One More Try

Really, is there anything to say about last night?  Sabathia was on, was dominant, and we have to be glad for the few Cardinals hits and the fact the score stayed close.

Hero?  I guess Brendan Ryan, for breaking up the no-hitter.  None of the pitchers were that great.  Looper kept it close, but could only go five innings after continually getting into trouble.  Jiminez and Izzy both went two, but gave up a run in that time span.

Goat?  Albert Pujols.  Flying out with men on first and second basically put paid on that game.

Newest rumor buzz: Roy Halladay.  Discussion on various sites agrees that a trade like that would take Colby Rasmus.  The dissension comes from whether he's worth it.  My initial reaction is no.  The Cards are going to need cheap, quality offense in the years to come and Rasmus should provide that.

The other side of the coin, though, has merit.  Rasmus may not pan out.  Halladay is pretty proven.  'Course, that's what they said about Mark Mulder.

If there was anyway to get Halladay without Rasmus (say, Anderson, Todd and Reyes), I'd have to say go for it.  Otherwise, I just don't know.

Tonight, the Cards try to avoid the sweep with Todd Wellemeyer going against Ben Sheets.  The Cardinals have been able to solve Sheets before, but it's a tough puzzle.  Albert's really liked to see him in the past.  Maybe he can stop that homerless streak tonight.  The Cards scored three runs in seven innings on him earlier in the year, which didn't give him the loss but the Cards did win the game.  He's fairly unknown to the Brewers; though they won the matchup against him this year, he got a no-decision allowing two unearned runs in six innings.

Housekeeping:  I forgot to note it last week, but CATB has passed the one-year milestone.  Over 300 posts when you combine the Wordpress version and this one.  Glad y'all are still reading and I hope you enjoy it.  If you are on Facebook, please join the CATB blog group over there.  Thanks!


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