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Dodgers-Cardinals, Game 1:
Odalis Perez duels Woody Williams to a 2-2 standstill through 8 innings. Perez, of course, leaves with a No Decision, his 973rd of the season. The Dodgers push a run across in the 9th as Jose Hernandez strikes out, but reaches first on the wild pitch. Cesar Izturis bunts him over to second, but the runners move up to 2nd and 3rd when Tony Womack misses the throw. Jayson Werth strikes out, and Steve Finley hits a sac fly. Eric Gagne allows two singles in the bottom half, but strikes out Scott Rolen on a 2-2 changeup to end the game.
ESPN announcers, at the end of the game, point out that Barry Bonds is pretty good.
Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2
Dodgers-Cardinals, Game 2:
Albert Pujols gives Jeff Weaver whiplash as he blasts a pair of 3-run homers. The Dodgers fail to score, though Adrian Beltre gets 3 hits and draws a walk. Milton Bradley keeps the game from getting even more out of hand, when he brings Jim Edmonds' would-be homer back into the park. As he's jogging off the field, Bradley stops to give a motivational speech to two young boys in the front row. Sadly, neither of them hear, as they have both already fainted in terror at Milton's approach. Furious at the snub, Bradley slams the ball down.
The ESPN telecast misses it all as they show highlights of Barry Bonds' 700th home run instead.
Cardinals 6, Dodgers 0
Dodgers-Cardinals, Game 3:
Jose Lima, as twitchy as ever, manages to perform, completely by accident, a bizarre dance on the mound that selectively hypnotizes right-handed Cardinals batters. Jim Edmonds hits a 2-run homer, but Alex Cora hits a grand slam after a 37-pitch at-bat in which he fouls off 35 straight pitches, including one off the metal plate in Don Zimmer's head, a feat made even more miraculous by the fact that Zimmer is in Tampa at the time.
ESPN announcers ponder the channel's rumored name change to BBN -- All Barry, All The Time
Dodgers 4, Cardinals 2
Dodgers-Cardinals, Game 4:
Cesar Izturis saves the day when he turns an unassisted triple play in the top of the 9th. Fans, players and umpires are so in awe of his range that no one notices he was actually sitting in the dugout at the time opening a bag of sunflower seeds. The play ends a 9-8 thriller highlighted further by a 9-run bottom of the 8th for the Dodgers, during which Milton Bradley not only hits a 3-run homer but kisses a baby and donates $100,000 to charity between 3rd and home.
Unfortunately, no one sees any of this because ESPN was showing Barry Bonds taking a nap in his Barcalounger.
Dodgers 9, Cardinals 8
Odalis Perez duels Woody Williams to a 2-2 standstill through 8 innings. Perez, of course, leaves with a No Decision, his 973rd of the season. The Dodgers push a run across in the 9th as Jose Hernandez strikes out, but reaches first on the wild pitch. Cesar Izturis bunts him over to second, but the runners move up to 2nd and 3rd when Tony Womack misses the throw. Jayson Werth strikes out, and Steve Finley hits a sac fly. Eric Gagne allows two singles in the bottom half, but strikes out Scott Rolen on a 2-2 changeup to end the game.
ESPN announcers, at the end of the game, point out that Barry Bonds is pretty good.
Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2
Dodgers-Cardinals, Game 2:
Albert Pujols gives Jeff Weaver whiplash as he blasts a pair of 3-run homers. The Dodgers fail to score, though Adrian Beltre gets 3 hits and draws a walk. Milton Bradley keeps the game from getting even more out of hand, when he brings Jim Edmonds' would-be homer back into the park. As he's jogging off the field, Bradley stops to give a motivational speech to two young boys in the front row. Sadly, neither of them hear, as they have both already fainted in terror at Milton's approach. Furious at the snub, Bradley slams the ball down.
The ESPN telecast misses it all as they show highlights of Barry Bonds' 700th home run instead.
Cardinals 6, Dodgers 0
Dodgers-Cardinals, Game 3:
Jose Lima, as twitchy as ever, manages to perform, completely by accident, a bizarre dance on the mound that selectively hypnotizes right-handed Cardinals batters. Jim Edmonds hits a 2-run homer, but Alex Cora hits a grand slam after a 37-pitch at-bat in which he fouls off 35 straight pitches, including one off the metal plate in Don Zimmer's head, a feat made even more miraculous by the fact that Zimmer is in Tampa at the time.
ESPN announcers ponder the channel's rumored name change to BBN -- All Barry, All The Time
Dodgers 4, Cardinals 2
Dodgers-Cardinals, Game 4:
Cesar Izturis saves the day when he turns an unassisted triple play in the top of the 9th. Fans, players and umpires are so in awe of his range that no one notices he was actually sitting in the dugout at the time opening a bag of sunflower seeds. The play ends a 9-8 thriller highlighted further by a 9-run bottom of the 8th for the Dodgers, during which Milton Bradley not only hits a 3-run homer but kisses a baby and donates $100,000 to charity between 3rd and home.
Unfortunately, no one sees any of this because ESPN was showing Barry Bonds taking a nap in his Barcalounger.
Dodgers 9, Cardinals 8