I haven’t had the opportunity to watch my favorite team too much in the early-goings this season. Due to a tiff with Comcast I decided back in January to give them the Italian salute and let them sail off into the sunset without my $110 a month. I could talk about this for hours so I’ll stop now. Either way, no baseball, no Office, no Lost, no Dog Whisperer; F off Comcast.
As a result, I have to do what they did back in the 1930’s if they wanted to see a game: go to the actual game. That’s just what I did tonight and wow, what a treat. The O’s made Gavin Floyd look like Nolan Ryan the first five frames; whiffing at everything. Just awful. Jeremy Guthrie countered for the Birds. He started shaky but settled in later on. You can actually read about what happened here. I won’t replicate what’s already been said. Just be aware: Gavin Floyd looked OFFICIAL. Seriously, he had like four pitches working for him tonight. Adam Jones (tonight’s eventual hero) looked like a joke against him in the 3rd.
So what ends up happening? The O’s tie it up in the 9th off Bobby Jenks (who incidently looked like he had a slice of pizza hanging out of his mouth until I realized he just has a long goatee thing. How probable was it though that if ANY pitcher is going to go to the mound with a slice of pizza in his mouth that it would be Bobby Jenks? 98%??? The other 2% going to Ray King? Anyway…) and then win it off of Boone Logan in the 10th on an Adam Jones single, 6 – 5. Logan was as bad as Floyd was good. Other than the bomb Floyd gave up to Markakis in the 6th, he was incredible. If you’re in a deep mixed-league you might want to take a look at him. If I have to drop Ted Lilly I will seriously consider Floyd for the spot. What’s up with Ted Lilly anyway? Christ.
So the Birds sit at 9 – 7, ready for the Yankees to come to town with their 30,000 fans. It’s basically three away games where they go home to their actual house at night. We’re going to find out a lot about this team over the next three days. I can’t wait for the future.
