Pudge cleared to play. The break is apparently not a big deal.
My favorite part of this article is how Pudge is a total badass. He's all, "What does pain have to do with whether I play or not?" Okay, that's not an actual quote, but this is: "Yeah, I've got a broken hand, but I'm just going to go get 'em." Simultaneously awesome and hilarious. Go Pudge! Just please don't fuck your hand up, okay?
My favorite part of this article is how Pudge is a total badass. He's all, "What does pain have to do with whether I play or not?" Okay, that's not an actual quote, but this is: "Yeah, I've got a broken hand, but I'm just going to go get 'em." Simultaneously awesome and hilarious. Go Pudge! Just please don't fuck your hand up, okay?
Oh, wow, dude. TIGERS.
A little background: The Rangers have never, in the history of the franchise, had a ten-win streak. They've had a few nine-win streaks, and were on one coming into this game. A win tonight would have been historic.
And I sincerely hope there are no Rangers fans on my friends list, because HAHA.
Bondo pitched a decent game, but made some mistakes, which the Rangers turned into a couple homers. So, going into the bottom of the seventh, the score was 4-1 Rangers.
At this point, the announcers (I was stuck with the moronic Texas feed; at one point they called Farnsworth "annoying" for throwing repeatedly to first to keep the runner from stealing second, because that's not the sort of thing you want to prevent in the eighth inning with a two-run lead or anything) were fairly wetting themselves with glee in anticipation of the inevitable-seeming first ten-win streak. And I mean just going on and on, talking about it openly, acting like it had already happened.
Then Fate looked up all, "That's what you think . . ."
And the Rangers starter fell apart, and the relief wasn't much better, and the Tigers put together a bunch of little bloops and dribblers and got five fucking runs. (Incidentally, while I was watching this game on MLBTV, I was idly keeping track of the Red Sox game on TV. And I swear, the Tigers started hitting the very second Bronson took over the mound out in Fenway. I never did figure out why Bronson was pitching relief, and I don't know if any of this means anything, but I found the timing very curious indeed.)
Bondo went back out briefly in the eighth, got an out, then gave up a hit, and Trammell practically ran out there to pull him. Bondo was not thrilled; Tram was not taking chances. He sent out TEH FARNS, who got two K's.
The Tigers went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the eighth. (Meanwhile, the Red Sox were getting on base.) Then Ugie took the mound and got three K's right in a row (meanwhile, the Sox, who had been shut out to this point, got three runs) to close the game. Final score: 6-4, TIGERS.
Amount of woe amongst the fans in Texas at the moment: Very high. Sorry, guys.
Man, that was fantastic. GO BONDO with your record now at 6-3. GO INGE with your crucial RBI double and stellar defense. GO PUDGE with your playing through the pain. AND GO TIGERS!
A little background: The Rangers have never, in the history of the franchise, had a ten-win streak. They've had a few nine-win streaks, and were on one coming into this game. A win tonight would have been historic.
And I sincerely hope there are no Rangers fans on my friends list, because HAHA.
Bondo pitched a decent game, but made some mistakes, which the Rangers turned into a couple homers. So, going into the bottom of the seventh, the score was 4-1 Rangers.
At this point, the announcers (I was stuck with the moronic Texas feed; at one point they called Farnsworth "annoying" for throwing repeatedly to first to keep the runner from stealing second, because that's not the sort of thing you want to prevent in the eighth inning with a two-run lead or anything) were fairly wetting themselves with glee in anticipation of the inevitable-seeming first ten-win streak. And I mean just going on and on, talking about it openly, acting like it had already happened.
Then Fate looked up all, "That's what you think . . ."
And the Rangers starter fell apart, and the relief wasn't much better, and the Tigers put together a bunch of little bloops and dribblers and got five fucking runs. (Incidentally, while I was watching this game on MLBTV, I was idly keeping track of the Red Sox game on TV. And I swear, the Tigers started hitting the very second Bronson took over the mound out in Fenway. I never did figure out why Bronson was pitching relief, and I don't know if any of this means anything, but I found the timing very curious indeed.)
Bondo went back out briefly in the eighth, got an out, then gave up a hit, and Trammell practically ran out there to pull him. Bondo was not thrilled; Tram was not taking chances. He sent out TEH FARNS, who got two K's.
The Tigers went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the eighth. (Meanwhile, the Red Sox were getting on base.) Then Ugie took the mound and got three K's right in a row (meanwhile, the Sox, who had been shut out to this point, got three runs) to close the game. Final score: 6-4, TIGERS.
Amount of woe amongst the fans in Texas at the moment: Very high. Sorry, guys.
Man, that was fantastic. GO BONDO with your record now at 6-3. GO INGE with your crucial RBI double and stellar defense. GO PUDGE with your playing through the pain. AND GO TIGERS!
Yankees versus Royals. Randy Johnson starting for the Yanks. RJ pitching against the Royals, which is about as fair as pitting him against the Sea Dogs. Well, this'll be totally embarrassing, like a squillion to one, right?
Well, not quite a squillion, actually, more like 3-1. But yes, absolutely embarrassing, the losing team didn't even get that one run until the ninth inning.
Just one small detail: that losing team was the Yankees.
I do believe this means that Royals have taken the series. Man oh man.
I may just have to make out with the Royals, especially their starter, DJ Carrasco, who offered up the shut-out start that Teh Unit could not manage (yeah, he gave up all three of those runs). Too bad Bernie Williams had to ruin it with that last-second homer in the ninth. Oh well. THE YANKEES STILL LOST. That's TWO IN A ROW. TO THE ROYALS.
In other news: The Red Sox also got owned, 9-3. At least this year the Orioles are an actual good team, so getting beaten by them is better than getting beaten by THE ROYALS.
And the Astros, whose game was the only of the four I cared about that I did not get to watch more than glimpses of, won 4-1. (They also scored four runs in their win yesterday. You just know Clemens is sitting in the dugout all, "Where were you assholes two days ago?") Okay, Astros, now let's get that three-game win streak.
Well, not quite a squillion, actually, more like 3-1. But yes, absolutely embarrassing, the losing team didn't even get that one run until the ninth inning.
Just one small detail: that losing team was the Yankees.
I do believe this means that Royals have taken the series. Man oh man.
I may just have to make out with the Royals, especially their starter, DJ Carrasco, who offered up the shut-out start that Teh Unit could not manage (yeah, he gave up all three of those runs). Too bad Bernie Williams had to ruin it with that last-second homer in the ninth. Oh well. THE YANKEES STILL LOST. That's TWO IN A ROW. TO THE ROYALS.
In other news: The Red Sox also got owned, 9-3. At least this year the Orioles are an actual good team, so getting beaten by them is better than getting beaten by THE ROYALS.
And the Astros, whose game was the only of the four I cared about that I did not get to watch more than glimpses of, won 4-1. (They also scored four runs in their win yesterday. You just know Clemens is sitting in the dugout all, "Where were you assholes two days ago?") Okay, Astros, now let's get that three-game win streak.
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