I'm with Mark. We need witnesses.
We're specializing in St. Louis sports on this blog, so I want insight, opinion, and analysis on Rams football and Cardinals baseball as we head into game 4 tonight, and following that roller coaster loss for the Rams earlier today.
Lets recap last night's Cardinals victory. Jeff Suppan hits a homerun off Steve Trachsel in the 2nd inning and then proceeds to go 8 scoreless. For those of you who didn't happen to read every possible thing on the internet about last nights game, here are a few quick stats concerning it.
*Last year Jeff Suppan hit a homerun in the regular season, that homerun was parked off, none other than, Steve Trachsel.
*There have only been three pitchers in history to go 8 scoreless and hit a homerun. Bucky Walters of the Cincinnati Reds did it 1940. Jesse Haines accomplished the feat in 1926 for Cardinals. And now Jeff Suppan has etched his name on the ribbon as well.
*Cardinal great Bob Gibson had similar feats in his time. Not only did he toss a few postseason scoreless outings in his career, but he also hit a post season homerun twice during his tenure. However, Gibby never did the both on the same night.
*And in case you forgot two years ago when Suppan went in game 7 of the NLCS against Roger Clemens, which was probably a more impressive and clutch victory than last nights win. (Hint to Cardinals Management: SIGN THIS MAN.)
Now concerning tonight, I'm sure you've seen the numbers. Reyes the Rook against Oliver Perez. Neither one of them is a lock to shut down the opposing team but I'd rather have Reyes going for me than Perez.
So what about you guys? What's your thoughts on last nights game, and give me some predictions for tonight.
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Rams Defense Collapses
Well, for about the first 27 minutes of the second half Sunday against the Seahawks the Rams looked like they didn't know right from left. And all of a sudden, that Rams defense comes out with another amazing turnover late in the game. And next, the Rams offense quit piddling around with the fancy plays and Bulger hooked up with Torry Holt on a 67 yard bomb for their third TD connection of the game (If you saw the play, then you understand that I can't explain it in words. If you didn't see the play, then you need to tune in to your local football channel and watch it until you see the play.)
And then you had to sit there, watch, and agonize as the Seahawks offense marched right back down into field goal range, with no timeouts, on the Rams prevent defense (which never works). Josh Brown nailed the 51 yarder and the rest is in the books, Seattle leads the Rams by a half a game in the division.
What happened here? The defense goes soft late in the game after recording four sacks when applying pressure. And previous to the last drive and 67 yard Bulger/Holt connection the Rams had only 46 total offensive yards in the second half.
Witnesses?
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Will Nancy Kerigan please come out and hit Carlos Delgado with a metal pole?
The Rams lost all respectability in the last minute of that game. Pathetic defense.
Did you mean Tonya Harding? Nancy Kerrigan was the victim in that episode.
And no, I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
it was only a matter of time before the rams were headed for a loss, can't get lucky all the time. they played an amazing first half and showed some great signs. and it was a 54 yard field goal. i'm gonna go ahead and say the rams finish with a 16-2 record. and the cardinals win in 6 games and then proceed to win the world series in 7 games when ray lankford comes outta the crowd-into the dugout-out on the field-and hits a pinch hit grand slam to close the deal, all while rick ankiel is on the mound for the birds, and john tudor coming out of the bullpen. IT'S A SHAME GREG PAULUS BROKE HIS LEG. I'M CRYING MY EYES OUT. MAYBE DUKE WILL HAVE A POINT GUARD THAT CAN SCORE THIS YEAR....BUT I DOUBT IT.
i mean 14-2 record
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