Brandon Backe is a Bitch

Everyone knew before this game started, there were bound to be some extracurriculars.  A handful of incidents, including yesterday’s bench clearing episode in the third, clearly spilled over into today’s rubber match between the Cards and ‘Stros.

Interestingly, Houston’s Brandon Backe seems to always find himself in the middle of these disputes, and today was no different.  After pitching a scoreless four, Backe got shelled in the fifth, which included Troy Glaus’ first home run as a Cardinal.  A couple of batters later, when Yadier Molina was granted time in the middle of the pitcher’s delivery, Backe took offense.  He immediately starting mouthing Molina, and the next pitch was nearly a head shot.  The benches and bullpens cleared for the second time in two days, and bitch-boy Backe again looked like an idiot.  [Photo credit: Christopher Gooley]

What the hell is wrong with this guy?  He acts like he’s the next Bob Gibson, but pitches like he’s the next Sidney Ponson.  He reminds me of the kid in high school that somehow managed to join your clique to gain popularity only to find that his cockiness led to everyone hating him.

Sometimes when I drink I tend to get tough, and during today’s game, I was about seven beers deep when Backe inserted his tampon. Luckily I’m 1200 miles from Busch, otherwise I might have run out onto the field and pissed on him.  I hate that guy.

Otherwise, it was a good game.  Troy Glaus finally homered.  Albert Pujols went deep again.  Kyle Lohse managed another quality start.  Kyle McClellan was brilliant in relief. And the Cardinals won it 5-1.  Here’s the full recap and box score.

The Cardinals play Houston nine more times this season, so it’s obvious that there’s more to come.  I can’t wait to see the Cards face Backe again.  Meanwhile, the next six games are also against division rivals Cincinnati and Chicago.  Tomorrow it’s Todd Wellemeyer versus Bronson Aroyo.  Should be a good one.