As a Cubs fan, I’m loathe to believe in curses. The reason the Red Sox kept losing to the Yankees was that the Yankees were better. The reason the Cubs can’t win a pennant is because for most of the 59 year wait, they’ve sucked eggs. So with the ridiculous myth of the Curse of the Bambino now lying charred on some Bronx street corner, maybe the Yankees can take solace, that if curses do exist, that they unwittingly brought this on themselves.
You can blame the complete choke job of losing a three games to none lead (including the final two games at home) on bad pitching, or an unlucky bounce of a ground rule double in game four, or whatever. But if you want to know why the Yankees choked, it’s because they have the common thread amongst the biggest chokers in recent baseball history.
They have Kenny Lofton on their team.
That might seem odd, but the numbers will make your jaw drop.
On the surface, Kenny has had a great career. He was once traded for the immortal Eddie Taubensee and though he’s been regarded as a genuine pain in the ass to have around for many years, he’s been a great leadoff man and a speedy, if not altogether expert centerfielder.
In fact, the teams Kenny has played on have been wildly successful. Since 1995 he has only missed the playoffs once, in 2000. He’s never been on a World Series champion, but he has been on two pennant winners (the 1995 Indians and the 2002 Giants). His first three trips to the playoffs were, I’m sure exciting, and at times frustrating.
The 1995 Indians got to the World Series against Atlanta and lost in six games. They were down two games to one going into game four. (Edited because I typed “six.”)
The 1996 Indians stumbled in the division series to the Ripken-Palmeiro-Mussina Orioles and fell down two games to one before being eliminated in game four.
He was traded and his 1997 Braves were tied with the Marlins after four games only to lose their last two games and be eliminated in six in the NLCS. His old team, the Indians, would go back to the World Series but lose in seven to the Marlins.
He went back to Cleveland and the 1998 Indians took a two games to one lead over the Yankees in the American League Championship series before losing their last three games and being eliminated in six.
The 1999 Indians had a two games to none lead over the Red Sox in the five-game division series, only to lose the last three games and be eliminated in a decisive fifth game.
After a year out of the playoffs, he and the 2001 Indians returned to blow a 2-1 series lead in the division series against the Mariners and lose two in a row to be eliminated.
Lofton ended up on the 2002 Giants as a late-season pickup and San Francisco took a three games to two lead into the final two games in Anaheim. The Giants had a chance to win their first World Series since moving to San Francisco but lost both games to lose the World Series.
He came to Chicago in a midseason trade and joined the 2003 Cubs. The Cubs had a three games to one lead on the Marlins and a chance to win their first pennant since 1945 and lost all three games to choke away the pennant.
Then last night, Kenny continued his good luck ways with the 2004 New York Yankees and they became the first team to ever blow a three games to none lead in any series and lost their last four games to their hated rivals the Boston Red Sox.
In short, in the past six years, Kenny Lofton has been on a team that needed to win only one more game to either advance to the next round (two division series losses, one World Series loss and two league championship series losses) and in those games, Kenny’s teams are 4-17. In the series from which they have been eliminated they have now lost 14 straight games in which a win could have ended the series in their favor. (Edited for clarity–hey, there’s a new concept around here.)
And Steve Bartman’s the guy who has to hide? I don’t think so.
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I mentioned earlier in the week that I’m not particularly fond of this current Red Sox team because of the presence of world class assbag Curt Schilling and of the way they felt compelled to completely trash Nomar on his way out of town. But I thoroughly enjoyed the looks on the faces of the Yankees fans as it all slipped away last night.
Last year when the Cubs blew games six and seven the shots of us in and around the park showed people who couldn’t believe it had happened again. It was the same when they interviewed Red Sox fans after their game seven choke job last year. But the sights last night were tremendous. Smug, entitled, spoiled fans with their “this doesn’t happen to US” expressions. For a night, all the world were Red Sox fans. When push comes to shove, unless they’re playing the Cardinals or White Sox, I guess I really can’t find any reason to ever root for the Yankees.
