New: Weekly Sports Question

Hey all,

I thought it would be fun to try and escape the occasional "need" to blog and comment when we're behind sometimes. So I am going to try and get a thread started each week based off a question I pose. I'll try and diversify the questions so everyone will have a chance to talk about their favorite sport or that of which knowledge is plentiful.

Hopefully everyone will spit there two cents and we can generate some discussion.

Therefore, I leave you with this weeks question -- a three parter -- which comes in light of baseball's return this week.

1) Who is your favorite baseball team if you have one?
2) What's your favorite memory or memories with that team?
3) One pick to win the World Series: who is it?

Each week I will also post my answers as well.

1) St. Louis Cardinals

2) I've had plenty of memories that include Big Mac and Pujols having multiple home run games, and all of that jazz. However, my favorite was when the Cardinals traded for Larry Walker, me and my dad went to old Busch Stadium to see the Redbirds face off with the Cincinnati Reds.

It was the most boring I had ever been to since I saw the Cardinals lose to the Cubs in a 2 hour long game with 6 hits and 5 runs (the final score was Fred McGriff 3 home runs, J.D. Drew 2 home runs).

Anyway, this game was dreadful until Walker came to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Cardinals leading 3-2 on a walk-in-run just before his at-bat. Everyone in Busch chanted "Larry! Larry! Larry!" I actually got the chills from it.

On the first pitch, Walker swings away and sends a fly ball to straight away center. It was hit so high, and it seemed like it took forever. I was just waiting to say to my dad, "stupid warning track power."

The stadium had gone a bit quiet waiting to see what would happen. The center fielder leaps up, and Walkers ball lands JUST over the yellow paint on the wall. ERUPTION OF INSANE CHEERING!

After that Larry got his first curtain call in St. Louis. The "Larry" chant ensued and it was more and more emphatic as it carried through the stadium.

"I was pushed out of the dugout to get out there, not sure knowing what to do,'' Walker said. "It was fun to go out there, it was fun to win, it was fun to hear the crowd get as loud as they were.''

Hell Yes Larry. Thank you for that.

3) For the 2009 World Series Champions, my pick is N.Y. Mets over Boston. I feel it for the Mets this year.