Thursday, June 21, 2007

It isn't Whitesnake saying "Here we go AGAIN"!

So,you say that you are facing a pitcher that is 0-6,has an ERA above TEN and opposing teams are batting over .400 against.......
Would you say that this is a game that your team should win?
Even if your pitcher is not exactly Sandy Koufax and is actually Paul Maholm?
One would think so,but not the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Jeff Weaver continued the run of absolutely awful hurlers dominating the Buccos and actually upped the ante on the past "Greats" of Ortiz,Wells,Loe etc, by firing a complete game shutout in a 7-0 loss to the Mariners in Seattle.
The Pirates managed just 4 hits( 2 for extra bases) off arguably the majors worst starter this season in another "effort"that just makes me want to scream!
However Captain Dave still thinks this team is on the right track and believes in players such as clueless,non-hustler Ronny Paulino.
Paulino commits base-running gaffes at least once a series,and I am being generous in the amount there.
The amount of dumb base-running,fielding errors ,throwing to the wrong base etc is incredible,at least for a team led by the "Committed to strong fundamental baseball" of Jim Tracy.
Those of you that do not have to watch this team on a nightly basis are lucky people,trust me on that!
Maholm allowed 6 runs in 7 innings,although only 4 were earned thanks to the 1st 2 runs being scored as a by-product of Jose Bautista's throwing error that came closer to landing in
Puget Sound than in Adam LaRoche's glove at 1st base.
Dan "Matches" Kolb allowed the final run in his stint from the pen.
Series concludes tonight at 10.
As now I must return to the grindstone known as work,I will be listening via the XM for tonight's game and the 1st two games of the Anaheim series.

The Tribe pounded the Liberty Bell gang 10-6 by scoring 8 runs in the bottom of the 6th.
5 players earned two RBI in the game for the Indians.
C.C.Sabathia improved to 10-2 despite not being as sharp as usual,as he allowed 4 runs in his 6 inning stint.
The Wahoos are off today,before concluding their inter-league slate with 3 games in Washington vs the Nationals.

Pitching Matchups
Pittsburgh: John Van Benschoten (0-1) at Seattle: Felix Hernandez (3-4) 10:05
Cleveland;Off

Dont forget to vote in the new poll to the right.
Some decisions for football coverage this year are written in stone and some are up in the air and could be decided in future polls,but High School was the 1st decision to be made.
Williamsport is the school that I actually attended and Ashland is where I wanted to attend,so I used those two as our test cases.

Photo Credits
Weaver-AP Photo-Andrei Pungovschi
Barfield-AP Photo-Mark Duncan

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