World Series Even So Far: Crepe Diem
By Ken. Filed in General |Tags: World Series Baseball
The hitters on both sides have been fairly quiet and the starters and the bullpens have been dominant. Small things are important. After the superb pitching on both sides for 8 innings, the game last night depended on a bloop single to start the top of the 9th, followed by a more solid single with a throw from the outfield a little off line and the first baseman, Pujols, a little uncertain whether he should cut the ball off, thus allowing Andrus to take a chance on going to 2nd. Followed by two sacrifice flies and Andrus again made a slightly lucky decision to go to third. Final score 2-1 Rangers.
This is a travel day before three games deep in the heart of Texas. I still haven’t decided who to cheer for in the 7th game. The Saint Louis Cardinals was my favorite team as I was growing up in rural southern Wisconsin. The Cubs were closer but Musial, Schoendienst, Slaughter, Marion et al somehow grabbed my affections early.
The Rangers, on the other hand, the orphaned offspring of the Washington Senators have only been to the World Series once in their history since 1971. That was last year when the San Francisco Giants embarrassed them in 5 games. So they might be thought to be the underdogs. But then the Cards were at least 10 games behind in the wild card standings as of sometime in late August. So maybe they need all the support they can get. I like La Russa more than Washington, but Nolan Ryan counts for more in my book that whoever heads the Cardinals. I say to both Crepe Diem.