Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site busch.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!mgnetp!we53!busch!dcm From: dcm@busch.UUCP (Craig Miller) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: The Cards, etc. Message-ID: <519@busch.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 19:00:50 EST Article-I.D.: busch.519 Posted: Wed Nov 6 19:00:50 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 06:42:36 EST References: <1201@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: dcm@busch.UUCP (Craig Miller) Organization: Anheuser-Busch Companies - St. Louis Missouri Lines: 42 In article <1201@decwrl.UUCP> cherson@nonode.DEC writes: > >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 Something tells me Cesar Cedeno (sp?) would tell you "you're crazy, man". The Cardinals didn't quite 'fold like a deck of cards' when Jack Clark got hurt did they? And how about Tito Landrum stepping in for Vince Coleman? Yep, pretty brittle lineup there... :-) What would happen to the Mets if Hernandez, Carter or Strawberry would have gotten hurt? Would the guy stepping in have done as well as Tito or Cesar? >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. Hmmm. Let's see. Beside Cesar and Tito, how about DeJesus? Just off the top of my head, there's 3 that could have started for any other ball club. >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? The worst thing about Denkinger's call was the timing. If the same call had happened in the 2nd inning, there probably wouldn't have been such a stink over it. But the same call in the 9th probably did cost them the game. Besides, calls like that *really* get a team down. Oh well. On to hockey! Craig -- Craig Miller {*}!ihnp4!we53!busch!dcm The Anheuser-Busch Companies; St. Louis, Mo. - Since I'm a consultant here and not an Anheuser-Busch employee, my views (or lack of) are strictly my own.