The curious case of the baked blogger.
So I had a tooth pulled yesterday. Always fun. However I got some pretty good pain pills which I popped mid-way through the game. The Rays were cruisin along. Jackson was on. Shockingly Mr. Gross hit a homerun, and Pena actually made contact and hit one out too. All was well in Rays land. 3-0 Rays. I’d be in bed soon.
Edwin Jackson pitched 8 innings of shut out baseball. It was a great performance. When he left the game I was doing the drunken “I love you man” thing. Then all hell broke loose. Percy comes in to finish ‘em off. Uh-huh.
Rolen hits a single to left. No sweat, he’s been hot lately. Percy then strikes out Stairs. Alright two more and we’re outta here. Or not. Percy leaves one up and Wells hits it a long way. 2 runs score. So now I’m having a panic attack. Mercy Percy don’t do this to me, please get two more outs. I can’t take two nights of bullpen suckage. Then Overbay doubles and the panic turns to anger. I called Percy some terrible things, some of which might be illegal. Just as I’m starting to catch my breath, Aaron Hill singles and the run scores, tie ball game. Right, I completely lost it, but this time I’m yelling at Maddon. “Pull his ass. Get out of the dugout and pull his ass. They are hitting everything!”
Maddon didn’t pull him, and the next batter hit it, but it was a fly ball to right. Okay two down. Aaron Hill steals second. The winning run is in scoring position people. Scutaro is up. Isn’t he the one that pissed off Garza yesterday. Percy struck him out. Of course I cheered for Percy, even though I had called him every name in the book a few minutes earlier.
BJ Ryan shut down the Rays in the top of the tenth. Wheeler came in to pitch the bottom. First batter Rios hits a triple. A ball that Crawford might have caught but Gomes was out there instead. I threw my hands up, it’s over, I’m totally pessimistic on these drugs. Wheeler dug deep. Struck out Stewart, intentionally walked Rolen, struck out stairs, unintentionally/intentionally walked Wells. Bases loaded got Barajas swinging. Unbelievable.
In the 11th Crawford had a single and Upton walked but Pena went down again. Hope he pulls out of this soon. Howell came in and shutdown the Jays.
I’m good and fuzzy at this point. 12th. Longo singles. Love him so. “Noooo!” Navi hits into a double play. You’d think I’d been shot. I think I even made some cracks about his weight. Gross singles. I’m not used to typing that. Gomes couldn’t bring him in. Howell gets them one, two, three.
13th. I’m fried, can’t take much more. Camp in to pitch. “You owe us you little….It’s redemption time” Yep, I got all cocky and shit. Bartlett singles. Love him so. Aki singles too. Way. Crawford hits a sac fly and Bartlett scores! Yes! BJ singles and Aki goes to third. Then BJ tries the ‘ol Bad News Bears trick and gets caught in a pickle so that Aki could sneak home. Almost worked and miraculously they were both safe. Camp walks Pena and the bases are loaded. Longo fouls out. Navarro comes up with two outs. Oh the drama. He hits a grand slam! Off of Camp. So sweet. I was jumping around the room. I think I might’ve even peed a little bit! Gross struck out after that but who cares.
Howell came in and scared me a little bit in the bottom of the inning, but I was starting to doze off at that point. He got the job done and the Rays won 8-3. Woo-Hoo!
Another series win, 2 games over .500, 2nd place in the AL East. Good on ya boys, and good luck against those Angels now that you’ve gotten rid of the devil. Go Rays!!
So now that I’m sober again I would like to apologize to the players I called awful names. Yes even Shawn Camp. Oh and to my neighbors sorry for the ruckus!