Great thing about Ted Lilly? As depicted in the picture to the right, he can clearly pull off British sideburns.Another great thing about Ted Lilly? He never quits.
Every morning, using his diamond edged razor to shave off his steel like stubble (which is later donated to scientific research), Ted looks at himself and says, "Hey Ted, it's Game 7 of the World Series, and even though you've pitched the last 6 games for 9 Innings, all for Wins, and even though you've had to pull a lot of strings to pitch the last 2 games in simulated fashion - even alternating between cities and renting out Yankee Stadium - that doesn't mean you can let your guard down for this Game Seven.... go get 'em." (Confused? So are we...but we're not Ted Lilly).
Teddy Baseball then grabs the proverbial hard hat and goes to work.
In a word--Pride. Ted has Pride. No doubt, this Cardinals series has to be a bit painful for our hero. No doubt, TL had this series circled in dried Cardinal blood on his calendar. No doubt, this could have been a huge series. But alas, this is not the case....at least in the "it could determine the NL Central kind of way."
TL takes the hump against the Cards tonight as a matter of pride. Pitch strong, get the win, and maybe mow down a Cardinal at the plate. That's what we're looking for and that's what we're going to get. We'll also take an egregiously large side order of "let's build a foundation for 2010" comments from Len and/or Bob (we're still hoping that Bob takes us up on our bet that he'll have to shave his stranger danger mustache if TL wins the Roberto Clemente Award).
Prejudice. That's our area. We hate the Cardinals, for prejudicial reasoning please view here. As such, regard all confrontation with these heathens as required viewing in full Cub's gear* (*full Cubs gear defined as a TL #30 jersey, chain mail armor and Cubs zubaz pants).
TLFCSC Prediction - 7 IP, 8 k, a Pujols HR (standard), 2 BB, 2-2 at the plate with a 2b, and 1 extremely scared Catching Molina Brother.
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"Typical Ted," catcher Koyie Hill said. "You know what he's going to do: locate, change speeds, keep them off-balance. That's why he wins so often."
Wow--Overnight Pete? Last we heard, you were running a fish monger house outside London.
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Ted Lilly deserved the win tonight! I mean, what does the man have to do to score a win? Geez. As your STL correspondent, I feel it is my duty to march to downtown STL right now and bitch slap Riot for getting picked off and Heilman for not being Ted Lilly.
Be back in an hour.
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