Methinks the Yankees live to fight another day.

Hopefully we get to see Matt Cain be MATT CAIN at least once this postseason.

I've been completely uninterested in these playoffs ever since every single series in the first round went against my wishes. Then I realized while reading the cardinals hate-on thread that the Tigers didn't win in 2006. That must have been the series where the entire pitching staff became completely unable to throw to first base.

So now I'm all aboard the Tigers train. Woo woo!

Thundershowers expected all day in St Louis. I'm not sure whether they're going to get this one in.

Tonight, Girardi will tell the umpires he is waiving the DH rule and will be having Sabathia hit cleanup.

Hey, he's tried everything else.

Maybe they can get Strousbergh to put on a fake mustache and be their DH; I'm sure he'd love to play in the postseason...

So a quasi-legitimate question. The WS is going to start next Wednesday, even if the LCS are done by Friday. Does the NBA and NHL do that? I don't follow as closely, but it seems to me they start later rounds of the playoffs organically based on when the previous rounds end. Sometimes you get one team sitting for a week, but never both. Is that right, or do I misremember?

Just another way TV pushes as all around, I guess. Are the ratings usually so much higher for MLB to justify this? Or does it not happen enough to matter? Heck, it may not happen here, we could go until Monday on the NLCS.

So a quasi-legitimate question. The WS is going to start next Wednesday, even if the LCS are done by Friday. Does the NBA and NHL do that? I don't follow as closely, but it seems to me they start later rounds of the playoffs organically based on when the previous rounds end. Sometimes you get one team sitting for a week, but never both. Is that right, or do I misremember?

I don't know what the NBA/NHL do; I suspect that the playoff games are on a fixed schedule due to scheduling issues but I couldn't swear to it. Ever since MLB went to multiple post-season rounds there has been the possibility that a team sweeping a round might have to sit idle for several days while another round is completed. For a baseball team this is not necessarily a bad thing because it would give you the chance to set your rotation as you want it. I would think that for sports that involve more running/skating, having additional days off than your opponent would be to your advantage, that is, having more time to rest.

I've been completely uninterested in these playoffs ever since every single series in the first round went against my wishes.

I think I've watched more of the playoffs and been the most into the playoffs this year that at anytime since I was a kid. They've been great drama.

To a quasi-legitimate question. The WS is going to start next Wednesday, even if the LCS are done by Friday. Does the NBA and NHL do that? I don't follow as closely, but it seems to me they start later rounds of the playoffs organically based on when the previous rounds end. Sometimes you get one team sitting for a week, but never both. Is that right, or do I misremember?

The NBA makes you wait. All the games are already scheduled for TV. IIRC, the Spurs swept the Clippers, then got to rest for a week, waiting for the Thunder, which allowed them to rest their old man knees.

Written in the stars, a million miles away . . .

Oops, I'm in the wrong year. Carry on.

For those worried or stressed by the fact that the NLCS game might be delayed by rain, have no fear, as I have found THREE videos of the baby walrus (and it's big brother). How have I not seen these before?



This has been today's walrus update.

Methinks the Yankees live to fight another day.

If they don't, it will be the first time they've been swept in a postseason series since 1980. I believe that covers 35 playoff series.

Rumors are swirling that they may try to start the NL game even though rain is scheduled to worsen by late afternoon and go through the entire night...

SO, as a manager, if the game does start, do you burn Lohse/Cain for the inning they'll get in before the game is called, and then not have them available for when they resume play tomorrow?

Rumors are swirling that they may try to start the NL game even though rain is scheduled to worsen by late afternoon and go through the entire night...

Well, that would be idiotic. (Therefore, the rumors are probably true.)

I think you don't use your starter if the game starts today. Rosenthal vs Casilla!

Jayson Stark@jaysonst

After talking with the powers that be in St. Louis, I’m confident we’re going to play. But it’s also possible the ALCS will be over by then

what the hell happened to the day 4 chatter? I keep getting an error message...

what the hell happened to the day 4 chatter? I keep getting an error message...

Eduardo Nunez made a diving stop and homered off Justin Verlander. Furtado's programming can't overcome that.

