Random Thoughts of a Muddled Mind

The Tigers and the Cardinals (Sorry ARod…I was sort of hoping for your guys to make it) will face off Saturday night in Detroit for the first game of the 2006 World Series.

The last time these two teams hooked up in a World Series, it was one of the best in history.

The ‘68 Cardinal team was a great blend of talent, with names like Gibson, Carlton, Maris, Flood, McCarver, Brock, and Cepeda. I am sure glad this years team doesn’t have Bob Gibson on it.

A couple of interesting (to me, a baseball geek) things will happen in this series. Jeff Weaver and Juan Encarnacion will face off against the team that traded them away, and Scott Spiezio will likely come off the bench for the Cardinals against the Tigers, just like his Dad did back in the 1968 series.