Game 7

Is Oliver “Clothesoff” Perez (3-13, 6.55 E.R.A.) having the worst season of any pitcher ever to start a seventh game? Not that I think Randolph is wrong–Perez had a 139 ERA+ just 2 years ago, and in an all-hands-on-deck game it makes sense to start the pitcher with the highest upside, since nobody’s going to let a pitcher stay out there and get hammered.

Still, this is the one upside to the fact that I will be stuck giving an undoubtedly epochal lecture about Congress during the initial innings today…

…Rob Neyer, the man responsible for my first writing gig on the internets but nonetheless a fine man and writer, confirms that Perez is the worst game 7 starter evah. (“There are 94 pitchers in the study. Perez won three games this season, which places him 94th on the list. His winning percentage this season was .188, which is 94th on the list. His career winning percentage is .411, which is 94th on the list. His career ERA is 4.67, which is 93rd on the list.”)

By the way, is Tony LaRussa, Super Genius (TM) hitting the beyond-shot Edmonds cleanup again? I certainly hope so…

…or, hey, Juan Encarnacion hitting cleanup, even better!

…regrettable to see Wright strike out on that 5-0 pitch.

…my sentiments exactly. Well, a classic game, congrats to the Cardinals, and all that. And because of my professional responsibilities, I’ve only had one whisky.

“Oh Krusty, you can be so cruel when you’re sober.”
“I’ll fix that!”