In a way, that’s kind of reassuring.
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Speaking of the Cardinals, the gates of Hell opened just a little bit wider as Lassie homered into the Dogpatch sky and sent the NLCS, inevitably, into a seventh game tonight. The Astros folly of starting Pete Munro very nearly worked, and Cardinals fans everywhere soiled their overalls when big eared Jason Isringhausen blew the game in the ninth. But the game was lost to the Astros when they couldn’t get the lead while Brad Lidge was still in the game.
It was interesting, but I think that Phil Garner’s Omniscient Mustache was going to use Roy Oswalt to close if the Astros had gotten the lead in the top of the 12th. He went with Dan Miceli instead, and Miceli did what he’s specialized in in these playoffs, he gave up a game ending jack.
So tonight it’s Roger Clemens against Jeff Suppan. The advantage of course leans heavily towards the Astros, except for the fact that Clemens has rarely been clutch in the playoffs. Then again, it’s Jeff Freakin’ Suppan. But hey, The Genius assures us that Jason Marquis is available, too! Ooh, that ought to comfort the Red Horde.
Lidge worked three innings last night, but so did Big Ears, so that’s a wash, especially since Lidge seems to be impervious to overuse. Though his elbow will fall off sometime in January when he’s not looking.
The Omniscient Mustache can make tonight a long and drawn out war if the Cardinals are able to keep the Astros offense down. He could conceivably get 16 innings out of Clemens-Oswalt-Lidge, and while that seems absurd, after watching the middle games of the ALCS, nothing seems absurd anymore.
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Phil Rogers and his six dollar haircut feel that the LCS’s were destined for seven games all along.
Tyson Chandler’s back is better. Sure. Whatever.
When you have to turn to Craig Krenzel, it’s time to just hang the white flag.
Marc Columbo is back? Really? You don’t say?
Mariotti puts down the doughnut for his take on the Red Sox miracle.
The Wizard of Roz says the Cubs’ can’t sign Carlos Beltran but has no reasons why.
Sports Guy gets his big moment.
The Yankees will need to rebuild that pitching staff. Maybe they can get some more ex-Blue Jays to go with Heredia, Quantrill, Loaiza, Sturtze and the rest of the gascan gang.
Straws are being grasped at here.
Carmelo Anthony’s quest to be the new Scottie Pippen continues. Instead of an unregistered handgun, he went the marijuana route. He’s already got the refusal to go into a game thing down, too.
Looks like Carmelo’s posse is pretty young.
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Creepy.
When I notcied, while watching Lofton last night, that he was on successive choke-jobs the last two years, I too, recounted all of his near-misses and began to wonder if Kenny had the curse.
I think you’re on to something, Andy.
Good points, Andy.
Except for where the Yankees needed to win one game to beat the Twins in the ALDS this year and did. And when the 2003 Cubs needed one win to beat the Braves and did. And that time when the Giants needed one win to finish off the Braves in the NLDS and the Cardinals in the NLCS in 2002. I could go on, but I think you get the point.
I’m sure Doughnut Boy commends you and making the facts fit your theory.
I meant "I’m sure Doughnut Boy commends you FOR making the facts fit your theory."
Hey Kenny, I think the theory is that Kenny tends to be on teams that choke. Considering the last five times a team he was on were eliminated they needed only one more win to advance and lost 14 times.
Down two games to one going into game six?
Mmm…fried chicken.
Kenny’s playoff ending losing streaks
1999 Lost three
2001 Lost two
2002 Lost two
2003 Lost three
2004 Lost four
Yeah, I can see how #2 wouldn’t see anything here. I’m going to write about how the Cubs would have made the playoffs if they’d have kept him!
I have to agree with #2. You can’t just count the series he lost and say he was 0-14.
(phone rings)
Roz: Hello?
Boras: Hey Barry, what’s up? Long time no chat. Look, I need a favor, remember those Maddux columns you did last winter to convince everybody there was a bidding war over him?
