Baseball

Today Jake and I went on some errands after the Cardinals game. On one stop at the bank the teller asked him what he was up to today. Jake responded with one word - baseball. For the wild card game and games 1 and 2 of the NLDS I have been scheduled to work and have tried to get creative with asking people to pick up parts of my shifts, using half of vacations days, taking my lunch during the games... But I have the next 2 days off and I plan to do not much more than watch baseball all day and I couldn't be happier!

I am so excited my Cardinals are back in the postseason again this year! It's so exciting to see my team do so well. Especially since Pujols left us. People thought we wouldn't be as great. But look as us now. We're up 2 games to 1 in the NLDS against the team with the most wins in the regular season. Carpenter is fresh off his surgery and pitching shutout games. Wainright is back in our rotation this season. Did anyone else feel nostalgic watching Yadi run up to Waino on timeouts. That's the exact picture of the final out of the World Series in 2006 when he was our closer. Garcia was pulled early in game 2, but no worries. Lance Lynn took over and did well. Our bullpen is reliable. Our offense is amazing. Chris Carpenter was a foot short of knocking a solo hr in game 3.  Freese had 2 standup doubles and is still reliable at the plate. Kozma hitting a 3-run homer today. Nice to have a solid shortstop. Beltran knocking 2 HRs in game 2. What a great pickup he was last off season. Sorry Berkman couldn't stick around long enough for the after party. I am excited to see how far Matheny can take this team.

I just hope I can afford it all this year!

Go Cards!