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Inside the Matt Holliday error: Dodgers fans waving the white flag
blogs.suntimes.com - 10/9/2009
Inside the Matt Holliday error: Dodgers fans waving the white flag
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Things got dramatic on Los Angeles yesterday when St. Louis Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday played the potential final out of the game into the spark that would ignite the Dodgers' 3-2 comeback victory. Holliday, who was acquired from the Oakland Athletics early this season, is known ...
fangraphs.com - 10/9/2009
NLDS Coverage: Don’t Blame Holliday
— fangraphs.com — You’ve all seen the highlight by now. With two out in the ninth inning, James Loney lined... a ball right at Matt Holliday. If he catches the ball, the Cardinals tie the series with a 2-1 win in game two. But he didn’t catch the ball. It hit ... (more) NLDS Coverage: Don’t Blame Holliday

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The Catch Felt Around the World
mlbplayoffs2009.gearupforsports.com - 10/9/2009
The Catch Felt Around the World
— mlbplayoffs2009.gearupforsports.com — Rarely in sports do we see such a literal and figurative shot to the balls. Matt Holliday... had the 3rd out ball lobbing right at him… the game was over. Cardinals tie the series at 1-1. Only Adam attempted to make the catch with his ball bag instead of his glove. He then proceeded ... (more) The Catch Felt Around the World

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Holliday To Blame For Cards Loss?
foulpole2foulpole.com - 10/9/2009
Holliday To Blame For Cards Loss?
— foulpole2foulpole.com — Who is responsible for the Cardinals loss in Game 2? With two outs in the bottom of... 9th, Dodgers 1B James Loney hit a liner at Cardinals LF Matt Holliday. Holliday lost the ball in the lights and it dropped in for a two base error. You can’t catch what you can’t see. If Holliday catches the ... (more) Holliday To Blame For Cards Loss?

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NL East Chatter:  Notes From the Underground

No, You're a Towel:  Quick Review of Yesterday's Games: ALDS Day 2

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Notes From the Underground
NL East Chatter — ... The life of a fan whose team is out of the money is sometimes pretty hard to bear. Sitting on the couch wondering what might have been while you stare bleary-eyed at out of towners all enjoying their minutes in the sun. Sometimes though, it’s actually not so bad. Last night was one of those times where I sort of felt safe in the confines of my living room watching games that don’t matter to me except to provide fodder for my blogging imagination. Last night, watching Matt Holliday drop that fly ball in left, I thanked the God of all that is holy that I ...

Quick Review of Yesterday's Games: ALDS Day 2
No, You're a Towel — ... first place was because of Holliday's home run and Ryan Franklin didn't have to give up another run. So there is blame to go around. But I don't think that will diminish the pain as the image is rebroadcasted of the catch (and maybe some Dewey-Truman-esque headlines). The one person who is probably happy? Luis Castillo who's dropped pop-up against the Yankees pales in comparison and significance. Adam Wainwright (who pitched brilliantly in a wasted effort) said it was the towels, but Matt Holliday said it was the light. I guess that's manning up, ...

