That got a bit sketchy. Arias didn't pitch that bad in the 9th. A ground ball single followed by a weak infield hit. The walk was his only real mistake. That wasn't a good time for his first walk of the year. Sampson cleaned up the mess either way.
Give me Wandy, Bourn, Pence and one big trade for a young upcoming star (easier said than done) and lets build a damn franchise, and blow dong for about 3 years. and then be good.
no. liked it at the time, and am fine with it now. we gave up a bunch of garbage for miguel tejada. i don't care how much he gets paid - drayton is the one paying him, not me. i want the best possible players on the field.
wandy would be 33 y/o by then. he isn't young, you can't count him as one of the young up and coming stars.
Tampa Bay did something similar a few days ago with their lineup card. They ended up with their pitcher batting in the 3 spot in their lineup - in the AL. And Evan Longoria playing only in the field and not batting.
So last night was Wandy's first home run surrendered in almost 90 innings pitched. Wow. Houston, we have a new ace.
you can see the confidence he has just by the way he carries himself walking to the mound. his curveball is about as effective as any pitch in baseball right now.
How stupid can both managers be? "It happened, it is embarrassing, but it's over," Cooper said. "If we had lost the game, it would be even more so. But we won the game. That's the most important thing." Macha said he might not have said anything if the Brewers had retired Bourn and Matsui at the start. Bourn batted again, drew a walk and scored on Berkman's double to right center. LOL. Brilliant, use up your starting pitchers energy (roughly 6-8 pitches) on two guys who are automatic outs. Nice one Cooper, it's ok to do stupid things as long as you get the win, who cares that this type of move will decrease your chances of winning the game by like 5-10%.
