Thursday, July 31, 2003
That's What I'm Talking 'Bout, Willis
Okay, sorry about the "Diff'rent Strokes" spin. But I love Dontrelle Willis. Any kid who can come in and make you want to sit down, actually MAKE PLANS to watch a Florida Marlins game, and then on top of that, beat Randy Johnson in a duel, it's gotta be a good kid. Marlins fans actually packed Pro Player Stadium for this one. The attendance was, what, three times the average for a Fish game?
Willis is 10-2 now, and I have to think he's going to be instrumental in keeping the Marlins in the wild-card race, not that I necessarily worry about which team has the moxie to win second place in any given division. But, Florida helped the Giants, sending Arizona to a season-low 12 1/2 games back of first place San Francisco, which got another great game from Jason Schmidt and a nice productive outing from Edgardo Alfonzo. Fonzie hit a grand slam and Schmidt got another win. It's a twelve-and-a-half-game lead; I can't recall the last time the Giants had a lead this large. Maybe I'll research it.
Willis is 10-2 now, and I have to think he's going to be instrumental in keeping the Marlins in the wild-card race, not that I necessarily worry about which team has the moxie to win second place in any given division. But, Florida helped the Giants, sending Arizona to a season-low 12 1/2 games back of first place San Francisco, which got another great game from Jason Schmidt and a nice productive outing from Edgardo Alfonzo. Fonzie hit a grand slam and Schmidt got another win. It's a twelve-and-a-half-game lead; I can't recall the last time the Giants had a lead this large. Maybe I'll research it.
