I knew, when I heard for the 4th time today that Pedro Martinez wasn' the "old" Pedro, that we might be in trouble. It's the "He hasn't missed a field goal all season" thing.
Boston wants this more. Can't say that I blame them, although - should St. Louis not repeat Boston's coming back from 0-3 to win it all and wouldn't that be awesome but I'm not holding my breath - now I too will have a reason to hate Bill Buckner. I mean, why couldn't he have given them the win in '86 and gotten it out of their system?
The Red Sox are just playing better. No excuses. The Cards' bats have gone ice cold in the Series, and their fielding and baserunning - especially tonight - are way below par. Combine that with Boston's pitching so far, and this stands an excellent chance of not even going back to Boston.
Maybe Ozzie can come out of retirement.
baseball is a cruel game. the only win that matters in this series is the fourth one. The Cards bats are silent -- i am shocked they didn't work more counts against Pedro. First pitch popouts make my nether regions tingle.
If it gets them to stop whining about their bad luck, I'd be willing to let the Red Sox win a championship once every 86 years or so.
Over at Redbird Nation one regular commmenter has suggested:
The World Series edition Redbird milk cartons at Dierbergs are back on sale.
You can choose the missing Jedmonds, Rolen, Sanders, and all of the pitching staff except for Haren and King. Hurry, supplies are limited.For those of you not lucky enough to have spent a lot of time in Paradise on the Mississippi, Dierberg's is a local supermarket chain in STL.
Seriously, though, who'da thunk that the Cards would manage to lose their starting pitching, their relief pitching, and most of their bats all at once? The mind boggles.
I sure hate this, Pete. I expected at least a struggle. How crappy will it be if the Sox win eight straight?
I know it may sound smarmy and cocky, but it's really not meant to be: anything can happen.