Friday, October 27, 2006 |
The Ex-Angel Factor: Cardinals 4, Tigers 2
Eck took the MVP hardware home, of course, and he and teammate Scott Spiezio now have two rings. Jeff Weaver now has one more ring than any Yankee since he was traded to New York.
As with all the other games, the Tigers literally threw this one away, as Verlander made another bad play that ended in left field. The Tigers pitching staff, they said during the broadcast, had more errors in this World Series than any in history. They'll have all next year to think about it, of course, but the real key to this was the Tigers' simple inability to hit.
Congratulations to the 83-win Cardinals, the worst team ever to win a title, and to Jeff Weaver, whose performance tonight was simply fantastic. Despite the loss, congratulations to the Tigers, whose presence in the World Series is a great thing for that formerly woebegone franchise.
Update: And, I suppose, I should congratulate Tony LaRussa, who becomes only the second manager in World Series history to win a title in each league.
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