''We got up to take the dogs for a walk and when two beagles don't want to go outside, I don't see how baseball players would see this as a real good day to be playing,'' he said. ''It was snowing and 18 degrees, not very conducive for baseball.''
Yes, the Phillies/Rockies game was postponed on account of snow. Imagine if they were one of the teams that can potentially play in November. Meanwhile, the Cards were swept, with the wrap-up a tad snarky:
The Dodgers were already up 3-0 in the third inning when starter Joel Pineiro dropped Pujols' simple toss at first for an error on James Loney 's grounder for the lifeless Cardinals beset by bad play this series.
Holliday, who dropped a fly ball for what would have been the final out of Game 2, got a standing ovation from a sellout crowd of 47,296 before his first at-bat with two men on and one out in the first. Then he tapped out to the mound. Pfft.
The summary makes a point that the Cards were 1-9 after they wrapped up their division. This underlines a point: a team should stay flexible and in game shape, showing one problem with long layoffs. We also have one of those many personal stories found in sports:
Padilla, designated for assignment by the Rangers in early August [personal problems], was 4-0 the final month with the Dodgers before shutting down the Cardinals on four hits over seven innings in his first career postseason appearance. After escaping a bases-loaded jam in the first inning he was dominant, retiring 19 of 21 hitters against a team he last faced in 2003.
The Dodgers struggled some down the pike, but ended strong by winning the final series against the Rockies. We will see if a lay-off matters now.
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* Kennedy's interview was broadcast first and he does come of as interview friendly, if perhaps a bit patronizing. Sotomayor, who has had a bit of overexposure (I went to a local supermarket and her picture was on the cover a small booklet in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month), also came off well. Ginsburg was her usual soft spoken, somewhat frail (but clearly with a tough core) looking self. Breyer comes off like one of his questions -- a personable law professor. And, I skipped O'Connor, since she too has been a bit overexposed lately, giving a lot of interviews and so forth after she retired.