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Trent Grisham, despite belting $78,833,333 worth Mets "aces" out of the park, panicked and decided he couldn't hit Ranger-Freaking-Suarez. This either says something awesome about Ranger, something sad about Grisham…or something pathetic about ScherzGrom.
Or, possibly, all three.
On a broader note, having the game decided by RGNS (Random Guys Named Suarez) doesn't say a thing about the managers' decisions to pull Darvish and Wheels after 91 and 87 pitches, respectively, nuh-huh! It's PERFECTLY LOGICAL to pull Yu Darvish (5x All-Star, and a 5x All-Star and 2x MVP in his Japanese days) after 6 innings and try to get two innings out of Robert Suarez, who's had such a stellar career that he didn't even make the majors until age 31. You betcha!
(And let's hear it for Rob Thomson setting up his bullpen so perfectly that…neither Alvarado nor Dominguez was around for the 9th! Great planning! Maybe if you'd let Zack have another inning? Sigh.)
Great Moments in Broadcasting: as Josh Hader warms up in the bottom of the 8th, Joe Davis tells us that the Phillies, trailing 3-2 at the time, will have to face Hader in the 9th.
Well, not if they treat Robert Suarez like the mediocrity he's been for over a decade and take the lead they won't, Joe. Now you know.
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