Published 7/1/2009
by Wesley Johnson
at Bleacher Report - MLB
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Customer Service Agent: Hello, thank you for calling Run Support.
Brian Bannister: Yes, my name is Brian Bannister, and I've been having trouble with my offense lately. It's about low to medium level, but it's performing at a standard far worse than that.
Customer Service Agent: I'm sorry to hear that Mr. Bannister. Do you recall the last time you had this problem?
Brian Bannister: Yes, last night, at around 7:10 Central Time.
Customer Service Agent: Can you describe the nature of the offense?
Brian Bannister: Yes, I allowed only one earned run, but lost the game.
Customer Service Agent: You say one earned run, Mr. Bannister, were there any unearned runs?
Brian Bannister: Yes, one.
Customer Service Agent: And how much support did your offense give you?
Brian Bannister: They scored one run in the first.
Customer Service Agent: Ah, well it seems that your trouble is defense, let me transfer you to the "good defense" department.
Brian ...
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