Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Quickie
Let's talk baseball...
Oh man, last night, just ups and downs.
Johan got his ass kicked in the first inning.
Let me interupt this thought by adding that Johan is the next one-name athlete to become household, much like Kobe, Ichiro, and Tiger.
But then he settled down and showed why he won the Cy Young last year. He only made it through five innings though, mostly because he threw nearly 35 first inning pitches.
The Twins rallied just in time to get Johan his 1st win of the season, and 14 consecutive, dating back to last season. On 7 singles and a dong by Jacque Jones, the Twins but together a 7-run inning.
The two best parts of the Top of 5:
Runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out, count is 3-1 to Joe Mauer and Gardy puts on the hit and run. The runners go, and as the SS is covering second because of the steal in progress, Mauer puts a ground ball through the infield right where the SS would have been had there not been a hit and run on. Beautiful. As Dick Bremer said last night, the properly executed hit-and-run is one of the greatest baseball plays.
Then, Jacque Jones, who can't hit lefties at all, goes yard off of one. It was a great swing, great contact, great result. If Jones has figured out lefties, look out!
So the Twins win 8-4, get Johan the W, and head into the rubber match with Seattle today, which I will miss cause I have to go throw pizzas in the air.
More on this and other things later on.
Oh man, last night, just ups and downs.
Johan got his ass kicked in the first inning.
Let me interupt this thought by adding that Johan is the next one-name athlete to become household, much like Kobe, Ichiro, and Tiger.
But then he settled down and showed why he won the Cy Young last year. He only made it through five innings though, mostly because he threw nearly 35 first inning pitches.
The Twins rallied just in time to get Johan his 1st win of the season, and 14 consecutive, dating back to last season. On 7 singles and a dong by Jacque Jones, the Twins but together a 7-run inning.
The two best parts of the Top of 5:
Runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out, count is 3-1 to Joe Mauer and Gardy puts on the hit and run. The runners go, and as the SS is covering second because of the steal in progress, Mauer puts a ground ball through the infield right where the SS would have been had there not been a hit and run on. Beautiful. As Dick Bremer said last night, the properly executed hit-and-run is one of the greatest baseball plays.
Then, Jacque Jones, who can't hit lefties at all, goes yard off of one. It was a great swing, great contact, great result. If Jones has figured out lefties, look out!
So the Twins win 8-4, get Johan the W, and head into the rubber match with Seattle today, which I will miss cause I have to go throw pizzas in the air.
More on this and other things later on.
