Bleeding Red and Blue...
Those of you that think that the middle days of October hold no viable interest in sports are out of your mind.
I have just witnessed what is easily one of the best games of all-time between the hosting Houston Astros & and the win-thirsty St. Louis Cardinals.
To recap in a very small nutshell, both teams fight back and forth through 7 innings, Cardinals leading 2-1.
Bottom of the 7th arrives and features a giant Astros score on a three-run homer, apparently crushing the remaining spirit and chances of the Cardinals to venture back to the soon to be destroyed Busch Stadium in St. Louis for game 6.
The top of the 8th inning goes by much too quickly, with the Cards making neary a peep with their bats. They, along with the assistance of Ace reliver Jason Isinghausen, are able to contain the Astros into the top of the ninth inning. Astros' Ace closer Lidge and his devestating cutter come to the mound in the bottom half of the inning.
With all hopes waining, scrappy David Eckstein gets an even scrappier base hit in between two heart-thumping outs. Jim Edmonds comes to the plate and coaxes a walk from the fireballer Lidge.
Up strides one of the most prolific players in baseball today, Albert Pujols, who has had a very silent series until now.
Tension rises in the stadium as the crowd begins to roar. The microphones of the Major League Baseball announcers begin to squeal as the crowd's cheering reaches it's apex. The pitch to a steely-eyed Pujols...
A long drive, deep to left field, flying horizontally into the joint of the stadium's roof and supporting wall.
A GARGANTUAN 3-Run Home Run, Albert Pujols -- what is probably the longest long-ball I have ever seen in my life.
Cards take the lead, 5-3 in the top of the ninth, and are able to drop the load on the Astros in the bottom of the inning forcing a game six in the friendly confines of St. Louis' Busch Stadium.
Again, for those who call professional baseball "boring" I have a fantastic Tivo entry that you have just been given a prescription for.
I have just witnessed what is easily one of the best games of all-time between the hosting Houston Astros & and the win-thirsty St. Louis Cardinals.
To recap in a very small nutshell, both teams fight back and forth through 7 innings, Cardinals leading 2-1.
Bottom of the 7th arrives and features a giant Astros score on a three-run homer, apparently crushing the remaining spirit and chances of the Cardinals to venture back to the soon to be destroyed Busch Stadium in St. Louis for game 6.
The top of the 8th inning goes by much too quickly, with the Cards making neary a peep with their bats. They, along with the assistance of Ace reliver Jason Isinghausen, are able to contain the Astros into the top of the ninth inning. Astros' Ace closer Lidge and his devestating cutter come to the mound in the bottom half of the inning.
With all hopes waining, scrappy David Eckstein gets an even scrappier base hit in between two heart-thumping outs. Jim Edmonds comes to the plate and coaxes a walk from the fireballer Lidge.
Up strides one of the most prolific players in baseball today, Albert Pujols, who has had a very silent series until now.
Tension rises in the stadium as the crowd begins to roar. The microphones of the Major League Baseball announcers begin to squeal as the crowd's cheering reaches it's apex. The pitch to a steely-eyed Pujols...
A long drive, deep to left field, flying horizontally into the joint of the stadium's roof and supporting wall.
A GARGANTUAN 3-Run Home Run, Albert Pujols -- what is probably the longest long-ball I have ever seen in my life.
Cards take the lead, 5-3 in the top of the ninth, and are able to drop the load on the Astros in the bottom of the inning forcing a game six in the friendly confines of St. Louis' Busch Stadium.
Again, for those who call professional baseball "boring" I have a fantastic Tivo entry that you have just been given a prescription for.
posted by Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking at 11:59 PM
1 Comments:
Way to go Cards for lifting our hopes up just to lay an egg when you all got home! Not to sound negative but...
...I was having a discussion with Brian W. from Whole Ball O Wax, and we were on opposite sides on if the Cardinals season was a failure. My opinion is anything less than getting to the World Series this year would HAVE to be a failure. The Cardinals, we thought, had a much better team than anyone in the NL. The fact we finished 10+ games better than the Astros shows that.
Brian thought is was more a disappointment than a failure. I agree it was a disappointment, but I go a step further and affix the label "failure."
Oh well...on to NOT WATCHING any World Series...I'm not bitter as I am used to disappointing failed seasons as a Missouri fan. I will be curious to see the ratings on this years World Series. I just don't see anyone outside of House and small, small parts of Chicago caring much.
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