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May
D’Backs blow it in the final frame
The Arizona Diamondbacks dropped the rubber match of their three game series against the Mets, 5-2. This is the first time they have lost a series since the opening series against Cincinnati.
They really beat themselves in this one. Dan Haren matched up well with Johan Santana, yielding only 2 runs. But the D’Backs offense left its clutch hitting in the bat rack; the Snakes left 12 men on base compared to the Mets’ 6. Maybe if they got a few more in they could have withstood Conor Jackson’s 9th inning error. Reliever Chad Qualls got Carlos Delgado to hit a grounder but Jackson threw it into left field and instead of runners on first and third with one out, the Mets had runners on first and second with none out and a run scored. They got two more off Qualls that inning and then Billy Wagner slammed the door shut in the bottom of the ninth.
On the good side, Mark Reynolds hit an RBI single and Chris Snyder an RBI triple. But Snyder’s triple missed being a home run by inches and he was stranded at third.
Eric Byrnes continues to be a disaster, going 0-5 with three Ks. He’s swinging a the bad stuff, letting fast balls down the middle go by, and looking like a fool on change ups. (Stop guessing, Byrnesie, wait for something in your hitting zone, then swing at it). It’s depressing, really, and I wonder how long Bob Melvin can put up with this vacuum in the top third of his order that is Eric Byrnes of late.
On to deal with Philadelphia, as Max Scherzer makes his major league debut as a starter. An absolute fireballer versus the most potent offense in the league. Ought to be interesting. Crafty Jamie Moyer, who is old enough to be Scherzer’s father, starts for Philly.
BTW I am still waiting to hear from people who have an Eric Byrnes story to tell for that DVD set of the 2001 World Series. It is a very good set. C’mon folks, where are all the people who wave 22’s at Chase, or the people who used to sit behind the Eric Byrnes Fan Club sign in Oakland?
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First long-term contract and then a bride; maybe our Byrnesie has jumped the shark.
May 5th, 2008 at 2:38 pmHmmm . .. I wonder if one should never use the phrase “jump the shark” with a surfer … it’s a little too real. Like you never, ever, ever, ever tell a dancer to “break a leg” . . .instead, to wish a dancer a good performance, you tell them, MERDE .. . it’s French for shyte.
May 5th, 2008 at 3:09 pmHe’s got to rest the legs. He said Friday morning that his leg is good (as I heard it it sounded like he was referring to one leg because of his use of the contraction) but Mark Grace has been pointing out how he is standing differently at the plate, and Gracie has been through this so he knows what he’s talking about.
Byrnesie is also panicking now. Trying to outguess the pitcher, swinging at junk, all his bad habits have come back like when a drunk falls off the wagon and goes on a bender.
May 5th, 2008 at 3:30 pmOh, dear . .. this does not sound good, Kellia. But I knew he’d lose his mojo if he was too far away from the ocean.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:23 am