World Series

[Rhydderch Hael]

Best response I have seen to that question to date.  :lol:

A pity it did not  last beyond 4 games . . . sucks to be the advertisers on that one, and the networks.  Hey, wait a minute, glad to see the Networks get one in the eye! 

Occhi
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They got two League Championships out of it that went for seven, I think those TV boys aren't salting their Zimas with tears all that much.

I was happy to see the Cards reach the World Series (first NL Central tram to ever do so ever since MLB went to 3-division play) and having them winning it would have been a pleasant surprise— but a surprise for me nonetheless. Great offensive power gets you the kudos over the long-term of an entire season (best win-loss of any MLB team this year, beating even the Yankees at that) but in the short-term aspect of the World Series, it was a case of a good pitching AL team vs a good slugging NL team.

And pitching will beat slugging in the short of one series. The best St. Louis could muster was the hope they'd out-score the Red Sox, since their own pitching staff was not up to the task of shutting down the Red Sox (or shutting down anybody for that matter). But Red Sox pitching stopped Cardinals offensive might dead cold, and Boston could exploit the gaps of the Cardinals starters and bullpen.

Cardinal modus operandi in the post-season— trail the other team until their starter faded, then blast away at the poor sap and all his buddies in the bullpen to rack in the runs and out-score the bad guys. Red Sox pitchers didn't fade, and the Cards bled first and bled out faster.

But like I said, just getting to the Series was the victory I was looking for.