World Series live blog: Game Two

Hardball Times copy editor Greg Simons is not one of those people the TV moguls fear will be put off by a Middle America World Series. He's a lifelong Cardinals fan. As with Game One, we asked him to put on his red cap and share his observations as he watches. Pregame The deep, gravelly voice that recapped last night's game sounds like a cheap imitation of the bald movie trailer announcer from those Geico commercials a few years ago. But I'm sure it wasn't him, because he died. Did A.J. Pierzynski get a haircut among Games One and Two? He's giving beard dye tips to Lance Berkman, so I think so. Between Pierzynski, Mike Piazza and Ivan Rodriguez, there have been an unusual number of metrosexual catchers in recent years. This is, what, the fourth time we might be seeing Albert Pujols playing his last home game in St. Louis? Of course I want him to remain a Cardinal. If he insists on surpassing Alex Rodriguez's deal in terms of average annual salary, w...