Contributed by BatGirl
Pirates 6, Astros 4
This one isn’t on the Astros.
Not Cooper.
Not Oswalt.
Not Drayton
The circumstances were bigger than ALL of them.
Go with me here.
So what happened?
They had a game set on 6-6
with a 6 o’clock start
End of story.
No way (you say). That’s nonsense (you insist). The numbers 666 mean nothing.
I would say to you, pish posh.
And poppycock!
The opposing team scored 6.
Oswalt’s era reached 4.66 after 6 innings pitched and 6 earned runs on 9 hits in front of a crowd of 26,099
The ultimate hard six.
I’m no alphanumericystologist. Sudoku = no. Soup-doku = yes! But add it all up, and that’s like a crapload of sixes (with a couple of upside down 6’s trying to masquerade as 9’s).
Of course breaking a mirror isn’t good. There should be no umbrellas allowed in the house. Walking under a ladder? Now you’re just asking for it. sSill some salt? Right hand, pinch, throw over left shoulder. Done.
So what is it exactly about multiples of six? What can be so bad about a particular numeric sequence? How do we know that the origins are, in fact, evil?
Without getting into a debate over all of the historical/religious over/undertones, take a second and look up zip code 60606
’nuff said
Has anyone actually checked his forehead? right hand? just sayin’.
Roy admitted to having what sounds like an out of body experience during part of the game, and said it was, “the most out of place that he had ever felt on the mound”. He added that when he was out there during the second and third innings, he “couldn’t throw the fastball where he wanted,” and he was scared to throw a breaking ball.
As Oswalt’s command became virtually nonexistent for two innings (after needing only 9 pitches to retire the side at the start of the game) the Pirates had Roy’s number, and took advantage of every mistake he made, scoring all 6 of their runs in the second and third innings.
Roy finally got rid of his demons in the fourth and managed to retire 10 of the next 11. But despite logging 10 hits and threatening to come from behind in both the eight and ninth innings, the Astros were unable to get themselves back in the game offensively, and they went 1-7 with risp.
Miguel Tejada, who sat out Friday’s game as his first ‘off-day’ of the season, went 3-5, and Hunter Pence is now hitting .347 and went 2-4, with a hr and a triple.
The series is now even at one game a piece.
Final game Sunday at 1:05.
Who’s coming with me?
Let’s give the hometown 9 a pass this time.
We’ll just 86 this game and any mention of it.
Gget ready for the next 118.
Play them 1 day at a time.
and FUCK the team that’s coming on 6/9.