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Monday, October 17, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves
Dodgers To Speak With Gibson
The Dodgers will speak with -- though not formally interview -- Detroit bench coach Kirk Gibson for their open managerial position, according to the Detroit Free Pree.NLCS Game 4: Astros 2, Cardinals 1
Wow: if you had told me that the Cards' offense couldn't manage to pound Brandon Backe in essentially a must-win game, if you had told me that Jim Edmonds and Tony LaRussa would get ejected for arguing balls and strikes -- wow. The Cards got flustered, and that's just not like them. Or is it? Back before the ALCS got started, I e-mailed Matt Welch about the prospect of an Angels team playing the Cards in the World Series, and how it reminded me of the 1988 matchup between the Dodgers and the A's. The '88 A's were full of top-drawer sluggers and tall right-handers, but managed by a fragile Tony LaRussa, who seems to melt in the pressure situations.All the Astros have left is to win today, and they're in their first World Series ever. I have to admit I'm hoping they take it all. Certainly, the last play of the game -- a lightning-fast double play -- was one of the most amazing plays of the postseason. If they don't get that, they're in extra innings. They did, and here we are.
Fan To Enter Hall Of Fame
Shaun Dean, the fan who caught two home run balls in the concluding game of the NLDS series between Atlanta and Houston, will enter the Hall of Fame. Dean, who had planned on adding the balls to his three-year-old son's sports memorabilia collection, decided to give both back to the club. They got the opportunity to meet Roger Clemens, and receive an autographed jersey from the pitching great."Think about trying to find anybody who caught two home run balls in the same game, and I don't think you can find anybody," [Hall of Fame representative Jeff] Idelson said. "Put it in the context of the historic game played here, and it's really amazing. Shaun's gesture is the ultimate act of selflessness."The family also has lifetime passes to the Hall of Fame, and will be flown to Cooperstown to see the balls exhibited.
Comments:
I think the only real difference between this and last year was that the Astros took one game at St Louis. Last year, each held their home ground. The Astros have merely repeated that.
When the Astros made the playoffs, I liked them to win it all. The Houston pitching staff is pitching better than last year. You got 3 legit Cy Young candidates on one team AND the best closer in the NL. I'm not saying the Cards have no chance, but they have no chance. :)
When the Astros made the playoffs, I liked them to win it all. The Houston pitching staff is pitching better than last year. You got 3 legit Cy Young candidates on one team AND the best closer in the NL. I'm not saying the Cards have no chance, but they have no chance. :)
# posted by 
: 10/17/2005 10:03:00 AM
: 10/17/2005 10:03:00 AM
You're right about the games, but I think this misses an important change in the 2005 Cards versus the 2004 edition. This year, Larry Walker's been infirm but playing, they're missing Scott Rolen, but they have a marginally better pitching staff. That said, Jocketty made a very dangerous error by picking up Mark Mulder, a pitcher notorious for his late-season ineffectiveness, and doing so by unloading some of the more effective parts of his bullpen. The Cards last year were able to manhandle the Astros away from Houston; not so this year, and especially now that Pettitte's healthy.
It's going to be a low-scoring series, whoever gets there (and I think it'll be Houston). Screwed all my postseason predictions to hell; I only got one of the four lower-tier rounds right (Cards advance over Padres), but that was an easy choice.
It's going to be a low-scoring series, whoever gets there (and I think it'll be Houston). Screwed all my postseason predictions to hell; I only got one of the four lower-tier rounds right (Cards advance over Padres), but that was an easy choice.
Hey, how'd you like to have your balls in the Hall of Fame? That's one to tell the grandkids... when they're old enough.
"Sean's gesture is the ultimate act of selflessness."
Interesting perspective you have on life there, Mr. Idelson.
Interesting perspective you have on life there, Mr. Idelson.
# posted by : 10/17/2005 03:33:00 PM
: 10/17/2005 03:33:00 PMNewer› ‹Older
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