Cole Hamels is on the hill today, and the Cardinals just sent up some kid named Aaron Miles who I guess has been lights out lately. There were two outs and a guy on first, who ended up stealing second. Then the Cardinals announcers (Mike Shannon and somebody else) started getting all antsy about the possibility of getting a run. Hamels struck the kid out. Take that.
One thing I kind of like about getting the games from other places is hearing announcers who have an interest in your team losing. I get more aggressive and angry when the people narrating the action do so from an antagonistic perspective. It’s like they’re out to get you and your team. But when Hamels strikes out some chump like Aaron Miles, you know who’s boss.
You’ll all recall my pre-season blog entry where I predicted Hamels would win the Cy Young and win 20 games, I am sure. I think if he wins today it’s win number 10 and we aren’t halfway home yet. Is there anybody else who is reminded of the 1980 Phillies pitching staff in which they had an ace lefty and then a bunch of nobodies?
Bourne triple!!
One more gripe about mlb.com 400k streaming package. Works like shit on a Mac. In internet Explorer it doesn’t work. In Safari it works with limitations. In Firefox, it works sometimes, and other times they tell you that you haven’t subscribed. And when it does work you can’t jump into a game at a certain inning when watching archived games. In Netscape for some reason the stream is choppy. You’d think they would have worked this stuff out. Plus they don’t let you see the post season. What’s a guy without cable to do. Did I mention no Red Sox?