In case you missed it, the Astros and the Cubs went at it last night in a rather important NL Central tilt. Budding pitching star Wandy Rodriguez matched perennial all star and uber-douchebag Carlos Zambrano pitch for pitch through 7th.
In the eighth, home plate umpire Mike Winter's quick hook on Latroy Hawkins forced Manager Cecil Cooper to bring in stud closer Jose Valverde an inning early. A couple innings prior to
Before pitching the deciding game against TCU in the super regional, Taylor Jungmann was asked about his nerves.
“Nerves? I don't get nervous, man,” he said. Apparently not.
He’s been fantastic the whole series (6 pitches last night excluded), and he was brilliant last night. He stayed down and away against LSU’s lefthanders with his two seam fastball. The Tigers are not a team that’s going to walk their way to a win, and Jungmann frustrated
This game was surreal. It was an
ordeal. Although I had over seven hours to think about it, I can't really put into words what it was like watching a 25 inning baseball game. Just a couple of innings shy of a triple header. Texas went 22 straight scoreless innings. Twenty two. I just can't describe the offensive futility. Imagine any football team with CloseToJumping at wide out.
The crowd was fantastic. They had numerous
Wow.
Now, first things first. I like Augie Garrido, I really do. I
obviously disagree with his offensive strategy and tactics fairly frequently. But what he did to Austin Wood tonight should be criminal. Absolutely inexcusable to throw a young arm for somewhere in the neighborhood of 170 pitches.
There are also beefs with the offensive strategy (how many fruitless bunt attempts does it take to try something new?), but that is