Roz: Yeah, glad to do it Scott.
Boras: Well, I need something similar again. See, I’m Ordonez’s agent now, and I need you to write something about how he’ll 100% next season, there’s no complication from the injury, and teams need to look at him because Beltran’s going to the Yankees.
Roz: Tell you what Scott, why don’t you just write something up and send it to me, that way you get what you want, and I get a day off.
Boras: Sounds good, you’ll have it in 30 minutes. (hangs up)
Rozner:(to himself) This job is so easy.
It seems to me that the point of this was to show that Kenny is cursed. I’d say that considering he has been a part of 14 losing "clinching" games in the past five seasons is proof such a thing exists.
That’s staggering. It’s coincidence, sure, but that’s what makes it a curse. In the past four playoffs if you wanted to suffer through a horrific end to your season (Indians collapse at home and on the road to Mariners – Giants blow two World Series winning games – Cubs gag on a 3-1 pennant series lead – Yankees set historical precedent by losing 3-0 lead) all you had to do was hire Kenny.
Trade Moises Alou for Maggs!
Oh no, the Slurpee machine is jammed again!
Never mind, Andy explained it just fine right here:
"Intrepid reader# 4: Andy
Hey Kenny, I think the theory is that Kenny tends to be on teams that choke. Considering the last five times a team he was on were eliminated they needed only one more win to advance and lost 14 times. "
Good news, Cubs fans! I signed a one game deal with the Cardinals today! See you at the Cake!
"Luckily for the Yankees, it is a big year for top-line starters, with studs such as Carl Pavano, Eric Milton, Matt Clement, Russ Ortiz, Brad Radke and Matt Morris available."
Um.
See, I told you that Lofton was an asshole.
Dolan, you pussy! You don’t see that Lofton is the reason those teams got to the playoffs! He’s a stud. If the Cubs had him and his 75 year old legs they’d be in the World Series right now! Dusty’s just too goddamned dumb to keep the good players! Just because every time Lofton gets in the playoffs his teams die a horrible death doesn’t matter! Just because Bobby Cox thought he was the biggest asshole he’d ever managed doesn’t matter! Just because his career onbase average in the playoffs is .319 that doesn’t matter! He’s the best! How can you bash him?
Oh, yeah, and Dusty Baker poops his pants!
Matt Clement would literally soil his pants in his first important game in Yankee Stadium.
You should hear all the whiny Cardinal fans calling in to Boers and Bernstein after they called them "Creepy Cardinal Nation" this morning. Man, are they paranoid.
OK, I agree my 0-14 was misleading. If you include the times his teams’ have advanced over the same time span (since 1999) the teams that Kenny is on have a record of 4-17 in clinching games.
I think the curse gets to stick.
Hi! How are all of you today? It kind of sucks living here in the midwest, knowing that your favorite teams don’t matter in the national picture.
Baseball is played in New York, Boston, and on rare occassions in Philly and Baltimore.
Remember that, and we’ll all fit in a lot better.
C’mon, Sloth. Philly? They’ve appeared in as many World Series as the Black Sox–four, and they have worse record (1-3).
Incidentally, Boston’s pennant-clinching makes them just the seventh team with at least 10 WS appearances. Amazingly, the Cubs are one of the seven. More amazingly, while the Cubs are 2-8 in World Series, the Red Sox are actually OVER .500 in World Series competition. Even though they haven’t won since that fat bastard was dealt to the Yanks, they’ve only got a four-game season Series losing streak since starting out the century 5-0 (’03, ’12, ’14, ’15, ’18)
One more piece of useless, yet depressing, piece of information. The Cubs are presently tied with the Dodgers–ahem the BROOKLYN Dodgers–with the most consecutive World Series losses in MLB history. And, of course, the Cubs’ streak is current. In other words, next time-God help us–the Cubs make the Series, they will do battle with THAT record.
That’s all. I’m too depressed to throw any more out.
Sorry for the typos. It’s hard to type when you’re twitching.
