which of course was historic and having the lowest winning percentage of anyone world s series champs. they had a couple of eight game losing streaks during this season. i will be darned if cardinals are not turning the page. the 2006 cardinals team did very well in september. i think we spend a lot of time in baseball talking about power hitters and pitchers that throw 104 miles per hour. we don t spend enough time talking about aggressive base running. that s why this team has been so fun to watch over the last month. they are tearing it up on
the best manager in major league baseball history. definitely. it s unlike most teams. it s unlike the team earlier in the year. the team earlier in the year had an identity of being scrappy, of being in any game of making these miraculous comebacks when they were down and now their identity is bad base running, bad swing and misses on pitches outside the strike zone. and a bullpen that every time they come out i m convinced they re going to blow a lead, i m going to have a heart attack. this is the fundamentals of the game they are failing at and this doesn t make sense because cora, when he was a player, that was his bread and butter, he was not the most talented player but what kept him in the league was he was good in the fundamentals. he imparted that on his team but
nightmare. take a watch. no chance to get them. routed to third, smooth as silk and craig will ocome off the bag well actually shouldn t be laughing as it s not a bad idea. oh my. oh my goodness. there was nobody at first. no way. clever running base xavier who turned what should have been an easy out into a run scored and a double after the game they said he, quote, just impro-advised to me it looks like something out of a little league game. i thought you couldn t slide into first. has that ever happened before? will: i have not seen that particular end one a double xavier by as. i don t know if it s his wonderful base-running or just terrible defense. carley: let s go with the positive he did a good job.
city, some nifty base running. successfully avoiding the tag, the go ahead run in the sixth inning. that s all the rays would need hanging on to defeat the royals 2-1. back to you. all right. thanks. still ahead, much more on the violence that has broken out in gaza as the u.s. opened its embassy there in jerusalem. we re going to be following developments across the territories as authorities call for a nationwide strike and more protests are expected to happen. we ll have a lot more when we come right back. but if that s n, we offer our price match guarantee too. and if that s not enough. we should move. our home team will help you every step of the way. still not enough? it s smaller than i d like. we ll help you finance your dream home. it s perfect. oh, was this built on an ancient burial ground? okay. then we ll have her cleanse your house of evil spirits. we ll do anything, (spiritual chatter)