Quick Friday notes
- So the Yankees won last night, which I'm ok with... as I love a 7 game series no matter the sport. Make it last as long as you can and keep more people interested.
Here's the most interesting stat that I saw out of the first two games though, thanks to SI.com.
In two games Rodriguez has swung at 23 pitches and put two balls in play: a grounder to third and a flyball to left field. He punched out three times in Game 1 and three times again in Game 2. Only one other player ever had back-to-back three-strikeout games in World Series history: Jim Lonborg. A pitcher. In 1967. It's not the kind of World Series history Rodriguez had in mind. He waited his whole career to get to the World Series, and when he got here, he immediately became the first hitter, other than a pitcher with a .136 career average, to whiff three times in two straight World Series games.
Wow. Alex Rodriguez is a great hitter, but to see something like that is astounding. With all of the history of the World Series, it's crazy that something like that hadn't happened before... and from watching the series thus far... he seems to be pressing pretty damn hard. Which is odd, considering how well he played in the first two series of the playoffs.
- Some of you may be surprised about my not commenting on the Packers/Vikings game, but there isn't really anything to offer. Almost nothing being said is new... and most of what isn't, well let's just say it isn't all entirely truthful. I just want the damn game over with. If the Packers win, they have a good chance of making a solid run at the division. They're getting healthy and seem to be working out their kinks against the teams that they needed to beat up on.
- More later...
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