20 Innings

Last night I had the pleasure of listening to my St. Louis Cardinals via the MLB 2010 Iphone application. What a stupid idea that was! It turned into a 7 hour journey of ups & downs, twists & turns, pitchers playing the outfield and infielders taking the mound. And it all ended with the Mets winning 2-1. I haven’t wasted that much time since the first “Call Of Duty” came out, plus that was even before I got married. I have no idea about some of the managerial decisions coming from either of the dugouts. It was a game of “let’s not get anybody injured, but let’s look good doing it.” LaRussa didn’t want to injure or use anymore starting pitchers, because he knows that beyond Carpenter & Wainwright, the rest of the rotation is a flimsy house of cards. Jerry Manuel, well he could be fired any day now, but with the emotional 2-1 win he has escaped the impending axe for just a few more days.

Of course while this tragic marathon game was going on, Ubaldo Jimenez was pitching the first no-hitter for the Colorado Rockies against the Atlanta Braves. He is also the first pitcher with a first name that begins with the letter “U” to pitch a no-no. Well-done sir! There were some rumblings within the baseball world that the Atlanta fans were booing Ubaldo during the 9th inning, same classy fans that cheered on John Rocker?

In baseball today, I am waiting for my Cardinals to take the field versus a tired and pitiful Mets team. I see no reason why Wainwright can’t strike out 30-35 guys in tonight’s game, I mean it’s a given? Right? My other counterpart on this blog thing will cover the triumphant win by the red hot & streaking Houston Astros, who beat some team on the north side of Chicago today.

I will be the voice of dissent on this blog. As I am a born & raised St. Louis Cardinals fan, who hates all things Cubbie. The Cubs are like Obama and I am like the Tea party, whatever the Cubs do, right or wrong, I will criticize it, but I don’t own a musket & I actually have a college degree.

I’ll be here this evening if anybody has any questions or comments, or would like to chat about tonight’s game as it is going on. Go Cards!

-Steve