Well...
I have been listening to the radio a bit more lately. And Sawkiw's already told several times most of his stories about his own career and his relatives and everybody he's ever met. Gotten most of it out of his system. Which is a blessed relief.
I don't think he's contributing that much in a positive sense, but at least the stuff that was driving me crazy is beginning to wane...
Man, I should read my posts before I click submit.
Not really. He has dropped some curves over the plate, but for the most part he's working both corners of the plate, especially with his fastball.
You don't know how right you are! (Or maybe you do.) Two guys with high socks are pitching very well. One guy with high socks just hit a homerun. All we're missing is some tabacky juice and an eefus pitch.
Hey, why worry? Frankly, if I were Dave Bush I'd be throwing my good stuff where the A's can reach it, and miss it. They haven't hit well all series.
Sad thing is, that's putting it lightly. The fact that Hawk still has a job is ridiculous. The guy even cheerleads. Says things like "Come on, Joe, hit it out here! Put us on the board!" I swear, he says "us."
Obviously the next step for MLB Gameday is to specify the type of pitch thrown.
Swisher has three dongs already? Wow.
I don't care about this year, but I would like to see him get hit hard this game.
Pretty dull, yeah, but you have to go a long way before you overcome the dullness of the Rockies, who've been nine plain unsalted crackers ever since Juan Pierre left. They could make Coors Field boring, those guys.
And Walker up for the Jays. Macha is still lining up his lefty hitters in a nice Handy-for-the-Other-Team's-LOOGY row.
With first base open, Bush will avoid challenging any of them, at least until one actually reaches. They'll have to hit his pitch.
Grumble grumble. Someday you'll get old too. All of you!
For those of us with no visual aids - Hillenbrand's 2B - radio seemed a little unclear as to where to centre he hit it. Did it look like extra bases out of the box, did Kotsay have a bit of a run to get there? Hillenbrand's not exactly a burner and Jerry sounded a little surprised when he just kept running to second.
I agree, Nolan. But the unspoken rule for SB attempts is if the throw beats you, you're out. And it was a heck of a throw, if just a couple inches too far to the left.
Adams' called strike 3 wasn't really a strike either. The inning could have played out a little differently.
Only when they subsequently try to rename it after Tyler Houston.
I'm not 100% sure, but I thought I heard that only the first two games were freebies.
Normally I regard extra innings as free baseball (except when Liam was little and I was paying a babysitter by the hour.) But I don't feel like extra innings tonight (I have to get up at 700 AM), and I'm pretty sure the ball club doesn't either (they have to fly to Texas. Of course they're much younger and much more vigourous and much more well compensated than I am.)
Anyway, let's get a run in and go pound some Budweiser or something. Whatever Joe Schulz used to say.
Which is why a 7-man pen needs 2 lefties.
It wasn't 100% perfect but definitely should have been caught. Zaun was sleeping.
Would that make his other four outings...good? Dare I say...positive?
I miss Tom.
Did anybody notice the nice job done for the Rangers by Chan Ho Park tonight? Did anybody else do a spit take?
The team is playing well, but the bullpen... not so much. They've accounted for the majority of opposition runs in the three losses, in a fraction of the innings.
Sawkiw is ripping Gibbons for leaving Schoeneweis in to pitch to Ginter, who has a big platoon split.
Well, it's early. Mark Mulder's ERA is 8.18. And my pick for NL Cy Young is 0-2, with an ERA of 11.00 with 8 BB in 9 IP.
