Medford Bob provided a key reporting assist while the Tank was busy multi-tasking eTime and telephone server maintenance, floor calls, and an e-mail restore.  Verlander threw 35 pitches and got out of a bases loaded jam without yielding a run.  It is scoreless through 1. 

Since Medford Bob is superstitious, he asks me to root for the Tigers because most of my baseball playoff predictions except the Mets beating the Dodgers in the NLDS was wrong because of the underdogs won each post-season series.  I can't root for the Cheater so I am conflicted.  Enjoy the game if I can because of work.  I guess I should stick to picking football, touch wood.

Super Shortstop Eckstein singles in Molina in the bottom of the second inning. Cardinals 1 - Tigers 0.

After an error by Taguchi on an Ordonez fly ball, Casey hits the first pitch out over the left field wall.  After the top of the 4th, the Tigers are leading 2-1.

The Tigers see the Cardinals error and Verlander makes a throwing error.  According to the Cardinals radio broadcasters, it is the third pitchers throwing error since the World Series shifted from Detroit to Saint Louis.  How unlucky is this?  Buy a lottery ticket kids! 

Pujols makes a great stop and got the ball to former NY and Detroit Choke Artist Jeff Weaver to start the 7th.  Detroit is making it easy for Weaver who has only thrown 81 pitches through seven innings.

Up and coming R&B group and Saint Louis based "Varsity" sings "God Bless America".  Great job guys!  Good luck on the road to stardom!

Eckstein hustles out a single to start the bottom of the 7th.  He's definitely a World Series MVP candidate.  Leadoff men like Eckstein, Jose Reyes, and Johnny Damon often mean more than big boppers like Pujols, Delgado, and Giambi.  Preston "Mookie's Not Your Father" Wilson works out a walk.  Pujols and Edmonds fly out.  Rolen hit a foul ball down the left field line which would have sealed it.  On the next pitch, Rolen singled to right which scores Eckstein and advances Wilson to third.  Belliard grounds out to end the 7th.  The Cardinals lead 4-2.

I usually don't drink beer but I love the Bud Light commercials.  After next weekend's marathon, I'll buy Linda, Steve, Kathleen, and the rest of the Gang a Bud Light to reward the advertising geniuses.  I'll probably drink an orange juice or water.

Wainwright comes into the relieve Weaver who throws 99 pitches in eight solid innings.  Unfreaking believable!  Figures.

Casey doubles with one out in the top of the 9th.  Pudge Rodriguez grounds out to Wainwright.  Polanco works out a walk.  The Tank is called away to send our backup tapes to a secret offsite location.  However, he hears Medford Bob scream out as I walk by the Help Desk so I figured the Cardinals win the World Series, their first since 1982.  Medford Bob reports that Inge is out on a pitch like Beltran was out on in  Game 7 of the NLCS but at least Inge took the bat off his shoulder. 

Momentum is a weird thing because both the Tigers and Cardinals had great starts, had key injuries, and then backed into the playoffs.  Heck, the Cardinals almost beat out the 1964 Phillies for the worst late regular season collapse of all time.

The end of the World Series marks the beginning of hot stove action.  Please check back for future posts as Steve and I prepare for what figures to be an exciting off season.  Let's hope the Yankees and Mets get some pitching!

Posted by the Tank with key early and late assists from Medford Bob in NY.