[ken5050]

Hey...that's why they play the WS..look I'm a huge Red Sox fan..but on paper, and the numbers to date, especially the pitching staff, the Cards look awesome...Of course, La Russa can still screw it up...<P.
Here's the way to look at it...right now, you'd be hard press to pick any RedSox pitcher over his counterpart on the Cards..starters,a nd pen..and position players..well, go around the team..if you were picking for a drsaft..who'd you take..only RedSox that is a sure bet is CF...and that's becuase of relative age..for a two year period, I might be tempted to go with Edmonds..

[Lawgvr1955]

Of course, La Russa can still screw it up.

As a Cardinal fan of long standing, I have to admit that I was always critical of La Russa. However, lately I have been forced to give him his credit. He did a good job keeping the team focused when Darryl Kyle died and this year he has managed to win games with a different line up each day. (Of course I point out that he has used quite a bit of running and suicide squeezing ala Whitey Herzog this season). So put me in the pro-La Russa column. (I still am anti Mike Martz though).

[cloud8]

I don't remember the last time the Red Sox were 3 1/2 games ahead of the Yankees in early September. Their pitching is shakey, their bats are hot, and Manny is just being Manny. Stay tuned.

Good luck with Bellhorn, btw. Ha ha!

[JohnnyZ]

if you were picking for a drsaft..who'd you take..only RedSox that is a sure bet is CF

That's just a slight exaggeration.

Graff over Grudzie
Renteria over Eckstein
Mueller over Nunez
Varitek over Molina
Ortiz over Marquis at DH ;)
Nixon over Walker
Manny over ... Sanders? Taguchi?

The only Cards I'd pick are Edmonds, Pujols at 1B -- and that's it.