Walking through
I was having a little trouble sleeping last night, earthquake notwithstanding, and figured I'd try and snooze off to some 3 am ESPNews. Wait, there's a baseball game still going on? Top of the 22nd?
It's rare Extra Innings package comes in handy to deliver some extra innings at 3 am.
The final tally:
- 6 hours and 16 minutes of 3 run baseball.
- 15 pitchers used
- 658 pitches (Dusty Baker was jealous)
- Rockies struck out a record 20 times
- No runs scored until the 14th inning
- During the 17th inning, Jake Peavy (who started the game) brought a ram head to the dugout and taped it's eyes shut. Seriously.
- Willy Taveras had 10 at-bats.
Mercifully, Troy Tulowitzki double in Willy Taveras - who was nearly asleep at 2nd base - for the game winner. Rockies 2, Padres 1.
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Red Sox 7, Yankees 5 - Just a hunch, but I'm thinking Mike Mussina might want to intentionally walk Manny Ramirez the rest of the season. PWND. Three of his five home run have come off of a Mussina pitch that missed it's mark.
Brewers 5, Cardinals 3 - Prince Fielder averaged a home run in every 15 at-bats before this season. Coincidentally, he recently went vegetarian and hadn't sent one in his first 54 at-bats. So either he had a cheeseburger before the game or Fielder is finally coming around, sending his 1st of the year out in the top of the 9th for a Brewers win.
Reds 9, Cubs 2 - Ted Lilly Sucks Part 3.
Orioles 6, White Sox 5 - He'd rather not be confused with Pacman Jones ... this will help his cause. How about Mr. Walk Off?
Lastly, here's the ESPN E:60 interview with Miguel Tejada. Yeah, they totally weren't planning on calling him out. I believe you've been Punk'd, sir.
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