TGIF – Tazawa Got It Fucked?
I’m trying too hard aren’t I?
Oh well. I tuned in about the 4-0 point of the game. Which quickly became 8-0 and before I shut it off on the ride home it was 9-0. All nine runs charged to Tazawa. The same guy that was a magician against the Yankees on Saturday escaping jam after jam, got the shit knocked out of him last night.
But then a funny thing happened. The White Sox stopped hitting. Not completely but they didn’t get another run the rest of the game. The Sox trotted out Delcarmen for two scoreless innings and then Ramirez for a scoreless seventh.
The Francona threw in the towel. I understand that two home runs by Drew and Gonzalez were the only runs at that point and it was 9-2, but bringing in a position player to pitch? Really? That’s the clearest form of throwing in the towel. I know all the defenders will say that he was saving the pen for this weekend’s series against the Jays but you’re likely getting rained out Saturday with a fucking Hurricane on it’s way. How taxing would it have really been on the bullpen? Just saying.
So two more runs in the bottom of the eighth and it’s a 9-4 game. Nick Green, yup the shortstop, pitching again in the top of the ninth throws another shut out inning and the Sox get another home run from Drew in the bottom making it 9-5. But that was all they could muster. Sox lose the final game of the series by the same score.
Back to Francona. You’re basically telling your guys, “I’m conceding this game, we just don’t have it tonight.” Knowing that the Rangers already won in the afternoon, wouldn’t you make it a point to win knowing you’d get another game in the East and keep your Wild Card lead at two and half? Guess not.
I know it’s 162 games but now it’s crunch time. You’re in a pennant race. How about you start acting like it. A team like the Pirates lets a position player pitch at the end of the season. Not a team in a pennant race. Jackass.
Tonight, I watch the Patriots instead of the Sox. I know it’s preseason, but that’s my prerogative.
