Monday, May 4, 2009

Enough with the pitch count!

So, Paul Maholm is the Pirates' "ace." But once he's thrown near a hundred pitches, he's done for the evening. Don't want his arm to fall off.

So it's time for the relief corps. Tyler Yates holds everything together for one batter, but John Grabow comes in and allows the game-tying run.

That's OK, because on an uncharacteristically good offensive night, Andy (not Adam) LaRoche cracks a home run to put the Pirates back on top, 4-3.

So one comes closer Matt Capps, who's been effective ... Whoa! Was that just a three-run bomb hit by Rickie Weeks?

Yet another loss to the Brewers, who once were compared to the Pirates as far as their market and their ability to win. All those comparisons obviously have gone by the wayside.

So "Ace" Maholm ends up with a no-decision, his arm intact to pitch another day, but at the cost of the loss that probably sends the Pirates below .500 for the record-setting 17th straight season.

Draw your own conclusions, Pirates fans. Just remember that the complete game used to be a routine part of Major League Baseball.

2 comments:

  1. Just remember that medical science was not nearly as smart seventy years ago. If they were as smart then as we are smart now they never would have allowed all those complete games. :)

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  2. That's an interesting point of view!

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