In Cleveland tonight, the Offensive Nicknames finally derailed the Red Sox machine, eking out a 9-8 win.
Boston took lead, after lead, after lead. (1-0, then 5-1, then 7-3, then 8-7.) Each time, the Offensive Nicknames tied the game. Finally, in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs, the Offensive Nickname Asdrubal Cabrera, with the winning run on second base, hit the ball hard between first and second. Boston's Kevin Youkilis made a fine backhand stop, turning and tossing the ball to the pitcher, Javy Lopez, covering first.
Mind you, this is a routine play. Youk had to make a pretty nice stop, but, in baseball terms, this is just a plain vanilla, same old same old kind of play. A starting pitcher might do this 2 or 3 times a game. A reliever who pitches regularly probably does it every week or ten days. When baseball teams go to spring training, this is one of the things they practice-and they do it for HOURS, just to make sure everyone has got it down pat. If you ever read an article about spring training, you'll probably read about pitchers complaining about having to do this.
Well, he dropped it.
(The Other) Javy Lopez just dropped the dang ball. He dropped it, the run scored, and the game was over.
Pah.
A deflating way to end the win streak, and you can't win them all, as they say. But pah anyway.
Pah, I say. Fooey.
Pah and meh! And I had the best uncoordinated happy dance planned too. It'll have to wait.
ReplyDeleteYeah. We had to lose eventually, but I'd rather somebody just hit one over the wall than to lose so unglamorously.
ReplyDeleteYes, a sad way to go down.
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