April 18-19 (9-4)

How could you watch Jerry Manuel bat Frank Catalanotto clean up and determine that he deserves a chance to keep his job? Seriously?!

The Cardinals followed Saturday's 20 inning marathon with a scary start by Wainwright (3 runs in the 1st & a throw out to right field to nobody) that turned into an absolute gem complete game, 9IP, 9K, and taking another series to lead the Central Division. I didn't watch this game because it was on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball & Joe Morgan is a retarded boob. I had to tune to the KTRS broadcast and deal with Mike Shannon, who either drinks before the game or heavily during the game. Pretty productive day by Ludwick, who is batting an even .300, he had a HR, 2B, 2R, 2RBI, & 3 walks.
The Mets continue their series tonight against the scary "new lineup" Cubs.
Viva Los Mets!!!

The Cardinals continue their series tonight versus the Arizona Diamondbacks. In last night's game we saw Brad Penny give up 2 early runs in the 1st inning. We cannot continue to give up 1st inning runs to teams that have a quality bullpen. But luckily Arizona doesn't have a quality bullpen. So after the Cards tied everything up in the 5th, they just waited for the Arizona bullpen to arrive, 2 IP, 4 Hits, 2 R and that made it 4-2 for Ryan Franklin to come in and pitch a perfect 9th inning for his 5 save of the year. I have no doubt that Franklin will have some ups & downs throughout the season but right now we have no one to take over the closer's role until mid-season when we can make a move.

It seems like the Cubs are pretty much beating themselves. So what's new? When will the second coming begin? Starlin Castro might be called up just to sell some more tickets, as if that's ever a problem for the Cubs. While Andrew Cashner withers away in the minors until he is traded away.

Go Cards!

-Steve