Sunday, May 01, 2005
Stranded
This is becoming a problem. A Very Serious Problem. Over the last six games, 62 men have been left on base. 62! That's an average of over TEN PER GAME.
Today: 13-L
Sat: 10-L
Fri: 7-W
Thurs: 9-L
Wed: 9-W
Tues: 14-W
The worst offender (literally and figuratively) is Molina with 17 LOB in five games. But Jimmy and Rolen are right behind him with 15 and 14 respectively (each had a game with six men left on). Pujols has left 10 on, Reggie's in there with nine, and Eckstein and Walker each have eight. Grudzielanek has left only two. (These numbers aren't necessarily with two outs.)
I guess I jumped the gun when I said the offense was coming around. They seem to have regressed a bit (or more than a bit). And this isn't ass-bats. This is something much more insidious. It's like termites. Something is eating away at the bats, creating holes and making them soft. As for calling an exterminator, I think what the team needs is getting it's butt kicked by a bad team. Wake 'em up. Something to remind them that just because they can be good doesn't mean they are good.
It's a team-wide, giant, sucking, black hole of ineptitude. And it's really getting on my nerves. Somebody owes the pitchers a big expensive gift.
Today: 13-L
Sat: 10-L
Fri: 7-W
Thurs: 9-L
Wed: 9-W
Tues: 14-W
The worst offender (literally and figuratively) is Molina with 17 LOB in five games. But Jimmy and Rolen are right behind him with 15 and 14 respectively (each had a game with six men left on). Pujols has left 10 on, Reggie's in there with nine, and Eckstein and Walker each have eight. Grudzielanek has left only two. (These numbers aren't necessarily with two outs.)
I guess I jumped the gun when I said the offense was coming around. They seem to have regressed a bit (or more than a bit). And this isn't ass-bats. This is something much more insidious. It's like termites. Something is eating away at the bats, creating holes and making them soft. As for calling an exterminator, I think what the team needs is getting it's butt kicked by a bad team. Wake 'em up. Something to remind them that just because they can be good doesn't mean they are good.
It's a team-wide, giant, sucking, black hole of ineptitude. And it's really getting on my nerves. Somebody owes the pitchers a big expensive gift.