Umm…I’m not dead until the Red Sox actually win a World Series. 1918 lives on ’til then.
I ain’t afraid of no ghost.
I never thought I’d be cheering for Roger Clemens, but tonight he’s the man. I hope he throws a complete game shutout, and blows out his rotator cuff on the last pitch.
Hey Walt, I’ll buy you a beer at Dancers Ranch in CR if the Asatros win tonight. The owner is a friend of mine and he’s a huge Cardinals fan.
I thnik that’s supposed to be "Astros".
And I think I’m dyslexic.
I don’t get this. Is Bernie leaving New York? Sheffield is back for sure, and I would assume Matsui is too. I think he has a pretty sizeable contract. So are the Yankees going to get rid of Williams? They usually don’t show longtime Yankee players the door. So where does Beltran play?
George would be better to buy as much pitching as possible, and let Carlos come to Chicago.
Dolan, you liked the looks on the faces of the Yankee hordes last night? Wait until you see the faces of the trailer park queens at the Urinal tonight, as Fat Roger, the ultimate piece of white trash, ends the Fowl’s 105 win season. He he he…..
Only problem is that I hate the Astros, Oswalt is a punk, Berkman is a punk, Fat Rog, Garner I’ve hated for years. Only Bagwell and Beltran make that team have any measure of respect.
Worst part? Every one of us knows it should be us battling St Louis in a game 7, not Houston. If Boston could finally beat their demons this year, you just know we finally would have done so too. Yet another reason to be angry at LaGasCan and crew.
"Yet another reason to be angry at LaGasCan and crew."
Sorry, dude. My anger is directed towards Granpda Moises, Sam Me, Dust-For-Brains, LaGascan, and Kent "Who The F&%^ is Kent Mercker" Mercker, to name five.
My bad my bad. I thought you were referring to LaRussa (even though I ripped off LaGascan")
Abort. Abort.
Picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue.
OK. My teams choke. Time to bust out the Rob Dibble argument: "How many playoff series have you won?"
What a shock–Rick "No Integrity" Telander just interviewed his daughter on his show. She’s a student in Boston. Does this guy have any scruples, or does he just think it’s normal to use his status as a writer/broadcaster to push his unqualified relatives into the spotlight?
No sympathy for self-inflicted pain.
If you decide to listen to a crappy station, don’t come here and complain that it’s being crappy.
Just a thought…does it seem like the Sox have already won their "world series" and anything they do after this is completely anti-climactic? I just get the sense that they have all conveniently forgotten there is one more series to win before 86 years of getting it wrong is finally over.
I cannot believe I want the Astros to win as much as I do.
Dave – if I’d known the owner is a Cards’ fan, I’d never have spent so much money there over the years.
Say hello to your new 3rd base coach
Walt, he’s a good guy, but he really likes the Cardinals. We’ve had some dandy battles over the years. He’s had hotel reservations at The Marriott for several months for the days the Series is in the NL town. I told him we could still go down there even though the Cardinals will have been eliminated, then we can use that as our base for an East St.Louis excursion.
Wow. Telendar puts his daughter on his radio show and he’s puting her in the "spotlight?"
This show is not Leno or Lettermam. This show is not even Regis and BlondeDumbTwat. The show does, at best, a 3 rating. And that was with Hot Dog Boy at the helm!
BFD. He put his kid on the air for 7 minutes. Do what I do. Listen to Roe without Garry or ESPN 1000.
To be sure, if you want to put your daughter in the spotlight, Ivy Chat is the proper place!
Chuck, no love?
Sorry, Steve. Ever since you made those cracks about multiple sclerosis years ago, I’ve given you less time than Hot Dog Boy. Too bad, tho. I like Buzz and Wendy.
Here’s one of the reasons the Lofton curse theory sounds familiar.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1096926608671&call_pageid=970599119419
Wendy? Roe Conn?
Chuck, I don’t believe you and I have ever met.
tennis anyone?
We obviously helped out that tennis player’s chest there. Yikes.
