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10/18/2005: "How these things work"


Two days ago, I was wondering how long I would have to block out the shrill Astros-Chisox coverage and Cardinals Choke Again ruminators before I could begin the Get Up, Baby! Hot Stove season in earnest. Tomorrow, I might be thinking that again.

In the meantime, the Cardinals are now the "expert" favorites.

I don't get it either--winning one game is typically easier than winning two--but I appreciate the rare vote of confidence from the media. Now, Swamp Gas--it's an affectionate nickname now, I swear--if you'd be so kind as to continue shutting Thommy B. and Psycho Steve up, I'd be ever-so-thankful. (And yes, the intent was to make you think of Thom Brennaman doing a generic wacky morning show. Say "She's gonna take her top off!" in his voice, and tell me that wouldn't be the funniest thing ever.)

Back when I was a bigger fan of the NBA than baseball--this was a few years ago, when the Bulls were unstoppable--I used to get the championship retrospective videos every year. And every year there would be, set to dramatic synth violins and nervous crowd shots, some insane thing Michael Jordan did, whether it be the three pointers out of nowhere againt Portland or the Flu Game against Utah, to save a series. But here's the thing: it's all still dependent on actually winning the series. A few Finals losses and we'd be hearing about Kevin Duckworth's brave last stand, or Sam Perkins' perimeter play exposing Bill Cartwright--all the heroics would be a footnote. So, at the very least, Cardinals: win tomorrow. Don't let Pujols's massive home run and the subsequent deadening of a sellout crowd in a closed stadium--I can only imagine that's what it sounded like when Milli Vanilli's record started skipping--get overshadowed by Yet Another Oswalt Gem.

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on Tuesday, October 18th, joeg said

steven A smith and BT on espn radio just picked the cards to come back and win it all. out here in nyc, one of the coolest things happened this morning. i picked up the New York Post and a coffee on my walk to work, i flip it over to check out the back cover (where they usually have a shot of a-rod or shef or shockey or pennington) with the same anticipation as friggin charlie opening up the chocolate looking for that golden ticket, and there it was. PHAT ALBERT and a shot of Pu jacking that damn ****. cards get no love on the east coast, so it was nice to see that a couple of million ny'ers are going to get a glimpse of what we already know.



on Tuesday, October 18th, Julie said

Amen to that!

Schewww - what a game. Anyone else exhausted? lol

My husband started yelling and I was running in circles in the living room screaming OMG OMG OMG! lol The dog started barking at both of us as if we had lost our minds lol And for a brief moment we had - lost our minds with sheer excitement!

Keep up this momentum Cards and let's do this!!

LOVE OUR CARDS!



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