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18 October 2006 - 10:16 am
Don't get me wrong, everything about the Cardinals post-season run is unexpected (see the experts' NLDS and NLCS predictions, for example), but who would have thought that two of our (so far) three wins in the NLCS would come from pitching gems by Jeff Suppan and Jeff Weaver? Or that the Cardinal bats would have to (and be able to) bail Chris Carpenter out of a tough spot in game 2? Everything about this post-season run just seems a little different than the last two runs. The underdog status for starters, but Tony LaRussa seems to be doing things differently as well. We haven't yet had the all second-stringers game where Tony starts all the subs at the same, something that had become a staple of Cardinals NLCS runs. And Tony seems to be pulling the right strings with his relievers. But he's not playing the match-up game that he normally plays. There's the occasionally lefty-lefty match-up sure, but most of our relievers seem to be in for an inning or more. It's amazing that Tony has confidence in this very young bullpen when the knock on him recently has been to value veteran talent over rookies. All of this is almost certainly a by-product of the position the Cardinals find themselves in, but its refreshing to see.
As Will Leitch wrote in the NY Times today, the post-season is all about luck. And the Cardinals seem very lucky right now.
On to game six.
Posted by on 18 October 2006 at 10:15 AM
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