Cardinals are World Champs!!

Congratulations to the St. Louis Cardinals!! 2006 World Series Champions!! Yadier Molina was Red Hot last night, he went 3 for 4. David Eckstien was declared the MVP of the World Series, well deserved, and he recieved a sweet ride for it. Eckstien was not only presented with a trophy, he was given a set of keys to a 2006 500 horse power Chevy Corvette- yellow! Jeff Weaver pitched an awesome game and Adam Wainwright came into the ninth, allowed a double, walked a guy and then got the next guy out w/ three strikes! And bam! Cards are World Champs! Manager Tony LaRussa became the second manager in baseball history to win a World Series in both leagues, just like his hero Sparky Anderson. Cards beat the tigers 4-1 in the series, and 4-2 was the final score last night. The town went nuts. I don't think the parying stopped until early morning. I predicted that we would win in 5, and we did! We weren't going to Detroit! It was destined to end last night! Now I gotta go out and get a World Champ hoodie for myself- I love hoodies! Once again, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, 2006 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!
*Up Next: Victory Parade downtown, Sunday October 29th at 2:00 PM. I will be there!

Magic Number is 1!!

Cards won 5-4 last night!!! Tigers took an early lead of 3-0. Shortstop David Eckstien started the rally, with an RBI double in the bottom of the third. Eckstien is my mom's hero- she thinks he is just great. I like him b/c he is only 5'7" (an inch taller than me) and he is playing in the major leagues! Shout out to all short ppl out there- we can do anything!! Okay back to the game summary; Yadier Molina proved that he is till Red Hot in October- he got a double that scored Scott Rolen! Eck came thru again btm of the 7th getting a double off of Tigers reliever Fernando Rodney. It seemed catchable but Tigers centerfielder slipped and Eck got another double. So Taguchi entered with the intention of dropping a bunt to get Eck to third, but Rodney slipped and badly threw the ball to third which allowd Eck to score. Preston Wilson got a single which allowed Taguchi to score. Cards lead 4-3, but those rotten Tigers came back in the 8th to tie things up. Rookie closer Adam Wainwright allowed a double from Brandon Inge which allowed Ivan Rodgriguez to score, but thats the only run he would allow. Joel Zumaya(he of the 100+ mph pitcher, and yet when they're that fast he can't find the strike zone) took the mound, walked Yadier Molina and little Eck came up again and hit it deep. Tiger's left fielder Craig Monroe tried to dive for it but it bounced off his glove and Eck got another double!!! Cards tooik a 5-4 lead and that was all the Cards needed! Click here for the official wrap-up. Also check out J-Rod's blog- a behind the scenes look. My friend Russ, is one lucky person, he got to go to Tuesday night's game and Wed night (now Friday b/c it was rained out). My buddy JR is going to get his butt kicked b/c he called me at 1:54 AM! I hate calls that late/early!
*Up Next: Game 5 at Busch Stadium vs Tigers 7:00 PM. Jeff Weaver vs. Justin Verlander.
* Por Siempre: Let's Go Cardinals!! Let's win the World Series!!!

Cards up 2-1!

Chris Carpenter was flat out amazing last night! He looked exactly like a Cy Young Winner. Hopefully, he will get the honor of being the 2006 Cy Young Award Winner. The game was great. At first it looked like it was going to be a pitchers duel, then all of sudden we started scoring! It was a great game. Carpenter got the run support he needed. I got a little scared when Joel Zumaya came out and started throwing heaters at 99, 100 & 101 mph! But they were all balls!!! Carpenter not only pitched great, he shut out the tigers and shut them down!! Final score was Cards 5-0!! Jim Edmonds came through with a two-run double, and then two more runs scored off an error by Zumaya! Preston Wilson finally got a hit, and So Taguchi earned a start in right field!! Albert Pujols hit with two on and two out, he laced a groundball at Zumaya which normally means the end of the inning. Instead, he threw it away by throwing the ball behind the third baseman! Pujols managed to motor around to second while Preston Wilson and David Eckstien scored! Taguchi scored in the 8th on a wild pitch! Click here for the official wrap up.
*Up Next: Game 4 vs. Tigers at Busch Stadium 7:00 PM.
*Por Siempre: Let's Go Cardinals!!

Let's Go Cardinals!!

