Friday, October 22, 2004
The World Series
More like the "North American Baseball Championships," but we won't argue semantics here.
Cardinals are in the World Series thanks to a Scott Rolen 2-run jack off of Clemens and, before that, an outstanding catch from one of the league's most prolific centerfielders, Jim Edmonds.
This sets up what could be one of the best World Series of all time. It's a classic "purist" baseball matchup. Boston vs. St. Louis. Two teams steeped in tradition and baseball lore. This year, the two most potent offenses in all of baseball. These clubs are titanic with the bat. Each showed struggles with their pitching during their respective LCS, so scores could get pretty ugly if they're not careful.
Although both teams just got out of a 7-game series, you have to believe that Boston (even with a day longer rest) has to be more emotionally and mentally drained than the Cards. The Sox are a big mystery heading into game 1. Will they still be riding the wave of beating NY? Or will they still be hung over from celebrating? How is Curt Schilling going to respond after his hall of fame performance in game 6? Can't imagine that helped his injury at all. And you know Pedro has to be a little rattled after his struggles against New York. I also like the Cardinals better, defensively, and I love manager Tony LaRussa (a little Oakland A's love from 15 years ago). This is really a pick 'em type series, but the stubborn man in me says stick with your original pick: St. Louis in 6. Go Cards!
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Cardinals are in the World Series thanks to a Scott Rolen 2-run jack off of Clemens and, before that, an outstanding catch from one of the league's most prolific centerfielders, Jim Edmonds.
This sets up what could be one of the best World Series of all time. It's a classic "purist" baseball matchup. Boston vs. St. Louis. Two teams steeped in tradition and baseball lore. This year, the two most potent offenses in all of baseball. These clubs are titanic with the bat. Each showed struggles with their pitching during their respective LCS, so scores could get pretty ugly if they're not careful.
Although both teams just got out of a 7-game series, you have to believe that Boston (even with a day longer rest) has to be more emotionally and mentally drained than the Cards. The Sox are a big mystery heading into game 1. Will they still be riding the wave of beating NY? Or will they still be hung over from celebrating? How is Curt Schilling going to respond after his hall of fame performance in game 6? Can't imagine that helped his injury at all. And you know Pedro has to be a little rattled after his struggles against New York. I also like the Cardinals better, defensively, and I love manager Tony LaRussa (a little Oakland A's love from 15 years ago). This is really a pick 'em type series, but the stubborn man in me says stick with your original pick: St. Louis in 6. Go Cards!
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