Well I am not one of those guys who is going to start ringing my hands over the bottom of our rotation. We just haven’t played enough baseball yet to start overreacting to a couple of bad outings. I expect Warthen and his coaches to start working immediately with the boys and get them back on track and I have faith that they will. No sense going over what happened in the last two games let’s just say it was not pretty, actually it was pretty ugly, but again let’s not start to panic….yet.
How about the Dude and two homers yesterday it almost made up for the bad pitching…well maybe not.
.But still it is what we have been waiting for him to do and it’s very exciting to see Duda’s three-hit game and two, count em two, shots to right field. Loved to see him wait out a low change up and blast it a great sign for Lucas.
Now about Murphy and his bonehead move last night, in case you were one of the lucky ones who missed it Valdespin was on third and Murph was on second, Ike Davis hit a fly ball to shallow centerfield, The Phillies Ben Revere grabbed the ball as Valdespin tagged from third base. But then Daniel did not wait to see if Revere caught the ball and took off for third and was doubled off second before Valdespin could score, part of the goof up was Jordany’s fault as well cause he was not running and should have scored. Murphy has been red hot with the bat and doing a terrific job in the field but he had to be sure that ball wasn’t caught he has been around too long to be making mistakes like that. To his credit Daniel did own up to the mistake and understands what he did, or failed to do, cost us a run. Thing is, I praise Murph all the time so when something like this happens I think I have license to call him on it. I do it out of love and respect for one of the hardest working most conscientious ball payers I know.
But back to Jordany Valdespin what is up with that childish behavior on the field, it just continues and is getting a little old he needs to grow up; watching him gallop to third base and then celebrate with a couple chest thumps was sickening. I liked that third base coach Tim Teufel blasted him for it, Tim was not about to let Jordany get away with those juvenile, be it unprofessional behavior. The crowd got on him as well with boos, they remember last year when Valdespin hit a three-run home run then jogged the bases as he crossed the plate saying “I am the man.” I like what Jordany has been bringing to the table I love his speed I like him in leadoff and his ability to put bat on ball but I have a real problem and have since the first time I saw him in Brooklyn with his immaturity. I want this kid in the lineup as often as he can be but he will never gain my respect as long as he continues to act the fool.
The guys will take today off and enjoy a snowstorm about to hit Minnesota it will snow into tomorrow with 10-12 inches expected so who knows if we will even have a game. The forecast for tomorrow's Game: High of 36/Low of 28 with 40 percent chance of more snow.
Horwitz doing his part helping shovel in front of the hotel, don’t be surprised if Jay decides to build a snowman.
Gee needs to be in the zone and good control to be effective and he just wasn't fooling anyone last night. Jack Buck off his first week or so here looks like the move of the offseason for Sandy Alderson...and lol he's only the backup for the real big new thing in fellow catcher and part of that RA Dickey trade to the Jays, Travis D' Arnaud. So happy with Murh's play especially with him missing all that time in spring training, he looks frisky out there and is driving the ball too.
God it was like playing baseball on a giant pool table!
