Wow. WHAT a game for the Cardinals. It doesn’t get any sweeter than that. Carpenter was dominant on both sides of the ball, and Izzy closed the deal on the shutout in the 9th. The Cardinals offense had their big inning when they needed to take advantage, and they coasted behind Carpenter the rest of the way. What was Jesus Christ’s occupation back in the day? That’s right.

While you laugh or groan at that remark, let’s talk about how lifeless the Cubs were in this series. First of all, who is this guy Sosa? Is he supposed to be good? My grandmother can run the bases better than he can. He can’t score from second on a would-be double over Edmonds’ head, and he can’t score from second on an obvious bloop single over Luna’s head either.

How about Patterson lobbing that ball back into the infield on Matheny’s sac fly? He didn’t even care, didn’t even make a solid throw back into the infield. He knew the Cubs were done.

How about Alou slamming his helmet down after grounding out to short his first at-bat? You grounded out. Get over it — you’re playing St. Louis at Busch, so you’re going to lose.