August 06, 2007

talkin baseball

The St. Louis Cardinals are never howdt of the race, no matter how far behind they are. The Brewers have been caught by the Cubbies and look who is lurking but these same Cardinals. The innovative grand-master of game theory is Tony LaRussa - a true march to the real drummer type of guy. I noticed that he had Braden Looper, his pitcher in the eighth batting slot rather than the traditional ninth slot used automatically for the pitcher. The Cardinals scored ten in the fifth and Looper was right in the middle of the rally. He has two hits, the game is still going and y'know ya can never count this team howdt. I wonder how much an old LaRussa baseball card is worth - when he was a second baseman for the Athletics.

1 comment:

Steve Scott said...

Wait... I think I have an old card of Tony. I don't think card values increase much because a mediocre player becomes a great manager.

Changing the subject from cards to Cards, I expect them to rise further. They have too good a team, and last year's division championship was a fluke downward. Kinda like the Yanks, slow starts for good teams make for exciting ball because they usually make a run for it in the end. The Giants? They have a far better history than a present.