The Holtonian

Cardinals Homer at Home and more play off baseball ramblings

The cardinals took it yard today in the fashion that I like. No more whitey ball, just take it over the fence! It was great, but as a cardinal fan, I'm still wary. I don't want to get my hopes up but if a team was to do well, it would most likely be this team. Its not the best team money can buy, but its got some of the best in the game this year, and Larussa behind the wheel is a great thing. I hope Larussa finally gets the respect he deserves. A lot of St. Louey folks have had a hard time letting go of the 80s dream in Whitey Herzog. And Larussa is a very unapologetic coach, which I like, but i think it rubbed some people wrong. But hey, he's one of the best in the game, in fact there's only one other coach I'd take besides Larussa and thats Cox. I'm not a fan of Torre's style. Its too calm and collected, sometimes I feel like he's falling asleep in the dugout.
      But my hat goes off to Walker. He gave a good interview on ESPN and just praised both his former team, Rockies, and current team and just seems like such a cool guy.
      The Red Sox won in significant fashion. I don't know what people are thinking, I think the Sox should have a pretty easy time in Anaheim. I mean I don't think the Angels are that great. They won the show two years ago, but I really was unimpressed with the win. I mean the Giants were good, but not great. Plus that year they had some guys that were on fire, Salmon comes to mind, and he's been sort of out of the picture. Really their team this year is Vlad. And their pitching, much like the dodgers isn't what it might need to be. It's not bad, the ERA's are down, but the win's aren't there (Colon definate exception).
      The yankees are of course the team money bought. But money can't buy everything. They have a hard battle ahead of them and whether the bats turn on and can compensate for good (not great) pitching will remain to be seen. Frankly if i were a coach, which I won't ever be, but if i were i'd want to be in Bobby Cox's shoes. I mean the guy already is a winner. He took a team of leftovers from prior years and turned them into some great contenders. Joe Torre's got the hard job of figuring out an all star team.
      So, I'm psyched, and nervous! Hopefully my boys can keep playing some good baseball.