Soooooo ... last night was ... interesting. When the game finally ended, my brother texted me right away to say "They just ran out of time for their comeback."
I think my favorite stat of the game was that when they put Reyes on the mound in the 8th, he was throwing curve balls in the mid-40's. The mid-40s!!!!! I haven't actually played baseball in maybe 30 years, but I'm pretty sure even I could tee off on a 40 mph curve ball. And why on earth would he even try to throw a curve ball? Did he think a 35 year old has-been pitching for the first time in his career was going to fool professional hitters with anything he threw, much less a curve ball that was so slow you could probably count the stitches while waiting to hit it out of the park? Not that any of that matters ... at this point, they may as well just put him the regular rotation.
I keep coming back to one thought this year: at least they're not the Orioles. Has anyone been watching what's happening with the Orioles right now? They may not set a record for the most losses in a season, but considering the Red Sox are on pace for a 120 win season, the O's just might set the record for most games out of first. We're just past the all-star break and they're already 42 games out of first! How incredible is that? Well, here's come perspective: if they were play every day this month and go August-0, regardless of what the Red Sox did, they'd still be double digits out of first.
In that light a three touchdown loss ... well, it still looks epically shitty. Never mind.