Sunday, May 12, 2013

Pitiful


Game 36, May 11, DBAP123456
7
89RHE
Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
0
0
1
1
0
0
7
0
0
9
13
2
Durham Bulls
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
3
8
0

Season: 22-14; Home Stand: 2-4
Wrap, Box, Herald-Sun

Pitiful, just pitiful. Pitchers Chris Archer, Jim Paduch, and Will Inman combined to put on the worst pitching performance of the year. Each pitcher managed to load up the bases and then walk in a run — Inman walked in two. When the IronPigs’ Cody Asche hit a grand slam in the 7th, it was a mercy killing.

Baseball doesn’t care about yesterday. Good thing.

Not that it would have mattered last night, but I'm wondering if the Rays' are ever going to refill the Bulls' bullpen?

As long as I’m ranting, am I the only one who’s annoyed by Wil Myers’ showy bat toss? Last night he did it after a pitch coming in on a 3-2 count and he trotted toward first base. The ump called the pitch a strike and an out. (Myers had 3 Ks last night). He did it again on a long fly ball to center field — that was caught. When he gets to the majors he’s gonna get drilled. Might even happen in AAA. Of course, he’d have to be more of a threat than he’s been so far.

2 comments:

  1. Re Myers: we've seen it before from 'phenoms'. Remember our old friend 'E6'?

    This guy was MILB POY?

    Dave

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  2. By "E6" I assume you mean BJ. But that's hardly a fair comparison. BJ was never going to be a good shortstop and in his MLB career has played a stellar CF. It's hard to blame him when he was being used essentially out of position for his early AAA years.

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