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Well...mine's raised. Here's why.
1. I thought Humber looked EXACTLY like Tomlin in terms of his rhythm. Catch the ball, stare at the fingers for two seconds, throw the ball. Never a shake off, never a bobble, never a delay. It was like he was pitching with a shot clock. I loved it.
Is that the scouting report against the M's? Throw at a wicked pace? Break up the M's batting rhythm (do we have one)? Is it an accident we've seen it twice in three nights? Would seem unlikely.
2. The back door curve (84 MPH, but with a bunch of bite. Could have been a wicked slider) he threw to Jaso (I think) was awesome. He was in the zone, man. But I think I loved most the 3-2 slider he threw to Saunders in the 9th. History on the line and you have enough nards to throw the ball off the plate. As good as a pitch ever gets.
3. I told Jennifer (my wife), about 16 seconds after the game ended, that Wedge is on borrowed time. Really. I mean it. Over/under is this side of the All Star break.
This team layed an egg last year. Wedge's "Eddie Shore....Old Time Hockey" stuff is sounding as inane as it did from the Hanson brothers.
Spit on Eddie Shore.
I don't know. Robbie Thompson? Chris Chambliss? Daren Brown? Who do you think?
I'm ready for a new schtik.
Humber was suberb today. I watched from the 5th inning on. I've never seen anybody better. Really. Baggins hit a hard foul ball. That was completely it, as far as the 5 innings I saw.
Seaver, Gibson, Maddux and Christy Mathewson would have been competely proud. In the pantheon, man. 20 guys and Humber.
Wedge didn't muck this game up, I'm not saying that. Man, he even pinch-hit Jaso, when it made great sense, even...but at some point, you've got to go big or go home.
Unless there is some clear statement that we can play loud or that Youth will be Served, then wev'e seen your typical Safeco crowd. Wedge might think about listing the condo.
Really.
moe