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May
D’Backs Pound Rox 8-4
Big nights from Stephen Drew (3-run homer; great defense) and Chris Young (3-5 w/ 3 runs scored) helped the D’Backs snap a three-game losing streak. Randy Johnson had trouble with his location, giving up all four of the Rockies runs in 5 innings. (But think of it this way: the bullpen didn’t cave!)
Rockies’ starter Jeff Francis gave up all 8 of the D’Backs runs, along with 13 hits.
Eric Byrnes distinguished himself by being the only starter in the lineup, including Johnson, to not get a hit. He also K’d twice. I had to work yesterday and saw only his last at-bat. He let a fastball down the middle go by and then popped up the second pitch, to the second baseman near the mound, to leave Justin Upton at third. I didn’t bother to check the archives for the others. Byrnesie, do you remember anything at all about pitch selection?
I sold a headline for the first time in 6 weeks today, Byrnesie. My own form of pitch selection had gone awry. Maybe that’s a signal that things will go better for you today. I got used to all those lovely doubles (10) in April. You’re supposed to be good in May.
Remember what Greenberg told Kiner.
Micah Owings goes tonight for the Snakes.
Of the 15 games the D’Backs have lost so far, 10 have come against teams outside their division. A question now arises as to whether the Diamondbacks are the best in the NL West, but little else.
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So much for Eric’s All-Star year. I’m not going to bother to vote this year; all the joy is out of it if Byrnes is not a valid contender. I knew he shouldn’t have gotten married.
May 16th, 2008 at 1:34 pmWell, if Byrnesie were a Giant, he’d be playing better. And as I told him, “congratulations on your marriage, and my deepest condolences to your wife.” You know, I think it would be better to ban all marriages than to make it legal for gays to marrry. Seems to me that the only real beneficiaries of marriage are divorce lawyers. It’s against my religion for me to marry.
May 16th, 2008 at 2:36 pmIf Byrnesie were a Giant, he’d be choking along with his buddy, Zito. I’m just not enjoying the b-ball this year. It’s put me in a very bad mood.
May 16th, 2008 at 2:50 pmNo, if Byrnesie was a Giant, both of them would never have slumped in the first place. Maybe some A’s fan did some spell or something — Swisher is slumping with the White Sox, too.
May 19th, 2008 at 3:40 pm