A Tale of Two Pitchers
Arizona 11, Atlanta 1. On the mound today the Diamondbacks had Doug Davis, an inspirational story waiting to happen in his first return since losing his thyroid to cancer. (After Davis, Jon Lester, et. al., baseball might be adding cancer to the list of PEDs.)
The home team countered with Jo-Jo Reyes. Jo-Jo Reyes took the mound tonight like a needle to the balloon of our momentum. Five Diamondbacks crossed the plate before we even came to bat. We were never in this one.
A couple of notes (though, honestly I was drifting off after the 5th):
- I think opposing pitchers have finally gotten the memo about Chipper. It seems like he’s been seeing a lot fewer strikes lately. It’s a testament to Chipper that he’s been able to continue on his pace with teams starting to try to pitch around him. And, of course, the more walks, the fewer ABs; the fewer ABs, the greater the chance that he might pull off .400.
- Phil Stockman looked good again. Maybe some day we’ll get to see him in a game that counts.
Bobby Cox Re-Ups for 2009
I’ll be interested to see what folks think about Bobby’s contract extension. Strategy-wise, I’ve been having more qualms with Bobby in recent years. (Though, it’s easier to have strategy qualms when you’re not winning divisions.) However, there’s no question that Bobby’s one-of-a-kind in the way he runs the clubhouse, and we’d be hard-pressed to find someone who can handle that aspect as well or better than Bobby.
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