Quick, need some Eliza or Maria Sharapova to get that searing medical school scan out of my head. Need soft, supple breasts please. Hurry. I am Not Sloth.
Let’s go Bears!
Sorry Cub fans, we shit the bed. GO RED SOX!
This will be the year I can finally get some rest.
I am willing to say the following:
Do not trade Sosa!
At least, not for Kevin Brown…puckered, inflamed anus that he is…
Kevin will spend the year napping on the DL. I don’t see a downside here.
Right on Andy. Besides, Sloth, Brown’s an ass but he wouldn’t be the 800 lb. gorila that Sosa was able to grow into in the 12 years he was here. Sosa’s not just an ass but, because of his status in Chicago, he has become King Ass Of The First Order. There is nobody alive who would walk into the Cubs’ clubhouse and assume that level of assness.
Ass.
Seabiscuit’s Jockey wrote in today’s Tribune that Sammy’s boom box was destroyed with a bat by a teammate on the final day of the season. Dan Bernstein, citing unnamed sources, is speculating that Mark Prior was the culprit.
I love that stuff like that comes out 4 weeks later. Can we have Kenny Lofton back now? Curse aside? He called Sammy out last year. He was right.
As to Brown, a trade for him saves the Cubs at least $10 million over Sosa in lower salary and relief from severance costs. I’ll drive the limo to pick Brown up if it means getting rid of Sammy.
And then you can give Brown his unconditional release.
Aside: For the Sloth, an unconditional release is naked Britney and a slice of cheesecake.
Brown will still have trade value with other clubs. And if he doesn’t, just put him on the Roger Clemens schedule: show up every 5 days to pitch, and in the mean time don’t hang around here, or talk to anybody else on the team. That said, the Yankees are not going to trade for Sosa.
Looks like I support George W. Bush!
http://www.georgewbush.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=4008
I also endorse Bush!
I also signed the petition!
Does John Kerry have any Cubs endorsements?
We’re rich. We don’t wanna be taxed, dammitt.
So do I
Wouldn’t be surprising, since many of them are crazy religious freaks (like Michael Barrett and his talking to God on a airplane, or something) and also, they’re rich. Bush cuts taxes for at least the rich and thinks he’s a mission from God, so perfect match.
The story about a player smashing Sammy’s boom box came out right after the season ended. Kap and Waddle asked Stone about it on their show two weeks ago and all Stone would say was that it was a "prominent player" and not a pitcher.
By most accounts the three guys most pissed off when they found out Sammy had left were Barrett, Walker and Prior.
So it’s looks 50-50. My money’s on Walker.
I was asked on Dan Patrick’s show if A-Rod’s play in Game 6 was Bush League. I replied "more like Kerry League."
So I guess that’s an endorsement for George. F-you John Kerry, the idiot who still claims Eddie Yost was his favorite Red Sock.
And A-Rod, himself, gave $2K to George as well.
Our players have endorsed Osama bin Laden this year.
LaRussa’s pumped because he’s head Osama doesn’t eat meat.
Well, we know it wasn’t Alou, because a check-swing wouldn’t have smashed it.
Corey would have missed it.
Grudz would’ve fouled it off.
And Farns wouldn’t have used a bat, he would’ve just kicked it.
A black dude, a dyke and a Jew endorsing a racist, homophobic, anti-semitic lunatic who talks to God.
Nice.
By the way, a trade the Yankees would absolutely do is Sosa for Giambi.
It leaves you with different problems, but likely fewer.
I don’t think it was Walker. Walker isn’t enough of a red ass and may not be back next year. Barrett is the hand-picked guy of Hendry and has the political capital to do something like this.
How dare you call me a dyke!?!
Walker is an incredible red ass. Just ask his "pals" from the Twins, Rockies, Reds and Red Sox.
Oh, and Giambi’s contract is THREE years longer than I thought. If you think Sammy’s and 800 pound gorilla check this out.
