Major League Baseball

[NobBe Nobbs]

Elaborations. NAO.

[djmasterscooter]

I agree. Endy made the best play that an outfielder can make, robbing Rolen of the HR, and then getting the double play.

[ACCBiggz]

Cardinals @ Tigers - Game 1, Saturday Night

Carpenter? vs. Robertson?

Should be good, especially as Carpenter is on full rest and they are coming off an emotional high.

[Mofoticon]

Cardinals @ Tigers - Game 1, Saturday Night

Carpenter? vs. Robertson?

Should be good, especially as Carpenter is on full rest and they are coming off an emotional high.

[ACCBiggz]

Cardinals @ Tigers - Game 1, Saturday Night

Carpenter? vs. Robertson?

Should be good, especially as Carpenter is on full rest and they are coming off an emotional high.

Carpenter will be on 2 days rest if he pitches Saturday

[Lowerdeck]

Whoever started on Tuesday or Wednesday will go in Game 1 for STL.

[paulbd]

Weaver will probably be starting for my Cards

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

Anthony Reyes is the only St. Louis starter who didn't pitch twice so I guess it's him. It's either him on 5 days rest or Weaver on 3 days rest.

[paulbd]

Anthony Reyes is the only St. Louis starter who didn't pitch twice so I guess it's him. It's either him on 5 days rest or Weaver on 3 days rest.

Edited October 20, 2006 by paulbd

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

Weaver pitched Tuesday. So he will be on 4 days rest. Also they won't start game 1 with a rookie.

[Stennick]

Well how bout my St. Louis Cards. One down....

[VerbalPuke]

If the Tigers lose tonight, then I begin to worry. Right now I'm not really that worried about them losing, not until they fall into a hole.

Verlander simply had a bad game and we couldn't get our bat going. The long lay off may have hurt the Tigers.

This also proves Biggz point, the Tigers are not head and shoulders above the competition.

There is a chance the game could be rain delayed tonight though. It's a cold, rainy, and generally shitty day in Metro Detroit, so it's possible that they postpone the game.

[Trey]

So, do you guys think Kenny Rogers was cheating? After SI showed that he also used it in the ALCS and in an important game against the White Sox in July, it doesn't seem our of the realm of possibility.

[reyrey619]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2006...tory?id=2635538

I guess he had it in the ALCS and ALDS too. I don't think it's a coincidence that he had a similar substance on his hand in each of his postseason starts.

Hate to jump to conclusions, but it looks like this guy is a cheater.

[Lowerdeck]

Sucks to be Detroit that their season is now tainted because of this, even though this is only minor compared to all their success this year.

[VerbalPuke]

I'm not sure what to think on this. Kenny is a good enough pitcher that he doesn't need to cheat, so if he intended on it, I'd be severly dissapointed in him.

On the other hand, the umpires did inspect his hand and didn't believe it was anything to be worried about. They simply had him wash the hand and let him continue playing. I'd have to assume if the substance was foreign and intended for cheating, they would have known and promptly ejected him.

[GhostMachine]

I'd like to believe that the explanation given in one of the news articles I read was correct:

The rosin bag doesn't help get a grip on the ball as well when its cold, and the dirt helps.

The article also mentioned that there are plenty of clear and other less visible substances he could have used instead of one that looked like dirt or pine tar if he intended to cheat.

If he had been using a foreign substance, he would have been ejected from the game, not just told to wipe his hand off.

[Guest B.O.T.A.R.]

I thought it was funny Rogers pitched better without the foreign substance or whatever it was.

[Stennick]

Wow don't ya just feel sorry for that guy that was saying "most lopsided Series in history". Then again its hard to feel sorry for people when they speak without knowing what their talking about.

[Trey]

On the other hand, the umpires did inspect his hand and didn't believe it was anything to be worried about.