April 02, 2008
Can't Buy a Run
The Giants haven't scored in 15 innings, and the Astros haven't scored in 14. I know a some point they'll score runs, but you have to start wondering when.
Update: Bourn draws a walk with the bases loaded, and the Astros break their streak in the sixth inning. They trail San Diego 2-1 with the bases still loaded.
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Join the crowd. Hardly anybody's scoring runs on a night of deep and restful sleep, sleep, sleep. Just saw a note that the average major league salary has crept over $3 million. Never have so many been paid so much for producing so little.
By the way, the Giants got on the board. They're up 2-0 in LA. Tonight that qualifies as a blowout.
...and the Dodgers come back to win. Did you see Larry Bowa's tirade against Ed Montague for telling him the stay in the coach's box? Oh man.
I like the way Torre handled the ballclub in this game. Good, intelligent use of the bench, lots of patient at-bats, etc.
And of course the Padres bullpen returned to form after that momentary lapse by Joe Thatcher to record 10 outs without allowing another run.
Kinda scary to think that the Astros' entire offense this season consists of a bases-loaded walk. How's that for a highlights reel?
Yeah, I know it's Petco and it's night and it's cool and it's Peavy and Young. But jeez, the Astros offense was supposed to be much improved.
The tiny plus is that Backe pitched well, though anybody can pitch well in San Diego's pitcher's dump. But if this futility endures, maybe the Astros won't mind if the feds bust Tejada.
Of course, everybody was sufferin' last night. Baseball labored mightily to produce less than six runs a game. Not quite soccer-level pointlessness, but close.
SF, Fla, Houston could be in for really, really long years