My Theory Was Right! Or At Least Not Wrong!

Incredibly, after overcoming not only my February tweet that they would be missing the playoffs because of Adam Wainwright's Tommy John surgery, not only being out 10 1/2 games at the end of August, but also me picking against them in BOTH the NLDS and NLCS, the St. Louis Cardinals are going to the World Series. And in a surprise to no one, least of all myself, my theory again held in Game 6, which the Cards won 12-6 - although, in the interest of full disclosure, I once again blew the pick (Brew Crew in 7). Sunday night's stats are below.

STL: 9-24 (.375), 7 runs, 8 RBIs (plus 1 that Yadier Molina brought around on a fielder's choice error)
MIL: 7-26 (.269), 6 runs, 5 RBIs

5-5

Another day, another instance of my NLCS theory not being proven wrong. The Cardinals won Game 5, 7-1, and here are the rest-of-lineup stats:

STL: 5-22 (.227), 6 runs, 2 RBIs (Jaime Garcia also brought in 2 on a 2-out error by Jerry Hairston Jr.)
MIL: 8-25 (.320), 1 run, 1 RBI

So again, it's something of a wash - while the rest of the Brewers hit better, they had nowhere near the run production of the rest of the Cardinals. And again, I can at least say that my theory hasn't been proven wrong.

The Eags are on a bye this week. Maybe that will give Gene some time to think - and then promptly realize he has to fire Spaz.

And The Streak Goes On

Nothing much tonight, just your daily "Sean's NLCS Theory" update. As I'm writing this, the Cardinals are up 5-1 in the 7th inning of Game 5. As a recap, the Brewers won Game 4, 4-2. The stats:

MIL - 7-28 (.250), 3 runs, 3 RBIs
STL - 4-28, (.143), 1 run, 1 RBI

Needless to say, through 4 games, my theory's looking pretty good.

I Can Predict the Future

Admittedly, it's a small sample size - but what did I say yesterday? That the NLCS was going to be decided based on which team's lineup hit better beyond its superstars (STL's Murderers' Row of Pujols/Berkman/Holliday; MIL's 1-2 Punch of Braun/Fielder). Well, Milwaukee won Game 1 yesterday, 9-6...and the numbers don't lie.

*Rest of Cardinals' Lineup: 4-23 (.174), 5 runs, 3 RBIs
Rest of Brewers' Lineup: 8-27 (.296), 6 runs, 3 RBIs

*Granted, the Cardinals have one less batter with which to match up against the Brewers here. But it's the principle of the thing.
 
So yeah. At least in Game 1, my theory was given some weight. I'll keep tracking this, because A) I want to be proven right, and B) I'm now curious to find out if I in fact was right.