World Series Game 6 Postponed

       Due to a chance of rain in St. Louis today, Game 6 of the 2011 World Series has been delayed for one day to hope for better. While one day might not seem like a lot of time to delay an MLB game, it really is. Giving an extra day's rest to the teams' pitching staff can cause for a big change in the game plan. The Cardinals are taking advantage of the delay and have decided to start Chris Carpenter after three days of rest after pitching 101 pitches in game 5 in Arlington. without the extra day's rest provided by the delay, Carpenter would not be pitching until Game 7 (if it was even necessary). Having Carpenter would greatly help the Cardinals chance of staying in the series.

        The strange thing about the delay is that it is not common for the MLB to postpone games because of possible weather problems. The teams are usually on a tight schedule during the regular season, so the game will only be delayed or postponed if weather actually causes problem during the game (or right before). So it makes sense that the MLB would stick to this idea even when the schedule does not require games to be cancelled on the spot. If pitchers are going to just get extra days of rest between series games, why not just space games out enough to let both teams put their best pitchers out every game? Part of what makes teams great is the depth of their pitching staff, which won't matter if the best pitchers get game time always. However, all of this may not help the Cardinals in the end. The last time Carpenter pitched with three days rest he was eaten up by the Phillies. Tune in on Thursday to see the outcome.

By Grayson N.

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Manny pacquiao VS. Juan Marquez

This November 12 Pacquiao is going to fight Marquez at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao has a record of 53-3-2, 38 KO's. Marquez has a record of 53-5-1, 39 KO's. Pacquiao is eager to end his rivalry Marquez, this will be their third fight. He has also admitted that the Mexican's comments have motive him to beat Marquez again. The trainer of Pacquiao, Freddie Roach said that the match should not last long at least not past the six round.Pacquiao has different way to fight against Marquez. That means that he must be worried that hi might get knock out or might loss the fight against Marquez. Roach is confident that Marquez will not be able to get up again since when the first fight happen Pacquiao was much smaller weight, but now Pacquiao is much stronger and he has change completely. Pacquiao must make sure that in this fight there is no doubt about who suppose to win since the other two first fights. the other two fights that Pacquiao has had with Marquez have been important since Marquez left Pacquiao with a scare on his face, its little but you can still notice it. To see this fight on November 12 you must have HBO or go to a place where they are showing the fight its going to be a good one.To read more about this click here.
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