Thursday, July 29, 2004
BITTERSWEET 16 (NOT)
Well, I'm still bitter. What else did you expect?
Case in point: Top of the 9th, 2 outs, Mariners up 5-3. Scott Spiezio gets on with a double. Hey, he made himself useful! In this situation, any smart Major League manager would bring Edgar Martinez off the bench to pinch hit for Jolbert Cabrera.
One problem: Bob Melvin is the Mariners manager.
Believing in giving even the worst of ballplayers an opportunity, Melvin decides to bring in Ramon Santiago to pinch-hit for Cabrera. To no one's surprise, Santiago grounds out. Going to the bottom of the 9th, up 5-3...with Every Once In A While Eddie Guardado coming on.
What does Eddie do? He gives up an infield single to Rob Quinlan, then gives up a 2-run home run to Bengie Molina. Of course, Bengie has hit Mariner pitching very well in 2004. So has his brother Jose. There's no telling what their younger brother Yadier could do against Seattle. (He's in St. Louis, however) Ballgame tied at 5.
Ron Villone goes 6 innings tonight, giving up just 1 earned run on 6 hits. Personally, I think he should be traded, but in the end, he'll still be in Seattle. Somebody has to take Joel Pineiro's innings for the next 6 weeks.
I could give the gameball to Milli tonight, but it has to go to Bobby Madritsch. He's a man, baby. 4 innings of scoreless baseball. He's now 2-0 in his week with the big club. As Rich Waltz was saying on the radio telecast, he hasn't had a soft landing. Hopefully he can keep this up.
I'm spent. Nice win. It's just too bad it couldn't have come over an hour and a half ago.
Gil Meche. Pedro Lite. Tomorrow. (Could this be the last start for Meche in a Mariner uniform? Stay tuned.)
Case in point: Top of the 9th, 2 outs, Mariners up 5-3. Scott Spiezio gets on with a double. Hey, he made himself useful! In this situation, any smart Major League manager would bring Edgar Martinez off the bench to pinch hit for Jolbert Cabrera.
One problem: Bob Melvin is the Mariners manager.
Believing in giving even the worst of ballplayers an opportunity, Melvin decides to bring in Ramon Santiago to pinch-hit for Cabrera. To no one's surprise, Santiago grounds out. Going to the bottom of the 9th, up 5-3...with Every Once In A While Eddie Guardado coming on.
What does Eddie do? He gives up an infield single to Rob Quinlan, then gives up a 2-run home run to Bengie Molina. Of course, Bengie has hit Mariner pitching very well in 2004. So has his brother Jose. There's no telling what their younger brother Yadier could do against Seattle. (He's in St. Louis, however) Ballgame tied at 5.
Ron Villone goes 6 innings tonight, giving up just 1 earned run on 6 hits. Personally, I think he should be traded, but in the end, he'll still be in Seattle. Somebody has to take Joel Pineiro's innings for the next 6 weeks.
I could give the gameball to Milli tonight, but it has to go to Bobby Madritsch. He's a man, baby. 4 innings of scoreless baseball. He's now 2-0 in his week with the big club. As Rich Waltz was saying on the radio telecast, he hasn't had a soft landing. Hopefully he can keep this up.
I'm spent. Nice win. It's just too bad it couldn't have come over an hour and a half ago.
Gil Meche. Pedro Lite. Tomorrow. (Could this be the last start for Meche in a Mariner uniform? Stay tuned.)
/ Click for main page
