World Series Game 4 Live Blog: St Louis Cardinals vs. Texas Rangers

What might have been the most shocking trade at the deadline has come to fruition for the St. Louis Cardinals. After shipping clubhouse cancer Colby Rasmus to the Toronto Blue Jays the Cardinals received starting pitcher Edwin Jackson and a handful of relievers. While the relievers have pitched well thus far, tonight it's Jackson's turn to prove he was worth a young outfielder with boatloads of potential.

Tonight, in game four, Jackson faces off against the young lefty Derek Holland. Holland got a taste of World Series action last season, but gave up four walks and three earned runs in just one inning of work.

He's shown flashes of greatness this year, but the flamethrower has also shown the tendency to revert back to his old wild habits.

Both of these guys have big-game potential when their 'stuff' is right. Each team's starting pitching has been pretty awful this postseason so you know that Tony La Russa and Ron Washington would like to avoid going to their bullpens early on.  

Washington has already said that Scott Feldman and Mike Adams will be the first two relievers he uses out of the bullpen, but I'm sure he'd rather it wait until the sixth or seventh inning. 

Enough with the pitching, let's talk about the star of the show. Albert Pujols... yea, he's really good. Last night Albert tied a World Series record by hitting three homeruns in a WS game. The other two that have done it you may have heard of; Babe Ruth and 'Mr. October' himself, Reggie Jackson. 

Pujols continues to state his case as the undisputed best player in baseball. I'm convinced, how about you?

Follow along and please feel free to comment and ask questions throughout the game.