The Mariners very feeble playoff hopes probably died last night; and the crucial at bat featured an old, familiar, slow, bad, annoying, acquaintance.
I imagine one of the things about the nature of sports blogging that grates most on the athletes and coaches that play those sports is after the fact second guessing. The idea of second guessing is anathema to the mindset of a professional athlete. It's why one yard slants are defended forever, why Mike Zunino has to be convinced he's getting a hit every time up, and it's why Swaggy P knows that 3-pointer is going in; even when.