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Monday, October 04, 2004 |
Pickoff Moves
Cards, Tabled: Some Optimism For The Dodgers
The Cards' announced probables and their September/October ERAs:
Pitcher ERA ================= Williams 4.82 Marquis 4.29 Morris 5.33 Suppan 4.86
If the Dodgers can only hit... but Bernie Miklasz wonders why the Dodgers are suddenly liking their chances against the Cards a lot more than they were at the beginning of September:
Jim Edmonds is batting .253 with four homers and 13 RBIs since the end of August. Larry Walker has six hits in his last 35 at-bats. Edgar Renteria is hitting .237 since the beginning of September. Scott Rolen (.222 since the end of August) is trying to heat up after his injury-related layoff.Personally, I still think the Dodgers are out in the first round, though it's altogether possible that St. Louis has gone soft from injuries and the pitching has finally deteriorated to their true level of competence.The Cardinals flattened out, going 13-13 in their final 26 games. And during that stretch, they lost nine of 12 to Los Angeles, San Diego and Houston. Was the drop-off cause for alarm, an indication of a fading team? Or was the .500 record caused by the obvious downshifting made possible by the early claim on the NL Central?
Bullets From Rosenthal
From Ken Rosenthal's column:- Forget the peregrinations of former A's pitching coach Rick Peterson, it might easily have been the A's bullpen that caused their starters to collapse. "[Mark Mulder] averaged a career-high 103.1 pitches per start. Lefthander Barry Zito averaged a career-high 108.3."
- Richard was right, and the chorus of Vlad for MVP cranks up: "Here are my excuses for my premature selection of Gary Sheffield as American League MVP: The editor made me do it. The dog ate my stats. Yankee fans threatened me. Not impressed? Me neither. Vladimir Guerrero went 14-for-25 with six homers over the final six games that vaulted the Angels to the AL West title. ..."
Angels Outdraw Dodgers -- Or Not
The Angels outdrew the Dodgers, 3,375,677 to 3,270,395. Just amazing.Update: apparently not. The correct numbers are 3,488,283 for the Dodgers and 3,375,677 for the Angels. (ESPN hadn't updated their figures for the Dodgers' last three home games at the time I wrote the article. My apologies.)
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