Pat Burrell Makes The Rockies Pay
Bugs & Cranks —
With 1 out in the top of the 9th inning and barely clinging onto a 6-5 lead, Rockies manager Clint Hurdle decided to walk Ryan Howard (and his .190 BA and ML leading 30 K’s) to load the bases and pray for a double play ball from Pat Burrell.
WRONG MOVE.
Burrell, owner of a .563 average with runners in scoring position (MLB Rank = 1), lofted a ball high into the gap in left-center field. Lil’ Willy Taveras made his best attempt at a diving catch, failed, and the next thing you know the Phillies were up, 8-6.
Brad (Know The) Lidge came in and threw a perfect bottom-half for the victory which sent the ...
Barry Zito Reaches A Whole New Level of Suck
FanIQ Blog —
Walking off the MLB action every day ...
Before I zeroed in on my Spurs hatred, I thought we might see Barry Zito pick up a big first win of the season against Brandon Webb.
Worst. Contract. Ever. was spotted a surprising 3-run early lead on the Diamondbacks, a lead the dwindled to 3-2, with two out in the top of the 4th. A big bat came to plate in the form of Webb, a career .108 hitter.
The result? You can probably figure it out. Webb crushed a Zito "fastball" for a two-run double that would be all the MLB's first five game winner would need. Webb is now 5-0. Zito 0-5.
I'm not even sure if Zito ...
