I have to admit, seven inning games still feel really weird to me, even if they’re only on doubleheader days, and even if I totally understand why they’re happening. There’s just something about a game in the top of the sixth inning being nearly over that just feels...wrong.
As I’m writing this, Brad Miller is putting an exclamation point on his presumptive National League MVP award, doubling to center field and plating two runs to put the Cardinals on top, 9-1. Even in a nine inning game, a 9-1 lead in the sixth would feel relatively secure, but given the Cards will only have to find six more outs somewhere in the couch cushions of their bullpen, things should turn out just fine in this contest.