Cardinals 4 Pirates 3

The Cards started their "let's let the Pirates win and let them feel good now that Lloyd is gone and we don't hate them so much lineup" with So Taguchi batting third and Yadier Molina batting fourth and Albert Pujols no where to be seen. We tried to take advantage of it (hell, Mark Redman actually looked good), but then we decided to put Jose Mesa in the game. He blew our lead. We re-tied things up, but lost in the bottom of the 9th. I didn't watch the game, so I can't comment on much other than the fact that I'm very disappointed about Mesa. To quote Murphy from the comments thread on my last post:

Look for Littlefield to issue a statement tomorrow.

"We'd just like to say that we've officially come up with a new company policy, which is based around not giving a damn whether we win or lose per se, or even if we accomplish the goal we keep saying we're trying to accomplish of building for the future, and putting all that energy toward making sure a 39 year old pitcher who has, by all accounts, completely run out of the ability to do his job, doesn't feel bad. I know it seems like a decision which may not seem like the best move for the team, but we really just want Mesa to feel good about himself. Look for our next lead in the seventh to set up a tee so that the other team can still play while we go have punch and pie for Jose across the street."

Couldn't have said it any better myself.