Leading in to the World Series, all the talk was how dominant the Detroit pitching staff had been and how they would be responsible for winning the World Series. Well, the experts were right. The Detroit pitching staff were responsible for the outcome of this World Series, but unfortunately their efforts on the field led to the St Louis Cardinals winning. During the World Series, the Tigers pitchers committed 5 errors, some of which led to runs scored by St Louis at pivotal moments in the game.

Prior to the series starting, I told my friend in St Louis that they would need to improve their hitting in order for them to have any shot at winning the series. However, the Cardinals didn’t really hit that well during the series, as seen in the stat box below. What does stand out is just how poorly the Tigers pitching was during the series - the same pitching staff that defeated the Yankees in 5 games and swept the A’s in 4 games walked a total of 23 Cardinals’ players on top of the aforementioned errors.

Forgetting the awful performance by the Tigers, it really was an incredible performance by a St Louis team that had the fewest wins (83-78) of any team to reach the post-season. They now have the honour of having the lowest amount of regular season wins in the same season they became World Series Champs.

Detroit gave St Louis a lot of opportunities during the series, and to the Cardinals credit, they took advantage of the situations and are now World Series Champs for the 10th time.

Albert Pujols great defensive play denied the Tigers

The celebrations begin for the first time since 1982

I know I have yet to write anything about Baseball, and that has a lot to do with the fact that nothing has really caught my eyes so far in the season. With all the controversy surrounding performance enhancing drugs within the league, I have been reluctant to really pour any energy into writing about Baseball when there are so many other events going on in the sporting world. That was until I saw highlights of yesterday’s match between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers, and in particular this catch by Gary Matthews Jr - easily one of the best catches I have ever seen.

Apart from the way he twists and turns his body when he is taking the catch, the fact that this catch prevents a 3-run homerun makes it that much better.