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St. Louis pitcher Chris Carpenter hammers Detroit for eight innings as the Cardinals win 5-0 Tuesday night and take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 series. Game 4 is Wednesday (7 p.m., Ch. 40).

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You know, I didn't realize how far out there I'd gotten until I saw your blog entry and noticed that I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA THE WORLD SERIES WAS GOING ON. Not that I would have watched it anyway, but you know, usually at least I pretend to be engaged with stuff like this. World Series, Super Bowl...not the NBA Playoffs, because I'm too white and nobody expects me to know what the hell is going on, or Wimbledon, because I'm not white enough and nobody expects me to know what the hell is going there, either. But I like to credit myself for at least remembering when the World Series and Super Bowl are, you know, there. *shaking fist at the sky* WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS?! WHY?! *WHY*?!?! Cheers, TH

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Tom Head

Date

2006-10-25T03:49:13-06:00

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118269

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One of your weakest posts ever. step it up.

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Kingfish

Date

2006-10-25T08:14:13-06:00

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118270

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Nothing about the controversy? What was that with the *faked* thumb cramps in the middle of the game so that he could pretend not to have a curveball, then suddenly come back with it when it was least expected? ;-) Actually, during the whole thumb cramp thing, it was interesting to watch him throwing without his thumb -- sorta change-ups or splitters -- he seemed to keep the batters confused even though it *looked* like he left a few of those hanging up over the plate, but maybe they looked so odd to the Tigers coming from Carpenter that he was still able to fool them.

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Todd Stauffer

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2006-10-25T15:32:42-06:00

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118271

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I'm pulling for Detroit although I haven't seen a single game yet. What's up with that crap about Rogers scuffing or marking the ball to make it do funny things. The New York Metropolitans tried to pull the same crap on the Houston Astros years ago with Mike Scott, an honorable Christian pitcher. Keith Hernandez told Gary Carter he didn't give a damn what the ball was doing, and the next time a pitch comes his way he either swings at it, or be prepared to receive an asswhupping from him. Jim Rome, the greatest sportcasters of all times, says "if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying to win. It's only cheating if you get caught." Now, I'm open to the idea that maybe the Cardinals were cheating. They need to stop that otherwise the integrity of the game is gone.

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Ray Carter

Date

2006-10-25T15:51:49-06:00

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118272

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Ever heard of the Neikros?

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Kingfish

Date

2006-10-25T15:53:53-06:00

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118273

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Yeah I heard of them. One of them had everything on him but a pistol to shoot the ball with. Sturday Night Live made some good jokes from that.

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Ray Carter

Date

2006-10-25T16:31:18-06:00

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118274

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Tom: If you faithfully read The Slate each week, like you should, you would know what's going on in the wide world of sports. BTW, if you're not pulling for the Cardinals in the World Series, you support the terrorists and hate America. But other than that, you're OK.

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Dr. S

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2006-10-25T16:40:31-06:00