I'm off to the All-Star FanFest today with the fam. Should be a really fun event, and I'm excited for everyone who gets to go courtesy of the Wilson Sporting Goods Giveaway. I'll be sure to post some pics and have more commentary tonight.
The Cardinals won a game they were supposed to win yesterday. Today is a little iffy, especially considering Ted Lilly is a lefthander and has been on fire at Wrigley.
My three keys to the game:
1.) Work the Count. Ted Lilly has been dynamite at the beginning of the game this year. As his pitch count rises, however, opponents' OBP goes up incrementally. The more pitches we see, the better chance we have of tiring his arm. And getting into that flawed Cub bullpen.
2.) Aggressive baserunning. The Cardinals are going to need every baserunner they can get today and take advantage of getting them into scoring position. Historically, Koyie Hill hasn't been tremendous at catching baserunners, so the opportunity is there to swipe some bags. Don't confuse aggressive baserunning with stupid baserunning. There's a fine line between the two.
3.) Get Scoring Early. The Cards don't have a lot of wiggle room in terms of winning a low-scoring game with Brad Thompson pitching, so the best strategy is to get on the scoreboard early. I don't really think that's a strategy, though. I mean, why wouldn't you try to get on the board early? Does trying to actually make it more likely to happen? I hate when FOX puts something like this on the screen.
So that's two keys, and one redundant statement that we already assumed would be in Coach's playbook. Insightful.
Enjoy the game today, assuming there's no rain.
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