Game 2 quick thoughts
Scott Podsednik. Wow. Brad Lidge must be hurt.
On the bright side, we won't have to hear Garner get universally lauded for the mentally challenged move of bringing up Vizcaino to pinch hit with the game on the line in the top of the 9th, then tying the game on a single and a great slide by Chris Burke.
On the other hand, I didn't get what the huge (no pun intended) deal was about Jenks. Yeah, he throws hard, but his numbers this year weren't mind-blowing or anything.
Did I mention Brad Lidge must be hurt? I mean being owned by Jack Wilson is one thing, giving upthat bomb to Pujols is entirely different, but a walk-off to Scott Podsednik? The guy hit ZERO homers this year. I wonder if Lidge is headed into Robb Nen territory.
Also, the Jermaine Dye phantom hit by pitch call in the 7th was a more damaging call than the Doug Eddings/Josh Paul call. Despite Eddings wrong call, Paul could have easily rectified the situation. Awarding Dye first base when the ball CLEARLY hit his bat took things out of the Astros hands and put Konerko up.
The Astros are in pretty deep here, but with a good start by Oswalt and the emotional boost that Clemens "shocking" return in Game 5 will give them, they certainly could sweep at home. I'm looking for 1979 World Series references from Garner and parallels between Clemens mom dying and Chuck Tanner's mom dying any second now.
The Steve Phillips is an idiot meter (before the Series began, Steve-O predicted that no team would score more than 5 runs and more squeezes would be laid down that home runs hit):
- Homers 6, Squeezes 0
- Times teams have scored 5 runs or more: 3 (out of a possible 4, for a whopping 75%)
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