Baseblog - April 27, 2010
Note: Most of today's notes are from LewaLew but adapted for use here. I also added details.
• Johnson's epic CG: You'd think they'd take him out sooner - winning by nine runs and all that - but consider that it was a three-hitter. With 12 Ks. And he drove in three runs. Who says pitchers can't hit?
• Washington walks in the losing run in the tenth: Amazingly they don't have a losing record. (It's important to LL, at least, considering who the other team was. The Windy City was really fighting the hitters and fielders for both teams in that game. He can't wait until the wind shifts and Wrigley becomes a hitter's park.)
• Ryan Howard gets a MASSIVE extension: In all honesty, he's not even the best player on the team. Sure, he crushes the ball, but his fielding is spotty at best and I'm still not convinced that he can hit a curve, even though he worked on those two faults in Spring Training.
• Giants jump all over Halladay early: I thought Halladay might struggle a little - after all, even though he's the best pitcher in baseball, he only been in the league facing these batters for a little while.
• Cubs Vs. Brewers: Apparently, the Brew Crew's woes against the Cubbies were because of one of two reasons: Firstly, the Cubs are simply awesome and crushed them, or two, the Pirates have returned to their old ways as they have for seventeen years.
• All-Star Game ballots: They're up on MLB.com. A bit early, but who cares. Vote for who you want to play in Angel Stadium this year. (Angel Stadium is a beautiful park. LL went there in '06 on his trip to LEGOLAND, San Diego, and the Halos/Padres. Plus, he voted Longoria for third since I'm a Rays fan. )
• Rainouts in the Big Apple: Two games in a row have been rained out at Citi Field in Queens. The first game resulted in a six-inning, 1-0 win for the Mets, but tonight's game against former NY team, the Dodgers, never even got started. Aren't we lucky that fabulous AL Central Division tiebreaker game between the Tigers and Twins was in the Metrodome, thus avoiding the rain in Minneapolis that day? Yeah, that's what I thought. No such luck this year, no matter how pretty new Target Field is.
• MLB Network's Emmys: It actually happened last month, but MLB Network got 12 Emmy nominations in its first year, and they won four of them. One was for Bob Costas (presumably for his "Studio 42" programs) and another was for MLB Tonight. (Man, I love MLB Network. )
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