Oct 15 2012

2012 NL Championship Series- Cardinals at Giants, Game 1

Braiiiins!

Over on the Seniors’ side they can’t stop talking about the Zombie team comebacks of the Giants and Cards.  They should give out promotional pacemakers instead of bats.

These are both really good teams, the 2 consecutive previous World Champions, and this is the first matchup between teams with these credentials in a League Championship (Braves/Yankees ’58 in the Series).

Most observers rate the Cardinals as favorites despite their inferior record.  I find myself in rare agreement.  They’re a team without many weaknesses.

The Giants, on the other hand, have a problem with pitching and it starts with Bumgarner (16 – 11, 3.37 ERA).  If he’s as ineffective as he was against the Reds it could be a very short series since he’s scheduled to pitch twice including tonight.  They’ve also returned Lincecum to the rotation from Bullpen exile on the basis of his strong performance in long relief and Zito’s unconvincing effort.

The Cardinals start Lynn (18 – 7, 3.78 ERA) and follow with Lohse, Carpenter, and Wainwright.  Lohse in particular is very dangerous, better than anyone left except Sabbathia and Verlander.

We’ll start tonight with the Rally Squirrel since I haven’t had time to check YouTube recently.

Junior League Games will be carried on TBS, Senior on Faux.

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  2. San Francisco Giants:

    1. Angel Pagan (S) CF

    2. Marco Scutaro (R) 2B

    3. Pablo Sandoval (S) 3B

    4. Buster Posey (R) C

    5. Hunter Pence (R) RF

    6. Brandon Belt (L) 1B

    7. Gregor Blanco (L) LF

    8. Brandon Crawford (L) SS

    9. Madison Bumgarner (R) P

    St. Louis Cardinals:

    1. Jon Jay (L) CF

    2. Carlos Beltran (S) RF

    3. Matt Holliday (R) LF

    4. Allen Craig (R) 1B

    5. Yadier Molina (R) C

    6. David Freese (R) 3B

    7. Daniel Descalso (L) 2B

    8. Pete Kozma (R) SS

    9. Lance Lynn (R) P

  5. You’ll see idiot.

  16. To the pitcher Lynn no less.

  37. Pence to 3rd

  46. Guess he won’t start.

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