Royal mistake

Well, that didn't go too well. A mauling at the hands of the Royals on Saturday, and then a good game by Brandon Webb wasted because we couldn't get anything going, and then played back and forth in the 10th and 11th until the bullpen decided to let it all go in the 12th. Grand. I slept through Saturday's game, fighting off a cold, and I wish I'd done the same for the end of Sunday's. Bleh.

And we're headed in to Chicago today for a three game set against the team with the best record in the league. One of two things is gonna happen here- we'll either leave Chicago a game under .500, or we'll hit a patch of spite and take two out of three. Probably the first one, though.

Congratulations to the fans in Colorado who finally got to see BK Kim on a good game. 6 innings, 8 Ks, giving up 5 hits and 2 runs. Not bad. He did hit two batters, but didn't give up any home runs.

As a sidenote, we now have two D-backs relievers with ERAs over 50- Greg Aquino at 54.00 and Edgar Gonzales at 108.00. Granted, they have less than two innings pitched between the two of them, and 12 earned runs, but I'd like to think that, give the chance, I could keep an ERA in the mid to upper twenties for a couple innings. Of course, I'm assuming that the batters will be mystified by my 'slow pitch softball' speed, my repertoire of mock Shakesperan insults, and my dance of joyous victory every time I managed to get the ball near the catcher. And, of course, my initimidating use of O Fortuna as I walked to the mound.

I better go. The Diamondbacks might be calling to recruit me as I type.