Small Sample Hero, and Control Freak Meets Flamethrower
April 7, 2008 by Geoff Young
Filed under Games Worth Watching
Small Sample Hero? Control Freak? Flamethower? Sounds like a comic book convention gone horribly wrong…
- Phillies at Reds, 9:35 a.m. PT — Fire up a pot of coffee and sidle on up to the Internet (really, I’d like to see that). Cole Hamels and Bronson Arroyo square off in Monday’s first game. Plus you get a chance to watch Jeff “Offensive Beast” Keppinger in action. Honestly, I always thought that guy could be useful if given the chance, but .435/.480/.826 through the first week? Man, I love small samples. They’ll show you just about anything you want to see.
- Mariners at Orioles, 12:05 p.m. PT — I don’t know that this will be a good game to watch, but it could be interesting. First off, you’ve got Carlos Silva hooking up against Daniel Cabrera on the mound. Are there two more different pitchers in the game today? Bob Tewksbury and Steve Dalkowski have retired, right? The other story line, of course, is Adam Jones facing his former team. I still can’t believe Baltimore had the smarts to make that deal.
- Braves at Rockies, 5:35 p.m. PT — Colorado has stumbled to a 1-5 start in ‘08. Maybe facing 42-year-old Tom Glavine in their home park will help. You know what else would help? Not hitting .209/.281/.333 as a team. You think?
Happy Monday, folks, and happy watching!
I’m kind a worried about tonights game in Colorado. The high altitude isn’t going to do any favors for Glavine who relies on his change up and loping curve.
at least Glavine is pretty good at getting grounders and for his career has been pretty darn good at surpressing HR/FB