Bottom of the 13th

I stayed up to watch the end of the Giants game, which ended with Deivi Cruz's bases loaded pinch single in the bottom of the 13th. Actually, the game was over a little after 11, which is pretty early for a 13 inning game. When things are bad, any win is nice. Boy, Felipe is fast to yank pitchers. He was down to 3 starters after 13, and Woody Reuter was actually warming up to come out in the 14th. That could have had bad effects in the rotation for a while.

Watching the D-Backs, I like those corner OF's, Gonzalez and Green. Arizona turned into a complete joke last season, but they have a decent lineup and both of these guys are fine players. Our boy Chad Tracy belted one out to dead center, a sweet swing if there ever was one. I think we have a winner here. And I really like Alex Cintron. He's going to be a decent player in this league. I never imagined he'd not be taken in the auction (we figured $4), and I wish we had kept a roster spot for him at a buck. Of course, had we actually named him, someone would have said 2, which means we would have probably bought him for 3. Kind of like Chris Hammond, who is absolutely pitching his ass off this season.

Mohr-on, about to begin a stint in AAA for rehab, has with permission taken a couple of personal days. Clint Hurdle told him to take as much time as he needs. What the f.....????

Whoa.......................

I just opened another window and pulled up this morning's TQStats page. Lookie lookie who's in first with 70.5 points! I guess we're not looking at any teams to the North of us today. How the hell? We hit .219 yesterday, though we got 2 homers, 8 ribbies and 2 steals (Cliff Floyd, only 23 more to go to reach his preseason promise). Pedro pitched a beauty, but only 1 win, no saves (Looper couldn't mess up that 10-0 lead). It looks like we picked up points in every category but saves yesterday, even BA??? Man, somebody really had a bad day.

Actually there is a pretty tight race among the 6 teams at the top. We'll probably see every one of them in first at some time or another. Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, Busch Leaguers, 36.5 points. It can't just be Gagne.

One final thing for now. Perusing the box scores this morning, I noticed Wes Helms is oh for oh five. What happened to that guy?