Baseball DIY

I took a half-day from work yesterday to watch the Cards and Braves on ESPN. Aside from Harold Reynolds and John Kruk jabbering about God-knows-what, there wasn't much going on. The Braves jumped out to 5-0 lead in the third and then just kind of hovered. The Cardinals seemed incapable of much of anything. Albert did a whole lot of nothing, and Jeff Suppan got lit like a doobie in a high school parking lot. David Eckstein's arm at short made me feel better about my own. Rick Ankiel had a guest spot pinch-hitting for Suppan and grounded into a fielder's choice before being stranded at third. Some schnook named Duke Castiglione interviewed Ankiel the next inning and received short answers to dumb questions. Apparently Ankiel has developed quite the 'tude regarding the possibility of ever pitching again: he ain't gonna do it. The only "excitement" came in the Cardinals' half of the ninth, when the Cardinals scored one and loaded the bases before Cody McKay popped out to end it.

Now that I'm at work and can't watch the game, the Cards are up two on Baltimore.