Bucknor, Cuzzi pay the price

[Kevin Finnerty]

You take an out away and place a runner on first instead, and you put your power pitcher in the stretch, and the one-run game is drastically different. You know that. That blown call is routinely defended the way it's being defended here, but it definitely was a major factor in that game going to Kansas City rather than St.Louis.

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

The call only cost them Game 6. Game 7 was lost due to piss poor performance. (I can't help but think of how Douglas C. Niedermeyer would say piss poor performance.)

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

His call in game 6 caused the Cards total collapse in game 7?

WOW!

Originally Posted by zm1283

The Cardinals actually collapsed at the end of Game 6 as well as in Game 7.

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

You take an out away and place a runner on first instead, and you put your power pitcher in the stretch, and the one-run game is drastically different. You know that. That blown call is routinely defended the way it's being defended here, but it definitely was a major factor in that game going to Kansas City rather than St.Louis.

Of course it was a factor, no one is denying that at all. It didn't "cost them the game". Wasn't there a uncaught infield pop up as well as a passed ball after the bad call?