on STL and will be playing them on the ML

Best of Luck

Originally Posted by deuceswild9:

I am a huge Braves fan, I have watched all but a handful of games this year. Needless to say, I have seen every Medlen start. I remember when he shut down the Padres, they had been on quite a roll for a good 7-10 days. He also shut down the Nats twice within a month, once in Wash. to avoid a sweep & the other at home a few weeks back.

For those that haven't watched this kid pitch regularly, he is fearless & has that bulldog mentality. He just attacks hitters, throws strikes & is always ahead in the count. This shifts the pressure to the batter & forces the batter to hit his pitches. IMO, this is where he has flourished all yr. He has been that way since joining the Braves even out of the pen. Granted this is the biggest start of his career, there is just something about the kid to where he doesn't crack under pressure.

Of course I may be a bit bias but this is just the angle from a homer's perspective FWIW. I certainly wouldn't look forward to facing him in a do-or -die game & I'm sure the Cards feel the same.