Why do they call them TIE Fighters?
September 24th, 2007 by 
Andrew
Last night’s Family Guy episode was absolutely hysterical. They did a complete parody of the 1st Star Wars film(yea I know, 4/6). I don’t think I stopped laughing during the entire show. Apparently this was done previously on Robot Chicken, which was even mentioned in the FG episode. I never did see what Robot Chicken did with Star Wars, but I may have to check that out. The two shows are similar and yet so very different. I think this episode may have revived some of the Family Guy fans that were starting to die out(including myself).
Also last night was the last home game for the Cardinals this season. ESPN made a major mistake by choosing to broadcast a game that means absolutely nothing for their final game of the season. Izzy gave us flashbacks to his 2006 form by giving up a go ahead homer in the 9th. Well, that only made for more dramatics. The man that used to dominate the Cardinals, Brad Lidge, came in to close the game for the Astros. I will never forget what Pujols did to Lidge in the 2005 NLCS. I don’t think Katie ever will either. She attempted to go to sleep early that night, but it was all for naught when she was awakened by my hysteria. Ever since then, the Cardinals have completely owned Lidge. Well, last night was one of the best moments this year for the Cardinals. Pujols came up to the plate with the same situation as he did in Game 5 of the 2005 NLCS, Cards down 2 with 2 runners on in the 9th inning. Pujols hit a rocket that missed a home run by about 2 feet. It drove in a run and put the tying run at third. Then, after all he has dealt with, Ankiel gets a game winning triple off of Lidge to close out the season at home. Poor Lidge didn’t even record an out. Despite their rough season, I am still proud to be a Cardinal fan.
A little bonus for the people that actually read this. This picture was great to me. Ryan Ludwick was the first guy to greet Ankiel after his first career walkoff hit. Ludwick spent quite a bit of time with Ankiel in the minors and he was actually one of the first people to know about Ankiel’s callup about a month ago. At 3 or 4 in the morning he was getting text messages from Ankiel. I think these 2 guys have a great future in the Cardinals outfield. Both of them play hard and are fun to watch.
