Mike Tigas

One strike away from the Astros being in the World Series, and Eckstein comes up with a nice base hit, Edmonds gets walked, and Pujols hits a MASSIVE home run right over the Crawford Boxes. That’s how the Cardinals hit. None of that lame-ass 315ft homer stuff. Pujols went deep.

From the Cardinals website:

Today in Cardinals postseason history: On Oct. 17, 2004, the Cardinals suffered a memorable and gut-wrenching loss at Minute Maid Park. With the score tied, 5-5, going into the seventh inning, Julian Tavarez permitted a solo home run to Carlos Beltran that was the deciding hit in a 6-5 defeat to the Astros. Tavarez lost his cool, assaulting the phone in the St. Louis dugout after coming out of the game.

I wonder if “Lights Out” Lidge punched out his phone. heh.

Happy Birthday Astros

(click for video recap of 9th inning)

[10:26:26PM] Sara: how’s the game?
[10:26:30PM] Me: bottom ninth
[10:26:40PM] Me: gonna be a good one
[10:28:12PM] Me: er top 9, same thing
[10:28:27PM] Sara: icic
[10:31:02PM] Sara: How are we doing?
[10:31:10PM] Me: 2 out
[10:31:22PM] Sara: for them or us?
[10:31:32PM] Me: against us
[10:31:40PM] Me: eckstein up
[10:31:53PM] Me: you might just wnat to go watch
[10:32:01PM] Sara: absolutely not.
[10:32:02PM] Me: now
[10:32:02PM] Me: now
[10:32:11PM] Sara: can’t
[10:32:22PM] Me: OIFWJEIOFJWEFJWEF
[10:32:25PM] Me: 1-2 COUNT
[10:32:29PM] Me: ECKSTEIN FINDS A HOLE
[10:32:31PM] Me: LOL
[10:32:33PM] Me: HOLY CRAP
[10:32:36PM] Sara: what??
[10:32:41PM] Me: I ALMOST PEED MY PANTS BECAUSE I THOUGHT 3RD AND SHORTSTOP HAD IT
[10:32:42PM] Me: BUT NO
[10:32:43PM] Me: LOL
[10:32:46PM] Me: base it
[10:32:47PM] Me: edmonds up to bat
[10:32:50PM] Me: base hit*
[10:32:51PM] Sara: yaaaaaaay!!!!
[10:32:54PM] Me: eckstein ^^
[10:32:55PM] Me: w00t
[10:33:15PM] Me: eck’s on second
[10:33:16PM] Me: 1-0
[10:33:38PM] Me: 1-1
[10:34:09PM] Me: 2-1
[10:34:14PM] Me: practically hit byt the freaking ball
[10:34:15PM] Me: wtf
[10:34:44PM] Me: 3-1
[10:34:45PM] Me: YES
[10:35:16PM] Me: WALK
[10:35:16PM] Me: YES
[10:35:18PM] Me: PUJOLS
[10:35:23PM] Me: COME ON ALBERT
[10:35:25PM] Sara: yaaaaaaaay!!!!!1
[10:35:29PM] Sara: omg
[10:35:30PM] Me: OMG
[10:35:31PM] Me: 2 outs
[10:35:33PM] Me: nobody on
[10:35:35PM] Me: and then we get eckstein
[10:35:37PM] Me: and edmonds on
[10:35:40PM] Me: with pujols to bat
[10:35:41PM] Me: OMG
[10:35:43PM] Me: LOL
[10:35:47PM] Me: PLZ
[10:35:48PM] Me: PLZ
[10:36:48PM] Me: 0-1
[10:37:19PM] Me: 09UFQEWISIODFGJI[OG
[10:37:21PM] Me: HOME RUN
[10:37:26PM] Sara: ARE YOU JOKING?!?!?
[10:37:30PM] Me: \JOAIWAEWRGA
[10:37:31PM] Me: SADFL:AW
[10:37:32PM] Me: NO
[10:37:33PM] Me: FUCKL NO
[10:39:23PM] Me: oh my god
[10:39:27PM] Me: ….
[10:39:40PM] Sara: That
[10:39:41PM] Sara: is frekaing
[10:39:43PM] Sara: AMAZING

Sometime between 10:36:48 and 10:37:19 last night, the entire dorm hall exploded into cheers.

Damn, I wore my Mizzou hat (which I don’t wear much,) on Saturday for the Homecoming game. Wore it to watch the Cards tonight. I’m being superstitious, but two amazing come from behind victories… Hey, it’s a pretty good hat, heh. We’ll see Wednesday.