So it's a 3 inning fight in the rubber match... Both teams would probably be better served by a tie, but baseball doesn't have ties.. or crying...
A slump is an extended period of not hitting it well. So when I said this is not a good time of year to "start slumping", the logical implication is that it will carry into the next few weeks if, in fact, that's what we're doing. 2 or 3 games does not make a slump and until this weekend the bats have been fine.
That's kinda the point I'm making though. We're deep enough into the season and his performance has been poor enough that he's just another one of the not so great options. He's just the incumbent.
Yep. Injuries and recruiting misses have left us with a staff below the great-to-elite level we’ve become accustomed to (spoiled?).
Man on 1B / 1 out Slater is done and Neely comes in F/B/Kc/B/B/F/F/Kc - Haas goes down looking. Runner steals 2B.
Atta boy Brandon-signs of drag marks out there…. We might need some of them between the dugout and batter’s box!