Archive - Aug 8, 2008
Game 116 Thread / Cardinals @ Cubs (1 of 3)
Submitted by Cubnut on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 11:10am.
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| SP | Braden Looper | SP | *Ted Lilly |
| 10-9, 4.29, 65 K, 32 BB, 134.1 IP | | 11-6. 4.35, 129 K, 50 BB, 140.2 IP | |
| LF | #Vince Coleman | LF | Alfonso Soriano |
| CF | #Willie McGee | SS | Ryan Theriot |
| 2B | #Tommy Herr | 1B | Derrek Lee |
| 1B | Jack Clark | 3B | Aramis Ramirez |
| RF | *Andy Van Slyke | RF | *Kosuke Fukudome |
| 3B | #Terry Pendleton | C | Geovany Soto |
| C | Mike Heath | CF | *Jim Edmonds |
| SS | #Ozzie Smith | 2B | Mark DeRosa |
| P | *John Tudor | P | *Ted Lilly |
UPDATE: Screw LaRussa, I have to get back to work. Let's see how he does with Mike Heath in the lineup from 1986.
(I'm posting this without a Cardinals batting order. Based on what Bernie Miklasz is reporting here, Tony LaRussa is waiting to see if Rick Ankiel and his strained abdominal muscle are ready to go before he posts the lineup.)
At around 8:45 this morning, I saw a middle-aged couple walking hand-in-hand in downtown Chicago, wearing matching St. Louis Cardinals t-shirts. This reminded me of two things: first, that the Cards were in town to play the Cubs, and second, that middle-aged couples should never wear matching t-shirts.
As for baseball, all of the analysis of the Cards' unexpected success this season has overlooked the obvious—Tony LaRussa and Dave Duncan are witches.