And So It Gets Interesting
Posted by: kdc
Congratulations to the Astros for tying the series up 1-1.
Once again (& as always happens in baseball), superior pitching prevailed. Oswalt tamped down on everyone. The usually superior Jim Edmunds actually ended 3 different innings, so he’s got better days ahead of him I pray. Killer closer Linge is in the Cardinals' heads so deeply it isn't even funny – they were swinging at anything & everything. Even when we got a hit (& this wasn't Linge's finest night), it seemed obvious we wouldn't be able to string together enough to matter.
Some high/lowlights:
* Good defense on both teams, especially Edmunds highlight reel catch, but saving runs isn’t making runs.
* Houston's hitting continues strong & spread out except for that one guy (sorry, I can't remember his name, I'm not being disrespectful), who's having a career postseason.
* Cardinals may have lost their hottest hitter Reggie Sanders, on a poorly played fly to LF. Heard it was a strained back, but the fall he took trying to grab a long fly was nasty, cornerback to the wide receiver's feet type of fall.
* Give it to the Umps: 2 Well called games so far. (Some small quibbles, but they've been consistent.)
* True Story: Edmunds left 2 men on & died looking on a full count & one of our guests said, "I hate when Pujols leads off because when he hits one it’s only 1 run." The Astros go down & then it's our turn. Albert Pujols, a god among men, cranked Oswalt's first pitch out, barely moving after such an awful display of power. Just cranked it out. Even against Houston’s killer closer, he got w/in 10 feet of the wall w/out a full swing. What a joy to watch!
* Gotta like how those Astros - they never give up!
Like I said earlier - this one's going 6.
Congratulations to the Astros for tying the series up 1-1.
Once again (& as always happens in baseball), superior pitching prevailed. Oswalt tamped down on everyone. The usually superior Jim Edmunds actually ended 3 different innings, so he’s got better days ahead of him I pray. Killer closer Linge is in the Cardinals' heads so deeply it isn't even funny – they were swinging at anything & everything. Even when we got a hit (& this wasn't Linge's finest night), it seemed obvious we wouldn't be able to string together enough to matter.
Some high/lowlights:
* Good defense on both teams, especially Edmunds highlight reel catch, but saving runs isn’t making runs.
* Houston's hitting continues strong & spread out except for that one guy (sorry, I can't remember his name, I'm not being disrespectful), who's having a career postseason.
* Cardinals may have lost their hottest hitter Reggie Sanders, on a poorly played fly to LF. Heard it was a strained back, but the fall he took trying to grab a long fly was nasty, cornerback to the wide receiver's feet type of fall.
* Give it to the Umps: 2 Well called games so far. (Some small quibbles, but they've been consistent.)
* True Story: Edmunds left 2 men on & died looking on a full count & one of our guests said, "I hate when Pujols leads off because when he hits one it’s only 1 run." The Astros go down & then it's our turn. Albert Pujols, a god among men, cranked Oswalt's first pitch out, barely moving after such an awful display of power. Just cranked it out. Even against Houston’s killer closer, he got w/in 10 feet of the wall w/out a full swing. What a joy to watch!
* Gotta like how those Astros - they never give up!
Like I said earlier - this one's going 6.
Oh my word. . . that was some fall Sanders took! And they kept playing it over and over and over and over . . I was hoping if they played it long enough they'd have a different outcome. He must be quite a tough guy if he only got some strained muscles and nothing broke.
Nice writing Kent . . .keep your keyboard warmed up, hey? :)
GO ASTROS!!
See . . . I told you I come here for my sports news . .
Posted by
Kris, The Astro Fan |
Fri Oct 14, 07:59:00 AM 2005
Go, Astros!!!!
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Fri Oct 14, 04:09:00 PM 2005