Thursday, June 7, 2007

Enter Sandman...uh A-ROD?

I was planning to do a post comparing Billy Wagner and Mariano Rivera. As you may know, both closers enter to the song "Enter Sandman" - which drew the ire of the Alteregos a few years back. The thrust was going to be that what has distinguished Rivera is his ability to get multiple out saves, whereas Wagner (and others) are usually called on to pitch only one inning, and so on. It was going to be great because Wagner blew a 4 out save today, while Rivera nailed down a 5 out one. But the implosion of the White Sox bullpen, coupled with another 9th inning A-BOMB from A-ROD, turned the game into utter joke (not unlike Torre's claim in spring training that he would only use Mo for one inning) . (BTW, that's 6 9th inning HRs for A-ROD this season - I do think we will have to lay off him for a while).

Of course, Kyle 911 outdid himself this time. Handed a 4-1 lead, he surrendered a single, threw the ball away on a pickoff throw, and then gave up another hit. At least he didn't balk. WHY IS THIS GUY CONCERNED WITH THE RUNNER WITH A 3 RUN LEAD? ARE HIS GLASSES NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE SCOREBOARD?

I guess we should mention something about the Ducks quacking their way to the Stanley Cup. But then again I think I will preempt that idea in favor of a discussion of the Belmont Stakes. Apparently a female horse is running - that should make A-ROD happy (you didn't think I was serious about laying off him?)

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