Game 3 tonight at Busch Stadium. Weather's a bit cold, nothing St. Louisan's aren't used to by now. Loki will be close by as always; she's my good luck charm so I will be rubbing her belly and collar for luck. I'm sure Lokilu will enjoy the extra attention. Loki got groomed at Petsmart on Sunday so she is a sweet smelling puppy right now. They gave her a "lotion treatment" b/c of her sensitve skin. Cost us a bit more but well worth it. They also gave her a "pawdicure" (trimmed her nails). My friend the cop, Russ, might be coming over to watch the game w/ us tonight, so that should be fun. As mentioned before weathers cold, so planning on having the first fire of the season tonight; that will shock Loki who's fave resting spot is on the fireplace. We will all be cheering on the Birds on the Bat tonight- loudly. Cardinal Nation is going to be really loud tonight!
Por Siempre: Let's Go Cardinals!!

Series tied 1-1

Game 1: Cards won game 1 with Rookie Antony Reyes on the mound. I was pleasantly suprised by his control and the win. Cards were on target. Nine of us gathered in a travel trailer at Lost Valley Lake and watched the game while eating chilli (we had a chilli cook off- 3 tpes of chilli- yum!). Reception was horrible, we couldn't see where the ball landed on most plays. However, the game itself was outstanding.
Game 2: Tigers came alive with Kenny Rogers on the mound. Jeff Weaver pitched a great game but got zero run support. Durring the first inning, camera's zoomed in on Roger's pitching hand and pointed out a wierd substance on it. It looked like pinetar. By the second inning, it was gone; he had washed it off. Nothing was done. LaRussa did speak with the umpires about it, but nothing resulted from it. Roger's should have been ejected from the game for the suspicious substance. ~Two years ago, Cards pitcher Julian Tavarez was ejected from a game b/c of substance on his hat that looked like pine tar. He was suspened briefly. It was later discovered in a lab that the substance was not pinetar. Why was Tavarez ejected and punished and nothing happend to Roger's?? Umps have got to treat every game and every player the same. If you eject one player for one reason, you must eject another player for the same reason; you can't play favorites.~ By the second inning, the substance was gone from Roger's hand- this proves that something illegal was on his hand; otherwise he wouldn't have washed it off. His washing his hand demonstrates that he was guilty of something and had something to hide.
The series is tied 1-1. The Cardinals are home for the next three games. I am predicting Cards in 5, however should we have to go to 7 games like the NLCS- Cards will win game 7.
Been reading J-Rod's blog and I have been seeing some interesting posts;
*To the Met's fan who said St. Louis fans have no class: It's the New York Met's fans who have no class. Every time a Cards player came to bat they were booed- you call that class?! Met's fans insulted Card's players and said that they didn't stand a chance against their Mets. Also this poster said that the better team did not win. I beg to differ; the better team did win. Just b/c all of the broadcasters were saying that the Met's were going to dominate doesn't mean that they are the better team. The Cards played a better game and that's why the won. End of story.
*To the Tiger's Fan who said St. Louis fans are bad: Just b/c your pitcher got away w/ cheating is no excuse to blame our team of cheating. Leave Mark Mcgwire alone, the man is retired; his career in baseball is over-his time is done. Tiger's fans appeared a lot nicer to Card's fan than Met's fans so kudos on that. Trash talk all you want, but leave the integrity of the players alone.

*Up Next: Game 3 vs. Detroit Tiger's at Busch Stadium 7:00 PM. Cy Young winner Chris Carpenter vs. Nate Robertson.
Por Siempre: Let's Go Cardinals!!

Ready or Not Detroit, here come the Cardinals!!

Cards won game 7!! 3-1!! Yadier Molina hit a well timed two run HR and made it 3-1. Jeff Suppan rocked! He was flat out outstanding!! He won the MVP award for the series!! Well deserved. Rookie reliever Adam Wainwright pitched the last inning and stuck out Carlos Beltran w/ bases loaded!! All of the announcers and everyone else have been saying Mets this Mets that, well it's time to shut up!! THE CARDINALS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!
The game was outstanding, and the ninth inning was awesome. Shea Stadium fell dead silent when Molina hit the HR! Way to go Molina! Great job Supp and Wainwright!!!
Por Siempre, Let's Go Cards!!
*Up Next: World Series Game 1 Saturday October 21, 2006 6:30 PM.

