• You down wit' OPP? Maybe I'm giving the Mets too much credit, but I'm thinking they played that song after the Cards hit into a double-play to indicate Oliver Perez's Pitching (OPP).
• Preston Wilson and Jim Edmonds lightly bump into each other in the outfield and Cardinals Nation holds its breath. Together, the pair have the durability of a seven year-old condom. Luckily, they limp away relatively unscathed.
• BY FAR the most annoying new trend in McCarver's repertoire of things that get under my skin is the pitching sequence recap. "He threw three four fastballs in a row. Let's count them. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4!" Hey brain surgeon, this isn't Sesame Street.
• McCarver calls Mookie Wilson "The Mookster." Hey, Timmy. Mookie is his nickname. Unless you're turning into The Copy Guy -- The Mookster, Mook-a-chook-a, making copies, Big Big Mook Mook, doing his thing at the copy machine, Magical Mister Mookie -- then shut it.
• Endy Chavez just made the play of the postseason. Maybe the best postseason play I've ever seen. Full sprint to the wall to make a leap from a few feet onto the warning track up the leftfield wall to snowcone a ball that Scott Rolen had just tattooed for what had appeared to be a no doubt two-run lead. And then he throws it back in to complete an inning-ending double play. That was one of those plays you get on the phone and call your friends to talk about. Simply astounding ... Meanwhile back in the dugout, Tony LaRussa tells Dave Duncan to tell Rolen that he can not believe Rolen didn't hit it harder.
• Yadier Molina's two-run jack is too much even for Endy Chavez. Buck and McCarver credit La Russa for moving him one spot up in the lineup. Let's play the logic game, shall we? Tony LaRussa is a genius and Yadier Molina is worthless with the bat. So if Molina does something good, credit LaRussa. Yes, that works.
As always, full entry in The Swamp after the link.
Original Story:
http://www.sportsfrog.com/archives/2006_....
• Preston Wilson and Jim Edmonds lightly bump into each other in the outfield and Cardinals Nation holds its breath. Together, the pair have the durability of a seven year-old condom. Luckily, they limp away relatively unscathed.
• BY FAR the most annoying new trend in McCarver's repertoire of things that get under my skin is the pitching sequence recap. "He threw three four fastballs in a row. Let's count them. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4!" Hey brain surgeon, this isn't Sesame Street.
• McCarver calls Mookie Wilson "The Mookster." Hey, Timmy. Mookie is his nickname. Unless you're turning into The Copy Guy -- The Mookster, Mook-a-chook-a, making copies, Big Big Mook Mook, doing his thing at the copy machine, Magical Mister Mookie -- then shut it.
• Endy Chavez just made the play of the postseason. Maybe the best postseason play I've ever seen. Full sprint to the wall to make a leap from a few feet onto the warning track up the leftfield wall to snowcone a ball that Scott Rolen had just tattooed for what had appeared to be a no doubt two-run lead. And then he throws it back in to complete an inning-ending double play. That was one of those plays you get on the phone and call your friends to talk about. Simply astounding ... Meanwhile back in the dugout, Tony LaRussa tells Dave Duncan to tell Rolen that he can not believe Rolen didn't hit it harder.
• Yadier Molina's two-run jack is too much even for Endy Chavez. Buck and McCarver credit La Russa for moving him one spot up in the lineup. Let's play the logic game, shall we? Tony LaRussa is a genius and Yadier Molina is worthless with the bat. So if Molina does something good, credit LaRussa. Yes, that works.
As always, full entry in The Swamp after the link.
Original Story:
http://www.sportsfrog.com/archives/2006_....
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