Walkoff Madness!
This is what Justin and I saw Friday Night....
Albert Pujols hits a walkoff in the 13th, making our scalped ticket purchases look golden. On a side note, Phil Garner doomed the Astros in that game (and arguably the series) with poor managing.
Knowing that his Astros would be facing the nearly unhittable Chris Carpenter, and knowing the dominance of the Cardinals lineup, it would have been smart for Garner to go after game one. Instead, Garner tries to save his bullpen, taking out Brad Lidge (after only an inning) and Dan Wheeler (who was pitching well). He wasted another guy for one hitter, leaving him with Chad Bradford and Russ Springer to close the game out. And sure enough, the Astros finally scrape out a run, but ol' Phil has nobody to close the game out with, and Pujols ends it in the 13th.
We could also get into the pinch-hitting, which somehow removed Lance Berkman from the game and left in Mike Lamb, and used up the whole 'Stros bench.
Meanwhile, LaRussa just chugs along, removing relievers without compromising the integrity of his lineup, leaving around Brad Thompson to pitch in long relief, and going to Tavarez once he figures out the game will be a little while. And sure enough, the Cardinals win.
Albert Pujols hits a walkoff in the 13th, making our scalped ticket purchases look golden. On a side note, Phil Garner doomed the Astros in that game (and arguably the series) with poor managing.
Knowing that his Astros would be facing the nearly unhittable Chris Carpenter, and knowing the dominance of the Cardinals lineup, it would have been smart for Garner to go after game one. Instead, Garner tries to save his bullpen, taking out Brad Lidge (after only an inning) and Dan Wheeler (who was pitching well). He wasted another guy for one hitter, leaving him with Chad Bradford and Russ Springer to close the game out. And sure enough, the Astros finally scrape out a run, but ol' Phil has nobody to close the game out with, and Pujols ends it in the 13th.
We could also get into the pinch-hitting, which somehow removed Lance Berkman from the game and left in Mike Lamb, and used up the whole 'Stros bench.
Meanwhile, LaRussa just chugs along, removing relievers without compromising the integrity of his lineup, leaving around Brad Thompson to pitch in long relief, and going to Tavarez once he figures out the game will be a little while. And sure enough, the Cardinals win.
posted by mike at 8:24 PM
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Yeah, I read this too, but Bill Simmons is not necessarily qualified to talk about sports so I didn't worry about it.
Fred McGriff was in the exact same era, as was Harold Baines. To some extent, so was Chili Davis. All of those hitters saw the 1990s, yet they were not as good as Palmeiro.
Andre Dawson saw his career crash and burn in the early 1990s, which I remember fondly as he was on the Red Sox for part of that stretch.
Dwight Evans didn't really get it going until his thirties, and Cobra Parker wasn't near the power threat that Palmeiro was.
This anti-Palmeiro stuff needs to end.
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