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If only….
…exams didn’t exist.
If only, I could pause the baseball season, finish exams and then jump right back in.
If only on top of that, the Stanley Cup Finals were not during baseball season, and baseball season wasn’t during the Stanley Cup Finals
Still, despite my concerns, I’ve been unable to blog in what seems like ages, and haven’t been able to watch a full ballgame in quite some time. So real quick, here’s what’s on my mind cause it may be a couple weeks before I can blog again:
- Wrigley Field looks awesome with the ivy fully green. Can’t wait eventually go there again.
- How about Chris Carpenter huh? You’ve been on the shelf for a year, you come back, you get two good outings, you go back on the shelf straining an oblique, and then you come back and in your second start, you’re perfect through six innings. Carpenter hasn’t allowed a run yet this year in 23 innings, and his control has been impeccable.
- The Tigers are still looking good, Justin Verlander has just been nasty, and Rick Porcello is quietly trying to etch his name on the AL Rookie of the year trophy.
- How about a 10 game winning streak for those Padres? Amazing. And Jake Peavy’s looked good recently. Oh and by the way, after K’ing 10 Cubbies on May 22nd, the only NL team Mr Peavy hasn’t had a double digit K game against is the Phillies.
- Speaking of hot, what about those Yankees?
- Or Maybe Joe Mauer, who has 11 home runs in just 27 games this year. Here’s some perspective for you. He had 9 in 146 games last year.
- Zack Greinke is just incredible. AL Cy Young right there. You know you’re good when you give up 1 earned run and your ERA actually GOES UP!!! After his complete game vs the Tigers earlier this week, Greinke’s ERA went from 0.82 to 0.84. Sick.
- They say Albert Pujols is in a slump, but hey, but people seem to forget that he’s still batting a measley .308 in May. Hang in there Albert.
- Ryan Zimmerman’s hitting streak might have ended at 30 games and the Nationals might well be 13-34 yes folks, 13 and 34, but hey, it was one hell of a ride.
- Why is it that whenever I see or hear of Clayton Kershaw, I can’t help but think of Sandy Koufax? Not the dominant Koufax that won 129 games between 1961 and 1966, posted a 2.19 ERA in that span, won 3 Cy Young awards and an MVP title along with 2 world series championships. No, the young, raw Koufax who showed signs and flashes of his future self but was suppressed by Dodger manager Walter Alston throughout his early years.
Well, that’s all I’ve got for now. It’s going to be a busy couple of weeks. Exams, Stanley Cup Finals, hopefully the odd baseball game thrown in as well, starting with Dodgers/Cubs on ESPN on sunday night baseball. Can’t wait for that one. If only I get the time to watch it. Oh and Matt Wieters has finally been called up and went 0-4 for the O’s last night. However, since I have virtually no time, I can’t see him play against the Tigers this weekend. Still, it could be worse. Looking forward to a summer of baseball.
The resurgence of Rodney and ‘the sunday problem’
Well folks, we’re what, 3 weeks into the baseball season now and I’m loving it. (if you just count the fact that the Tigers aren’t 0-7 to start the year then we’re already onto a winner!)
After watching several Tigers games this year, including today’s rubber game 3-1 victory in Kansas city over the Royals, I’m pretty happy with what I’ve seen so far. Here’s what I’m liking:
- Fernando Rodney looks damn good. He’s throwing strikes, and getting outs. And that’s what counts. One thing Tigers analyst Rod Allen pointed out today was how Rodney is not falling violently off the mound so much anymore after his deliveries. It seems this is leading him to more strikes. Good on ya Fernando. Keep it up.
- Brandon Inge is red hot. Seriously, I’d heard Inge made a couple of subtle changes to his swing, and I gotta tell ya, they’re working alright. While we know the power from Brandon has always been there, it’s his ability to put the ball in play so far and avoid the strikeout that has most impressed me. even though he K’d twice on friday night against Zack Grienke (to be honest, who didn’t K against Grienke on that night??) he’s shown solid consistency. Let’s hope he can keep this going.
- I love Josh Anderson. Speed definitely has an impact. And Anderson, everytime he has been in the lineup, has contributed somehow, whether it be beating out singles, stealing bases, whatever, it’s having a positive impact on those guys like Inge, Santiago (who is also scorching hot) and Adam Everett.
- Joel Zumaya made his way back and appears to be healthy. That can only be good news for Tigers fans.
And while today is a Sunday, I’ve got to say as a fan living in the UK, sunday’s are awesome days for baseball. You get all of the games during the UK evening hours instead of what usually happens, that being most games beginning at 12am with those on the West Coast at 3am. Brutal.
And there’s nothing better than watching live baseball. I just love flipping between multiple games. However, there enters the dilemma. With so many games to choose from, how does one decide? Does one watch a different game every half inning? Does one utilise Mlb.tv’s multi-game viewing capacity and bust out 4 at once? Or does one try and break it down a little and just concentrate on one or two games? Today, I was utterly torn. Tigers/Royals. Stop. Flip to Cubs/Cards to watch Pujols hit. Stop. Well how about young Jordan Zimmerman taking on the Mets? Stop. It’s 9pm already. Turn over to San Diego to watch Jake mow down the Pirates. Hang on. Back to the Tigers game. Wait, Pujols is on deck. Now can you see my dilemma? That said, I wouldn;’t change it for the world.
Add in the fact that it’s real baseball, at least according to the great Lou Gehrig:
‘Real baseball should be played in the daytime, in the sushine’ I just
love to see the sun shine down on a major league field and listen to
the crack of the bat and the pop of the mitt.
And make sure you don’t miss Yankees/Red Sox tonight (or tomorrow in my case) on ESPN’s sunday night baseball. It’s gonna be a beauty.
And before I forget…..
…..while it hasn’t been officially announced yet, I found ESPN’s sunday night baseball schedule for the first half of the year. See for yourself:
The highlight of that list so far is gonna be the Red Sox/Yankees clash at Fenway on the 26th April. Looking forward to another great season of mlb on ESPN! Ahh, I can just hear it now…’Jon Miller crying ‘SAFE’ as Jacoby Ellsbury goes from first to third on a bloop single in the bottom of the ninth…22 days and counting…..
I should point out that I discovered the schedule by absolute chance after coming across ESPN mediazone.com. The wonders of the internet!
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