I was all set to write about what an important win this was.
I was all set to write about Ronnie Belliard’s play on a Jose Reyes grounder with one out in the sixth, how it saved a run and how had it gotten through there’d be a whole new ballgame.
I was all set to write about how, while Chris Duncan won’t make anyone forget Willie Mays in the outfield, he’s busting his butt to make plays, using his less-than-graceful dive in the first off a Reyes gapper as proof.
I was all set to write about how Braden Looper ignored the mad boos floated in his direction to get two huge outs in the eighth.
Best laid plans and all that.
Way to waste a Braskyesque effort from Albert Pujols and yeoman’s work from Duncan and Aaron Miles.
Jerkface.
August 23, 2006 at 2:37 am
Yo Mr.26,
Yeah, that game certainly falls in the suck category. It was odd, though, that watching Beltran smack that pitch (which has less movement than a traffic jam) didn’t make me mad. It was like I just accepted it. At least the Mets didn’t blow out the Cards. I was worried about them getting clobbered.
Don’t forget, it’s time for everyone’s favorite would-be No. 1 starter tomorrow …
And the stupid Reds won, too. Stupid Reds. What kind of name is that for a team? I guess there’s more than one “Red,” huh? That’s like calling a team the “Yellows.” Stupid colors.
Ricochet
August 23, 2006 at 8:56 am
Yeah, I was actually pretty zen about it, too, until I realized what kind of effort had gone into that game.
I’m calmer than you are.
August 23, 2006 at 12:50 pm
For the last 5 years I have chafed at the way this idiot has been overrated. In the late innings I pray for Flores or Looper–anything but Izzy. It would make me happy to own a mansion with a 1000 rooms and find him dead a different way in each one.
August 23, 2006 at 2:31 pm
We need the Reds to start losing and for us to start winning!
August 23, 2006 at 6:42 pm
Calmer than you are, Dude.