I just spent 3 hours writing a post that vanished into cyberspace and I just don’t feel like doing it again so I will summarize it right quick:
- Jackie Robinson ROOLZ
- Mark Loretta is without question the poorest excuse I have EVER seen for a shortstop and he cost Sampson 3 runs tonight (go watch the 4th inning if you disbelieve me)
Sampson pitched absolutely terrible. Very few balls broke and he left em over way too much of the plate. He almost tripled his ERA – from 1.5 to 4.26. Yeccccch.
Lance Berkman FINALLY hit a baseball a LONGGG way over the fence. I hope this means he is breaking out of his 3 week slump.
Biggio hit his 51st career leadoff homer. He now has 284 career homers and 2956 hits.
So Purpura, please, the playing time you promised Loretta? Don’t ruin your pitchers by putting him at short again, hunh? Just platoon Biggio on the road. Yes, I DO mean Purpura – I would bet this wasn’t Garner’s decision.
Tags: Houston Astros, MLB
well,
in one way i am kind of glad that the entire universe (well, minus the 99.999% that were watching the (#$! yankees/redsox instead because of their superior quality of pitching and defense – NOT) got to see why loretta got NO business at short. the last game he played at short, mo ensberg basically took every ball that came to the left side of the IF.
and as for OP – but but but he iz CLUTCH!!!
and he hits grounders instead of striking out. which is SO important
lisa
That was absolutely brutal. Loretta should never play short again. They should have kept Bruntlett and released OP.