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Dodgers take advantage of Holliday's error, rally past Cards for 2-0 series lead (The Canadian Press)
cubscore.com 10/8/2009 — LOS ANGELES - Matt Holliday dropped a sinking line drive for an error with two outs in the ninth inning, leading to a two-run rally by the Los Angeles Dodgers that gave them a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. Full Story: Yahoo! Sports - MLB - Chicago Cubs News
This Should Be Fun
lookoutlanding.com 10/9/2009 — Win Probability Added figures for a few St. Louis Cardinals tonight: Brendan Ryan : -13.6% Matt Holliday : -10.6% Ryan Franklin : -73.7% Ryan went 0-4 with two strikeouts and three guys left in scoring position. Matt Holliday went 1-4 with a ...
Dodgers take advantage of Holliday's error, rally past Cards 3-2 to even series (The Canadian Press)
cubscore.com 10/9/2009 — LOS ANGELES - A sinking line drive sailed through the chilly evening air toward Matt Holliday. All he needed to do was make the catch, and St. Louis would have a series-tying victory. Full Story: Yahoo! Sports - MLB - Chicago Cubs News
Matt Holliday Blows It For The Cardinals
totalprosports.com 10/9/2009 — Total Pro Sports - That picture is not pretty, and it gives everyone in St. Louis a great scapegoat for what’s shaping up to be a very bad series for them, contrary to what many writers had predicted . But was it really Matt Holliday’s fault the ...
Reasons To Be Happy About Facing St. Louis
mikesciosciastragicillness.com 10/6/2009 — Yes, we'd have preferred to see the Phillies . Yes, the idea of facing Chris Carpenter & Adam Wainwright on the mound and inhuman cyborg Albert Pujols & Matt Holliday at the plate is pretty daunting. Yes, I still hate that you can't face teams ...
A Brief Look At The Cardinals
truebluela.com 10/8/2009 — More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Matt Holliday really, really likes playing in the National League Browse more photos »  ...
Buzz: Mets prefer Matt Holliday to Bay
metsblog.com 10/8/2009 — Jon Heyman of SI.com believes the Mets prefer soon-to-be free-agent OF Matt Holliday over OF Jason Bay , “though either would help immensely.” … i have no idea what the Mets intend to do, but signing holliday would not ...
Heyman: Mets prefer Holliday
theropolitans.com 10/8/2009 — With Jeff Wilpon assuring fans that the Mets will be spending money this off-season, it’s time for the rumor mill of big names to start to spin. First up: Matt Holliday. Jon Heyman says that he believes the Mets are leaning toward Holliday over another free-agent-to-be, (and ex-Met farmhand) ...
Twitter Poll: Which free agent do you want the Mets to sign?
theropolitans.com 10/8/2009 — Today, I asked my Twitter followers which free agent (position player or pitcher) they most want to see in orange and blue next season. Here are some responses… cwb75 said: Matt Holliday, I think... DonCheech said: Holliday and Lackey kramtelak said: Matt Holliday fscker said: ...
Cardinals @ Dodgers NLDS Game 2: Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0 (In Progress)
6-4-2.blogspot.com 10/8/2009 — Top 2nd: After trading zeros with Adam Wainwright in the first frame, Clayton Kershaw gives up a solo blast to Matt Holliday to make it 1-0 St. Louis . ESPN Box
Cardinals Blows It, Sox Don’t Show Up
thedugoutreport.wordpress.com 10/9/2009 — Adam Wainwright was outstanding Thursday, continuing his prolific 2009 season with eight innings of one run baseball. Manager Tony LaRussa went to 1.92 ERA closer Ryan Franklin who got the job done getting two quick outs followed by a soft fly ball that left fielder Matt Holliday ...
And That Happened: Division Series
hardballtimes.com 10/9/2009 — Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2 : Look, I know all you Cardinals fans want to kill Matt Holliday right now, but (a) your guys may not have made the postseason without him; (b) he did hit a homer in the game; and (c) Ryan Franklin still had to walk Casey Blake, give up a single to Ronnie Belliard, walk ...
Matt Holliday, Where Art Thou Ball?
thebiglead.com 10/9/2009 — Bottom of the ninth. Two outs. No one on base. Cards lead 3-2 … Matt Holliday. The ball actually hit him directly in the nuts. There it is.
Last night was a good reason why the Mets shouldnt persue Matt Holliday
longislandmetfan.blogspot.com 10/9/2009 — Yes he can hit but when your in the playoffs plays need to be made and last nights blunder might have cost the Cardinals a chance at moving forward.
Matt Holliday give-ith and then he take-ith away.
athbloggs.blogspot.com 10/9/2009 — There are certainly games I can think of that was decided in the waning moments by a fluke. The last one that comes to mind was the on June 12th of this year when the Mets lost on the final play of the game as Luis Castillo dropped A-Rod’s routine pop-up. Remember that one? Catch it Louie… ...
Cardinals Defense Takes A Holliday [Mlb]
deadspin.com 10/9/2009 — That is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad way to lose a playoff game. Commenter SavetoFavorites : "Kinda curious how the best fans in baseball will welcome Matt Holliday back home after this one."
Matt Holliday Allows Me Some Postseason Joy
zonersports.com 10/9/2009 — It’s no big surprise that as a lifelong Cubs fan I love seeing a big Cardinals fail. After all, I need to derive some joy out of this postseason, and anything that gets the Delicate Genius’ mullet in a knot is A-OK by me. So it is with exuberance that I present to you Matt ...
Dodgers Win Game Two: Matt Holliday Not The Only One To Blame For Cardinals Loss
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com 10/9/2009 — Everyone will remember Matt Holliday's dropped fly ball in the bottom of the ninth inning in the Dodgers 3-2 come from behind victory over the Cardinals. However, The Ghost of Moonlight Graham thinks there were a lot of other Cardinals to blame for this loss.
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “BWAAAHAAHAA!” Edition
hirejimessian.com 10/9/2009 — Thank you, Matt Holliday. Thank you so very much for last night . Sure, it may sound like sour grapes to laugh at the misfortunes of the Cardinals. And it most certainly is. There will be Cardinals fans saying things like, “Well, at least our team MADE the playoffs!” And they can ...
Leave Matt Holliday alone (and other supplemental observations)
bases.nbcsports.com 10/9/2009 — Matthew and Bob did an excellent job of recapping yesterday's games, but I have a couple of random observations knocking around my head:-- Look, I know all you Cardinals fans want to kill Matt Holliday right now, but (a) your...
