105 thoughts on “CS, Games Two”

  1. Thanks for picking me up, spoons. Although it seems as though the Yankme lost has sapped the Nation's interest.

    1. As Centralites, we should be cheering louder than ever! On the other hand, at least one of Delmon, Punto and GoGo will go the World Series. It's a little depressing how often former Twins seem to go there, all the while the Twins were losing in the DS year after year...

      1. meh, I'm happy for 'em all. If the Cards can make it to the WS in spite of LNP, well more power to 'em. They all left on good terms (some not soon enough, though)

          1. I'll always remember Lohse as a Twin. I wonder if Gardy feels conflicted about the Cards with Lohse and Punto on the same team.

            1. I certainly remember, but he doesn't spring to mind anymore.

              Gardenhire's bizarre openness with playing favorites is funny, in a way, but what a failure of leadership, too. Oh well. Take the bad with the good, I guess.

              1. Well, according to the book Billy Beane wrote, it was Art Howe's policy to play only his favorites.

  3. AaronGleeman "He must be hurt. I've never seen him take a strike one. He's usually swinging in the on-deck circle." - Terry Francona on Delmon Young

  5. Santiago should have been sent for home. I expect the go-ahead run will be stranded there 90 feet away.

  11. That reminds me of some other play.. Although I think Hrbek didn't have to risk breaking his wrist.

  14. Bases loaded, no outs, and the king of the savers doesn't allow one to score.
    It's not a save, so he didn't get to dance, but if they win, he earned his dancing tonight.
    I figured it was gonna be "Still hasn't blown a save"

    2. the king of the savers doesn't allow one to score.

      I'm glad that I'm not the only one paying attention to the king of the savers race.

                  2. I believe that under the current arrangement, it alternates.
                    FOX had NLCS last year, gave us that Beach Boy with the beard.

  27. Yo, Nelson. All you need is a fly ball, dude. Even Michael Young can score on a routine fly.

  31. I have a feeling that Nelson Cruz is going to take another one to the ribs tomorrow for watching that one go out.

    1. Meh, I think he was waiting to see if it went foul. Verlander would possibly throw at him, though.

      I spookied the hell out of that one, to the point where I was in a fairly important conversation, and bailed so I could watch the at-bat.

  32. Joe Buck just saw the first walk-off grand slam in postseason history and he never changed the inflection in his voice. How the SPOILER does this guy get work in this sport?

    3. Whoever the play-by-play guy is for the NLCS just got more excited with a hit-and-run than Buck did.

        1. Do they have a 3 man booth going on TBS?

          I enjoy listening to Smoltz as well. SantoDarling (no idea why I always do that), not much. (its his accent.)

          1. Yeah. The play-by-play guy I think is Brian Anderson, the pbp for the Brewers. I thought he sounded familiar. I wonder if it was a coincidence, or if TBS deliberately chose someone from one of the teams in the series. The other color commentator, according to Wikipedia, is Ron Darling.

    4. I don't know of anyone who likes Buck, and the only people I've ever seen defend him are the simple-minded ESPN commenters who assume that anyone who doesn't like anyone is jealous.

      Buck is, without debate, uninterested by baseball. He admitted as much in an interview years ago but he just won't go away. What I want to know is, how is it so difficult for sportscasters to get fired, despite total incompetence? Network execs are normally happy to fire anyone for anything.

      2. how is it so difficult for sportscasters to get fired, despite total incompetence?
        See: managers/coaches. Proven announcer.

        1. I feel you, except managers/coaches are baseball people, and they have baseball bosses. Baseball announcers have entertainment bosses. They're quicker to make changes than anyone.

          1. That is true. He must have a really cheap contract. Or it's his "numerous Sports Emmy awards".

      3. At this point, I'm sure that FOX considers his voice to be part of their brand, something that helps product recognition, or some such nonsense.

  33. Alright, I am now curious why you need a pitcher to be a good athlete to hit and run while he's on base.

  35. Darling: there's not an umpire that wants to run a pitcher and a manager in the post-season.

    He's obviously never heard of Cowboy Joe West.

    1. Cowboy Joe was behind the plate at the game I went to. Even from several rows up, I could feel his gravitational pull.

      I saw that neither West nor Angel are in the CS, though, unless Gleeman was mistaken.

      1. One of MLB's rules is that umpires cannot work consecutive postseason series. Thus, they're both still available for the World Series.

          1. Maybe it would be for the best. If they royally screw with the World Series, there's a better chance of something changing as a result than when they royally screw with regular season games.

  38. A lot of these Brewer players would look right at home in a double-wide. Or being shoved into the back of a squad car.

  41. LaRussa's jersey for some reason makes it look like he has huge pitstains in that mesh area along his sides.

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