I was listening to some post game interviews here in St. Louis and Larry Walker mentioned something about seeing some of the Astro players "dancing" in the dugout in the ninth inning. Now if Walker could see that I am sure other Cardinal players could see that as well.
These kinds of things can really turn a defeated team into a ticked off team, and make things happen.
I am wondering if this is/was mentioned down there in Houston in their post game reports.
I was hoping for the one win in Houston to get this series back to St. Louis, and that happened fortunately. Momentum is so huge in post season play. Winning this game the way the Cardinals did was exactly what they needed. I would have prefered this over a blow out win for sure.
We will see how the Cards do now that it comes back to St. Louis. The crowd at Busch will be unhinged, you can count on that.
It will be a tough fight, for both teams. I still think this series is a toss up, and have thought that from the very start. The Astros are a good ballclub, and felt they were the team the Cards feared the most, and deservedly so.
I wish I could listen in to the sports shows down there. That would be interesting to hear what they are saying.
Never mind the local sports shows. As you well know, they are for bandwagon fans only. They will invariably be griping with little to no context. They should not represent true Astros fans. I have not been listening anyway. I've been posting here and at other sites, slowly accepting what happened and mentally preparing for an agonizing wait til Wednesday.
I would hope that no one on the Astros celebrated prematurely. But that very well may have been the case. My hat's off to the Cardinals--they kept their cool and executed. They extended the series with a superb come-from-behind win. What else can you say? Good luck in Game 6--I think this year's NLCS is even better than last years.
I think it's over and the Cards will win. That Pujols homer was a killer blow, destined to change the course of baseball history. You don't come that close to winning, cough it up, and still survive. I'm a Braves fan and I KNEW when Leyritz hit that 1996 homer the series was over (even though it was only a tie game and the Braves were up 2-1 in the series). Ditto the Ausmus blast in this year's division series. It took 18 innings but the 'Stros were going to win no matter what. We have the same thing here - Houston had the bubbly all but uncorked and were devastated by that blast. They can speak all the cliches they want about only one game, etc. It is over and they are done.