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cknox0723 · 06-26-2005, 02:54 AM

game xii - det (6-4) @ chw (2-9)

last season: oh, esteban, why must you torture us so?

this season: m. redman (1-0, 6.97) @ j. garland (0-2, 10.50)

After being knocked down by the Tigers, I fully expect that we'll find a way to pick ourselves back up -- after all, nowhere to go but up! But I didn't think it'd come some 12 hours after what was perhaps the most spectacular meltdown in Pale Hose history.

Yet sure enough, Jon Garland comes out throwing his hard sinking fastball for strikes, needing just nine pitches to complete a one-two-three first, and crafty lefty Mark Redman has his head up his ass as he straddles the rubber in the bottom of the first. I've no idea how he can throw a ball in such a position, but lo and behold...

Still, even though his freakish sideshow ability would do wonders for a traveling circus, it ain't much against major league batters. Redman's assortment of half-assed junk (pun intended) is like batting practice for our major league batters, one of whom is shortstop Aneudi Cuevas, a year out of AA. He leads off with a sharp single to left. Adam Kennedy, left-handed batter, supposedly isn't much against pitchers who use that arm, but he's a house afire recently and pulls another mediocre fastball over the second sacker Infante, allowing Cuevas to scamper to third. Then Redman bounces a pitch, Pudge can't fetch it fast enough, and we're on the board first.

Redman gets his head on straight after that, retiring "Buddha" Ordonez on a short fly out to left. The Big Hurt reaches thanks to the inadequacies of a third baseman named Hessman, but Raul Gonzalez swings right through a 2-2 fastball at the letters and it looks as though we'll have a supernova-like first inning.

But Miguel Olivo cracks a single past the shortstop Tony Giarratano and you can put another on the board. Veteran outfielder Jeff Hammonds bounces to second -- the first batter who put the ball in play and didn't pull it -- and after 34 pitches, we're finally in the books. But what a way to get put in there.

Garland is perfect again in the second, though he gets two fly balls, which isn't terribly common for him. Redman appears completely settled as he concludes the bottom of the frame by picking Aneudi Cuevas off first base, but I wouldn't really care if we had dancing elephants on first. We're winning -- that only happens once a week!

06-26-2005, 02:54 AM	#474
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	look! up in the sky! game xii - det (6-4) @ chw (2-9) last season: oh, esteban, why must you torture us so? this season: m. redman (1-0, 6.97) @ j. garland (0-2, 10.50) After being knocked down by the Tigers, I fully expect that we'll find a way to pick ourselves back up -- after all, nowhere to go but up! But I didn't think it'd come some 12 hours after what was perhaps the most spectacular meltdown in Pale Hose history. Yet sure enough, Jon Garland comes out throwing his hard sinking fastball for strikes, needing just nine pitches to complete a one-two-three first, and crafty lefty Mark Redman has his head up his ass as he straddles the rubber in the bottom of the first. I've no idea how he can throw a ball in such a position, but lo and behold... Still, even though his freakish sideshow ability would do wonders for a traveling circus, it ain't much against major league batters. Redman's assortment of half-assed junk (pun intended) is like batting practice for our major league batters, one of whom is shortstop Aneudi Cuevas, a year out of AA. He leads off with a sharp single to left. Adam Kennedy, left-handed batter, supposedly isn't much against pitchers who use that arm, but he's a house afire recently and pulls another mediocre fastball over the second sacker Infante, allowing Cuevas to scamper to third. Then Redman bounces a pitch, Pudge can't fetch it fast enough, and we're on the board first. Redman gets his head on straight after that, retiring "Buddha" Ordonez on a short fly out to left. The Big Hurt reaches thanks to the inadequacies of a third baseman named Hessman, but Raul Gonzalez swings right through a 2-2 fastball at the letters and it looks as though we'll have a supernova-like first inning. But Miguel Olivo cracks a single past the shortstop Tony Giarratano and you can put another on the board. Veteran outfielder Jeff Hammonds bounces to second -- the first batter who put the ball in play and didn't pull it -- and after 34 pitches, we're finally in the books. But what a way to get put in there. Garland is perfect again in the second, though he gets two fly balls, which isn't terribly common for him. Redman appears completely settled as he concludes the bottom of the frame by picking Aneudi Cuevas off first base, but I wouldn't really care if we had dancing elephants on first. We're winning -- that only happens once a week!