Bases-loaded jams, suicide squeeze, timely double-plays — it was an exciting game all the way around. And of course, for a Cardinal fan like myself, the ending couldn’t have been any sweeter — the third straight NLDS win for the redbirds.
It’s on to Shea Stadium Wednesday night for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. Can the Cardinals pull another upset and knock off the Mets? It wouldn’t be the first time they surprised their critics.
A few personal tidbits:
Today my wife and I are celebrating our 12th wedding anniversary. On this day in 1994, we vowed to love, honor, and cherish each other until death do we part, and we are no less committed to each other today. I’d like to say we’re going to do something exciting to celebrate, but we have three kids, so, maybe if we’re lucky we’ll get to go out to dinner by ourselves for an hour.
I’m taking this week off from work to get some projects done around the house. With the electricity rate hike looming, I suddenly have a new motivation to insulate my attic. So that’s the biggest project I have on tap. Still, it will be nice having some time off work; I haven’t taken a vacation week since my son was born, about a year and a half ago.
On Friday I logged onto the city’s website to see the agenda for this Tuesday, as I usually do. As I was scanning down the consent agenda, I got a big surprise — I’m on it! Several months ago, I applied to be a part of the Heart of Peoria Commission at the suggestion of my city council representative. Shortly after that, they put a moratorium on commission appointments while Van Auken, Sandberg, and Morris did a thorough review of all the commissions. Sometime in the past few weeks, that moratorium was lifted and the mayor began making appointments again, and I’m being recommended for appointment to the HOP Commission. I have to admit, I’m pretty excited about it. It’s no secret that I’m a die-hard fan of new urbanism in general and the Heart of Peoria Plan specifically. This is an opportunity for me to make a real contribution to the implementation of the plan. There’s only so much you can do with a blog.
Finally, I’m hoping once again that the Cardinals can beat the Padres tonight behind Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter and advance to the NLCS to face the Mets. I’ll be honest, I’m very hopeful that the Cards can knock off the Padres, but I’m not very hopeful that they can beat the Mets. Of course, I want them to make it to the World Series, but realistically, the Mets this year will be awfully hard to beat. They can’t afford to have Chris Duncan miss a routine fly ball in left field against the Mets. Go Cardinals!