On to Game 7

Okay, we are going to game 7. DARN IT! The Cards just did not play tonight. Well that's not entirely true, they did play....in the bottom of the ninth and So Taguchi did drive in two runs w/ a double. Which would have tied the game had the Cards not allowed the Mets to drive in two more runs. So the game was 4-2 Mets win. All I'm gonna say is that if the Cards play like this again t/m night, they deserve to lose. The Cards seriously need to buckle down and focus. You haven't won the series yet! The series is now tied 3-3, whoever wins t/m night's game goes to the World Series. I would love to see my team go but if they are going to play like they did tonight or like they did in 2003, forget it.
Por siempre, LET'S GO CARDINALS!!!
*Up Next: Game 7 vs. Mets- Thursday October 19 7:19 pm

Red October

I think October is my favorite month. It's when the weather finally turns cold and I can wear my cute sweaters and long sleeve shirts. The leaves turn colors and fall, and the hillside on 44 going across the Meramec River is gorgeous with all its different colored trees. There are oranges, yellows, greens, and browns. It's very picturesic and possibly the best fall foliage showoff in Fenton! It's football time and chilli time! I made my first batch of chilli on Monday and it was (and still is-leftovers rock) wonderful! Spicy but not too spicey. And best of all, October means playoffs for baseball. The Cardinals are playing again tonight and will beat the Mets and go on to Detroit and to the World Series!!

Cards lead series 3-2!

We won Game 5 last night!! 4-2. Albert Pujols hit a solo HR, getting his first RBI for the series, and Chris Duncan came off the bench to make it 4-2 w/ his own solo HR. Preston Wilson got things started by hitting a double that scored David Eckstien from first! It was sweet!! Relievers Josh Kinney and Adam Wainwright were on fire! Now its off to NYC to win Game 6 and go to Detroit to the World Series!!
Por Siempre, Let's Go Cardinals!!
*Game 6 vs. Mets 7:19 PM

What a nightmare!

Cards lost 12-5 to the Mets last night!! I didn't watch the entire game, I was tired/hurting and not in the mood to see my team get beat up. I went to bed when it was 11-3. Then mom comes and says Edmonds and Molina just hit HR's. Turn game back on. It's now 11-5. We don't get any more hits/runs in that inning. Mets come up to bat...they get another HR... 12-5. Goodnight. The Cards had a rough night. We are definately heading back to NYC. All hope is not lost yet. The Cards have been known to bounce back. Sure the series is even, 2-2, and yes the Tigers are happy b/c they think the NLCS team will be tired and won't perform well at the World Series. Well the fat lady hasn't sung yet. So keep the faith. Cards and Mets go at it again tonight at Busch Stadium. Jeff Weaver is on the mound. Let's hope that last night's defeat has added some fuel to the fire and the Cards kick butt. Reading John Rodriguez's blog again, I am reminded that the series isn't over yet. We still have more games to play and the best thing to do is put the game out of our minds and focus on the future and what we can do. Victory will be even sweeter should we clinch in NYC! Imagine celebrating on their turf!! Keep your heads up boys, and bring us home a victory!! Por siempre, Let's Go Cardinals!!!
*Tonight's game: Game 5- Cards vs. Mets 7:19 PM.

Go Cardinals!!

Vamos Cardinals!!!! Tonight, the birds on the bat, send rookie pitcher Anthony Reyes to the mound. Reyes hasn't had an easy season, but its the post season and anything can happen. Hopefully, the offense will help him out. Reyes is considered one of the top prospects for future Cardinal pitching (according to StlCardinals.com) . Reyes is getting the nod over inconsistent Jason Marquis. Marquis is good when he is focused, but is really bad when something is off kilter. In previous postings, I have lamented on the poor pitching (from my viewpoint) of Tyler Johnson. I have to eat my words now, he has proved in the past games that he deserves to be a Cardinal and can be relied on when called upon from the Bullpen. Also Josh Kinney has been proving himself bullpen worthy too. Adam Wainwright, our new closer -as Izzy is out for the season- is doing fantastic. Haven't seen Braden Looper yet (and he is on the roster, I just checked). He has a very good track record as well.
*Tonight: Game 4- Cards vs. Mets 7:15 pm. Hopefully they will do the entire team introductions again b/c they weren't aired on tv b/c of the Detriot Tigers winning the ALCS. Go Cardinals!! Rock the house!! Beat those Mets!!

Cards up 2-1!!

