The House of Cards is Collapsing

[a700hitter]

The Cardinals are continuing their monumental collapse as they are losing to Milwaukee 9 to 1 in the fourth inning. The Astros have already won 3 to 0 behind Roy (should have been a Red Sox) Oswalt. If the Cards complete this collapse, it will surpass the Phillies 1964 collapse, or the Blue Jays 1987 collapse.

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

Mark my words if the Astros get into the playoffs they will go to the WS.

[jsinger121]

LaRussa should be canned if they choke this away

[RedRuffing15]

Can you let me know a little about how bad a collapse..I dont follow the NL much

[jsinger121]

Can you let me know a little about how bad a collapse..I dont follow the NL much

 

They had an 8 game lead with 13 to play I believe.

[schillingouttheks]

They had an 8 game lead with 13 to play I believe.

 

I think it was 8.5 games, because they've lost 8 of their last 9 and are now ahead by 1/2 game.

[See Red]

Their magic number to clinch was at 5 for a week. In that time they lost 7 games off of their lead, I believe.

[Mr Crunchy]

unreal meltdown

that team sucks

[Youk Of The Nation]

Go Stros!

 

 

An Astros-Twins Series would be cool.

[Mr Crunchy]

it really would be nice

i think the dodgers have the best 8 on the field with the mets players having better offense

i think houston has the better pitching

i think st louis blows

i love the padres balance

 

the mets??

odds on favorites took a hit yesterday with martinez

but i think with orlando hernandez glavine and others they'll still be the team to beat

[a700hitter]

Go Stros!

 

 

An Astros-Twins Series would be cool.

Real baseball fans would enjoy it, but MLB and the networks would hate it.

[a700hitter]

Brewers have just taken a 2-0 lead over the Cards in the 7th inning. If they lose today, they leave the door wide open for Houston. If the Stros win their last two, even if the Cards win tomorrow, they'll have to play SF on Monday.

[ORS]

Cards get 3 in the bottom of the 8th and hold on to win. They've assured themselves of a tie at least. If they win tomorrow, they win the division. Same thing goes with a 'Stros loss tonight or tomorrow.

[Moose]

The Astros should be asking the Dodgers, "Couldn't you at least beat the Cardinals once?"

[riverside sluggers]

Bob Wickman has shut the door on the Astros' season. A 1-2-3 9th inning sealed the 3-1 Atlanta victory. The Cardinals are safe but will their late season slide carry over into the Division Series?

[Mr Crunchy]

figures

the game the stros lost friday was started by raja

[riverside sluggers]

figures

the game the stros lost friday was started by raja

 

He gave up like what 2 runs over 6 innings? Yea he failed to delivered a big game, the Astros offense is the one to blame . They have never given him adequate run support

[elsrbueno]

Real baseball fans would enjoy it' date=' but MLB and the networks would hate it.[/quote']

 

I read this and instantly agreed with you. Then I thought, what matchup would the networks LOVE?

 

Yankees/Mets? This was one of the lowest ratings of a World Series in recent memory (2000).

 

The Dodgers/Yankees maybe?

 

Honestly I don't know the answer to that question. The Cardinals and Dodgers have long histories but neither one of them is a powerhouse team. The Mets have had the division wrapped up for months but Pedro-less are not that scary. The Padres are seemingly ignored outside of Southern California, and I'm not sure how much attention they get even there.

 

The Tigers are a nice story, but wouldn't the Astros and Twins be too?

[Cocos Disciples]

Dodgers and Yankees would get the best TV ratings. Yanks and Mets would attract all of NY but not all of another city, so the ratings would be lower.

 

I wanna see Twins or A's-Padres.

Actually, any AL team would be cool to see in the WS...except the Yanks.