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The Tribe Daily:
bloated from going out to eat and ordering the pie, but I don't feel like talking about this game.
In fact I'm not going to.
Okay.... I am.
I was watching the last few innings from way back in the restaurant on a little TV, so I couldn't see.. But I saw the damn home run.
Really... I've about had it with this bullpen. There is no more excuses for them, the starting pitching isn't sucking anymore... The offense is scoring runs... They SHOULD NOT be giving up these games like this.
This pen has been reconstructed all too well for them to be mucking around.
Vinnie Chulk did a good job for the most part, really picked us up in a bad spot.
But then Eric Wedge hands the ball over to Rafael Betancourt, his most trusted relief pitcher at this point, and he goes ahead and gacks it up.
I swear I don't know anymore.. And don't go second guessing Wedge for taking Sipp out.. He got out of that inning. He set it up as best he could, who the hell else is he going to go to? No one else can be trusted.
And now apparently, not even The Gavel.
I'm fed up with this mediocrity from what was supposed to be the most solid unit on the team.
That game was hand-delievered on a SILVER PLATTER for that team.. The offense got several breaks, took advantage of the miscues, and put the team in a position to win.
And the bullpen gacked it up... And I'm pissed.
Rafael Betancourt Cap Counter: 26
[BOXSCORE]
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In fact I'm not going to.
Okay.... I am.
I was watching the last few innings from way back in the restaurant on a little TV, so I couldn't see.. But I saw the damn home run.
Really... I've about had it with this bullpen. There is no more excuses for them, the starting pitching isn't sucking anymore... The offense is scoring runs... They SHOULD NOT be giving up these games like this.
This pen has been reconstructed all too well for them to be mucking around.
Vinnie Chulk did a good job for the most part, really picked us up in a bad spot.
But then Eric Wedge hands the ball over to Rafael Betancourt, his most trusted relief pitcher at this point, and he goes ahead and gacks it up.
I swear I don't know anymore.. And don't go second guessing Wedge for taking Sipp out.. He got out of that inning. He set it up as best he could, who the hell else is he going to go to? No one else can be trusted.
And now apparently, not even The Gavel.
I'm fed up with this mediocrity from what was supposed to be the most solid unit on the team.
That game was hand-delievered on a SILVER PLATTER for that team.. The offense got several breaks, took advantage of the miscues, and put the team in a position to win.
And the bullpen gacked it up... And I'm pissed.
Rafael Betancourt Cap Counter: 26
[BOXSCORE]
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