Chalk Talk

Yeah, it was a fair ball. Yeah, Poo-holes caught the ball in game 1. Not even an NBA ref's make up call could even this one out better.

Mike Kiley reports on the required LaRussa's mind games. This time, Tony goes after Kerry Wood. "He likes to scare people,'' La Russa said. "I've heard he likes to hit people. His team will straighten that out because nobody takes that. Not the Cardinals. No team in baseball takes that.'' Smart play by LaRoooooosa given Kerry's mental makeup. Dumb because the Cards don't see Wood again this year.

Grace Less

Kiley goes on to ask Sammy Sosa about 1998 vs. 2003.
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Sosa was vague with the comparison, but he sounded as though he was happier with this team.

''We got great chemistry in the clubhouse,'' he said. ''Everybody is happy. Everybody is together. We don't point fingers at nobody. We're like a family. That's what I really like.''
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I wonder who he's talking about? Girardi?

No starter announced for Thursday. If it's Juan Cruz, on three days rest, over Estes, then Dusty Baker needs to do some 'splainin on why the kid was left in the minors all year.

A freaky story courtesy of Drudge. This one is right out of 24. Seems a pizza deliver guy robbed a bank with a bomb. The bomb was around his neck attached to a locked collar. FBI investigators are trying to determine if he was acting as a hostage of a third party.