2002: $8.0M (+$17.0M signing bonus paid over 6 years)
2003: $9.0M
2004: $10.0M
2005: $11.0M
2006: $18.0M
2007: $21.0M
2008: $21.0M
2009: Team option $22.0M or $5.0M buyout
Holy crap, Batman.
Jeezy Creezy, how old am I?
I’m too tired to wave anybody home.
Giambi may be an easy out. If he has to retire, or misses significant playing time, the team on the hook for the contract may get some relief.
Many teams take out insurance policies on players with huge contracts to provide payroll relief in the event of injury. If Giambi has to retire, it’s likely that the Yanks may have no further obligation and Lloyds of London (or other such) would be on the hook.
Wow. That Giambi contract is just brutal, even if he weren’t slowly dying from some mysterious virus.
My pick?
Rockies in 5.
You can’t get a contract of over four years insured anymore. He (or his next of kin) is going to get every last penny.
That said, a team could trade for him and make the Yankees eat part of that deal.
Say the Cubs traded Sammy for him and the Yankees are on the hook for all $36 million of Sammy and $20 million of Giambi’s, then the Cubs ONLY have to pay Giambi, FIFTY-SIX million dollars.
Yeah, I’d say Giambi’s a Yankee permanently.
Andy:
I think you are right on that. I vaguely remember hearing that. I wonder if you can get 4 years insured on a rolling basis?
Bruce Levine says I may be back next year at a discount.
Alou is back if Sosa goes. I guess there is a need for a Dominican buddy for A Ram.
On CSI last night drinking urine was a hot topic, and one of the guys in the lab told Catherine that, "When I played for the (Las Vegas) Stars, guys used to pee on their hands to toughen them up."
She made some stupid "remind me not to shake your hands" joke.
Somewhere, Moises was yelling at the TV in Spanish and trying to get his agent on the horn to sue CBS for misapplying his patent.
Oh, and if you missed "The Office" special on BBC America you have to watch it. Just hilarious. I watched it instead of the Cardinals and Astros. I had an enjoyable night.
In the special the idea is that the documentary team is going back to Slough to catch up with everybody two years after the show ended. David Brent is making public appearances, lost all his money on a hilarious music video, and selling something (a sponge?) door-to-door. Gareth is the new boss. Tim is still there pining for Dawn and she’s in Orlando with her loser fiance.
If she really was in Orlando, I’d get my brother and we’d go back to our favorite hangout in Orlando "The Stage Door Pub" and wait for her.
What a dump.
If you are intending to vote for a candidate based on the endorsement of that candidate by a professional athlete, entertainer or commentator, please do the world a favor and follow the instructions below:
1. Go to you kitchen.
2. Find a sharp object.
3. Stick it in your neck.
I never vote until Sean Penn tells me who to vote for.
That’s why I write-in Diane Feinstein for senate every year. She never wins in Illinois. Why?
Diane is too Jewish for Illinois. To be a Jewish senator you need to be from California, Connecticut or
Nebraska.
Does the fact that the Yankees owe Giambi $76 million for the nest four years scare them off of the rumored 6-8 years, $15-20 million per that Carlos Beltran wants? If the Yankees sign him, they’ll be paying something like $26 million to Giambi and the rotting corpse of Bernie Williams, plus whatever Lofton is signed for (it was a two-year deal, right?), to man the DH spot next year. That’s the payroll for your 2005 Milwaukee Brewers.
I thought Sean Penn was getting the vote out in Iraq. I’m voting for Lyndon LaRouche again.
"let’s take a quick poll!"
I have it on good authority that Sammy Sosa and Corey patterson just made pledges.
No way, Chuck, buddy. I ain’t givin’ my money to Carlos Beltran or anybody else for no reason, buddy. I resent the inference that I would.
Chuck, I am auctioning off the bat with which I tried to bash Sosa’s boombox with proceeds going to Beltran’s charity. Hollandsworth came over on his crutches later and aactually made contact.
Hey Chuck, re: Jewish Senators–Wisconsin has two, Minnesota has one.
