How is it Jason Grilli still has a job with the Tigers? He's affectionately referred to as the 'Gas Can' and yesterday he reminded his fan base why. I'll once again quote Bless You Boys for a hilarious analogy to his outing:
It might not have been THAT bad, but with the game tied 5-5 in the 7th, Grilli came in and gave up 5 hits, 3 runs, 1 HR and a walk. That was your difference in another Tigers 8-5 loss to Chicago."If a tied ballgame were a carton of eggs handed to Grilli, he not only would've dropped the eggs on the floor, shattering the shells, and pooling yolk and white all over your kitchen tile. But he would've then slipped on the viscous puddle, gone feet-first into the air, came crashing back down ass-first into the sticky, gooey mess, getting it all over his clothes, spreading and spraying the now-inedible sludge across the floor and onto the walls.
Even worse, Grilli would've pulled the person who was trying to help him up down to the floor with him, causing the innocent to also fall injuriously, soil his or her clothing, and causing a further spread of slop around the room. And you know what? Grilli might not have even cleaned up the mess, leaving all that broken egg to cause a salmonella outbreak in your household. And all he was supposed to do was put the damn eggs in the refrigerator."
Time to panic yet?
Elsewhere ...
Maybe we should start calling them the O-Rays with another 13 runs on the board last night in New York. That's not that great of a feat though, when you consider LaTroy Hawkins was on the mound. Batting practice began -- 0.2 IP, 6 hits, 6 ER. The object of Yankee fans affection, Kyle Farnsworth, thought he was probably off the hook ... until he came in and gave up a home run to Carlos Pena immediately. Rays rolled 13-4.
Coincidentally, the Colorado Rockies pennant celebration was to take place before opening their home schedule against the team they beat in the NLCS. The Diamondbacks thanked them with an 8-1 beating. Micah Owings allowed just 2 hits and struck out 9.
Toronto should always wear the powder blue jerseys at home.
Bill Hall took advantage of the San Francisco pitching and double his hits for the season, adding two home runs.
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