One Night Away?
I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. The Cards have to win a game or two, right? Pedro was anything but dominant last night, but he got 'er done.
Peep this:
Of the 37 pitches Pedro threw in the first two innings, only 19 were strikes.
However:
Of the last 14 hitters he faced, zero reached base. Only four got ahead in the count. Just one hit a ball that had to be run down by an outfielder.
Lastly:
(Pedro) induced more swings and misses (13) in his 98 pitches than the Cardinals' three starting pitchers combined have in this Series (11, in 248 pitches).
How about Manny gunning out Walker at home and Senor Octobre picking off Suppan at third?
27 outs away.
Go Sports Guy go!
Q. What do you call 25 guys watching the World Series?
A. The Yankees.
I totally forgot how much I enjoy the Tony La Russa Era...My favorite La Russa quirk is when something bad happens, then he stares out onto the field like someone who just realized that their car was towed.
"When So Taguchi and his friends go out to a bar, do you think his friends say to him "You're so Taguchi and you don't even know it" (a la Trent in 'Swingers')?"
(Note: My buddy Hench calls him "So-So Taguchi." Now that's comedy.)
Weird fact in case you missed it: The Celtics won their first championship against St. Louis (1957); the Bruins broke a 41-year Stanley Cup drought against St. Louis (1970); and the Patriots won their first Super Bowl against St. Louis (2002). Hey, I'm just the messenger.
Apple debuted new "Photo" iPods along with a ton of other stuff yesterday, including the u2 iPod. The new iPod's have a 15 hour battery life, but I think I'm still gonna "settle" for a new 40 gig'er next week. I just don't see me using that for photo stuff too much and I don't want to drop the extra $100.
I'm totally swamped at work. More tomorrow.
Would it kill the Cardinals to win a game, or at least make it interesting?
Most boring series ever.
(Game one was decent, though.)
No no, please don't feel the need to make it interesting, St. Louis. Just lay down and die like a good little birdie, thank you very much.
maybe i'm crazy, but i swore i saw jimmy fallon on the field post win.