* A football fumbling, Cardinal stumbling, game-saving power-play perfect way to start the weekly quick-witted 2 minutes of fun. * (Oh yea, we'll talk about the SUPADOME also.)
GETTIN' IT STARTED: Um, well, last weekend when the Cardinals couldn't beat Houston I was telling everyone around me not to worry. Uh....red flag is up, folks. The Cardinals can't beat anybody right now.
KEEPIN' IT GOING: Speaking of the Cardinals, Lee Smith is no longer No. 1 on the all-time saves list. He's been passed by none other than Trevor Hoffman. Now let me ask you this: How can Trevor Hoffman be the winningst closer of all time, be dominating the Cardinals in the ninth this week, and still NOT be able to save the All-Star game??? He cost the National League home field advantage, and if we're not careful he's going to help knock the Cardinals out of the post-season. And he already knocked Cardinal great, Smith, out of his castle at the top.
BRINGIN' THE HEAT: What did I say about Bill Guerin? (see "New Additions...") How about four goals and an assist in Friday's exhibition win (5-3) against the Thrashers. Looks like he may be back to form. And maybe the Blues power play is back as well, they converted four out of six on Friday.
SLOPPY SECONDS: Well, the Rams did their best to lose, but Kurt Warner was there to save them again. It's nice how Warner always seems to show up at the right time to help the Rams out. Mad Mike Martz is back in town next weekend. Let's hope he's interested in making good with Rams fans also, just as Warner did last week. And, honestly, even if he's not interested in throwing the game from the coach's booth, the Rams shouldn't have much of a problem with his sloppy Lions. Then again....they are the Rams.
WINDIN' DOWN: Hip, hip, hooray with cherries on top. Mizzou Football is 4-0 and ranked 25th in the AP poll, and there happens to be a rumor around campus that their defense is ranked No.1 in the nation???? I haven't been able to find this rank anywhere, so don't put much stock into it. And honestly, Mizzou hasn't really played anybody. If they start 6-0 then we'll talk about them more in this blog, but until then I'll let them talk about themselves in the local papers.
STAYIN' ALIVE: Just a quick thought, and anybody who knows me will harass me for putting this in here, BUT I just happen to be wondering if not having Jason Isringhausen in the bullpen is adding extra pressure, and pressure not being responded to, towards the other bullpen guys for the Cardinals? There's no one to blame it on anymore. Here's to hoping the 'pen gets it going and we can forget about Izzy all together for now.
LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST: Congrats to New Orleans and the reconstruction of the Superdome. It's beautiful, I'm sure. HOWEVER, I'm with a close friend of mine in saying that, perhaps the lovely city of New Orleans should have looked in to rehousing the THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of people who are still homeless before they pumped MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS into bringing back the Superdome. And I know what you're saying, and yes, I did read the papers and I saw all about how the fans and the players were so excited to have the dome and football back in New Orleans. And I understand how sports bring towns and cities and countries together. But what I didn't read was one single quote from somebody in New Orleans who was still without a home. Everybody secure in their tidy beds love it, but what about those thousands still split from family and sleeping in the streets. Can you imagine being them? Do you think they care that the Saints are 3-0? In all honesty, I saw it as a sad day in this country that so many innocent and perfectly fine civilians were put second to a building and to a game when it came to priority.
Fun havin' ya.
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6 comments:
It took me about four minutes to read that
I agree, the Cardinals suck. They should consider not having a team next season. Or maybe just quit before the last month of the regular season to save time and effort. What a disappointment and embarassment to Cards fans.
I like your comments on Missouri football. I think it's funny b/c I remember when Mizzou's basketball team was ranked second nationally early on, and by the end of the season they couldn't be found in the top 25 teams in Missouri, junior high and high school included.
I thought about your diatribe on Izzy the other day when we couldn't beat Houston. I think it is safe to say that if he would have been available we would have won one and maybe two of those games. The guy still frustrates me but I have to give him that. It took me 2 and 1/2 minutes to read "2 minutes of fun". I enjoyed it.
Oh, come on, anonymous. Give me a break. It is FAR FROM SAFE to say that Izzy would've saved the Cardinals "one and maybe two of those games." What a joke. The only thing that would've been different is that Izzy would've loaded the bases and given up a two-out, walk-off grand slam each night and we would've lost by 3 or more runs.
Players the Cardinals need to get rid off as soon as possible:
-Jason Isringhausen
-Jim Edmonds
-The entire starting pitching rotation, save Carpenter
-Ronnie Belliard
-Preston Wilson
-Jose Vizcaino
And surely the front office could pull a few strings and re-sign Delino DeShields. Where's Ron Gant when you need him?
ron gant?..how about "say it ain't ray"? bring back the slugger ray lankford, he could hit a pitch out of the park every 10 at bats.
Took me 8 minutes to read it. I read on a 4th grade reading level.
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