There's only three things you can rely on in this life... death, taxes, and the Orioles mailing it in against the Yankees in a close race. As soon as they smelled a Yankee revival, the O's wondered, "is there anything we can do to help?" Thanks guys. Don't even pretend like you've got any pride. Just roll over and stay there. Staaaay. Of course, the sweep in NY will be the wakeup call they need, and they'll come out ready to fight this weekend... against the Sox. Great.
As for the Sox' 5-run collapse in the eighth, I'll take this opportunity to blame Tito 100% for that. I really need this bullpen usage thing explained to me, cause apparently I'm not smart enough to comprehend Tito's downright La Russian prowess with relievers. I mean, maybe Tito doesn't read the papers, and hasn't yet heard that he moved Mike Timlin out of the set-up role a month ago. All he needed last night was one ground ball or one strikeout from the batter, lefty Travis Lee, so as to keep the tying run at first base. Isn't that Mike Myers' ONLY job? It's not enough that Timlin is already his own setup man, now he has to be the lefty specialist too? Hell, Timlin wasn't even the best choice for a strikeout... Craig Hansen struck out two Devil Rays on Monday, and the tying run was only on first so he would have had a couple chances. He's a friggin closer by trade, and nobody questions this, so why the hell does he need to be coddled now?
Actually, I just remembered who I'm dealing with. I'm now surprised that he didn't throw Jeremi Gonzalez, the baseball equivalent of a punctured oxygen tank, onto the fire. Well, at least I know Tito will have one of his mental peers managing the Yankees next year. I hope Sweet Lou flies Southwest, because I'm buying him a one-way ticket from Tampa to Islip.
As for the Sox' 5-run collapse in the eighth, I'll take this opportunity to blame Tito 100% for that. I really need this bullpen usage thing explained to me, cause apparently I'm not smart enough to comprehend Tito's downright La Russian prowess with relievers. I mean, maybe Tito doesn't read the papers, and hasn't yet heard that he moved Mike Timlin out of the set-up role a month ago. All he needed last night was one ground ball or one strikeout from the batter, lefty Travis Lee, so as to keep the tying run at first base. Isn't that Mike Myers' ONLY job? It's not enough that Timlin is already his own setup man, now he has to be the lefty specialist too? Hell, Timlin wasn't even the best choice for a strikeout... Craig Hansen struck out two Devil Rays on Monday, and the tying run was only on first so he would have had a couple chances. He's a friggin closer by trade, and nobody questions this, so why the hell does he need to be coddled now?
Actually, I just remembered who I'm dealing with. I'm now surprised that he didn't throw Jeremi Gonzalez, the baseball equivalent of a punctured oxygen tank, onto the fire. Well, at least I know Tito will have one of his mental peers managing the Yankees next year. I hope Sweet Lou flies Southwest, because I'm buying him a one-way ticket from Tampa to Islip.
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