Hunt and Peck: Links of the Weekend

DINGERS!

.@MattCarp13 is building himself quite the #postseason resume. #NLCS http://t.co/sCf0kQcx28

— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) October 13, 2014

First-career #NLCS at-bat. Oscar Taveras was ready ... http://t.co/N03X0uKDeL

— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) October 13, 2014

Big stage. Big moment. #BigCity. #NLCS http://t.co/qfuJybIgRZ

— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) October 13, 2014

.@KoltenWong is about to make history happen. #NLCS http://t.co/uCZGoXlPtV

— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) October 13, 2014

An epic #walkoff warrants an epic celebration. #NLCS http://t.co/oywUNjFn1r

— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) October 13, 2014

Game over. Get that jersey off. #NLCS http://t.co/4Fe7nDxEFj

— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) October 13, 2014

what else is going on in baseball...

• The Royals keep hitting dingers. - SBNation; Grantland
• Pedro Martinez dancing! 
  

  We’d delay every game five minutes if it meant @45PedroMartinez would dance: http://t.co/c6hAUW26ZZ http://t.co/cIIO7JMVjH

  — Cut4 (@Cut4) October 11, 2014

• Check out this break-down of Lorenzo Cain's diving catch. - MLB
• Watch all of Giancarlo Stanton's beautiful home runs. - Cut4
• Yeah!
  

  Most rookies to homer in @MLB #postseason history: 15 - @Cardinals 13 - @Yankees 7 - @Braves 5 - @Dbacks 4 - @RedSox @SFGiants

  — MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) October 13, 2014

• The expansion of the strike zone is a little bonkers. - The Hardball Times
• Chip Kale is the new manager of the Diamondbacks. - Fox Sports; SBNation

• 13 years ago today ... #Postseason http://t.co/qRzN2eHiLO

  — MLB Fan Cave (@MLBFanCave) October 13, 2014

• The worst commercials of the postseason. - SBNation

what the cardinals are up to...

• Just a little recommendation from the Overlord.
  

  I recommend reading Doug Feldmann's book on the '67 & '68 #STLCards, the teams @VivaElBirdos is named for: http://t.co/v026494foC

  — Ben (@b_g_h) October 11, 2014

• Losing game one is nothing the Cardinals haven't overcome before. - STL Today
• Yadier Molina becomes the Cardinals leader in postseason hits. - Hardball Talk
• And now he is hurt :( - Sports on Earth
• Matt Carpenter keeps hittin'.
  

  Matt Carpenter now has a 1.095 slugging percentage and a .714 ISO. It was .375 and .103 in the regular season. #STLCards

  — Ghabrehial Sihmohnds (@thestlcardsfan4) October 13, 2014

• Public service announcment:
  

  Reminder pic.twitter.com/LrVxSbW9Rr

  — Aaron Finkel (@Aaron_Finkel) October 13, 2014

• Jim Edmond's son throws out the first pitch. Adorbs. 
  

  Jim Edmonds' son delivers the first pitch. #NLCS pic.twitter.com/iLm0bBBGgh

  — MLB Fan Cave (@MLBFanCave) October 13, 2014

• Thanks fink! 
  

  Romo had dinger problems this year. Inexplicably, Cardinals are hitting dingers. Let's give it a shot.

  — Aaron Finkel (@Aaron_Finkel) October 13, 2014

An epic #walkoff warrants an epic celebration. #NLCS http://t.co/oywUNjFn1r

— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) October 13, 2014

This is my life now.

Don’t look away, you never know what might happen next. #NLCS http://t.co/fbYKUiwO15

— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) October 13, 2014

AJ! DID I GET ON BASE?

@lil_scooter93 You ask, and you shall receive. https://t.co/E7pJeTjoR3

— MR. Teeeej (@MRTeeeej) October 13, 2014

The Cardinals gave a curtain call for every home run besides the walk off and IT WAS GLORIOUS. Don't like it? Good. I am glad. - Cut4

Should Matheny have let Lance Lynn hit for himself? - Fangraphs

Michael Wacha still appears to be alive. - Hardball Talk

Get Joe Kelly a ring! - Viva el Birdos

Check out this article written by VEB founder, Larry Borowsky. - Viva el Birdos

The mangerial decisions that shaped game two. - Five Thirty Eight

Carpenter's theory on the Cardinals power surge. - Rob Rains

Sound bytes from the post game. - Rob Rains

KNOW THINE ENEMY...

the nl central

• The renovations at Wrigley have begun.
  

  We have shovels in the ground! Smiles all around at today's #1060Project Groundbreaking Ceremony. pic.twitter.com/J0wW44n31s

  — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) October 11, 2014

the san francisco giants

• Giants probables for games three and four. - Hardball Talk
• The truth behind Hunter Pence's awkward throwing motion. - Hardball Talk

weekend scoreboard:

Saturday, October 11 NLCS Game I	Giants	3	Cardinals	0	VEB Recap	McC Recap
Sunday, October 12 NLCS Game II	Giants	4	Cardinals	5	VEB Recap	McC Recap

Tomorrow John Lackey and Tim Hudson square off at AT&T Park at 3:07 p.m. CST. Jeremy Guthrie and Wei-Yin Chen are slated to start tonight's game in Kansas City, but it is raining like crazy in and around the state of Missouri today - a tornado warning was just issued for Madison County, Illinois - so we will see if that game can be played. The Royals eye a 3-0 series lead. That game is scheduled to begin at 7:07 p.m. CST on TBS.

Also relevant: The St. Louis Rams take on the San Francisco 49ers tonight for Monday Night Football at 7:30 p.m. CST on ESPN.