The wrong side of a sweep & the Angels clinch
So that's it. Swept. BY THE PIRATES. I cannot even begin to explain
to you how much that disgusts me. The Pirates! The last place Pirates
who have won a grand total of.....drumroll please.....63 games all
year. Talk about playing the roll of spoiler.
So that's it. As I said, it wasn't enough to win 1....we needed to take 2 to stay in the October hunt. And instead, we have been swept by the third worst team in the National League. In my mind, it's over. Not because it's impossible to win. 4 1/2 back isn't impossible. In fact, quite the opposite. It would be quite possible to gain 4 1/2 games, especially with the remaining schedule that some of those teams have. No, I think it's over because the Cardinals don't seem to have that will to win. In 2006, I believed that the Cardinals were going to win their division.
Even when it looked bleak, I believed they were going to do it. And I believed that they were going to beat the Padres, the Mets and even the Tigers. Because they played the whole year like they were going to do it. They would be down by 8 runs and you believed that they could come back because they often did. They'd be losing by a run in the 9th with 2 outs and you believed that any one of those guys would get a rally going for them to win because often it happened.
I don't feel like that this year. This year it feels like when they're up 4, 5, 6....even 10 runs, that they will probably blow the lead because most of the time they do. And it's not just a feeling. Stats show that the Cardinals lead the league in blown saves. I don't know what the number is anymore. I stopped counting after 30. It's too depressing.
The Cubs worry me though because until September came they reminded me a lot of the 2006 Cardinals. Always getting a key hit at the right time. Just a few short weeks ago I watched Aramis Ramirez jack a grand slam over the wall to get his team ahead by a run and an eventual win. Luckily, in September they have started falling apart. Even though their collapse more than likely won't be enough to keep them out of the playoffs, it will hopefully be enough to get them booted in the first round.
Tonight we start a series against the Reds. So we'll see what happens.
Also, congrats to Anaheim for being the first team this season to clinch their division.
1 spot down, 7 more to go,
Tiffany
So that's it. As I said, it wasn't enough to win 1....we needed to take 2 to stay in the October hunt. And instead, we have been swept by the third worst team in the National League. In my mind, it's over. Not because it's impossible to win. 4 1/2 back isn't impossible. In fact, quite the opposite. It would be quite possible to gain 4 1/2 games, especially with the remaining schedule that some of those teams have. No, I think it's over because the Cardinals don't seem to have that will to win. In 2006, I believed that the Cardinals were going to win their division.
Even when it looked bleak, I believed they were going to do it. And I believed that they were going to beat the Padres, the Mets and even the Tigers. Because they played the whole year like they were going to do it. They would be down by 8 runs and you believed that they could come back because they often did. They'd be losing by a run in the 9th with 2 outs and you believed that any one of those guys would get a rally going for them to win because often it happened.
I don't feel like that this year. This year it feels like when they're up 4, 5, 6....even 10 runs, that they will probably blow the lead because most of the time they do. And it's not just a feeling. Stats show that the Cardinals lead the league in blown saves. I don't know what the number is anymore. I stopped counting after 30. It's too depressing.
The Cubs worry me though because until September came they reminded me a lot of the 2006 Cardinals. Always getting a key hit at the right time. Just a few short weeks ago I watched Aramis Ramirez jack a grand slam over the wall to get his team ahead by a run and an eventual win. Luckily, in September they have started falling apart. Even though their collapse more than likely won't be enough to keep them out of the playoffs, it will hopefully be enough to get them booted in the first round.
Tonight we start a series against the Reds. So we'll see what happens.
Also, congrats to Anaheim for being the first team this season to clinch their division.
1 spot down, 7 more to go,
Tiffany
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