Oct. 29th, 2011 12:18 am
Eleven times is prime!
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muckefuckOnce again, I'm not going to be up to writing anything coherent. For once, the Redbirds were well ahead for most of the game, which allowed me some breathing room, but not as much as you might think. The one good thing you can say about last night's error-fest is that it reminded me to take nothing for granted. I wouldn't say I held my breath at every pop fly, but I certainly didn't shrug my shoulders either. Nuphy called at the top of the eighth and while I crowed about the lead, I also pointed out that this was almost exactly the position the Rangers were in the night before and look how that turned out for them.
We were both happy Theriot got the start. Nuphy was pissed the Cubs let him go and saw this as a sort of comeuppance. I said I felt sorry for Jim Edmonds, watching from the stands tonight, and Colby Rasmus, wherever he was. And for Ron Washington, who looked so defeated in 7th, and Mike Napoli, who just looked crushed when Yadi got a hit off Mike Adams. Napoli was my favourite player on Rangers--and not just because of his limitless sex appeal. I haven't seen anything about him I don't like except that he's not in a Cardinals jersey and won't be as long as St Louis holds onto Molina. (When Gerald Laird came in during La Russa's sweep of his bench in Game 6, my reaction was "Who is that and why haven't I seen him before?" All was explained when I found out he was a catcher.)
We both expressed admiration of Allen Craig's beautiful catch (which called to mind for me Endy Chávez's even more incredible stolen home run in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS). The fielding in general did a lot to erase the shambolic impression left by the initial innings of Game 6. Instead, it was the Rangers pitching which left my jaw slack in disbelief. Two runs on no hits? Two hit batters in the same inning? I mean, it wasn't the Tiger pitchers' error-rife performance of 2006, but it simply wasn't what you expect to see at this level of play. Then again, it's a long exhausting season; maybe they just were plump worn out?
A lot of the onscreen chatter seemed aimed at viewers who were just tuning in after hearing what an amazing game was played last night; I hope they weren't too disappointed. I wore my Cardinals jersey to work both today and yesterday and it was interesting to see the upswing in reactions. Also to find out who follows baseball that you wouldn't expect, like the middle-aged Englishman in the next department over. Even deep up in Cubs country here, the reactions were overwhelmingly positive; seems my next-door neighbour is rather alone in his bitterness.
We were both happy Theriot got the start. Nuphy was pissed the Cubs let him go and saw this as a sort of comeuppance. I said I felt sorry for Jim Edmonds, watching from the stands tonight, and Colby Rasmus, wherever he was. And for Ron Washington, who looked so defeated in 7th, and Mike Napoli, who just looked crushed when Yadi got a hit off Mike Adams. Napoli was my favourite player on Rangers--and not just because of his limitless sex appeal. I haven't seen anything about him I don't like except that he's not in a Cardinals jersey and won't be as long as St Louis holds onto Molina. (When Gerald Laird came in during La Russa's sweep of his bench in Game 6, my reaction was "Who is that and why haven't I seen him before?" All was explained when I found out he was a catcher.)
We both expressed admiration of Allen Craig's beautiful catch (which called to mind for me Endy Chávez's even more incredible stolen home run in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS). The fielding in general did a lot to erase the shambolic impression left by the initial innings of Game 6. Instead, it was the Rangers pitching which left my jaw slack in disbelief. Two runs on no hits? Two hit batters in the same inning? I mean, it wasn't the Tiger pitchers' error-rife performance of 2006, but it simply wasn't what you expect to see at this level of play. Then again, it's a long exhausting season; maybe they just were plump worn out?
A lot of the onscreen chatter seemed aimed at viewers who were just tuning in after hearing what an amazing game was played last night; I hope they weren't too disappointed. I wore my Cardinals jersey to work both today and yesterday and it was interesting to see the upswing in reactions. Also to find out who follows baseball that you wouldn't expect, like the middle-aged Englishman in the next department over. Even deep up in Cubs country here, the reactions were overwhelmingly positive; seems my next-door neighbour is rather alone in his bitterness.
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My younger brother was remarking just the same this evening. How the Cubs have this habit of letting players go who go on to earn rings and division titles for other teams.
Its funny, for someone who hasn't watched a game from end to end in years, and certainly defaults to Chicago teams, I was on edge from the first minutes. The comedy was, out here, none of us were willing to call the game - the siblings affirmed that if any team could stage a comeback, it was certainly the Rangers. I was relieved with every run that padded their margin, not until Allen Craig had it in his glove did I think it was over. It was so funny, watching Motte's face move from a dejected, "oh God this is the start of their rally," to 'he has it?!" "Its done!" and about 1-2 seconds later, he was catching, his catcher....the pile of Cardinals - the visuals were pretty funny.