posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 11:41 PM by Jim

Yeeeeah ... let's just end this month


To recap:
Good times.

I found this bit about Mark Buehrle interesting:

Buehrle gave up three hits on first pitches and admitted he will need to focus on higher-quality offerings early in the count with the opposition sitting on a pitcher consistently around the strike zone.

I hope he's not just realizing this now, considering this is how hitters went about dismantling him last year.  When he gave up seven runs in the first inning to the Twins, they sent 11 batters to the plate on only 29 pitches.  The Cubs had 10 at-bats on 24 pitches when they did the same thing to him in July.

Comments

# re: Yeeeeah ... let's just end this month

Thursday, March 01, 2007 2:20 AM by MattTheRock
Supposedly Garland was just throwing fastballs, and that's why the Rockies pounded them. That and the Rockies have a decent offensive squad, so it's not too much to worry about. There was also like a 16 mph wind blowing out so a lot of balls that should've been fly-outs were going off the wall.

At least that's what Garland said. I, on the other hand, am pleased about the way my guys showed up. But yes, let's get this freak month over with.

# re: Yeeeeah ... let's just end this month

Thursday, March 01, 2007 2:42 PM by Jim Margalus
Garland usually gets roughed up during Spring Training -- 6+ ERA in 2005, 25 hits in 16 innings last year, so I'm not worried about him. Generally speaking, if they're not leaving the field with the assistance of a trainer, I don't get concerned.