by admin | Oct 19, 2000 | Sports Features
Losing to the Mets, and losing badly, in the National League Championship series leaves a bitter taste. The Cardinals did not play well, did not hit well, did not pitch well, did not manage well against the Mets. And that’s too bad, but we can’t let the...
by admin | Oct 19, 2000 | Sports Features
Tony LaRussa is under the playoff microscope. Most of what Tony has done this post-season, I’ve agreed with. I would like him to play Eric Davis against lefties, and not Shawon Dunston. I would like him to keep Fernando Tatis in the lineup, because I think he...
by admin | Oct 10, 2000 | Sports Features
Flash back a few months. Before the season began, what if I had told you the Cardinals would make the playoffs, but they would have to face the Atlanta Braves in the first round without Mark McGwire, without Fernando Tatis, and with two of their starting pitchers...
by admin | Oct 10, 2000 | Sports Features
The Cardinals dispatched the Braves more quickly than I thought they would, but here comes trouble. The Mets were the matchup I feared the most for the Redbirds. New York’s lefties, Hampton, Leiter, Rusch, Cook and Franco, could be trouble for a Cardinal lineup...
by admin | Oct 6, 2000 | Sports Features
The Atlanta Braves whined a bit after game one that the Cardinal victory had been a bit fluky. Some good bounces, a couple of errors, and the Cards won. Well game two was a good old-fashioned spanking. Make no mistake about this: whether or not the Cardinals finish...