Am I Catholic? How about another Chuck I know, Mr. Schumer?
I’m Jewish, too!I used to hang out with another Jewish senator, Mr. Metzenbaum of Ohio.
If I demand a trade to Montreal, won’t I make another?
Connecticut’s got the Joementum!!
I don’t know if anyone here has seen this,it was linked from a Red Sox site.Enjoy
Morans.
I fell for it right up until the last one. Classic.
It is a put on, right?
Oh, hell, who knows?
What, doesn’t everyone have a household pet named after Bo Hart???
I think Edmonds named a collie Bo…
My last three home runs have been off of Jon Lieber, Tom Gordon, and Crazy Julian Tavarez. Bring on Ray King!!
So Steve Kline, you wore out your welcome in St Louis now, too? The only place I could put you? Time to stew in a vat of urine for the rest of eternity, asswipe.
MVP! MVP! MVP!
We’re down 2-0, and we still haven’t seen Pedro.
Got them right where we want them…
Cub fans, don’t you wish you’d had a closer?
I’m crying about our hotel location.
R.B. FALLSTROM
Associated Press
BOSTON – The St. Louis Cardinals’ first World Series in 17 years has been a frustrating experience, at least on the road.
The Cardinals’ hotel for Red Sox home games is in Quincy, Mass., about a 30-minute drive from Fenway Park. The home team has the responsibility to arrange accommodations for the visitors, and the Cardinals set up the Red Sox at a hotel only three to four blocks from St. Louis’ Busch Stadium.
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa feels bad for his players, most of whom are playing in their first World Series. This is the Cardinals’ first World Series since 1987.
"It was real disappointing," La Russa said Sunday. "That’s why I suggested that we make the Boston hotel in Jefferson City (Mo.). Boston should have taken care of it."
Jefferson City – Missouri’s capital – is about 90 miles west of St. Louis.
The lowlight so far for La Russa came when the team bus arrived at the hotel about 2 a.m. Sunday after the 11-9 Game 1 loss. The hotel arranged to keep the dining room open for the Cardinals’ private use, but they weren’t happy with what they got.
"We walked in there and there was pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers and wings," La Russa said. "So, that was our guys’ first World Series experience."
General manager Walt Jocketty referred to the spread with disdain as "bar food." He also said it was nearly impossible to hail a cab from the hotel.
The Cardinals were told no downtown hotel had a large enough bloc of rooms to accommodate their traveling party because of a sailing regatta, the Head of the Charles. The weekend event was expected to draw 200,000 fans, 1,400 boats and 7,000 athletes.
The second of the Cardinals’ two team buses also got stuck at Fenway after the game because of a sport utility vehicle parked in its path, a 25-minute delay according to La Russa. For that, he suggested that the Red Sox’s team buses unload at the Gateway Arch, about a half-mile from Busch Stadium, and have the players walk the rest of the trip.
Ew, bar food! We wanted filet mignon!
Actually, I knew about the minion of Jewish senators and their respective states. I just thought that the idea of a Jewish senator from Nebraska of all places was too good a story to pass up.
Zorinsky was a good man. Died way too young.
…and another thing, why wasn’t there any toasted ravioli?
The chocolates they leave on our pillows aren’t big enough. There’s no X rated movies on the cable.
And, forget about trying to get a hooker this far out of town.
Hey, I have to hand it to Theo Epstein: the Red Sox’ "improved" defense really got the team to the World Series.
Whatever.
Nomar – How’s the reception?
Theo, shut and play your guitar. Your ass would have been grass if that trade didn’t turn out, and it’s not like the guys you got for me tore things up. You’d better kiss Papi’s ass.
Hey, Theo — it’s the pitching, moran.
Somehow, we’re doing a real good job, whereas the other team’s pitchers? Not so good. So we win!
Cardinals star 2nd baseman Bo Hart…hilarious.
I’m a little late to this one, but, yes, Chuck Schumer is Jewish.
And, as God is my witness, I have no idea who is running against him…
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