With St. Louis enjoying a 17.5-game lead on the Cubs and up by 11 games over the Astros, I'm having a dickens of a time deciding who to root for in the Chicago-Houston series currently taking place (it's tied 1-1). So far, it's just been enjoyable watching them beat up on each other while the Cards let everybody get healed up for the playoffs.
And it's never too early to speculate on playoff matchups. If the Astros hold on to their slim wild card lead in the NL (and that's far from a guarantee), it looks like they'll end up against the Braves or the Nationals. The Cards should have an easier time of it against a barely .500 San Diego or Arizona squad.
Still, there's a lot of season left. Go Cards.
And go...Cubs, tonight, I guess. Let's make this interesting.
I can't believe I just rooted for the Cubs.
For the Redbirds, it needs to be nothing less than some payback for last year.
I really hope that they don't fall short of expectations again.
*snicker*
The Cardinals are having an amazing year, are they not? And it would seem that they do have the easiest road to the World Series -- neither San Diego nor Arizona should frighten any team with anything more than "Chico's Bail Bonds" on their shirts.
As for Clemens... yes, he is having an amazing season. And I'd have to say that an ERA 3 runs below league average is a comparible achievement with Bob Gibson's 1968 season.
I just wonder about all those rumors that a bigger name than Raffy has tested positive for steroids. If getting stronger with age has cast suspicion on Bonds, Sosa, McGwire, and other hitters... why would pitchers not fall under the same spotlight?
Yeah, I know: Clemens' workout routine and discipline have been legendary since his early years with Boston. I'm just saying...
Speaking of 'roids, Baggie's not so bulky these days, is he? Amazing what a stint on the DL can do for a player's physique. Hmmm.
I can't believe you just rooted for the Cubs, either. I'm cutting off your Jimson weed. Nobody should ever root for the Cubs; it's a sad, cheapening experience not unlike paying $4.99 a minute for phone sex.
P.S. no Cy Young for Carpenter.
P.S. no Cy Young for Carpenter.
Who said he should win it? 17 wins is great, but - like Len said - Clemens has been completely inhuman this season.
Go Cubs! While the season hasn't been going very well for the Cubs we are having a terrific year against the Cardinals. I believe the season series is 6 of 9 so far? Seems we can't beat anyone else but in some small (OK, a pretty large) way beating up on the Cardinals makes that alright.
--Chris
Go cubs!?!? Who the hell raised you?
But listen to the lovable loser cub fan: "...we are having a terrific year against the Cardinals...", as if that's going to make them feel any better at the end of the season when the cubbies finish 20 games out (again), and they're all blinking back tears and squeezing their sphincters tight. Hah! Wait till next century!
There are three teams I cheer on regularly:
1. The Cubs
2. Whoever's playing the Mets.
3. Whoever's playing the Cardinals.
As a lifelong Cubs fan, I despise the "lovable losers" tag. The Cubbies are my team and I'm sticking with them in good times and bad.
Hey, we have to find solace somewhere in this wobegotten (sp?) season and smacking the hell out of the Cardinals every few weeks is where that's been. We have no (realistic) chance to win the war this year but we can keep winning occasional battles such as this.
Go cubs!?!? Who the hell raised you?
The TV.
Fine, I take it back. Tonight, I'll root for Oswalt to resign in shame after getting caught in flagrante delicto with Junction Jack, and for Derrek Lee to suffer season-ending bowel cramps after eating the catered crabs from Truluck's.
As of last night's rainout, the phillies were only half a game back.
So, 'Stros fans, keep an eye in the rear view mirror.
May the most juiced team win!
wtf? Cheering for the Cards, but you live in/near Houston?
But the fact that you said "And go...Cubs" shows that you're not a big Cards fan.
May the most juiced team win!
Simmer down. The NHL starts back up soon, and you'll have your own bulging pack of millionaire crybabies to cheer on again.
wtf? Cheering for the Cards, but you live in/near Houston?
I'm not from Houston.
But the fact that you said "And go...Cubs" shows that you're not a big Cards fan.
To paraphrase an earlier commenter: my favorite team is the Cardinals and anybody who plays the team threatening their lead in the NL Central.
Over at The Hardball Times Dave Studeman just today posted an article on "Youngsters and Oldsters". If you scroll to the bottom, he shows some stats that demonstrate (like there was ever any doubt in anyone's mind) that Roger Clemens is having just an absof*ckinglutely amazing year this year.
In spite of myself, I find myself rooting for Clemens to take the NL Cy Young this season; I can't think of any good reason to deny it to him given the season he's having.
Go Cards!