Game 6 "Live" Blog

By JP

This will be a "live" blog in the sense that I will update the blog after each half inning.

Just a quick note: I am literally updating this as the game goes on. I changed tenses (sometimes past tense, sometimes present tense) throughout and I apologize for that. However, due to the extreme length of this post, I am not going to go back through and make changes. Again, I apologize for this.

Pre-game
The game hasn't even started yet, but I feel, outside of Pedro Martinez, the TBS crew has basically handed the game to LA. Hanley Ramirez is playing in the game now and Clayton Kershaw is pitching, so it's game over, LA wins.

They seem to be making a big deal about the Cardinals not liking Yasiel Puig acting like an immature rookie and Keith Olbermann made some ignorant comment about Cardinals fans revering Ozzie Smith and Smith did back flips when running onto the field. which is basically a celebration. Uh, no, Olbermann, it isn't the same thing. Smith didn't do a back flip after getting a big hit or hitting a home run. It was between innings.

Self Admiration and a Fist Pump

By JP

Don Mattingly, manager of the LA Dodgers, recently responded to Carlos Beltran's assertion that Yasiel Puig was irksome in his celebration. Jayson Stark of ESPN basically said that it's OK for Yasiel Puig to celebrate like that because he's...just...that...good. With all due respect to Mr. Stark (since he makes a living talking a baseball and I do this blog in my spare time at midnight and often from the bathroom because that's the only place that I can get any peace and quiet), I disagree. To an extent. 

I, too, will let Yasiel Puig off the hook. But based on logical reasons, not reasons that have to do with a players talent. I am not upset at Puig simply because he's young, immature, and has only been playing half a season at the Major League level. He got overly excited and made a dumb mistake. A mistake you ask? He hit a standup triple! That he did, that he did. Except, if Puig hadn't stood there admiring the ball, he could have had an inside the park home run. There is no doubt he has natural ability and will be a superstar within the next year or two.