Thursday, April 20, 2006

As if right on cue...

So, all I wrote was one thing about: "...if the Tribe's pitching continues to be there..." and BOOM! I undercut this team... AGAIN.

The offense hung up 9 more runs last night against the Orioles. Should have been more than enough, right? Well, too bad the pitching staff GAVE UP 18 FUCKING RUNS.

And lost two members of its bullpen.

Perhaps I should just hide myself under a blanket until October.

5 comments:

larzdm said...

yea, westbrook had one of those games where he couldn't hold on to a lead... which seemed to happen all last year as well.

the runs in the 9th inning were a joke, hell, all runs off of Graves are a joke. but the injuries to Miller and Raffy probably means that he'll be here awhile longer.

thankfully it is just one game, in mid april... but it also means that the pale hose are back in 1st... bastards.

lionel_kokotan said...

Games like this show that the offseason moves were not a wash. I'm glad we have a 3rd baseman of the future, but I would still rather have Rhodes and Riske instead of Mota. Stupid cheap ass Dolan and the "catch lightning in a bottle" theory. Fucking spend money on relievers. Graves can eat my big fat one.

DP said...

I think Riske is on the DL in Boston, is he not? Plus, Cabrera's basically on extended spring training.

What I don't understand is why they didn't call Andrew Brown up. If Betancourt goes on the DL at some point, I hope that's the move they will make.

larzdm said...

i would think that Brown is next, maybe even called up today (haven't started my post work internet surfing) and Perez will be sent back down. as they said last night, he was scheduled to start in akron yesterday, so he could've gone extended innings if need be.

i'm also not ready to throw mota and wickman under the bus when it is the guys who pitch ahead of them that can't get to them (howry would be having the same problem instead of mota)

larzdm said...

Brian Slocum has been called up... he has an 11/1 K:BB ratio so far this year. 5 hits in 9 1/3