Mets are Pond Scum!! That's right I said it. The New York Mets are in town, and the Cardinals are showing them the "royal treatment". First, we beat them in their own stadium, Shea Stadium (never been to personally-but mom-native New Yorker and Mets fan(grr)- says its really cool). Then we come home and send our ace Chris Carpenter to the mound. Carp didn't get the win but the birds on the bat did. Spezio has been the hero of late w/ two two-out (and well timed) triples). So Taguchi laced a HR to win Friday's game, 9-6. Last night, Jeff Suppon took the mound and showed why he earned a spot on the post season roster. Supp pitched 8 great innings. Supp was flat out amazing! The Cards blanked the Mets 5-0. The Mets were forced to go to their bullpen mid second inning. They took their starter, Steve Trachsel, out supposedly b/c he was "injured" (note: if he is truely injured, then I'm sorry and I wish him a speedy recovery) but I think it was b/c they were afraid and wanted to stop the bleeding. Supp not only pitched a great game, he hit a HR!!! And get this, he winked- he WINKED- at the pitcher not once but twice before he hit it!!! Supp's leadoff HR made it 3-0, the next two runs resulted from a wild pitch and Jim Edmond's grounding out. According to the Cards website, Supp's HR was fifth long ball hit by a pitcher in the NLCS and the first since Kerry Wood of the Cubs since 2003!! Wow! Click here for the official details on last nights game (which was AMAZING!!!) I have been reading John Rodriguez's blog that he has been keeping for the playoffs and decided to post a response. I said that the Mets are Pond Scum and scum was astericked out. I didn't cuss for the record, MLB blogs is just taking it a bit too seriously. Everybody needs to wear red and cheer louder tonight, whether you are one of the lucky ones with tickets to the game, or at a bar, or a home catching the game on your living room tv. Just cheer really loud- you can rest your voice later!! These games only happen in October and in the post season. The Cards play the Mets again tonight and t/m night. If needed they will return to NCY for 2 games. I don't think that will be necessary tho, we're going to clinch in St. Louis and then go give the Tigers (ALCS Champs- congrats) a run for their money!!
As always- Let's go Cardinals!!!!

Recouperating

Okay, I'm a bit sore, but feeling better. I even made it out of the house on Wed! Just to walmart but I escaped! Climber tried to get on my lap, and stepped on my stomach twice...that hurt! Game 1 was rained out, and then Cards dropped game 1 to the pond scum Mets last night. However the rain out is good b/c we can send our ace Chris Carpenter to the mound tonight. Mets keep getting injured, its going to catch up to them. Well I am hurting now so I am going to go relax now. John Rodriguez is keeping a blog on the Cardinals post season, its pretty interesting, click here.
Let's Go Cardinals!!!

In Loving Memory- Riley Hughes, Jr.

This past Monday the world lost a great guy- Riley Hughes, Jr. Riley lost his brave 2 1/2 year battle w/ lung cancer. He was a police officer for 38 years, and actively involved in boyscouts. Its going to be really strange w/o him. He was a great guy and its not fair...cancer sucks. This is the second person my family and I have lost to cancer and I hate it. So if you could please have a moment of silence for Riley today.

JBear's going under the knife

Yep, I'm having surgery Monday afternoon. I am having my gall blader removed. Apparently there are some gall stones and some sludge in there, and I'm in pain, so its got to go. For those who didn't know, I spent two days in the hospital trying to figure out why the heck I was so sick. Don't freak out on me, I'm fine, I have a really high tolerance for pain-but last Monday morning the pain was too intense. Tests came back normal (typical), went to doctor on Tuesday, went back to ER on Wed b/c I wasn't improving, got admitted and and to spend two and a half miserble days at St. Johns Mercy. I didn't tell ppl b/c I didn't want ppl to get scared. I am only telling ppl now b/c I don't want ppl getting all "ohmygosh, you're getting your gall bladder removed!". It's not a big deal, just a little outpatient laproscopic surgery. I will be fine, and hopefully after the surgery my stomach won't hurt all the time
*Warning: I am in no way posting this to get attention-that is the absolute last thing I want. I just don't want ppl worried about me. If anybody thinks that visiting me after my surgery is a good idea, forget it. I don't want any visitors until Thursday at the earliest. I don't like ppl seeing me all incapacitated. Besides Monday I'll be all drugged up. I won't be good company either, trust me. If you want to send flowers, cards, teddy bears thats fine (I am so kidding- a simple get well soon posted on my comments here will do the trick). I don't want this thing blown out of porportion, so I am telling everything now. The procedure is minor, I will feel bad for 3 or 4 days and in 2 weeks I will be fully recovered. I will admit I am a little nervous, but I've had worse surgeries so it's not that bad. I will just have to avoid having Loki jump up on me and hit my stomach. I WILL BE FINE!
*In other news, Loki is doing great. Her spaying went fab, and the stitches are out and everything looks great. Her fur is growing back fast, and she is her normal chaotic self. She did get into some grass seed w/ fertilizer and had red eyes and a swollen snout for a few days. She looked like she was majorly hung over. We gave her a benadryl (vet said this is okay). We also put a wet, cool washcloth over her eyes and that really helped get rid of the red puffy eyes. Poor puppy! Silly puppy is actually a better description, always getting into trouble, maybe she'll learn a lesson from all this. Then again maybe not.

