So much for the first half. Less than overwhelming.
For those of you not yet ready to Abandon All Hope, Cito's first mid-season rescue operation hit the All-Star Break with a 42-45 record. They were tied for 4th place with Milwaukee, 7 games behind the Orioles. They never did make it back to .500 until July 25, and they never made it above .500 to stay until August 15.
I would probably say more, much more, but I'm having an Adam Lind experience. Now I've woken up before with a sore neck after sleeping on it the wrong way; I've had cricks in the neck before - but nothing like this. For the past week I've been enjoying an entirely new World of Hurt. And Lind's 1-19 earlier this year now seems to me like the feat of some brave and fearless hero. Because I can't even sit at a keyboard for longer than two or three minutes, which is why
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