Pulling for Houston

by Titus Pullo on Sep 16, 2005 11:09 AM EDT

Houston's back in the lead for the wild card, and I, for one, am glad of it.

A Houston wild-card is a two-fer for the Cardinals: 1. It eliminates the Marlins, a potentially dangerous, generally balanced team, from the post-season; and 2. It sends the Padres, the most pathetic divisional champ in the history of baseball, to Busch Stadium for one last NLDS thwacking.

And here's the best part: A Houston wild-card could prove a three-fer, that is, if Houston finds a way to knock out the Braves in the NLDS.

The Braves make me nervous. I don't like the way the Birds played against them this year, and I don't like all the uncertainty with their new recruits. The word in Atlanta is that this is not your older brother's Braves.

Hopefully, Houston will get the first opportunity to verify whether that's true.

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Agreed...

especially since we've owned the Stros this year. I usually can't bring myself to root for them, but this is going to be an exception...

by rockin redbird on Sep 16, 2005 11:34 AM EDT reply actions

I've been torn over this ...

... but you make a good case, Dude. I'd rather face the Padres in the first round than a wild card team that's been sharpened by playing do-or-die games for the last month.

Still, as much as we've owned Houston this year, as pathetic as their offense is, no more Beltran, etc., that team still scares me more than the Braves. Pettitte's pitching fantastic right now, not to mention Clemens, Oswalt, Lidge... And you never know what can happen in their ridiculous bandbox ballpark. Maybe I'm just paranoid...

by DCRedbird on Sep 16, 2005 2:03 PM EDT reply actions