We won Game 2!!

It's official, the Cards won game 2 2=0!! We are coming home! Pujols got a single and a double. Molina got a single but was caught in a run out. Pujols managed to go to second on a single b/c of bad play by the Padres. Pujols later bobbled a ball, but managed to get the out. Belliard is showing just how good he is, making another awesome catch. Edmonds keeps making it look easy.
*Joined a new group on facebook- Redbirds for Life. Mentioned that we needed a pic....said it should be a Molina pic, I just checked the group, apparently "Yadier Molina" agreed w/ me. Yea, so not believing its actually him b/c when he posted he was playing. I seriously doubt La Russa lets them go anywhere near a computer during the game. I just love all these profiles on myspace and facebook for the "players". Like they actually have time...its just fans who are "pretending" to be somebody they're not.
*Joined Myspace and already I've had to change my song....grrr. Daddy Yankee took off Rompe (my song), there is a Rompe Remix...I'll have to listen to that. Right now I have Jesse McCartney's Right Where You Want Me. Its peppy and fun, I like it. I still would love to have a good Latin/Salsa song or Reggaeton song tho.

Cards win Game 1 vs San Diego Padres

The Cards won today 5-1 w/ Reigning Cy Young Winner Chris Carpenter on the mound. MVP First Baseman, Albert Pujols, hit a monster HR in the top of the 4th inning to make it 2-0 (driving in Left fielder Chris Duncan, then Centerfielder Jim Edmonds got a base hit, then Right fielder Juan Encarnacion drove him in on a sac fly making it 3-0. Every player in the starting lineup-including Carpenter- either got a hit or drove in a run. Consecutive two-out singles from Pujols and Edmonds drove Shortstop David Eckstien home; 4-0. Catcher Yadier Molina got a basehit and drove in a run to make the score 5-0 in the 6th. Carpenter once again proved why he won the Cy Young Award last year and why he deserves to win it this year, he went 6 and 1/3 innings, collecting his 3rd win in four career post season games. Padres starting pictcher Jake Peavy, who started the Padres- Cardinals playoffs last year, lost the opener to Carpenter. San Deigo got on the board in the 6th when Dave Roberts scored after a one out triple. Tyler Johnson came in to take over for Carpenter, and after some typical Johnson dramatics, he got out of the inning (bases were loaded w/ one out). He did a suprisingly good job, I still don't think he's that good. Adam Wainwright came in and finished up the game, recording the four final outs. For the official report and additional details click here.
*Next up:
Wed is a workout day. Mets will play wild card Los Angeles Dodgers. Mets are unsure at the moment as to who will start game one as their slotted starting pitcher, right-handed Orlando Hernandez, injured his calf muscle during warmups. It is doubtful he will recover to start for Wed nights game. This means two pitchers out; one of their aces: Pedro Martinez is already done for the season. This could be good news for the Cards. I hate hearing about anybody getting hurt, so I wish both players speedy recoveries (just not too speedy). However, I want our Cards to win. So go Dodgers!!!!
Thursday, Oct 4: Game 2 at San Diego. Cards pitcher Jeff Weaver vs. Padres pitcher David Wells.
And of course the New York Yankees take center stage tonight (as they will every game they play in the playoffs) w/ the prime time slot on Fox 2. All I have to say about Fox covering the games this year; it had better be better than last year. Last year the Cards were ignored, even when we came home for game 6, they had Astros players miked up. And they spent more time talking about the Astros and introducing them. Equal reprensentation that's all I'm asking.

The St. Louis Cardinals Rock!!!

CENTRAL DIVISION CHAMPIONS 3 YRS RUNNING!!!!!!! Even tho the Cards dropped their last game of the regular season to the Brew Crew (5-3), the Cardinals are going to the playoffs!! The Houston Astros lost their last game to the Atlanta Braves. Cardinal Nation went nuts, doing the Braves chop(something we normally wouldn't do if our lives depended on it but hey they knocked the 'stos out of the series and made us very happy). The Cards managed to hit three homeruns in the bottom of the 9th. Chris Duncan started it off w/ his 22nd HR, then Albert Pujols hit number 49, and then Scott Spezio (yesterday's game hero w/ his walk off triple).

Let's Go Cardinals!!! Get the pennet and then World Series baby!!!!