The Globe and Mail - The Fall Guys

Fan celebrations were tame, just like the Tigers

lmillson — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:31 EDT

It seemed like a fairly tame celebration compared to some others after a World Series championship, even compared to the one in 1982, the previous year the St. Louis Cardinals won one of these things which also was at home. Of course, 24 years later, one might hang out at different places. Even someone - Follow link to read full post

Life in centre ain't grand

Jeff Blair — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:25 EDT

Curtis Granderson's costly slip and fall in centrefield in the seventh inning of Thursday's Game 4 was predictable, according to Jim Edmonds - and that has nothing to do with Granderson and everything to do with the turf at one-year-old Busch Stadium."This has been a tough field at times this year," - Follow link to read full post

St. Louis celebrates already

lmillson — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:19 EDT

ST. LOUIS --[amp]nbsp;[amp]nbsp;The horns were honking on the streets of St. Louis last night. At least they were around Busch Stadium. If you didn’t know any better you’d have thought the Maple Leafs had won a playoff game, er, had actually participated in a playoff game. In some cities - Follow link to read full post

Damp Cardinals fans remain jovial

lmillson — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:38 EDT

ST. LOUIS -- Considering the wet, miserable conditions the fans who filed onto the MetroLink Wednesday night were in a good mood. Considering that they had waited around Busch Stadium for 1 hour 51 minutes after the scheduled time for the first pitch before the decision was announced, a decision that - Follow link to read full post

Suppan's other pitch

Jeff Blair — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:22 EDT

Jeff Suppan of the St. Louis Cardinals will be making pitches of two different sorts Wednesday night - providing the rain lets up. Suppan is scheduled to start Game 4 of the World Series for the Cardinals and will also appear on a televison commercial urging Missouri voters to vote 'no' on Amendment - Follow link to read full post

Time for the gushing to stop

lmillson — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:14 EDT

ST. LOUIS --[amp]nbsp;This may baseball’s golden age according to commissioner Bud Selig using the accepted modern definition of success[amp]nbsp;- obscene riches.But when you listen to all these people gushing about parity as if it were something new and wonderful, it brings back the memory of - Follow link to read full post

Cards have written other greasy Series tales

lmillson — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:49 EDT

ST. LOUIS -- The last time the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series was in 1982 and they lost the opener 10-0 at Busch Stadium on a three-hit shutout by the Milwaukee Brewers’ Mike Caldwell. Cardinals’ manager Whitey Herzog was asked about the scouting report on Caldwell. “A little - Follow link to read full post

Labour peace isn't a surprise

lmillson — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:06 EDT

DETROIT -- [amp]nbsp;Labour peace in our time? Amazing? Not really.Anybody who had a read of the situation in 2002 knew there wouldn’t be a strike then, even though negotiations went down to the deadline of Aug. 30 before the strike date set by the players.This time there wasn’t a need to - Follow link to read full post

Leyland's pre-emptive second guess

Jeff Blair — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:22 EDT

When Buck Rodgers managed the Montreal Expos he used to say “I had a hunch” whenever he was asked a question about a tactical move he’d screwed up because, as he said, “nobody can ever really question a manager’s hunch.”[amp]nbsp; In the immediate aftermath of his - Follow link to read full post

Don't blame Tigers - Reyes threw strikes

lmillson — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:26 EDT

Were the Detroit Tigers really that impatient at the plate in the opening game of the World Series? They lost 7-2 to the St. Louis Cardinals after a week off and there were grumblings about their lack of patience at the plate, something that was considered a fault earlier in the season but something - Follow link to read full post