Jay’s Sports Blog™

I’m putting it out there. West Coast baseball sucks. Not just sucks a little, but sucks a whole lot. When an East Coast team comes to town it sucks that much worse.

Let’s use last night in Seattle as an example. A stadium that has a capacity of 47,447 had maybe 30,000 in the stands. The paid attendance was 37,861 but watching the game you could tell it was even less than that.

Why do I make the point about attendance? Well, if your team is in last place and not drawing dick for attendance, why not move the game to like a 1PM or 4PM? Even with lights the Cubs still play a lot of home games in the afternoon, other teams especially on the West Coast, need to start adopting the philosophy.

Baseball “fans” aren’t as big on the West Coast as the East. The Sox, Yanks, Phils, Mets, hell even as west as the Cubs and White Sox absolutely destroy the likes of Seattle, Oakland, San Diego, Los Angeles (both the Dodgers and Angels), and of course the Giants with their fan base. Who’s in Seattle sitting at home watching the game on the couch? Maybe like 6 people? Move the game like a said and satisfy the East Coast fans. West Coast vs. West Coast can stay late, because we really don’t care enough.

Why do I bring all this up and go off on a rant? Because of games like last night where John Lester goes out and pitches yet another gem and no one sees it. It’s like the tree falling in the forest. If Lester pitches a great game and no one sees it, did he pitch a great game? With the exception of Da Guy I don’t know anyone that’s staying up and watching till 1AM.

Lester dominated again and with zero confidence in anyone else in the bullpen Tito brought in Papelmania in the eight for a five out save. The offense was supplied by a two run Varitek (?) home run and insurance provided by Jed Lowrie’s two run single in the eighth.

Beating Seattle is par for the course, everyone beats Seattle. You’re a game and a half out of first and the Yanks are just three games behind you. The Yankees pitching is old and broken and the tread is just about off the tires, but even with injuries they still fucking hit and are hanging around.

Memo to Theo; the team needs fucking help. They’re dog shit on the road and the middle relief is a fucking joke. I know you have man love for every young kid you bring through the farm system, but at some point you need to cut the cord on some of these guys and help the team this year. Improve the team and don’t give me the line of bullshit that “the bullpen is the same that won the World Series last year.” If you’ve cared enough to watch a game this year you’d see that this pen isn’t getting it done.

You have a week and two days now get on the phone!