First off, the BlueClaws took game 3 of the finals last night when, on a two-out 0-2 pitch in the bottom of the 9th, Jeremy Barnes hit a single and scored Jiwan James from second. Typical BlueClaws drama. The Drive took a 1-0 lead in the 4th, but the 'Claws came back immediately to tie it. They went on to win 2-1. Games 4 and 5 (f necessary) are today.
Carlos Carrasco got his first big-league win last night as the Indians beat the Royals 10-4.
Roy Oswalt says he is feeling like a rookie again.
When the Phillies were playing the Mets last week, one of the Met radio announcers said the following of Oswalt: He may be from a small town in Mississippi but he is 1. very clear-headed, 2. very articulate, and 3. an intense competitor. It could have been Wayne Hagen (sic?), who speaks in interminable sentences but the sentiment sounds more like that of New Yorker (and big-time Met homer) Howie Rose. Anyway, it cracked me up---clear-headed and articulate being, I guess, qualities the broadcaster did not expect from small-town Mississippi. Wonder what he thinks of Charlie Manuel.
