NLCS game seven

This blog is about back spin and baseballs certainly qualify since they tend to spin. Tonight my beloved St. Louis Cardinals face elimination or a trip to the Series.

Tony LaRussa said something about game seven being a magical opportunity for his players--a Kodak moment sort of thing. Talking about politicians spinning. Ask him if he'd prefer a magical game seven or a resounding throttling in game six with his ace on the mound?

Since most game sevens go to the home team the Mets will probably win, but in baseball you never know. The game-to-game momentum slightly favors the Mets but remember, all the pundits said this series would never reach a game six. LaRussa should remind the troops about what the ESPN clowns and NY talking heads said at the beginning of the series and hope it works.

My strategy? Jump out to an early lead and remove the crowd (not literally) since Met fans tend to be more pessimistic than their Yankee brethren. Plan B, let the Mets get the lead then score ten runs in the ninth. I'll take either, along with the potential eggface that might come from posting this now.

SPEECHLESS 10/19/06

Yadier Molina--the ultimate unlikely hero. Great game, great catch, one of the best game seven catches ever. Suppan deserved the MVP, he's been clutch in a lot of the big games.

The World Series will be a reprise of 1968, won by the Tigers with Mickey Lolich. Time for some payback.

By the way, one of the Cardinal players, John Rodriguez, actually has a blog.

LAST WORD

From the WaPo's Thomas Boswell. He Sums it up nicely--the worst team to make the series. But it's far from an uncomplimentary story.

As to Endy Chavez's catch:

Henceforward, if the ex-Nat Chavez wants to make any more such plays, he will have to clear his flight path with the control tower at La Guardia. Otherwise, NORAD may start scrambling jets.

Roger that.