The biggest single "play" so far was a blown call by 1b ump Winters. Shumaker came in to field a short Q fly ball, dove, and couldn't make it. The call wasn't even close. The ball bounced up into Schumaker's glove. However, Mike Winters is a little bitch, and he wouldn't even get the other umps together to check the call, and then he throws Coop out. Winters has a rep as a dick, too. At least Coop was following one of Earl Weaver's rules of management.
One of the highlights was Schumaker going up onto Tal's Hill to field a Puma FB, tripping, and Berkman getting a triple. I was reading one of the Cardinals blogs/forums to see reactions to the bullshit call (at least they knew it was crap), and saw this posted in response:
I've seen it before, and I still think it's fuckin hilarious.
I love Tal's hill. I love the Crawford boxes. I hope they dig a fucking trench between the infield and the outfield, so that infielders can't field popups. That'd be fucking great. It's great hearing opposing fans bitch about the hill and the boxes and the flagpole.
I don't like a lot of things about MMPUS, but I'm rather fond of the stupid quirks. Boston and Chicago have theirs, why can't we have some? We spent thirty-five years in a giant concrete bubble. This is another extreme.
Let's see...
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I saw the ECU-Virginia Tech game this afternoon. That was pretty epic, with a returned blocked PAT by VT, and a final blocked punt by ECU returned for a TD. ECU won, and that was pretty cool. Their probably going to win C-USA this year. It's always cool to see a smaller conference win against a larger one, even if it is the ACC.
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Q is so awesome as a defensive catcher. If the guy could hit a lick, we'd be in business. He doesn't even have to get up to throw out most base-runners. Cool. Very powerful throw. Wish I had his arm.
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I hate Houston fans' obsession with the wave. Goddamn it's stupid.
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That blown Winters call really underscores the instant-replay thing. What would be so wrong with replaying calls like that? The heart of the "games take too long" problem is the offensive explosion. Games didn't take as long in the 70s and 80s because hitters weren't as good. Fewer hits meant fewer pitches, which meant less time. An extra two minutes a game (maybe), wouldn't mean too much.
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I see our bench coach subscribes to Coop and Garner's philosophy of trigger-happy bullpen management. No reason to pull Byrdak out of the 8th inning.
And of course, Pujols hits a FP homer. Fuck. Now it's 8-5 Astros. Looks like Papa Grande is coming in, after all.
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I like our choice of Deep in the Heart of Texas as a stretch song better than that "God Bless America" crap. I hate that fucking song.
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Hey! Miggy hit into a DP! According to JD, Ausmus holds the NL season record for GIDP (30 in 2002). God, I love this shitty team.
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