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1. Jeff Weaver must establish the fact that he is capable of throwing curve balls for strikes. If he can get his breaking ball over, he’ll be very effective again tonight.  He got better as the night went on, but it was too late.
2. The Cardinals need to score early again tonight, this time to establish the fact that they can score against a soft-tossing lefty. We finally figured out Glavine, and Rogers is Glavine with a few extra MPH and a little less movement on his pitches.  No.
3. Make Kenny Rogers throw a lot of pitches - If we can get to the Detroit bullpen before the seventh inning, we have a solid chance to win. If the Tigers can throw Rodney, Zumaya, and Jones in innings 7, 8, and 9, we could be in trouble.  He did, but over a span of 8 innings.
4. Stay loose - we looked good last night, but tonight’s another night, and the boys know this would be a big win. We have to maintain that carefree attitude, otherwise we’ll score very few runs.  Tighter than spandex.
I just witnessed the first World Series game win of my life that I can remember. Tough sentence to understand I know, but I was born on game 1 of the 1982 World Series, so obviously I don’t remember that series, and I really don’t remember the 1985 or 1987 series. This is a sweet feeling, and wouldn’t it be great to go back to St Lou up 2-0?  It would be great, but it’s not to be.  Going back with a split is just fine with me, especially with Carp and Soup taking the hill in games 3 and 4.  We should get at least one of those games at home, and if we don’t, we really don’t deserve to win the series.  Enjoy your flight back into warmer weather (I hope) boys.

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