On the walk-off grand slam last night, I wonder whether Jorge Julio grooved a pitch to Ryan Zimmerman. He had more motivation than usual:
1. It was 1:42 a.m. local time, with two out in the ninth inning of a tie game that had already been through rain delays totaling 3 hours, 40 minutes. Did anyone (except the Marlins of course) want that game going to extra innings?
2. If you're going to cause the game to end anyway, might as well get three runs (instead of one) charged to the guy you replaced, the guy against whom you'll be competing for the opportunity to get saves,a vastly overrated (but financially lucrative!) individual statistic.
Posted by Matt Bruce at May 13, 2007 01:21 PM