I write to you from the bottom of the 2nd inning in the series finale of the San Francisco Giants against the Atlanta Braves. First pitch was nearly an hour ago. I am on my couch picking at grocery store sushi. The bases are loaded. The Braves are already up 5-1. Alex Wood has thrown 30 pitches without recording an out, spending most of his time pounding his cleats into the hardening clay of the pitcher’s mound in mounting frustration. Slider after errant slider is spiked in the dirt.
Update: Zach Littell has relieved Wood and earned two outs on two pitches.