Time to Panic
Oct. 15th, 2007 10:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feste_sylvainWe were supposed to skate thru this. The Indians were not supposed to be anything much of a threat to us.
But after that 11-inning heartbreak the other night, we find ourselves in a very excited city rooting against us. And Westbrook pretty much shut us down for 7 innings, leaving one of the best bullpens in baseball to finish the job.
Daisuke Matsuzaka had some problems getting behind batters, but he really didn't do that bad a job. We've won games by large margins when our pitchers give up only four runs.
But not tonite.
We're down 2 games to 1, and have to play two more in Cleveland.
I'm going to panic now.
Oh, call this sour grapes if you must, but Brian Gorman, the home-plate umpire's strike zone has been horrifically inconsistent. Westbrook could deal, because he's a ground-ball pitcher (much as Derek Lowe was for us), but the rest have been having major problems.
But after that 11-inning heartbreak the other night, we find ourselves in a very excited city rooting against us. And Westbrook pretty much shut us down for 7 innings, leaving one of the best bullpens in baseball to finish the job.
Daisuke Matsuzaka had some problems getting behind batters, but he really didn't do that bad a job. We've won games by large margins when our pitchers give up only four runs.
But not tonite.
We're down 2 games to 1, and have to play two more in Cleveland.
I'm going to panic now.
Oh, call this sour grapes if you must, but Brian Gorman, the home-plate umpire's strike zone has been horrifically inconsistent. Westbrook could deal, because he's a ground-ball pitcher (much as Derek Lowe was for us), but the rest have been having major problems.
