Pardon the poor Spanish, it's been about 20 years since high school. What I'm trying to say is small ball = big balls. How else to explain what Endy Chavez did last night? Two down, runners on second and third, tie game in the 12th inning, and he drops a beautiful drag bunt. Totally unexpected. If it fails, no doubt he gets pilloried in the press. But it worked, and he is the hero. Again. How cool was it when the Endy chant started as he strode to the plate? He is a folk hero to the fans at Shea, and those at home, for a lot of reasons, timely hits, great throws, and unbelievable catches. Add this one to the list.
A tight tight game, that I alas missed much of since my gym no longer has SNY. I guess I lucked out last week. In its place, CNBC. Yep, nothing gets the blood pumping on the treadmill like business news, or a replay of "Deal or no Deal". YES was on TWO channels. Someone please explain this to me?
El Duque pitched another gem. I got to see some of his mastery before I went, and he was dealing, again. We have gotten the good El Duque 3 out of 4 starts so far. I think we can stop worrying about which one will show up for a while. The pen did well, though Billy gave up a run. I'm thinking he needs to be a one and done guy, he seems to falter in his second inning of work more often than in a single inning. The Show got it done last night, good for him. Maybe now he has turned a corner. The guy has skills. Is he lights out, no, but he is going to do well for this team more often than not. Aaron Heilman also had a scoreless inning, redemption for him as well. Joe Smith got the win, throwing 3 pitches for 2 outs. Nice. Good for him, and good for "Your Ad Here", my fantasy team (I picked Joe up over the weekend.).
As for the bats, well, they were sleepy, except for Damion Easley, who hit his second home run of the season to tie the game at 1. Very nice, looks like we might have some pop off the bench there. Otherwise, Valentin had a leadoff triple, yet failed to score. Even Jose Reyes failed to push him across. Maybe Jose wanted 'Stache to know how he has felt too often this year. Wright had two hits, though he appeared to be out on a close play on the second one. The first one was a bloop to left. Can't say the slump is over quite yet, though sometimes a couple of breaks is all it takes to get things clicking. Going 1-11 with RISP is not good against the Rockies. Hopefully, they do better today.
Couple of more points. Fans at Shea have changed. Booing is happening much too frequently. Wags gives up his first run of the year, and gets booed. Please people, lets not turn into fans who boo at the drop of a hat. He did not implode, not by a long shot. Beltran nearly had that ball, one more inch and the inning is over. Some tried to blame Green for running hard to make the catch. Really? The guy shouldn't run hard? And if Beltran had not, and the ball fell in, those same people would have gotten all over Green for not going after it. Give me a break.
David has heard some boos as well. Way to show support for one of the keystones of this franchise there. The kid is struggling. At this time, he needs support. The last thing he needs is 40,000 plus, or even a small portion of that booing him. You think he is pressing now, it will only make it worse. Mark my words, there will come a time when the other bats are quiet, and David will be the one carrying the team. It happened last year.
Look, if the team gets the snot kicked out of them, I can somewhat understand booing. But in a tie game, or a 1-0 game? C'mon. Remember, they are going to lose their share of games. Booing every misplay, for a good, maybe great team, smacks of stupidity. It's OK to be pissed, and I was annoyed as well, but I did not boo the TV screen. Show a little support for your team.
Today, a day game. Mike Pelfrey vs. Josh Fogg. PLD will sit, so Ramon Castro will play. I wonder who is going to hit 2nd. Wright, in the hope that he will see more fastballs? I wonder if either Green or Alou will sit to allow Endy a start and one of them a rest with a day game following a night game, and Endy hits second? Should be interesting to see. Let's hope Pelfrey can show some of the skills we have seen at times for a longer period today. We've had a good stretch of starts from the rotation. Let's have another.
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