some stuff i learned in Game 1:
- adrian gonzalez can't hit a curveball
- russell branyan can't hit a curveball . . . . except for that one curveball he hit for a triple
- dave roberts is gonna be on the cardinals next year
- ronnie belliard appears to have a great postseason attitude -- seems to enjoy being in the pressure situations
- la russa likes rookies -- he entrusted ty johnson, not flores, with 4 critical outs in the 7th + 8th, then called on wainwright (not the more experienced looper) to retire piazza in the 8th