In the Cards - Molina Melts Mets

(Charles Krupa/AP)

I had a softball game near Harvard last night (it was a loss, and I speak of it no more...) and afterwards me and a few teammates raced on over to one of the best secrets in Boston, Hogans Run. Larry the bartender, who's come to know us after victories and defeats on the diamond, greeted us with a handshake and smile with a few explicits for good measure.

At the time the game was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh and it had all the drama and tension that a Game 7 in October is supposed to have. Molina's (What a NLCS he had huh?) HR prompted me to announce to the entire bar that Cliff Floyd was going to hit a walk-off HR to end the game, needless to say, chuckles were abroad. Shortly after saying that prophetic statement, in the bottom of the 9th, people started looking me like I may just be the next Nostradamus, but alas big Cliff struck out looking, no big surprise there.

The Mets made the game dramatic in the end but Adam Wainwright had his breaking ball on a string, and it was as if New York was crying as the rain weeped down, with the ball dancing for a strike three looking. That last out must have been a sweet feeling on all levels for Cardinal fans. Carlos Beltran has been their bane in the post season and seeing him go down looking on three strait pitches was shocking to say the least.

This was a great NLCS and I tip my cap to both teams. The series was very entertaining, and momentum was constantly switching sides. I'm still a little shock and awed that Jeff Suppan was the NLCS MVP. The guy was garbage in his short time in Boston, and he's turned into a rock in the Cardinals organization. I think I heard a stat that said only he and Bob Gibson have started Game 7's in the post season...EVER. That's virtual insanity.

World Series Prediction: Tigers in 6...but we all know how my predictions have been so far!

Comments

[Chuck]

I am depressed and most likely going to partake in mass consumption of alcholic beverages tonight. All are welcome to join me as I break out my Philadelphia Eagles hat for the first time this year.

How the Mets...a far superior team than any other NL team all season...got manhandled by the shitty Cards pitching amazes and astounds me. Every naysayer wrote the Mets off for dead when they lost essentially their entire post season starting rotation. I said over and over again that the Mets win and lose with their bats and bullpen. Their bats (with the excpetion of 2 games) were horrendous and their bullpen lost 2 pivitol games (game 2 and game 7).

I tip my cap to Maine and Perez who nobody in the country (except Mets fans) could believe in and wrote the games off as Mets losses. I wish I could congratualate the Cards, but honestly I don't think I can. They shouldn't have been in that position to beat the Mets to begin with. But I guess it all comes back to the old sports cliche...they wanted it more.

Had the Mets showed up and hit like they were supposed to hit...meh...whatever....bitterness and another World Series in a long string that I could care less about. Who wants to get drunk?

[Derek Hixon]

Sorry man, I was pulling hard for your boys. My buddy Kris turned to me and was like, "I can't believe you're rooting so hard for the Mets?!?"

And told him how you supported the Sox and I and how it'd just be horrible karma if I rooted against your boys.

You have a good team, and a good GM. I see no reason why the Mets shouldn't have the opportunity to make it to the big dance for many years to come.

Go D-Nabb :-)

[Peter N]

Chuck, you made some great points. You too Derek. If I were a Mets fan I also would be bothered by the same exact things. But a seven games series? Unpredictable as always. We'll see how the Tigers munch on dem Redbirds. Cats and birds...natural enemies in real life. And oh yes, I too was rooting for a Mets-Tigers World Series. Now united we stand, for the felines of Dee-troit. Enjoy!