Ok, so with Ludwick coming off the DL, we saw Allen Craig bussed back down to Memphis. Well, now what will happen when/if everyone else is eligible to come off the DL? What could we see this year?

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Forget Roy Oswalt.

How about that win streak, eh? Thank the GOB, because all that losing we experienced earlier this season, the Testicle Exploding Shit Storms (click at your own risk), the wrath of the hefty contracts, are now a vague memory thanks to the warm and fuzzy feeling of satisfaction and confidence in our team. And instead of hushing it up, ("the first rule about the streak is that you don't talk about the streak"-type mentality gets us all confused and meme-bombed) I'm going to talk about it and shake this thing down. And it's gonna be fun.

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In a recent post by chuckb, a certain (and my favorite) facet of Yadier Molina's game sparked some conversation and much love. Of course, I am talking about Yadi's famous pick-off plays. So I decided to do a little digging on MLB.com to find the videos. They really didn't start documenting them well until recently, so that explains the spottiness. Still, a healthy and enjoyable collection.

Enjoy.

• 6/28/05 vs. Cincinnati Reds - They still (as of 4/24/12) need to fix some of their older videos. I'll keep this up in hopes that they fix it.

• 5/2/06 vs. Cincinnati Reds - Ryan Freel

• 5/8/06 vs. Colorado Rockies - Danny Ardoin

• 5/27/06 vs. San Diego Padres - Brian Giles

• 7/29/06 vs. Chicago Cubs - Michael Barrett

• 10/7/06 vs. San Diego Padres - Mike Piazza

Black hole of nothingness :(

• 7/23/08 vs. Milwaukee Brewers - Rickie Weeks

• 4/27/09 vs. Atlanta Braves - Yunel Escobar

• 6/3/09 vs. Cincinnati Reds - Chris Dickerson

• 7/11/09 vs. Chicago Cubs - TOOTBLAN - also, in my mind, the coolest of them all.

• 7/17/09 vs. Arizona Diamondbacks - at 0:40, Mark Reynolds.

• 8/15/09 vs. San Diego Padres - Will Venable

• 10/1/09 vs. Cincinnati Reds - Drew Stubbs

• 7/20/10 vs. Philadelphia Phillies - Jayson Werth

• 7/22/10 vs. Philadelphia Phillies - Placido Polanco

• 7/30/10 vs. Pittsburgh Pirates - Erik Kratz

• 4/26/11 vs. Houston Astros - Jason Bourgeois

• 5/21/11 vs. Kansas City Royals - Alex Gordon

• 10/23/11 vs. Texas Rangers - Ian Kinsler

• 10/28/11 vs. Texas Rangers - Ian Kinslol

• 4/24/12 vs. Chicago Cubs - David DeJesus

For all those interested, this is from Yadi's B-R page:

Yadi PO

'04 1

'05 9

'06 8

'07 2

'08 7

'09 8

'10 3

'11 3

'12 1

Other pickoffs:

Jason LaRue, 6/20/10 vs. Oakland Athletics - Ryan Sweeney