That was the perfect pitch to Taveras. He jammed Taveras and got him to hit a lazy liner to Lee. Lee just barely missed it and would have gotten the easy double play.
The reason why Marquis can't take that consistency out to the mound on gameday is because he'd pretty much do nothing but throw straight down the middle, Bob.
That's mildly annoying. Or not. I'm not really sure. The Astros look like a better team than the Cardinals to me. The Astros have also been plenty lucky lately. They at least have the talent to back it up when it seems like they get a horseshoe crammed up their collective rear.
SEC Freshman of the Year out of Ole Miss in....2001 I think. Was the Rockies 2nd round pick in 2004. He was also Eli Manning's backup QB at Ole Miss. Which is funny because Todd Helton was Peyton's backup at Tennessee for a while. Smith was also the guy that Papelbon (from Mississippi State) struck out to end the WS last year. Prior to the Fukudome acquisition, he was a guy I was hoping the Cubs would explore as a RF option. He's put up good numbers in the minors.