Hey, Jesus was a Carpenter, too
They should say some nice things about the Cardinals in Thursday's paper. They could still stand to tighten up the bullpen, but other than that, they were almost flawless tonight.Something tells me Chris Carpenter might have made a slight difference in last year's World Series, had he been healthy. To wit on Carpenter, and in the well-chosen words of the Coward Jack McCall on Deadwood, "You think they know my name in New York City by now?"
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You gotta love Reggie Sanders.
You gotta!
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A special shout-out tonight to Willy Taveras, Lance Berkman, and Morgan Ensberg for each swinging at Carpenter's first pitch in the Astros 8th, down 5 to 2. It's nice when your starter can get through that frame-- against the heart of the batting order, no less-- throwing just 4 pitches.
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I thought Astros' skipper Phil Garner invited some criticism by sending up Jose Vizcaino in the ninth spot as the tying run in the ninth. I know Vizcaino is a switch-hitter who can bat lefty against Jason Isringhausen, but future Hall-of-Famer Jeff Bagwell never saw the batters box in this game. Maybe Bags is more banged-up than the Astros have let on.
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Nutty finish in Chicago Wednesday night, but if you watched the last pitch of the Cards' game, like I did, then you didn't see the whole play develop. Was there no appeal to the third base umpire regarding the pitch to Pierzynski? I can forgive any umpire (except Denkinger.) But they have to be in the position to make the call. The home-plate umpire can't be expected to rule correctly on that, can he? I hope catcher Josh Paul (a former Sox player) is not a goat on that play, but Mike Scioscia needs to explain , at least to me, why he has two catching Molinas on his team, and neither were in the game.
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Three LCS ballgames so far, and they've all been over before 10 o'clock. No Yankees. No Red Sox. The next two and a half weeks are going to be great.
posted by CM @ 10:40 PM
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