Yikes

I think I played the game last night pretty well. Listened to it early on, turned it off part way through, did some grocery shopping, had a nice dinner, and then watched a movie.

I'm not even sure that I should write this post, because it's not all that much different fromyesterday's, only we lost. I mean, even some similar numbers show up- we were outscored 7-3 after the fifth. And I'm wondering about what's going on with Estes- he apparently decided to try to barehand a hit in the 6th and then left right afterwards. The radio broadcasters seemed to think that the ball was going to be an inning ending double play before Estes interrupted it, so that's two runs that we didn't need to give up. And from reading the accounts of the 9th inning, I think I'm glad I didn't listen in.

All in all, a frustrating game. And tonight doesn't look terribly promising either. Claudio Vargas starts for us. For those of you unfamiliar with his ilustrious season so far, he's started four games, pitched 12.1 innings, given up 15 earned runs, and gotten 5 strikeouts. Just the guy a team with a beleaguered bullpen needs to have on the mound. Meanwhile, the Twins put up their ace, the band Santana. Great. Because we need them to have more guys out on the field.

In closing, though, let's focus on the brightside: The Diamondbacks still lead the NL West.

Alphabetically, I mean.