Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Could be a long season

Baseball purists are said to worship 1-0 games. I guess I'm no purist, because I don't like them, even if the Twins win. I actually once played in a slow pitch softball game that went the full 7 innings and ended 1-0. But tonights Twins game was the worst. It's bad enough to waste Nick Blackburn's performance, but to have the only run score on an infield hit, sacrifice bunt, groundout, and a wild pitch wrenches my stomach. Meanwhile, our team failed to get a bunt in fair territory on at least a half dozen tries. Evidently Twins Territory is outside the baselines. We only had about 6 opportunities to hit into double plays and were successful 4 times. Our double play average was .667 while the batting averages dropped to under my bowling average. I know it's easier said than done, but let's get it done before the season is lost. Not even Ted Williams could pull the low outside pitch, so stop trying. There is area in the opposite field. Instead of batting practice 70 mph meat, they need to get the Juggs machine out there and crank it up to 96. The hitters are all late on 89 mph fastballs. And why is it so difficult to bunt. Stop trying to walk the line with the ball and get one somewhere fair, especially on a sacrifice. Since no one had gotten an outfielder to back up for three games, it's time to brush up on you small ball.

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