I passed out on some beach somewhere
near Port Charlotte, crawled back to our hotel room, slept all day
and Yarbrough didn't do much Saturday. Sunday rolls around and we
find ourselves back at the ballpark where The New York Yankees came
down and Tyler Glasnow got the start.
“Hit this before we go in,” my
buddy demands.
“Sure,”
Everything went awry.
Yankee fans are an odd breed. They wave
their flags, they seem to love the police and fire department more
than other cities and have some extremely whack ass tattoos.
Tyler Glasnow is a big dude who throws
really hard. He's incorporated this step into his delivery this year
to throw off the timing of batters but this had mixed results.
Glasnow got four strike outs but also gave up some really hard
contact and a couple of home runs. Despite all of the velocity he has
(and a really sexy breaking pitch) there is little movement on that
fastball which causes a little concern. All in all, his outing was a
little worrisome but could definitely improve. There's no doubt
Glasnow is a key part to the rotation. Yonny Chirinos looked OK too
but hitters were getting contact with his sinker. Advanced scouting
is a bitch. Glansow and Chirinos threw a couple of wild pitches to
add insult to injury. Krook got one strike out. NEAT. Another pitcher
that stood out was Ricardo Pinto. Hard throwing right hander and had
good results today. Stanek got bombed to the stone ages too. The
opener guy looked like he was just toying with his FB command. No
worries bruh. Milner looked good too. I guess the new thing is pitch
like Adam Kolarek. Lego my ego. They were experimenting with Choi at
1B and let's just be clear, this has to end. Soon. Nothing good is
going to come from this and they need to either let Nate Lowe take
over the job or find something lingering in the trash can. Lomo
reunion? Meadows leading off looks pretty solid. He kinda reminds me
of Corey Dickerson but with a prettier swing and batting stance. Pham
had a hit and K'd twice. Adames, Zunino and Meadows went deep. That
was dope, it actually woke up the Rays fans there and shut up Yankee
fans. Cronenworth sure looks like a natural at short stop. Speaking
of Zunino, dude could not throw anyone out today to save his life.
Lay off that Seattle bud bro. I feel bad for Kean Wong, homeboy is
destined to get stuck in AAA or get dealt. Jesus Sanchez got some
reps in the OF and lined a hard one to short stop but that kid is
going to be a monster (he already is). I really like what I saw from
Nate Lowe at 1B. Homeboy can handle the glove and like the fact he
has power from the left side (isn't that your prototype for first
base though?) and Bonifacio needs to go. Soon.
Something loomed inside of me today
while being obliterated and that is the lucrative question of does
baseball work in Tampa Bay? There's
no denying the Yankees loyal have been around since the Jurassic ages
and has been passed down to one asshole to the next but to keep
things locally I thought deeply about if The Rays are going to stay
in Tampa Bay and how could this work? How do you get fans to stay
fans, spend money and feed the business? Simple. Ownership. I truly
believe when the Rays FO got rid of Joe Maddon and Co. along with
shipping off all of the beloved players this was a dagger into the
heart of (an already small) fan base and is a hard sell for people to
drive forty five minutes plus to get to a game, park, pay, etc (in a
stadium that feels like an over sized Sam's Club) going to watch
players the average fan does not know. Explaining trades to children
is a futile game. I am under the strong notion that if there was an
ownership who were to step in, move the team to a real ballpark that
actually has a baseball atmosphere to it and good location accessible
to people and actually cares about the city, it could work. The Tampa
Bay Lightning are the defining example of this in Tampa Bay. The
reality is, The Rays leaving is a very real reality and only time
will tell what will happen.
“Hooters is giving away free beer
again,” my buddy said.
So we went. Again.
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