CHECKLIST (taking suggestions):
Conradian Play []
Web Gem []
It rains [ ]
Rain delay [ ]
Rain delay delays game to next day [ ]
Stolen Base []
Caught Stealing [ ]
1-2-3-4-5-6 [ ]
Strikeout of side [ ] (a 1-2-3 inning strikeout of side [])
Play at the plate [ ]
Replay review [ ]
Baserunning blunder [ ]
Blown call [ ] (Blown call costs game [ ])
THIS TRAIN! [X]
2+ pitching changes in single half-inning [ ]
Dramatic late-inning homer [ ]
Idiot runs on the field [ ]
Regular-season starter warms up in bullpen [ ]
Game goes into extras [ ]
Shapeshifting strikezone [ ]
Inning-Ending DP [ ]
Bunt [ ]
Bases loaded, nobody scores [ ]
Balk [ ]
Buster Posey does something awesome [ ]
WILD BRIAN WILSON APPEARS [ ]
Pujols mentioned [ ]
Stan Musial mentioned [ ]
Holliday is "retaliated" against [ ]
Carlos Beltran is a October Hero [ ]
FREESE! [ ]
Cain perfecto flashback [ ]
ST.L called a "Great baseball town", "Best fans in baseball," or similar accolade [ ]
Cardinals second only to Yankees in WS titles [ ]
NLCS game isn't done by time ALCS game starts [ ]
McCarver's singing career [ ]
NFL reference (other than NFL on Fox promotion) [ ]
Lohse's opening night start against Miami [ ]
Pence's big speeches [ ]
FOX gets photobombed [ ]
"(FOX wednesday show) will not be seen tonight..." [ ]
Mention or reference to Jack Buck [ ]
McCarver was on the Cardinals [ ]
Willie Mays mentioned [ ]
Ichiro does something awesome [ ]
Miguel Cabrera does something awesome [ ]
Verlander in dugout [ ]
A-Rod gets a hit [ ]
A-Rod is pinch-hit for or acts as a PH [ ]
"Down to their last X" [ ]
Ty Cobb statue [ ]
Hank Greenberg referenced [ ]
Raul Ibanez is a effing clutch god [ ]
Prince Fielder goes deep [ ]
Valverde shows up [ ] (Blows it [])
A-Rod strikes out [ ]
John Smoltz is from Michigan [ ]
John Smoltz was traded by Detroit [ ]
Doyle Alexander mentioned by name [ ]
Derek Jeter sighting [ ]
Girardi looks at binder/iPad [ ]
Trout mentioned (player or fish) [ ]
Verbal Reference to how Ford Field is so close to Comerica [ ]

Okay, no more suggestions.

WTF, Scutaro steps in the the box swinging after not getting the time call. How did he do that?

So to anyone out there who's watching the game: how do the skies look?

Word has it that a biblical drenching is imminent.

So to anyone out there who's watching the game: how do the skies look?

Word has it that a biblical drenching is imminent.

Keep watching the skies.

So to anyone out there who's watching the game: how do the skies look?

In St Louis about 10-20 miles from the stadium, overcast but not biblical.

Edit:went outside and I can see the sun through the overcast.

Cain not having good command early...

Buck just said it might start raining about 5 or 5:30 (assuming he meant local time - central). So I expect it to start raining sometime next week

Cain not having good command early...

That is just a feint.... setting up the lack of control for the imminent Holliday beaning.

Yeah, the rain is coming...

Holliday grounds to Scutaro - who considers drilling him, but throws him out instead.

I hope the "retaliation" talk is over now. Jay was hit, roughly the same value as Scutaro (although I don't think Cain meant to do it). There is an important series to be played here, and the stuff is just tiresome.

Beltran out of the game? What? What?

Beltran out of the game, Giants fans know how that feels

What happened to Beltran?????

What happened to Beltran?????


No-one knows yet, he ran out a double play ball and nothing really looked wrong, then he got taken out of the game.

Wow, first time the Melky situation was mentioned the playoffs

And good call at 2b

Needless to say, I think the "Carlos Beltran is an October Hero" thing is going to have to come off the list...

Knee issue.

They may have sent the future Hall of Famer out to West County to huff and puff and blow the rain away. He may be the Oct hero of the day yet

Cain perfecto mentioned[x]

Fox Sports deserves kudos for going with the overhead CF camera.

Nice play, even if it was a foul ball.

1-0 Giants and here comes Posey.

Fox Sports deserves kudos for going with the overhead CF camera.

Blind squirrel.

Lohe might be out this game before the rain shows up.


(Inning-Ending DP [X])

Or not.

I don't think anyone thinks that one run will win this game...

Blind squirrel.

Is right twice a day, right?

Anyway, it's a pretty big deal for those who like to watch wicked sliders.

BREAKING: Hunter Pence still looks goofy! Especially when grounding into a double play.

Hunter Pence seems to be sucking. How much does he end up signing for in the off-season?

Needless to say, I think the "Carlos Beltran is an October Hero" thing is going to have to come off the list...

Bummer. Beltran gets pulled before I can call him a Future Hall of Famer half a dozen times.

That was not an ideal throw by Cain.

Yes...Our bench is magnificent.

Carlos Beltran, October Hero (for getting pulled in favor of Carpenter)

It's over.