St. Louis Cardinals can do better
Posted on April 5, 2007
Filed Under Baseball, Sports News
ST. LOUIS - The Cardinals have been unlucky in the last games, playing sluggishly and loosing game after game. They scored two runs through out three games against the New York Mets. “Two runs in three nights, we’re better than that,” manager Tony La Russa said. “We have to be better than that if we expect to have a season in contention. I think we’ll fix it, sooner rather than later.”
Wednesday night’s 10-0 defeat was the most discouraging, and these three nights were the Cardinals’s worst nights of the season.On the opening night the team was stopped by Tom Glavine, to be encouraged. In the second game Orlando Hernandez’s array of off-speed pitches destroyed every hope of winning for the Cards.
John Main by the other hand played very well for his 25th big - league game an certainly was remarked, but his skills don’t match either Glavine or Hernandez. Maine was very dominant against the Cardinals, outmatching the starts of other veteran Mets players.
“Give Maine credit,”La Russa said. “But we’re capable of much better production.”
“Think about it, we got one rally all night. That just isn’t making enough happen. We’re better than that.” He was trying to keep a good moral state for the players, and doesn’t take this as the ending of the world, the team can still make a difference.
For a true fan who knows the history of the team, looking beyond those three games, it isn’t so hard to say “They are better than this!” and trust the St. Louis Cardinals sustaining them in the future.
