Monday, May 24, 2004
144 Pitches? So What?
Jason Schmidt is a major league starter. A good one, in the upper ten percent of the league, easy.
One-hundred-and-forty-four pitches is something he should be able to handle.
What we can NOT handle is another stupid manager taking out a starter who is blowing away his opponents in favor of some reliver schmuck who's going to give up three runs.
Sorry. Schmidt? Or Felix/Brower/whoever? Between Schmidt and the relievers, I'll take Schmidt. We got the win. I've simply had enough of managers taking out starters who are killing the competition in favor of some slacker set-up man who promoptly blows it. I get tired of this whether it's the Giants or any other team. It's a sickness.
We got the win. And Jason Schmidt will recover. Hey, he even got an extra two days due to the rainout in San Juan.
• Did Neifi hit a home run recently?
• I heard Harold Reynolds on ESPN News say he wouldn't be surprised if Randy Johnson did not wind up finishing the season with the Yankees.
• Good luck Mike Montgomery. You're going to be coaching younger players in the NBA than you were at Stanford. Yeah, I put the over/under on you at two years, unless you can somehow work a miracle.
• If you're a novice hockey fan, don't be put off by the seemingly-unmarquee matchup going on in the Finals. Yeah, it's small market, and most fans don't know much about these two teams, but trust me: The Tampa Bay-Calgary matchup is outstanding. St.Louis/LeCavalier/Khabibulin vs. Iginla/Gelinas/Kiprusoff? That's as good as last year's Finals between New Jersey and Anaheim.
• Dave Andreychuk, after 22 seasons, is in the Stanley Cup Finals at last. He played for New Jersey from 1996 to 1999--the Devils won it all in 1995 and 2000--and was with Colorado in 2000, one year before the Avs took the Cup. And yeah, he wasn't going to even touch the Prince of Wales trophy. It's nice and all, but that's not the one they're going for. Jarome Iginla was far less blase: He actually took the trophy directly into the locker room. Either way, those are trophies you don't skate around with.
One-hundred-and-forty-four pitches is something he should be able to handle.
What we can NOT handle is another stupid manager taking out a starter who is blowing away his opponents in favor of some reliver schmuck who's going to give up three runs.
Sorry. Schmidt? Or Felix/Brower/whoever? Between Schmidt and the relievers, I'll take Schmidt. We got the win. I've simply had enough of managers taking out starters who are killing the competition in favor of some slacker set-up man who promoptly blows it. I get tired of this whether it's the Giants or any other team. It's a sickness.
We got the win. And Jason Schmidt will recover. Hey, he even got an extra two days due to the rainout in San Juan.
• Did Neifi hit a home run recently?
• I heard Harold Reynolds on ESPN News say he wouldn't be surprised if Randy Johnson did not wind up finishing the season with the Yankees.
• Good luck Mike Montgomery. You're going to be coaching younger players in the NBA than you were at Stanford. Yeah, I put the over/under on you at two years, unless you can somehow work a miracle.
• If you're a novice hockey fan, don't be put off by the seemingly-unmarquee matchup going on in the Finals. Yeah, it's small market, and most fans don't know much about these two teams, but trust me: The Tampa Bay-Calgary matchup is outstanding. St.Louis/LeCavalier/Khabibulin vs. Iginla/Gelinas/Kiprusoff? That's as good as last year's Finals between New Jersey and Anaheim.
• Dave Andreychuk, after 22 seasons, is in the Stanley Cup Finals at last. He played for New Jersey from 1996 to 1999--the Devils won it all in 1995 and 2000--and was with Colorado in 2000, one year before the Avs took the Cup. And yeah, he wasn't going to even touch the Prince of Wales trophy. It's nice and all, but that's not the one they're going for. Jarome Iginla was far less blase: He actually took the trophy directly into the locker room. Either way, those are trophies you don't skate around with.
