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You know, I am really rather more pleased than I ought to be. My teams played four games yesterday (the Tigers and Twins had a doubleheader to make up for a couple games that were snowed out in the beginning of the season, like, wow Detroit is weird), and won two of them. The is fifty percent, and where I went to school, a fifty was a failing grade by twenty points, not just ten like I gather it is in a lot of American public schools.
But those wins were excellent.
The Red Sox, in spite of Wade Miller doing his usual thing where he throws eighty-four pitches in the first two innings (dude hadn't gotten a win since May 30 before this game) and Schilling letting on the first two batters in the ninth, shut out the White Sox and won 3-0. Those runs came from a two-run shot from Manny, which tied him with Princess A-Rod in first place in the AL for homers, and a homer from Tek, which put him in first place for homers among AL catchers. The turning point of the game, I think, came when Wade Miller loaded the bases with one out (Me: "Fuck! Can we bring out Bondo? Please?"), and then got two outs in a row. Awesome. Throwing out three White Sox on attempts to steal was pretty sweet too. =D
I missed the first game of the Tigers doubleheader, and just one look at the final score, 2-1, tells me that I missed some great pitching. Sean Douglass is kicking some serious ass for the Tigers, and I kind of wish they'd called him up right away instead of Ledezma. Along with the great pitching, he made a couple of nice defensive plays. I'm really starting to like this guy. The Twins never had much going in this game - as soon as they tied it up in the seventh, Curtis Granderson got the go-ahead run with a homer.
The other two games were rather less pretty. The Astros, after destroying the Nationals the night before, couldn't do it again and lost 2-4. I kind of expected that, to be honest; it just seems as though a blowout like 14-1 should be followed with a loss. I can't really explain why. The Tigers lost the second game of the doubleheader, 5-2, with Justin Verlander bouncing back and forth from scoreless innings to giving up runs. I don't mind that loss, either, because splitting a doubleheader sure beats the crap out of being flattened in one (I still hate the Indians, by the way).
By the way, remember me complaining a couple posts ago about how bad the White Sox announcers suck? Well, now that the White Sox are playing our Sox, a couple of Red Sox bloggers have been complaining about them too. And check it out: A website from Chicago fans demanding the firing of Ken Harrelson! I am so sorry that they are stuck with that crap; I will never never take Don and Jerry or Rod and Mario for granted again. Sure, Don and Jerry are given to telling bad jokes, and sure, Rod says bizarre things that make my head explode, but both pairs offer solid commentary, tell entertaining stories, and don't have hideously obnoxious catchphrases.
Speaking of which, since the Tigers game is going on right now, I will close with the Rod Allen WTF? Quote of the Day. On the subject of Cuddyer connecting with a fastball from Bondo for a triple: "Tried to sneak a piece of cheese by him, and you can't sneak cheese by a rat." What? What did Cuddyer ever do to you?
By the way, I am starting to like the three/four matchup of Shelty and Magglio as much as I like Papi/Manny. Chris Shelton is an absolutely sick hitter and Magglio very good at getting him home. And they tell me Mags isn't even batting up to his full ability yet. Damn, that is going to be a scary combination.
Okay. now I'm really done. Except I would like to add that Pudge took a foul tip off his already broken finger in the first game yesterday and he is playing today, and I am told that he has a broken bone in his other hand as well. How can you even catch like that? Sounds to me an awful lot like pitching with a sutured tendon. Bad. Ass.
But those wins were excellent.
The Red Sox, in spite of Wade Miller doing his usual thing where he throws eighty-four pitches in the first two innings (dude hadn't gotten a win since May 30 before this game) and Schilling letting on the first two batters in the ninth, shut out the White Sox and won 3-0. Those runs came from a two-run shot from Manny, which tied him with Princess A-Rod in first place in the AL for homers, and a homer from Tek, which put him in first place for homers among AL catchers. The turning point of the game, I think, came when Wade Miller loaded the bases with one out (Me: "Fuck! Can we bring out Bondo? Please?"), and then got two outs in a row. Awesome. Throwing out three White Sox on attempts to steal was pretty sweet too. =D
I missed the first game of the Tigers doubleheader, and just one look at the final score, 2-1, tells me that I missed some great pitching. Sean Douglass is kicking some serious ass for the Tigers, and I kind of wish they'd called him up right away instead of Ledezma. Along with the great pitching, he made a couple of nice defensive plays. I'm really starting to like this guy. The Twins never had much going in this game - as soon as they tied it up in the seventh, Curtis Granderson got the go-ahead run with a homer.
The other two games were rather less pretty. The Astros, after destroying the Nationals the night before, couldn't do it again and lost 2-4. I kind of expected that, to be honest; it just seems as though a blowout like 14-1 should be followed with a loss. I can't really explain why. The Tigers lost the second game of the doubleheader, 5-2, with Justin Verlander bouncing back and forth from scoreless innings to giving up runs. I don't mind that loss, either, because splitting a doubleheader sure beats the crap out of being flattened in one (I still hate the Indians, by the way).
By the way, remember me complaining a couple posts ago about how bad the White Sox announcers suck? Well, now that the White Sox are playing our Sox, a couple of Red Sox bloggers have been complaining about them too. And check it out: A website from Chicago fans demanding the firing of Ken Harrelson! I am so sorry that they are stuck with that crap; I will never never take Don and Jerry or Rod and Mario for granted again. Sure, Don and Jerry are given to telling bad jokes, and sure, Rod says bizarre things that make my head explode, but both pairs offer solid commentary, tell entertaining stories, and don't have hideously obnoxious catchphrases.
Speaking of which, since the Tigers game is going on right now, I will close with the Rod Allen WTF? Quote of the Day. On the subject of Cuddyer connecting with a fastball from Bondo for a triple: "Tried to sneak a piece of cheese by him, and you can't sneak cheese by a rat." What? What did Cuddyer ever do to you?
By the way, I am starting to like the three/four matchup of Shelty and Magglio as much as I like Papi/Manny. Chris Shelton is an absolutely sick hitter and Magglio very good at getting him home. And they tell me Mags isn't even batting up to his full ability yet. Damn, that is going to be a scary combination.
Okay. now I'm really done. Except I would like to add that Pudge took a foul tip off his already broken finger in the first game yesterday and he is playing today, and I am told that he has a broken bone in his other hand as well. How can you even catch like that? Sounds to me an awful lot like pitching with a sutured tendon. Bad. Ass.
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It's kinda like Ken Daniels finding ways to bring up Mathieu Dandenault's size thirteen feet during Red Wings games. Totally bizarre, kinda disturbing, but in a cool way. *g*