While it’s sure to stand as one of the odder moments of Joe Mather’s career, his pitching performance in a 20-inning, 2-1 loss to the Mets on Saturday afternoon/night has him atop Google Trends this weekend.
Felipe Lopez, not far behind in the search rankings.
You have to feel for Ubaldo Jimenez, who simultaneously pitched Colorado’s first franchise no-hitter last night, and got beat out by the intrigue of a pair of position players taking the mound.
So it goes in fickle internet land.
[...] SI.com’s Joe Posnanski’s “reflection” of the Cards/Mets 20-inning mess. (link) KSDK.com’s “Be A Cardinals” player mask print-outs. (link) Washington University basketball player the subject of a Duke prank. (link) BleacherReport.com’s ridiculously-stupid MLB Stadium Power Rankings. (link) Karina Smirnoff, from “DWTS” and Brad Penny’s new lady. (link) After the 20-inning game, the Cardinals and Joe Mather peaked high on Google Trends. (link) [...]