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Originally posted by BigCityStripper
And whoever posted that the Padres will win the series against St. Louis (1 win would be the most optimistic I'd go with) must not either understand the sport of baseball or is on enough drugs to OD Mick Jagger.
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No, I understand the sport of baseball just fine, thanks
Reasons why I still say the Padres can beat the Cardinals:
1.) We won 3 out of 4 IN St. Louis this year (yes we lost 2 or 3 in SD, but that was also the month we went 8-18
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2.) We have Woody Williams on the team, who has big game pitching experience (although I don't know why Bochy has not put him in the first three games of the rotation)
3.) We have Jake Peavy & Khalil Greene - enough said
While this team doesn't have much in the way of playoff experience together, they've persevered through the "weak" NL West with a number of injuries to key players throughout the entire season (one of the Opening Day starters was out for two months BEGINNING opening day), managed to play over .700 baseball in the month of May (with those injuries), and beat
contending teams (including the Nationals, Braves, and Houston) during the course of the entire season.
So they didn't go 95-67, or even 90-72 for that matter...they're still in the playoffs, like it or not, and everyone starts off with an even record. All San Diego has to do is win three games - and they've already shown they can go into St. Louis and win there.
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