So you go 7-3 on a tough road trip, then come home and win exactly one in nine games, taking your home record to a totally dismal, unfathomable 13-22. It happens. It happens? How does it happen? By striking out something like 83 times during the homestand and issuing almost as many walks to the visitors. By blowing saves on a mindblogging basis. By not hitting. And certainly by not playing defense. Ouch. What sloppy play, what mental mistakes were on display this past week. Then of course you lose a key hitter in Raul Ibanez and your top slugger geta a mystery fever that spikes to 104 degrees. Thank the gods for minor league ball available here on radio and tv.
I didn't get part 2 of The Pen last night on MLBN. It started with a repeat of part 1, then segued into a 25-minute part 2. I had expected another, and new, hour. It was good but way too short.
