Cards have pitching this year! Carpenter's healthy (first to 14 wins), Mulder and Morris and Izzy's been solid. Oh re-match should be much more competitive!
Trash talk is a part of sports; definitely part of this rivalry. Athletes aren't known to be well-versed, and unless they say something that is extremely inflammatory - racially, religiously, sexually degrading or something along those lines (*cough* John Rocker), I'd take it with a grain of salt. Or a full Morton can at times. When it rains, it pours.