[Cyclopean Squid]

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.

[Peace will be here soon]

"I think this year's NLCS is even better than last years."

Well, last years NLCS game 6 was unreal.

Good luck to your Astros. See ya`ll on Wednesday.

Its also nice to know that Ole Busch stadium got a few extra days from the wrecking ball. Its kind of an added bonus to all of this.

[SCALEMAN]

I would hope that no one on the Astros celebrated prematurely. But that very well may have been the case.

There was some talk about the Astro's mini celebration after game 4 on Sunday by Cards players. I think some of the Cards players and fans thought the Stros were celebrating just a little too much without the 4th win.

One thing you will notice on Tony's team is dicipline and hard play. He wouldn't let them celebrate the Division clinch until the magic number was actually zero, even though they clinched earlier with the head to head tie breaker.