Sunday, June 1, 2008

Are you kidding me?

I can't even remember the last time the Indians won a series. Apparently the Indians were the perfect remedy for the Royals to start turning things around. Going into the series, they had lossed 11 straight, now they've won 2 straight and pretty much dominated the Indians today. Brian Bannister did whatever he wanted to the entire game until Grady hit a solo HR for the Indians only run of the game in this horrific 6-1 loss. Bannister gave up 5 hits, 1 ER in 7.1 innings. Byrd pitched how I thought he would, giving up 6 runs and 9 hits in 4.2 innings. The lone bright spot was Scott Elarton's 3.2 innings of scoreless relief. These are the games that he should be in before being put into tight situations. The way Byrd has been pitching lately, I think that his starting spot should be in question. I would almost give Elarton a shot, it is the reason he was called up, right? He's a starter, not a reliever. I don't understand why teams think that former starters that can't cut it anymore as starters can be relievers. Look at Brett Tomko and Glendon Rusch as examples. I say, just let the guys start or get rid of them. Yeah, I'm not very happy right now and I'm not very excited about seeing the Rangers again after what happened last time we played them and I don't think anyone wants to see Josh Hamilton again.

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