Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Ouch!!!!
Kerry Wood plunked Roger Cedeno in the first inning for his 21st hit batsmen of the year. While Wood has no chance of reaching Joe McGinnity's record of hitting 41 batters in the single season of 1900, he's got a good shot to equal Jake Weimer, who hit 23 batters for the Reds in 1903.
Kerry Wood plunked Roger Cedeno in the first inning for his 21st hit batsmen of the year. While Wood has no chance of reaching Joe McGinnity's record of hitting 41 batters in the single season of 1900, he's got a good shot to equal Jake Weimer, who hit 23 batters for the Reds in 1903.
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Pimpzilla
For this alone Hideki Matsui will win Rookie of the Year award.
For this alone Hideki Matsui will win Rookie of the Year award.
Showdown 3.0
Last weekend the Cardinals for all intensive purposes got eliminated from postseason play as they got swept by the Astros.
The week before, the Cards dropped four of five to the Cubs to take a giant step backwards.
This week the Chicago White Sox sojourn to Minneapolis to face the Twins in a battle for first place. Tonight, Brad Radke takes on Esteban Loaiza, who is going for his 20th win and first place for the team. Tommorow it's Garland vs. Rogers, and Thursday it'll be Colon vs. Lohse.
The Sox have the lead in the season series nine games to seven, but if they don't win two of three or sweep, they'll be up against the wall. The Sox remaining 10 games are against KC and the Yankees. The Twins are at home for five against the Tigers and Indians and finish with four on the road at Coamerica.
Even if the Twins get swept, they still have a hell of a shot.
Last weekend the Cardinals for all intensive purposes got eliminated from postseason play as they got swept by the Astros.
The week before, the Cards dropped four of five to the Cubs to take a giant step backwards.
This week the Chicago White Sox sojourn to Minneapolis to face the Twins in a battle for first place. Tonight, Brad Radke takes on Esteban Loaiza, who is going for his 20th win and first place for the team. Tommorow it's Garland vs. Rogers, and Thursday it'll be Colon vs. Lohse.
The Sox have the lead in the season series nine games to seven, but if they don't win two of three or sweep, they'll be up against the wall. The Sox remaining 10 games are against KC and the Yankees. The Twins are at home for five against the Tigers and Indians and finish with four on the road at Coamerica.
Even if the Twins get swept, they still have a hell of a shot.
June 23rd
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Jason Hoppin:
I'm no better, I picked the Dodgers in the West.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Jason Hoppin:
...I don't like the Giants chances because I don't like the Giants. I believe Paul now -- Felipe Alou is a lost old man to the point that it's just sad. So I'm picking the D-Backs. In fact I'd put money on it.
I'm no better, I picked the Dodgers in the West.
Monday, September 15, 2003
Seeing Red
If i were Matt Morris, I'd probably sneak past his managers office for a while. Morris says the Cardinals wouldn't mind the Astros winning the Central division. Speaking to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
This is obviously different than Morris feels about the Cubs. He is apparently still not very happy with Kerry Wood, who threw an up and in fastball when Morris had squared around to bunt last Tuesday, leading to the annual screaming match between Tony La Russa and Dusty Baker.
La Russa doesn't have the same level of respect for...anybody. He's pretty pissed at his own players and umpires as he was at Dusty. Apparently, the Cardinals manager was questioning Fernando Vina's lack of hustle on a bobbled groundball by Jeff Kent and was livid about Jerry Crawford's performance behind the plate in Saturday's loss. Crawford was suspended and fined for getting into it with former Cardinals bench coaches Dave Parker and Carey Lansford during the 1998 season, and now La Russa thinks that Crawford is sticking it to the team. According to Mike Matheny, Crawford was pushing the Cardinals catcher forward during breaking balls, making it difficult for the catcher to smother pitches in the dirt.
From the AP story:
Jerry, you might want to avoid La Russa for a while too.
If i were Matt Morris, I'd probably sneak past his managers office for a while. Morris says the Cardinals wouldn't mind the Astros winning the Central division. Speaking to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
"I really have a respect for their players," Morris said of the Astros. "When we compete against them, the games are intense but they don't have that 'I want to kill you, I hate you' attitude. When it's over, it's easy to tip your hat to the other side.
"It's just the way they go about it and the way we go about it. There's professionalism involved."
This is obviously different than Morris feels about the Cubs. He is apparently still not very happy with Kerry Wood, who threw an up and in fastball when Morris had squared around to bunt last Tuesday, leading to the annual screaming match between Tony La Russa and Dusty Baker.
La Russa doesn't have the same level of respect for...anybody. He's pretty pissed at his own players and umpires as he was at Dusty. Apparently, the Cardinals manager was questioning Fernando Vina's lack of hustle on a bobbled groundball by Jeff Kent and was livid about Jerry Crawford's performance behind the plate in Saturday's loss. Crawford was suspended and fined for getting into it with former Cardinals bench coaches Dave Parker and Carey Lansford during the 1998 season, and now La Russa thinks that Crawford is sticking it to the team. According to Mike Matheny, Crawford was pushing the Cardinals catcher forward during breaking balls, making it difficult for the catcher to smother pitches in the dirt.
From the AP story:
"Umpires have their hands on you and that's not a big deal," Matheny said. "I was trying to make some catches on breaking balls and as the ball was coming in I was getting shoved forward." Matheny said he discussed the pushing with Crawford after the second inning.
"He seemed to take offense to it in the beginning," Matheny said. "We tried to talk about it the next inning and he didn't seem to think there was going to be any change."
Matheny said he was told by Crawford that he would have to get used to it "because that's exactly what he was going to keep doing."
Jerry, you might want to avoid La Russa for a while too.
