– It was really freaking cold.
– Starting pitcher efficiency has got to get better on this team. David Phelps needed 93 pitches to get through just five innings tonight. Seems a lot of guys are kind of hitting that five or six inning barrier with the amount of pitches they’re given, and that’s got to improve. The bullpen’s been shaky lately, sure…but they’ve also been a bit overworked as well.
– Austin Romine just loves driving the ball to the gaps, eh? He had two more doubles tonight, one each to the left and right field gaps. The ball to left just missed getting out of the yard.
– Can’t believe Austin Krum bit on the fake pickoff move by Bubbie Buzachero. The move that never works…worked. I honestly could not tell if Luis Nunez was safe or not, but Tony Franklin sure seemed to think he was, as did several people with better vantage points than myself. Suffice it to say, Franklin will not have this umpiring crew on his Christmas list…same group that tossed he and Romine the other day.
– I think this team is better than 9-9…whereas last year’s team would have killed to get to .500 towards the end of last season and probably weren’t that good.
– Both Reid Gorecki and Kevin Smith are struggling, each hitting under .200. I never, ever thought I’d say this…but I wouldn’t be shocked to see Marcos Vechionacci get a real shot to take the first base job. I actually…and, again…I can’t believe I’m writing this, but I like Nacci at first base. Smith holds a mean glove at first as well, but Marcos has actually impressed me with his play there. As for Gorecki, I noticed he was trying a new bat during batting practice…not sure if he used it during the game. He was using a Robinson Cano model during BP…I usually see him with a Louisville Slugger with his name on it.
– Check out my gamer in The Trentonian, as well as a side story on Damon Sublett’s thumb injury and Edwar Gonzalez’s activation. My work in the paper will decrease a bit, so the blog will pick back up and all will be well.
– As I mentioned in the pre-game stuff, Romine spent about five minutes before the game answering some of your questions. I couldn’t get to all of them…but we banged out a lot of them. Who do you guys want to talk to next?
– Chatted with Christian Garcia a bit tonight. He says the elbow is pain free. That reminds me to give Alan Horne a ring and see how he’s doing as well.
Mike Ashmore, mashmore98 AT gmail.com
