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Baseball Musings
October 17, 2005
Bottom of the Ninth

Lidge is on to close the game for the Astros. He faces John Rodriguez.

Update: Rodriguez strikes out.

Update: Mabry strikes out. It's up to Eckstein!

Update: David does it. He singles through the hole to keep the Cardinals hopes alive. Jim Edmonds up.

Update: Eckstein moves up to second, removing the force.

Update: Edmonds gets out of the way of a pitch! He has to take one for the team there!

Update: Edmonds walks. Pujols is up!

Update: Pujols swings at the first pitch, strike one.

Update: Pujols homers! He saved the best for last! What a shot! It was up on the train tracks! The Cardinals lead 5-4 and are still alive in the post season!

Update: Reggie Sanders strikes out. Can Houston come back again? They did it against the Braves. Can history repeat?


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Comments

It is an absolute pleasure to watch lidge pitch. That slider is one of the most unhittalbe pitches I've ever seen.

Posted by: David Dean at October 17, 2005 11:31 PM

As a white sox fan, I want to see this series go longer.

Posted by: Rob at October 17, 2005 11:36 PM

well, the hanging slider over the middle of the plate, for the record, is NOT unhittable.

Posted by: David Dean at October 17, 2005 11:37 PM

WHOOPS!

Posted by: Rob at October 17, 2005 11:38 PM

Hey, I just caught that ball, it crashed through my window.

WOW.

Posted by: paul at October 17, 2005 11:39 PM

Amazing.

Posted by: Mike at October 17, 2005 11:40 PM

As soon as Pujols came up, I immediately went, "Oh boy, there's only one thing that could possible happen right now..."

Posted by: Hunter at October 17, 2005 11:41 PM

Amazing to not pitch around the best hitter in the game. Hit the corners, and then walk him if need be.

Posted by: Aaron at October 17, 2005 11:41 PM

As soon as he swung I said "oh insert cuss word," everybody knew it was gone.

Posted by: Jake Brown at October 17, 2005 11:43 PM

Screw everyone who blathers on about 'smallball' and chides the three-run HR.

God bless the three-run HR!

Posted by: Ryan at October 17, 2005 11:43 PM

You gotta love the baseball gods. They reward the White Sox yesterday after all these years and break the Astros hearts tonight. I have to wonder if Houston is done, that was a pretty big blow.

Posted by: JeremyM at October 17, 2005 11:48 PM

I think it's safe to say Pujols is the player of the game here.

Posted by: Mike Boehm at October 17, 2005 11:49 PM

i hope lance berkman finds a good charity to give his chevrolet player of the game award to. maybe it can be train repair.

Posted by: ben at October 18, 2005 12:00 AM

Jeremy: No way Houston's done. They have Roy Oswalt and Roger Clemens on deck. It's hard to bet against that. Although why Lidge didn't pitch to Edmonds and did pitch to Pujols is beyond me. They'll rebound.

Posted by: Benjamin Kabak at October 18, 2005 12:02 AM

Don't want the 'Stros to win, but that was way harsh.

Posted by: Scott at October 18, 2005 12:02 AM

No idiotic Crawford boxes in Busch. The Astros don't win any of these games without their jam-shot HRs.

Posted by: Mr. Nate at October 18, 2005 12:10 AM

That ball was simply an immense blast. Can anyone remember a homer that was that well struck which was also an ultra dramatic game changing playoff homerun? That one tops all I have ever seen for its majesty. Note I am not a Cardinals fan nor an Astros hater (Red Sox for me). I was just truly amazed as a baseball fan.

Posted by: Frank Stokes at October 18, 2005 12:52 AM

Yeah, the Astros still have an excellent chance (especially with Oswalt), but they'll have to do it the real way, not via the cheap 300 ft home run to the left porch they seem to specialize in at Minute Maid.

Posted by: JeremyR at October 18, 2005 01:37 AM

315 foot homeruns - tell it to the Yankees.

Posted by: daniel aleman at October 18, 2005 02:55 AM

My heart was broken, but then I thought, Man the Astros never do anything the EASY way. This whole season has exemplified that. Now we go to their house and let Oswalt "suck the life" out of their stadium. I still Beelieve!

Posted by: Phil Galaway at October 18, 2005 12:25 PM

To all posters who call the "Crawford boxes" the cheap homers, I say you play the hand you are dealt, and the Cards have the same "cheap" opportunity. Astros pitching just doesn't make it easy for them. Just my humble opinion.

Posted by: Phil Galaway at October 18, 2005 12:29 PM

i'm **** tired of hearing all the complaints about the crawford boxes.

they are there for the cards, too

and we lost TWO games on homers into the crawford boxes to jack freaking wilson.

so ida wanna hear it

Posted by: lisa gray at October 18, 2005 02:19 PM
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