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“BASEBALL’S WEIRD WEEKEND
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You think you have seen it all, but then there’s always another game to be played to shock-surprise-stun gun you.
So the Padres sledgehammer Colorado on Saturday, a near record 21-0 win. And then turn around get blitzed by the last place Rockies 9-3 come Sunday.
Can you imagine being in the Rockies dugout? Can you imagine being Manager Bud Black? How about being owner Dick Monfort?
The 21-0 pasting was the second most runs the Friars have ever scored, and it was not that they were just hitting home runs all over Coors Field. Yes they knocked 5-bombs over the fence. But they also had 24-hits. The Rox added 3-errors and 3-wild pitches in the game.
It was miserable to see Bud Black have to suffer thru 3-hours of agony, sending a punchless batting order out there and knowing his pitching would take a pounding. And it did happen.
And 24-hours after the GM-Bill Schmidt gave Black a vote of confidence, the owner gave him the pink slip, saying what was going on was ‘unacceptable’. I am sure it was the Manager who traded Nolan Arenado, let the ace of the staff Jon Grey leave as a free agent, caused Kris Bryant to break down again, and let Charley Blackmon walk into retirement.
You could fire Black, some other people should exit also.
Monfort should be expelled as a baseball owner. You take what was once a very good regional franchise, they drew 4M-in a playoff season, and now you don’t spend on free agents, you have yet to uncover gems from the young players you drafted. You have 3-starters on the mound coming off surgeries, and you have tied an all time record with that (6-33) start..
And you put a product on the field that gave up 55-runs in 4-games. A batting order with a (.211) team average. And four starting pitchers who have ERAs like 5.50..6.41…7.71…9.90 with a rookie pitcher with a 12.20 ERA.
But then came Sunday, and Nick Pivetta got battered. Sometimes your dominant stuff does not work in thin air. But the real surprise was the Rockies former ace, German Marquez, winless this year after spending a year recovering from elbow surgery, and dragging that 9.90-ERA to the mound.
And what does he do? He retires 17-Padres in a row. And the anemic offense beat up Pivetta enroute to a 9-3 Sunday win.
No one saw a 21-0 win Saturday become a 9-3 loss on Sunday. Counts only one game for the Padres in the standings. For the Rockies, a one game break from what likely is another 100-loss season.
Baseball’s weird weekend for sure.
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