Meh

I dare you to look at this photo* and not smile. Go ahead, try it.

For someone who tends to favor the pitchers, this game totally annoyed me. Way to piss away good hitting Crabcakes (and the rest of your brethren). I hope Dustin Pedroia takes his bat to all of your lockers tonight.

But I had a really good day today (in spite of the dizziness that doesn’t want to let go) so I’m not letting what should have been a great game but turned into a shitty game bother me.

Instead, I choose to focus on what’s going on in Rochester with the PawSox. As I write this, they are winning 6-5 in the bottom of the 10th with one out and Jon Switzer taking the mound. My man Mike Timlin pitched another inning – 11 pitches, 9 for strikes and two out of the three batters he faced struck out swinging. Way to go, Mike. Your teammates in Houston need some of that to rub off on them. (Jon Switzer, on the other hand, has Jon Lester/David Aardsma/Craig Hansen disease as he blew the save in the 10th to end the PawSox’ eight-game winning streak. No dessert for you, Switzer. Go sit in the corner and think about what you’ve done.)

I didn’t listen to the game so, yet again, I am Kyle Snyder news-less. Last I read, they were considering sending him to Florida. I have no idea if he traveled with the team or if he stayed in Pawtucket or if he headed home. I’m hoping he’s doing whatever will get him back playing the fastest. Good, positive vibes going Kyle’s way.

Edit: Thanks to Anna, I tracked down Kyle news that I missed while out of commision:

Pitcher Kyle Snyder (groin) is in Florida, and will throw a simulated game at extended spring training today. He’ll gradually work his way back and could make a rehab appearance for Class-A Lowell soon . .

That was in Friday’s ProJo.  So Kyle’s throwing simulated games (or at least he THREW a sim game yesterday) and could be over in Lowell soon!  I have tickets to two Spinners games in August, so I’m sure – and hoping – he won’t be there then.  But just the fact that hes close to pitching off the mound again makes me very happy!  Good luck, Kyle! 

It occurs to me that, as I pound the keyboard to get out my annoyance at the BoSox game, that I’m being ridiculous. Sox win tomorrow and they win the series. That’s what you work for, right? Sweeps are nice, but at the very least let’s win the series. The possibility is still there for them to do that. The rest of it will work itself out (the rest of it being the Rays, who are currently tied with the Pirates in the top of the tenth in Pittsburgh and the Yankees who beat the Mets this afternoon).

Life’s too short to get annoyed by one lousy baseball game. 🙂

*I have no attribution for this photo, my apologies. It was sent to me without one. I know it is from one of Kyle’s trips to either Children’s Hospital or Dana Farber from the 2007 post-season and I absolutely love it.