The Tampa Bay Devil Rays cost themselves in a game in an amazing way. Tied 2-2 with the Twins in the top of the ninth Ben Zobrist led of the inning with a single. Carl Crawford was up next, put his head down and headed for third. But the third base coach held Zobrist there. What they should have done was both stay on third base and let one of them be tagged out, man on third 1 out in a tie game isn’t so terrible. Instead, Zobrist came down the line and got tagged out, and Crawford turned to go back to second and got tagged out as well. In the bottom of the inning Justin Morneau homered to win the game.
Old phenom trumps new phenom. Dice-K gets dominated by F-Her. Felix Hernandez is off to a great start, nearly perfect through two games. Remember him? Last year he was the best pitching prospect since Dwight Gooden. Now he's second fiddle to a Japanese phenom, for now. F-Her showed a little of the promise that we expected from him, remains to be seen if he can have a Doctor K in 1985 season. Remember, that was Gooden's second year. This is F-Her's second year.
I laughed when I heard Mike and the Mad Dog suggest that the Nationals could lose 121 games (more than the 1962 Mets), but they may have been right. This team is putrid, especially their pitching staff.
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