Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 12, 2002
Rolen Update:

Looks like Rolen is still out. Jayson Stark notices something I wrote about the other day:


This lineup misses Scott Rolen. The bench misses Miguel Cairo, who has had to play third base in place of Rolen.

Tony La Russa couldn't afford to pinch-hit for Morris early in Game 1 because of that short bench.


The Cardinals can't afford to fall behind early again. And they shouldn't be too worried about a lefty on the mound. The Giants hit lefties better than righties, and Bonds showed a lot more power against lefties this year. Bonds hit 25 HR in 278 AB vs. righties, but 21 HR in 125 AB vs. lefties! That's a HR every 11.25 AB vs. righties, which is great, but he's almost twice as good vs. lefties, hitting a HR every 5.96 AB!

I give the edge to the Giants in this game, and if that works out, the Cardinals have had it.


Posted by David Pinto at 02:31 PM | Baseball