That’s what I thought to myself right after David Ortiz murdered a pitch by Luis Mendoza for a grand slam. Right before Mendoza threw Ortiz the fastball he murdered, I said underneath my breath, “Please do not throw him a first-pitch fastball.” That’s two straight days that my input would have helped the Rangers. Maybe if the Rangers put a radio in a special helmet with a green dot on the back I could tell them things they should know already. Maybe something like this:
A few random thoughts about last night’s game after the jump.
The Rangers were able to score the first run of the game because of an awesome bit of baserunning by Ian Kinsler. Kinsler clearly watched some video of Dice-K’s stretch delivery. When Kinsler took his lead from second, Dice-K gave him one look and then turned his head away from Kinsler. Kinsler took off as soon as Dice-K looked away and stole third without a challenge from Veritek. Kinsler would later score on a sac fly from Hamilton. That’s good baseball, something Rangers fans are starving for right now.
I’m usually not a fan of relief pitcher Dustin Nippert but I was for one pitch last night. In the inning before, catcher Gerald Laird had pitifully struck out looking with the bases loaded…something I cannot tolerate. On the first pitch of the next inning Nippert slipped on the mound and drilled a ball into the dirt 2 feet ahead of home base. It bounced and slammed right into Laird’s head, almost knocking him over. Too bad the mask was there. +5 Nippert.
Jacoby Ellsbury is something special. He had a triple last night, but I was more impressed with his 3 walks. He really knows how to work a pitcher. He worked the count to 3-2 twice last night and kept on fouling pitches off until he got ball four. Doing that really wears down the pitcher and screws with his psyche.
I’m usually pretty good at finding reasons to hate teams, but for some reason I cannot hate this Red Sox team. They have clear leaders, an awesome mix of established veterans and up-and-coming players, and great ownership. I can’t hate this Red Sox team, but I can sure hate their fans.
Or maybe I’m just jealous.
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Fuggetabouttherangerswinning!
That’s what I thought to myself right after David Ortiz murdered a pitch by Luis Mendoza for a grand slam. Right before Mendoza threw Ortiz the fastball he murdered, I said underneath my breath, “Please do not throw him a first-pitch fastball.” That’s two straight days that my input would have helped the Rangers. Maybe if the Rangers put a radio in a special helmet with a green dot on the back I could tell them things they should know already. Maybe something like this:
A few random thoughts about last night’s game after the jump.
The Rangers were able to score the first run of the game because of an awesome bit of baserunning by Ian Kinsler. Kinsler clearly watched some video of Dice-K’s stretch delivery. When Kinsler took his lead from second, Dice-K gave him one look and then turned his head away from Kinsler. Kinsler took off as soon as Dice-K looked away and stole third without a challenge from Veritek. Kinsler would later score on a sac fly from Hamilton. That’s good baseball, something Rangers fans are starving for right now.
I’m usually not a fan of relief pitcher Dustin Nippert but I was for one pitch last night. In the inning before, catcher Gerald Laird had pitifully struck out looking with the bases loaded…something I cannot tolerate. On the first pitch of the next inning Nippert slipped on the mound and drilled a ball into the dirt 2 feet ahead of home base. It bounced and slammed right into Laird’s head, almost knocking him over. Too bad the mask was there. +5 Nippert.
Jacoby Ellsbury is something special. He had a triple last night, but I was more impressed with his 3 walks. He really knows how to work a pitcher. He worked the count to 3-2 twice last night and kept on fouling pitches off until he got ball four. Doing that really wears down the pitcher and screws with his psyche.
I’m usually pretty good at finding reasons to hate teams, but for some reason I cannot hate this Red Sox team. They have clear leaders, an awesome mix of established veterans and up-and-coming players, and great ownership. I can’t hate this Red Sox team, but I can sure hate their fans.
Or maybe I’m just jealous.
This entry was posted on Saturday, April 19th, 2008 at 1:03 am and is filed under Game Commentary. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.