they are making me proud!

1. Carp is a master
   
2. Getting the top of the order on base pays off
   
3. Zumaya is plenty fast, but he can beat himself.
   
4. There's no place like home.
   

I promise to miss the rest of the series until the Cardinals win four.  Uncanny, I tell ya'. (I've been able to watch the entirety of only five games--all the losses.  Freakish).

Will some one get me the DVD when it's over?

2morrow

And let's not forget Robertson. What a job getting out of the 4th inning with only two runs scored! You know if the Tigers hadn't failed to hit that Cards starter, Robertson's heroic performance in the 4th could have had huge implications. I guess whatever Kenny Rogers has must be rubbing off on the rest of the staff!

Wow! Just Wow!

That just takes all the joy out of this win. I'd love to win a series with him, but I want him back on this team next year so bad. I know he's not 2004 Jimmy, but he's still my fav.

And, btw..JEd was talking about the end of the regular season when he said he "thought" it would be the last time he played in Busch.

The F-18s flew over about four bars too early in the National Anthem.

Carp threw 55/82, Looper 7/11 = 62/93. Cards pitchers faced 29 batters, 2 over the minimum--that's dominant. Holy shit. No walks, only 3 hits, and 1 DP = 29 batters.

FWIW Tigers threw 86/163 (Robertson was 54/93).

Somebody said Carp never even got to a 3-ball count which I can believe. When Carp was looked at on the mound by Weinberg, McCarver (who seems to be more informative than usual this year) pointed out that a crampy thumb means no curveballs for a while. Sure enough Carp didn't throw a curve that I saw until sometime in the 8th when he snapped a beauty (to Pudge I think) for a strike.

Cards are in the, er, catbird seat. They have won 9 of 14 in the postseason, they have four games to win two more....

I'm not saying it doesn't have some predictive value, but when you it says the Cards--on the road no less--hold a serious advantage starting "Scrapheap" Weaver vs. Kenny Rogers, I've got to doubt some of the inputs.

FWIW, I do think the Tigers will be tough tomorrow night, and that the Cards have a slightly better than even chance to win the thing.

Ok, that being said, I am really, really scared right now. I can't sleep. I am nervious as all get out. I am totally freaking out. Why? Well because I just don't belive what I am seeing. This cannot be the same team that lossed 7&8&8 games in a row being completly bulldozed over by their opponents. They are pitching like there is no tomorrow. A trait they only showed in early april and may. Their D is stellar. And although they are still lacking in driving in all the runs that they should, when it matters, they are still getting clutch hits that are producing game winning RBI's. So why am I so freaked out? Because I know, I just know that at any moment during a game, that team that got bulldozed in June will suddenly reappear and this great thing that we all are on the doorstep of will be ripped from our grasps. I fear the pitching will suddenly loose all of its control and start once again giving up home runs like pitchers do in BP. That the little clutch hitting they are getting will dissapear as fast as the Build-A-Bear FredBirds are off the shelves of Busch III. That are D will once again turn into something only those cursed souls that frequent wrigley field are accustomed to seeing. Fact is I have seen this team break my heart too many times before. The baseball gods, if there are any certanly can be fickle. And at any moment now it can and will all come crashing down like the beloved Busch II did late last year.

One of the main reasons I feel this way is because the tigers didnt almost win 100 games on accident. No, they pitched, hit and played stellar D most of the way over far better teams than our Cardinals. And they can, at any moment stop hitting .180 in this WS and once again start mashing the ball over the fences and threw the holes. And its not like the Cardinals are killing the ball. We are not even hittin above the Mendoza line. It can happen. And because it can I refuse to let myself get too high. I know what detroit is capable of. I know what our Cardinals are capable of. Most of all I know that what is happening before my eyes is just to perfect. Just to real to keep happeing. They just can't keep pitching so well can they? They have to stop scoring runs don't they? The tigers have to wake up soon don't they? And when they do watch out. It's going to get bloody ugly real fast.

But, BUT this can keep happening. The Cardinals can keep shutting down the tigers hitter. And the Cardinals can keep catching the ball and playing stellar D. And the Cardinals can keep scoring just enough to win ball games. They can because they have. So what I am just going to have to do is start enjoying this ride I am on because it can stop at any time, and my not come back for years if ever again. But I can't just yet. I am to freakin scarred.

SUP has to win tomorrow. He HAS to. If,and thats a big IF. If he can keep doing what he as done in the LCS, they should win tomorrow. But if he can't, and his control is off. It's going to be a long night. And bonderman can, and just might shut down are hitters. The pattern for this series is every other start the other teams pitcher does just that. Shuts down their opponents. If that happens, look out. It will get ugly in Busch III faster than it took that storm in July to knock power out of most of St. Louis.

The Cardinals have to keep the tigers from getting on base. They have to keep scoring just enough. And they have to keep playing stellar D. If they do that, we pop the corks thursday night. If not, we go back to detroit. And nobody around these parts wants to see that happen. So, if you can, keep making us all so very proud. And if at all possiable, do something great tomorrow night that will calm me down and let me get some sleep at night. Afterall, I can't go on getting 3 hours a sleep a night. Its just not healthy you know?

So guys, keep fighting the good fight.

Give'em hell.

Go down swinging.

And most of all,

GO CARDINALS

That's good stuff. I saw the El Birdos sign somebody had, and Hardcore's signature sign. I was looking for the "I'm no gambler..." sign, but didn't see it...