Rather than gesticulate on the events that transpired last week and comment on history and un-history, as it were, I thought instead I would share a few comments posted by writers and/or baseball analysts with better qualifications than I and let them stand as: "I feel the same way these folks do."
Joe Posnanski - The Lesson Of Jim Joyce .."Galarraga Smiled" will always be a thought in the back of my mind after reading this.
Fay Vincent - We Must Accept Mistakes...And Move On ...Jim Leyland knows the game, knows how to 'call this play' where actions always speak louder than words.
Last but not least...
George F. WIll - Baseball should not Overrule Umpire's Wrong Call ...long after most of us are dead, Will stands to go down in history as one of the most fluent voices of how "most of us" feel about baseball, mostly because he knows what he wants to say and he knows how to say it briefly and concisely. He summarizes Posnanski's and Vincent's comments in a few basic sentences in this clip.
Showing posts with label perfect game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perfect game. Show all posts
Monday, June 7, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
5/9/10 Tampa Bay Rays 0, Oakland Athletics 4
Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Whither A-Rod?
So much press about this milestone (and very early in the season yet); if not for what it is, then because of the 'you don't cross my mound' controversy with A-Hole. Interesting, as the pundits profess, how Braden's Mother's Day gem made that incident nothing more than a footnote.
Hothead Oakland pitcher with bad teeth and old skool reputation throws MLB's 19th perfect game. Chilling resemblances to Mark Buehrle's PG for the Sox last year, starting with "They beat the Rays at home" and ending with "Gape Kapler."
You can read about all that logic online on various blogs (and get the box score as well) but here's my scoresheet for your review.
TB 0 0 1
OAK 4 12 0
Umpire Jim Wolf moves on his 'premature' called Strike 3 pose not once but twice in this game. Kinda funny because he really got me on the first one.
All batters used Pink Bats for at least one plate appearance, with the exception of OAK DH Eric Chavez. The only batter I noticed 'ditching' the pink bats for later PA was Eric Patterson.
Whither A-Rod?
So much press about this milestone (and very early in the season yet); if not for what it is, then because of the 'you don't cross my mound' controversy with A-Hole. Interesting, as the pundits profess, how Braden's Mother's Day gem made that incident nothing more than a footnote.
Hothead Oakland pitcher with bad teeth and old skool reputation throws MLB's 19th perfect game. Chilling resemblances to Mark Buehrle's PG for the Sox last year, starting with "They beat the Rays at home" and ending with "Gape Kapler."
You can read about all that logic online on various blogs (and get the box score as well) but here's my scoresheet for your review.
TB 0 0 1
OAK 4 12 0
Umpire Jim Wolf moves on his 'premature' called Strike 3 pose not once but twice in this game. Kinda funny because he really got me on the first one.
All batters used Pink Bats for at least one plate appearance, with the exception of OAK DH Eric Chavez. The only batter I noticed 'ditching' the pink bats for later PA was Eric Patterson.
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