Cardinals beat Tigers, 7-2.

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I know that everyone east of the Mississippi has already read Mitch Albom's gloomy account, so I won't go into actual game details.

Jess and I were on the way to a party I'd agreed to attend two weeks ago, and Sam called us as we walked. "Just started," he said. "We got a run." Excellent I thought, like Mr. Smithers, and we turned off the cel phone like good guests.

The party as a lot of fun... we hadn't seen Bridie and Jessica in about a month, and they'd prepared a whole tablefull of delicious food], including little pumpking pie crepes, pumpkin seeds, cheese-and-beer bread, and pumpkin rum punch (served out of a pumpkins). We spent awhile getting to know everyone and moving between two or three rooms. But I'd also promised to meet Scott for the second half of the game at his apartment over by 4th, so Jess and I left at about 9:30. The walk was quick and brisk, the sky was clearing, what a gorgeous evening...

We got to Scott's at the end of the seventh. The game had passed much more quickly than I thought it would due to the fact that the Cardinal's rookie pitcher made it through the game with some ninety pitches.

Well, that sucks.

If there's always good cause to avoid getting too cocky, it's just as fair to call yourself an optimist. Remember that the White Sox and the Tigers were schooling the Twins all season until the midway point, when they gingerly shuffled the White Sox out of contention and the Tigers into the Wild Card slot. The Twins were then spanked by the A's. The A's were then spanked by the Tigers. The Mets were spaking everyone left-and-right, but fell to the Cardinals in the critical inning of critical innings. My point being, momentum has been a big deal this season but it has also had a tendency to cut out at the decisive moment. While the Tigers had the winning streak, they also had the week off. The Cardinals are ripe to be turned-off any day now.

All I'm saying is, it's premature to be wailing and gnashing teeth.

Tonight Kenny Rogers opens for the Tigers.

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