Losing cool, then the game
Fungoes —
... Sometimes a coach who takes on an umpire only to be ejected from the game fires up his club. Wednesday in Arizona, Dave Duncan’s spat with umpire Dale Scott (oddly overlooked in the PD’s dispatch) led to another demoralizing late-inning loss. Some notes on those last three innings — starting with the bottom of the seventh, when the Cardinals led 3-0 with Kyle McClellan relieving Kyle Lohse, who pitched an outstanding 68-FIGS game (and deserves credit for his pro-Jamesian position on starting-pitcher wins and losses: “I could care less about whether I get ...
Baseball Today: Thursday, September 4
Projo Sox Blog —
... . . . Those two losses kept the wild-card standings intact: It's still Milwaukee by 4 1/2 over Philadelphia, with St. Louis -- a 4-3 loser in Arizona (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) -- remaining 5 1/2 back . . . The Mets' sweep in Milwaukee was a great favor to the Cubs, who were swept themselves by the Astros at Wrigley Field; it culminated ...
It Was Bound To Happen
C70 At The Bat —
Chris Perez has been outstanding since taking over the closer role. A record with no blown saves, though, is never going to last forever. Too bad, though, it had to happen in this situation, with Milwaukee already losing and a chance to strengthen that hair-thin rope they are hanging on to. Reading the PD game story, one line jumps out at me. ...
The Morning Tailgate
STLSportsMag —
... As if the drop in temperature and repugnant rain wasn’t bad enough, the Cardinals pissed away another victory on Wednesday night. This one hurts even worse because Chicago, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia - teams ahead of the Cards in their division and wild-card race - all lost. To shame. [STLToday] ...
