Rangers blank Cardinals ... World Series tied 2-2.

by scottnak on Oct 23, 2011 8:15 PM PDT in Angels Postgame

ARLINGTON, TX - OCTOBER 23: The Texas Rangers celebrate in the dugout after a three-run home run in the sixth inning by Mike Napoli #25 of the Texas Rangers during Game Four of the MLB World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on October 23, 2011 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

The Cardinals were silenced for all but two hits.

Can't say anything less than "Holland was stellar".
He was pulled with just 2 outs left for the CGSO... but I suppose it worked out well. (If you don't mind the slight heart-attackish end to the game)

Josh Hamilton's double in the first was all the Rangers needed really, but Napoli shined in the 6th with a 3-Run Home Run to emphasize the victory.

The final score was 4-0... and the series is all tied up at 2. We'll be seeing a game 6 in St. Louis for sure now. The question is... who will be leading going into Missouri??

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All tied up again!

At this point lets just go to 7 games...

40 votes

C'mon cards! Get it done tomorrow and wrap it up in 6

79 votes

I don't think the Rangers are gonna be stopped...

74 votes

193 votes | Poll has closed

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Best 2 out of 3.

This is what baseball is all about.

My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General

by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Oct 23, 2011 8:25 PM PDT reply actions

Damnit damnit damnit damnit damnit damnit

Years later, Clutch still needs to chill.
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by cardinalwraith on Oct 23, 2011 8:28 PM PDT reply actions

Every Napoli success should fester in Soth's gut like a friggin' marinara-sauced ulcer

Napoli is Reggie Jacksonian, the new Mr. October. Meanwhile, we’re saddled with a catcher who makes Mario Mendoza look like Ty Cobb and baseball’s contractual version of Heaven’s Gate.

"I'm Tony Reagins. People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks. Years later, a doctor will tell me that I have an I.Q. of 48 and am what some people call mentally retarded."

by PieceOfAase on Oct 23, 2011 9:26 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

The movie that sunk UA, not the whackjob death cult of the same name.

by PieceOfAase on Oct 23, 2011 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Meanwhile...

Lyle Spencer turned his troll-cannon to full blast:

Life ain’t fair. This is the Napoli that Scioscia spent years molding.

Oh.. hah hah..

Nap was my boy. Ask him next time you see him.

Wait. No. No more. NO MORE. SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU DIRTY HO CATCHER GROUPIE.

What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.

by clover_black on Oct 23, 2011 9:37 PM PDT reply actions

Why won't Mathis be molded in this fashion?

by TheKingfish on Oct 23, 2011 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions

screw Mathis, the hack

by AngelsHIMYMfan on Oct 23, 2011 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Brilliant spin

Mike Scioscia is like the genius sculptor who is too great even for his own work. He’ll spend years molding and perfecting, and when the masterpiece is finally ready to be unveiled, he smashes his own creation back into dust. It’s an existential statement about the nature of his art—too good for this world, always improving yet never completed. What the master creates the master alone can destroy.

Mike Napoli doesn’t undermine Mike Scioscia’s legacy. No, he only enhances it! He can do no wrong, for all his wrongs become good.

by Suboptimal on Oct 23, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

World Series MVP???

May it be Mike Napoli if the Rangers do win.
How awesome will that be having to hear about Naps all spring training if we do in fact Tender Mathis. Either way, Scioscia will have to hear Napoli’s name about 100,000 times.

by leemoulton on Oct 23, 2011 9:46 PM PDT reply actions

Tender Mathis

ironically, a duet by Lyle and Mike.

What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.

by clover_black on Oct 23, 2011 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

Duet

Only if Kim Ng catches them singing it in the locker room shower together (and records it).

by leemoulton on Oct 23, 2011 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Sosh must be eating loads of pasta during this World Series, I know I have to move on past Naps...

but I just can’t help it with the production he’s having this world series and ughhhh why did we get VerNONE Wells again….

by AngelsHIMYMfan on Oct 23, 2011 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions

So...

How is everybody going to feel when Napoli enters the HoF with a Rangers hat?

by YouthofToday on Oct 23, 2011 9:55 PM PDT reply actions

About as shitty as The Express entering as a Ranger

Buzzie’s Folly.

by PieceOfAase on Oct 23, 2011 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions

So on that note

Napoli stands to be the Folly of Sosh and TR

"The older I get, the more I learn, the more I hate how useless old rich people are at doing things correctly." ~ Phislamma

Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 17-12

by blast21dave on Oct 24, 2011 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions

I hate when people whine about the strike zone,

so feel free to bash me for doing it now. Did it strike—no pun intended—anyone else that this game seemed a bit of an umpire makeup, for the Cards getting the breaks in the first and third games? I swear Holland had nearly a foot inside to right handers called strikes (especially third strikes), and six inches outside, while Jackson had to throw it right down the middle.

Holland looked sharp, but it sure helps when your strike zone is different than the other guy’s.

Interestingly, Fox hardly ever showed the pitch tracker, but whenever they did, it confirmed my suspicions.

by Rock Island Line on Oct 24, 2011 8:05 AM PDT reply actions