‘ Entitlement. Bulging, besotted mid aged, pink faced, red bloused, red hatted matrons masticating away as they await the perceived inevitable win. Enough.’
Pitching. Two big names on the mound tonight were the first to put paid to that smugness. Fausto Carmona and Roberto Hernandez alternated in an emergency start and pitched effective, sweaty ball for 5 innings, 3 runs. Ramirez was ineffective in relief leaving Kroll with the bases loaded which he handled masterfully.
Cabrera pitched an uneven 8th seeming to lose some confidence when he hung a breaking ball with 2 strikes to the lead off batter.