October 14, 2002
Tony LaRussa: Genius. After watching a visibly tired (at least to me) Matt Morris put three straight men on base (two singles and a HBP) before giving up the game-tying sac fly to Barry Bonds in the bottom of the 8th, LaRussa leaves Morris in to bat with one out in the ninth. Morris, of course, struck out. In the bottom of the inning, Morris got the first two outs in the ninth before giving up two singles (including one to Holy-Crap-Is-He-Still-Around Player of the Year Shawon Dunston, who broke into the bigs as part of a Cubs infield that included Ron Cey and Leon Durham), then was relieved by Steve Kline, who threw a fat, game-losing pitch to Kenny Lofton.
The early Donk line on the series: Anaheim over San Francisco in six, though that may change once I actually sit down and think about it. My prediction is based on the idea that Anaheim will be better equipped to take advantage of the numerous opportunities that the Cards let slip away, plus the pitching looks stronger.
The early Donk line on the series: Anaheim over San Francisco in six, though that may change once I actually sit down and think about it. My prediction is based on the idea that Anaheim will be better equipped to take advantage of the numerous opportunities that the Cards let slip away, plus the pitching looks stronger.
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