The NL Central race has been more or less decided for weeks (St. Louis' magic number is still 18*, but I have to believe Rolen, Pujols, and Edmonds would all have to come down with trench foot to stop their momentum now), but I'll cheer for anyone to beat Chicago and make their playoff hunt that much more difficult.
Happily, the Astros complied this weekend, taking 3 of 4 from the Cubs, dropping the latter into a tie with San Diego for the wild card lead. Of all the team in contention for the WC, the Cubs scare me the most, so the more they lose, the happier I am.
More so than usual, I mean.
Cards 1B Albert Pujols also used today's game to became only the 4th player in MLB history to get 100 RBIs in his first four seasons. The others? Just a couple guys named Al Simmons, Joe DiMaggio, and Ted Williams. He also homered to get his 2nd consecutive 40+ HR season.
I'm still cheesed there aren't any more head-to-head StL-ChC games, however.
*Stay tuned to Len's blog for the countdown
Pete -
As long as Pujols and Rolen continue to do their impressions of Ruth and Gehrig, thus propelling my fantasy baseball team to record-level heights, the Cardinals are hereby allowed to keep winning.
However, I have five words for you: four and a half games. Watch out for my Sox, boiyyyyy!