Giants / Marlins NLDS series autopsy


Apologies to 3 Billion year old Jack McKeon for all the cracks about his age.

When was the last time we saw a playoff series conclude on a home plate collision? Has anyone looked so totally Cedeno-esque not once but twice in a series as Jose Cruz Jr.? Is Alou's failure to pinch run for JT Snow in the top of the 9th in Game 4 as glaring an error as the green light Snow was given? Amidst all the replays of Pudge's amazing job blocking the plate and absorbing Snow's blow, not as much analysis of how shallow Hammond's line drive was and how well positioned Conine was to throw a one-hop strike.



Other than that, Pudge's stock went up big time in the last 48 hours. From his handling of the Marlins staff, to his big night with the bat on in Game 3, to his coming out on top in opposite roles in two plate collisions in Game 4, I-Rod gets the MVP award they don't bother to hand out in the Division Series.

Posted: Sat - October 4, 2003 at 11:37 AM      

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