Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ucbvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-nonode!cherson From: cherson@nonode.DEC Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: The Cards, etc. Message-ID: <1201@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 08:35:29 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.1201 Posted: Fri Nov 1 08:35:29 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 06:17:06 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 24 The collapse of the St. Louis Cardinals cannot be blamed on the umpires. And by the way, the "minor" league umpires were rated higher than the NL umps. Why don't they ever mention Jim Quick's elevator strike zone in Sat. night's game? The Cards are a good team, but what distinquishes them from being a great team is the brittleness of their lineup. Take away the speed or the power of Jack Clark, and they fold like a deck of cards (sorry). The great Yankee teams (are you listening John B. LoCoco?) had people on the bench who could have started for any other ball club. When Mantle was resting his knees, in came Tom Tresh or someone like him. But it just didn't affect the Cards on the field. Their whole morale collapsed and that was bizarre. Sure now it seems that Denkinger did err, but so what? Umpires do make foul-ups once in a while, but so do the players. Denkinger isn't a bad umpire, not the best, but not bad. Doen't the NL have those 400 lb. refugees from the WWF as umpires? Gee I can just picture them trying to track a fly ball to center! Herzog should keep his mouth shut, I think that he's been exposed to the Gussie Busch mentality too long. And as for whacky Juaquin Andujar, he should be sentenced to two years hard labor with the Cleveland Indians ( a fate worse then death!).