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I'm going to quit giving Cards updates because everybody else is as well. Must be that ESPN2 is caring the game in Illinois.

Pierre leadoff single. Yippee!

He's not a switch-hitter. He's a good right-hander and a bad left-hander mixed into one.

This guy has a WHIP of about 2.00.

Now can somebody just deposit a ball in that short porch down the right-field line?

Dodgers knuckleballer is getting rocked. They need to take him out.

And Ankiel hits a two-run HR. 3-2 STL. Great.

He should have been taking a strike before he swung at anything. The guy was all over the place, not just walking guys.

Yep. Albert is getting angry with these high strike calls.

I think the plate ump is having some trouble with the knuckler. He's giving him some high strikes against the Cards. Fine by me.

Fontenot, Hill, Miles. I'll raise you Blanco, Hill, Miles Corey Patterson, Todd Hundley, Aaron Miles. You should get a week suspension for even mentioning Toddy Hundley. So Hundley is worse than Miles?

Fontenot, Hill, Miles. I'll raise you Blanco, Hill, Miles Corey Patterson, Todd Hundley, Aaron Miles.

You guys may want to try to access mlb.tv by clicking on the WGN radio feed in the Media Center and then selecting the WCIU tv feed once the radio feed starts working. Mine is working just fine now, running on 6 and 7 bars.

That inning was annoying. Weak 3-1 grounder from Bradley. Bad AB by Fox and Fontenot can't get the big 2 out hit.

Wow, Gonzalez looks short next to Lee.

And Pujols ties it by smashing his weak knuckler.

Yup nice play. This 2nd time around I expect the Cards to mash Haeger. His knuckle isnt really doing anything The play he made was on a knuckler that was smashed.

Did anybody else see that nice play by Furcal to end the top of the 3rd?

Well that was awesome.

I always run standard on 2 bars, but that's because I'm connected wirelessly I'm wireless but I always run 6 or 7 bars.

I'm running on two bars with mlb.tv. What about the other Premium subscribers?

For the mlb.tv people. Go to the media center. Click on the WGN radio feed and then once that starts working select the WCIU TV feed. It worked for me. EDIT: Nevermind. Apparently it's just working now, although poorly.

I know. What is going on tonight?

With the exception of everything you said here, I agree. Even mired in his worse slumps, Soriano should never be bunting. For one, the resources needed to teach him to bunt can be much better used elsewhere in his game or with other players. Secondly, and most importantly, if Soriano is up with a runner on, the minute chance he gets a hold of one and puts multiple runs up with that appearance outweighs any benefit of a productive out in any situation, really. The only time a bunt is acceptable, IMO, is to avoid a dp with the pitcher up or the 8 hitter to be followed by a PH. The "manufacturing runs" philosophy is truly an awful one, even for a struggling offense. The bunt is definitely useful in more situations than the ones you just mentioned. There were many times when Barry Bonds was at the plate with an important run on third and the third baseman was shifted way towards short. In that situation they are giving you a run if you put the bunt down. Sure you don't do it in the 4th, but if it's the 7th, 8th, or 9th and that run is important, he should be putting the bunt down. Not to mention, if he started putting some bunts down they would have to take the shift off and that would make them play Bonds straight up. The Soriano situation is meant for 8th, 9th, or extra innings only and when one or two runs is very important.

Who wants to bet that this doesn't happen?