Something I have noticed about the Cardinals this post-season is that they have to score 6 or more runs to win a game. Every time they score less than 6 runs, they loose. What is going on? I’m a sports idiot, but I’ll try to explain.
This post-season has been all about the Whitey-Ball, both in the NLCS and ALCS; hitting smart, stealing, capitalizing on errors, and making the best with what a team has. Not smashing home-runs.
Pitching, up until about a year ago, was awful. And it’s not looking much better against the Astros. With Morris shaky at best, Kline with a broken finger, and Carpenter sidelined with a strained right bicep, pitching may be a problem.
But the Cards do have plenty of other pitchers that could pull out a couple W’s. Isringhausen (2.78 ERA), King (2.61 ERA), Tavarez (2.38 ERA), and Marquis (3.71 ERA). Yeah, King may only be able to play one or two innings, Marquis may have a higher ERA than his teammates, and Izzy and Tavarez may not be overly impressive, but that brings be back to my main point.
The Cardinals have a decent pitching staff. Their offense is great, which I believe is their anchor. If the Cardinals have a shot at winning their last 2 games at home (they are undefeated at home this post-season) they need to realize their pitching potential and continue to have a kick-ass offense. The Cards need to play the game they play best, which is getting Womack (not likely, he sucks this post-season at 6 for 40) and/or Walker on base, and pray that Pujols, Rolen, or Edmonds will get RBIs. That’s my opinion.
And if the Cardinals loose, we can always blame it on some ghost, Bartman, a goat, or mustard.
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god damn mustard
and that was way better than a lot of sports posts i've read. i hate hate hate when people don't use stats.
then explain david ortiz
looks like we don't have to worry about mustard anymore
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