Swine Flu Applesauce

Things can only go way up or way down from here. From that USA Today article:

Greinke made short work of Jim Thome during Ks in the middle innings, then got Chicago’s slugger to pop up for the final out, joining Bret Saberhagen (1987) and Jose Lima (2003) as the only pitchers in franchise history to win their first six decisions.

It would have been a pretty controversial time to call this, but Hanley Ramirez was way outta the basepath to break up the double play and force the bad throw. He, like, completely changed direction in front of the bag to go after the shortstop and ended nowhere near second.

Whatevs, I guess.

I don’t think he knew what had happened. Not to mention the fact that ankiel had transferred the ball to his throwing hand and had it there all the way until he was knocked out. It then became clear that the left fielder was more concerned with checking on Ankiel than with picking up the ball. At that point, it’s probably best to stop running.

Last summer I was watching England play New Zealand in an extremely close cricket match that was eventually decided on the last ball of the game. With seven Kiwis already out chasing a score of 245 runs, a Kiwi batsman, Grant Elliott, is inadvertently laid out by an English player after striking the ball. While Elliott is on the ground, the English run him out. In that scenario, the English captain has the option of calling the batsman back or keeping the out. He kept the out. The New Zealand bench explodes, most of the crowd boos and, thankfully, New Zealand wins the match. After the game, the media from both countries slaughter England’s captain and he later steps down from the captaincy.

After being witness to that event, I’ll always err on the side of caution when an opposing player is hurt on the field.

Only a team with real heart and grit would care so much about winning the game.

Too early to say that his 2008 season was a fluke? I say no, and I also say he is not a “top of the line starter” as Metsblog seems to be saying.

I think Halladay is awesome and I think Lee at worse will still be much better than what we have. But I’m really not excited about trading a whole number of prospects, and I imagine any trade for a front line pitcher would effectively wipe out our system since I don’t think anyone of our prospects, or maybe even two, are well like enough/far along enough to carry a package by themselves, for a pitcher already in our about to enter his 30s, especially when Halladay’s contract is near expiring.

I’m just getting over something myself, I was a little worried but its clearing up.

I had to share a hilarious conversation I had with a friend.

Gina’s friend (3:19:17 PM): 200 ppl get swine fly n everyonewants to wear a mask
Gina (3:19:23 PM): lol
Gina’s friend (3:19:32 PM): 1 million peole get aids n no one wants to wear a condom
Gina’s friend (3:19:38 PM): Isn’t that wierd

Mets Last Night
Did they have the “edge”?

Everyone is nodding and agreeing that because the Mets came back from down 3 runs last night, they showed “edge”.

Are they at all self-conscious of how ridiculous they look? Is there a trace of self-awareness?

He had ample time to turn around and assess the situation, and he did. If the game situation were different, if the throw were coming in quickly and the rest of the team besides the guy on the ground were still actively playing, he could go for it. But here, the way he slowed down and turned around, if he then ran home, with his team up 6-1 in the 8th, it would have been a dick move.