So the thing I will be ranting about today is baseball, specifically the pitching. The thing I don't like about modern baseball is that skippers like to keep their starting pitcher in as long as possible even when they are fucking up badly. (I would know my fantasy baseball team has been killed this week and last week) Let's give a recent example. Today Matt Cain was pitching into the 5th inning, and he was at a 100 pitch count already. On top of that, all of his fastball's were consistently high in the 5th and out of the strike zone. He had two outs already with 2 on base. I know Bochy does not want to dig deep into his crappy bull pen, but come on look at all the signs. And sure enough Matt Cain gives up 3 runs before getting the last out. Now let's not go into last week with Tommy Hanson, he just blew two games, so lets just have him slide as off weeks. But lets touch a little bit on Strasburg. On June 28th Strasburg was pitching fantastically until he reached the 7th inning. Now I may not be well informed, but I sure to hell know that the only reason he stayed in the minors for as long as he did was to extend his pitching outings. Hell he blew away all the batters he faced, that was never the problem. So why are we keeping Strasburg in all the way into the 7th inning, when he was already showing signs of fatigue in the 6th inning. At least Washington was smart enough to take him out unlike Cain. But that really didn't help because the Nationals bullpen fucked up. So why are we keeping in our Starting Pitchers until they are fucking up? Don't give them the benefit of the doubt. MLB is supposed to be the best baseball in the world. Why are we putting clauses in relief pitcher's contracts to stop them from over pitching? (thanks Brian) Why are we limiting all of this great potential? Let there be room for more relief pitchers in every team, so that the fans don't have to watch Tommy Hanson give up 15 earned runs in a week. (HE ONLY LASTED 7.1 innings in 2 Starts...) But who is gonna listen to me? In fact, I think all my readers are girls.
