on the big series in Chicago this week. The two best teams in baseball last year face off today at 7:05 for a three-game series. This will be big for either team as St. Louis is staving off Cincy and the White Sox need to gain ground on Detroit. It's too bad the Sox will not have to see either of last year's MVP or Cy Young as both are tentative to return for the series with the Tigers. I guess it is also nice we won't face Contreras. If both can control Rolen/Encarnacion and Thome/Dye it should be an interesting series.
I'm picking (rather biased): Cards 2, Sox 1
UPDATE #3: Yup. I was wrong. It might be even harder to lose 1-0 after a rookie pitcher throws a one-hitter, but that single mistake happened to be a game-winning homerun. The kid damn near threw a perfect game. Ouch. Maybe we'll get even in the World Series...
Cards 0, Sox 3
UPDATE #2: Ah hell. St. Louis went from having a top two team ERA in the league to giving up 33 (!) runs in two games. Wow. I never really considered the White Sox an offensive juggernaut, but they can really crush a pitcher's self-confidence. I expected as much from Konerko and Thome, but where the hell did Crede come from?! Tonight we send out a young gun from the minors to give our rotation a rest--here's to hoping he gives up less than four HR's. The only attractive feature of this series is all the buzz generated from the analysts considering this a good potential World Series preview.
Cards 0, Sox 2
UPDATE: After a complete slaughtering of the St. Louis pitching staff (20 ER) and a four-run ninth that meant absolutely nothing, the Cards need to erase yesterday out of their memory. Kudos, Chicago, we got the message.
Cards 0, Sox 1
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Not a great start to the series if you're a Cards fan, but I look for a nice pitcher's dual tonight. These two guys are throwing well and I bet it's close. Timely hitting will win or lose this game.
Well I was wrong about last night...tonight I think could be another slugfest...Freddy hasn't pitched well in his last 4 outings, sans his latest. I'd let the Cards win one, but remember, the most important series for the Cards is against Detroit. Sweep them and the Sox get back in 1st. Anyway, that's me just being greedy. I think Cards win a close one tonight.
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