How much of the payroll pie would Holliday and Pujols take up? — Fungoes
The early offseason questions for the Cardinals concern whether and for how much they’ll be able to sign Matt Holliday and whether and for how much they’ll extend the contract of Albert Pujols. Holliday is positioned to make anywhere between $15 and $20 million annually in a new ...
Matt Holliday: Let the Bidding Begin! — The Big Lead
Matt Holliday : The outfielder who famously flubbed a fly-ball in game two of the NLDS is one the Cardinals’ biggest offseason priorities. (The others include Mark DeRosa, and to a lesser extent, Julio Lugo, and Joel Pineiro.) When asked about whether or not Holliday wanted to return, the ...
Matt Holliday or Jason Bay In The Outfield Next Year? — Mets Merized Online
Both Jason Bay and Matt Holiday’s season is now officially over as their teams were eliminated over the weekend, they now have a lot to consider as they are going to be free agents for the first time in both of their careers. They were successful with both their clubs this year and ...
Troy From West Virginia Has Songwriting Chops, Enjoys Pork Chops — Walkoff Walk
Our pal Troy from West Virginia, noted Dodgers fan and occassional stalker , has penned perhaps the greatest baseball parody song in the history of baseball parody songs to taunt Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday. Have a listen: "Drilled in the gnads, Matt Holliday!" Never has ...
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Buzz: Holliday and the Cardinals, Fielder Trade Unlikely, Lackey — MetsBlog.com
Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune says that the chances of the Cardinals re-signing outfielder Matt Holliday are remote, saying that the impending free agency of first baseman Albert Pujols in two years is a big factor in the Cardinals not being able to retain his services. In addition, ...
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Rob Neyer , pondering Dave Cameron on transferring Thursday’s blaming of Matt Holiday toward Ryan Franklin: Ryan Franklin had four chances to get a third out, and four times he failed. I’ll bet that Franklin knows he blew the game every bit as much as Holliday. Now the rest of us ...
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The Sorrow Of Matt Holliday — Intentional Foul
They say a picture says 1000 words, and this picture taken the split-second after Matt Holliday committed the error heard round the baseball world says more than I ever could. You could say it cost the St Louis Cardinals the game, although, at some point, doesn’t the Cardinals bullpen ...
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Last night’s game had some drama and unless you’re a Cardinals fan or a Dodger hater, you had to enjoy the game because it everything. Adam Wainwright and his 19 regular season wins vs the Dodgers young stud Clayton Kershaw, righty vs lefty, established vs rookie, you get it. ...
The Mets and Holliday and Halladay — Mets Lifers
The playoffs have only just begun, but those who follow the Mets are already dreaming of what changes can be made to the ball club to better themselves for next year. The two names you will hear most this offseason is Holliday and Halladay. Besides being a pronunciation nightmare, these two ...
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's and Cardinals' pitcher Adam Wainwright's reaction to the Holliday drop: The Dodgers stretched the inning improbably after left fielder Matt Holliday lost first baseman James Loney's line drive in the glare of late-afternoon lights and a backdrop...
Poor Matt Holliday — MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog
You’re Matt Holliday. You sign with Oakland in the offseason, and don’t do as well as you did in Colorado, because 1) It’s not a hitter-friendly park and 2) It ain’t Coors Field or the National League. Then the Cardinals bring you over at the trade deadline, back to the ...
‘OW! MY BALLS!’ FEATURING MATT HOLLIDAY — With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth and the Cardinals leading 2-1, Matt Holliday lost a sinking line drive in the lights, couldn’t track the ball, and instead of catching it, appeared to take it square in the nuts. Most reports are saying the ball hit Holliday in the stomach, ...
Holliday’s error in the ninth costs Cardinals in Game 2 — The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
Nursing a 2-1 lead with two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the ninth, the Cardinals looked like they had Game 2 of the NLDS wrapped up, especially when Ryan Franklin got the Dodgers’ James Loney to hit a routine line drive to left field. Then Matt Holliday forgot which way to turn ...
Talk About Dropping The Ball — So Yoked - Athletes Served Sunny Side Up
I think Matt Holliday may have made an error Thursday night.
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Holliday welcomed warmly despite gaffe — Major League Baseball News
Though Matt Holliday committed a very costly gaffe in Game 2, Cardinals fans greeted the left fielder very warmly on Saturday night, though the evening didn't turn out to be a positive one.
For Matt Holliday, Karma Sucks! — Bleacher Report - MLB
When the Oakland A's made a headline this past off-season by trading for Matt Holliday, there was a belief by many A's fans that he would bring that big bat to the lineup that the A's had been lacking. Not only was Holliday a bitter disappointment, ...
Cardinals error leads to Dodgers walkoff — NY Post: Sports
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Card's error leads to L.A. walkoff — NY Post: Sports
Los Angelas -- How appropriate that the Mets are talking about Matt Holliday as their top offseason target. After what Holliday did here last night, paving the way for a monumental St. Louis collapse in Game 2 of their NLDS with the Dodgers, the b...
Holliday takes place in long line of 'goats' — Major League Baseball News
It will be a long time before Matt Holliday lives down his costly error in Game 2 of the NLDS, but he can take solace in that he's not alone. Holliday is the latest in a long line of players who have committed miscues at the worst possible times.
Holliday error dooms Cards to 0-2 NLDS hole — ESPN.com - MLB
Matt Holliday dropped a sinking line drive for an error with two outs in the ninth inning, leading to a two-run rally by the Dodgers that gave them a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals.