The little things that make me happy

[yendi]

As of about half an hour ago, Brian Bannister hit a double (and later scored on a triple by Jose Reyes).

This means that, as of this writing, the four Mets starting pitchers (Zambrano hasn't gotten a start yet) are batting 6-11 on the season. That's roughly four times what Barry Bonds is batting.

That's baseball, folks. Nine position players, and they all can contribute on either side of the field.

(And no, I don't expect the rotation to finish the season batting above .500, or even .220. I do expect them to do their damnedest to get on base and not give away easy outs.)

Comments

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

Only tangentially related to what you wrote, pitchers in the batting order is the reason I like the National League better than the American League.

[yendi]

*nod* See what glenn5 said below, and my response.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

I guess you mean to say, you like baseball better than whatever the hell "game" that is the American League plays.

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

Savages!

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

That's baseball, folks.

Or put another way: that's the National League, folks.

Or put yet another way: anything else is not baseball, and is a horrible sin before God, folks.

[yendi]

Yup. In my vision of hell, baseball is played with aluminum bats and the DH rule.