The St. Louis Cardinals successfully tied the World Series at 1-1 with another sensational performance from rookie hurler Michael Wacha in Game 2 Thursday.
Michael Wacha 'The Machine' & The Milkshake?
Wacha, who's coming off a sensational pitching performance against the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the National League Championship Series MVP, proved he's worth the hype after allowing two runs with six strikeouts over six innings to bring the series back to square one.
With another outstanding game on the mound, Wacha drew once again praise from baseball fans and his teammates, but not as fervent as Cardinals pitching coach Derek Lilliquist, who called the rookie hurler a 'machine.'
In fact, his exploits in the postseason took Wacha's popularity to new heights--high enough to the point that a milkshake has been named after him.
"I went to go eat at a little restaurant and I had a milkshake named after me; that was pretty weird," Wacha said before Game 2 against Red Sox via Daily News. "So I had to try that out. It was pretty good."
The Cardinals pitcher said the vanilla-flavored milkshake was called the "Wacha, Wacha," a term used by the restaurant to pay homage to the Fozzie Bear's Muppet catchphrase.
Sweet Baby James! World Series Blunder
Veteran songwriter and singer James Taylor made a mistake while singing the United States national anthem before the start of Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday.
Taylor, who popularized hit songs "Sweet Baby James," might have forgotten that he was supposed to sing the "Star-Spangled Banner" as he started singing the words from "America the Beautiful," a song he was scheduled to sing in the seventh inning of the match.
Still, the Rock and Roll legend recovered from his blunder perfectly with fluid transition.
"Even when James Taylor messes up he makes it sound good," Twitter user Marc Bertrand wrote, according to the Daily News. "Smooth transition right there."
Twitter Reactions in the Aftermath of World Series Game 2
James Taylor got lucky last night that "America The Beautiful" and the "Star Spangled Banner" are often sung in same key (B-Flat)
— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) October 25, 2013
I like James Taylor better when he's doing "Sweet Caroline." — Steve Aschburner (@AschNBA) October 25, 2013
McCarver just pointed our that there's a milkshake (or frappe) named after Michael Wacha. His response, "that's weird." #WorldSeries
— Matt Noonan (@NoontimeSports) October 25, 2013
How famous has Cards rookie sensation Michael Wacha already become? He went to St. Louis restaurant and milkshake was named after him. — Tom (@Haudricourt) October 23, 2013
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