life-is-pain.gifBrutalized. Ten runs down after four innings. The baseball equivalent of a triple homicide. Ryne ‘Thumb Tacker took the brunt of it, and I’m not sure what’s wrong with the kid, but he clearly can’t throw a baseball right now.

But hey, let’s try to be optimistic. Four C’s got beaned through the course of the evening, including (of course) JD Pruitt, so that means four guys got on base. And Mitch LeVier got a pair of hits (one of them a triple!), so that’s novel.

kung-fu-powersmash.gifInoel Deaza lowered his ERA to 9.82… Jareck West stole a base… plenty to enjoy, right? 

Oh, and Julio Rivera, defying my blast of his abilities a few days ago, didn’t just go 2-2, he also notched a double and a pair of walks, racking up the single best game of his professional baseball existence. Way to respond, Hu.

Of course, he also managed to get ANOTHER catcher’s interference… seriously dude, keep your hand out of the wheelhouse.

That said, on a day when the C’s got utterly destroyed, you really can’t be too hard on a guy who generated about half the team’s offense. I gave Rivera perhaps the biggest blast any player outside of Mark Kiger has ever received on this blog, and he took it in, made some changes, and dominated today, boosting his average to .333

If this kind of form is what you’re capable of, Julio, go out and play this hard every day and your career will be a long one.

As for Ryne Tacker… Geez, Thumb, what are you throwing, grapefruits? It’s getting to the point where Stephen Hopkins will start giving you pitching tips.

Maybe try your left?

June 24, 2008
 Final    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9      R   H   E 
 Vancouver   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0      2   7   3 
 Yakima   2   3   4   1   0   1   0   0   X      11   11   1 
Recap | Box | Audio
W: I. Harrington (1-0, 0.84); L: R. Tacker (0-2, 14.14)
HR: YAK: C. Cowgill (4).

Notes:

* Guys who wear hockey shirts don’t get laid. Unless they’re on the prairies.

* The Wire is so freaking good, you don’t even know. Go rent the whole thing now.

*  Still can’t bring myself to buy C’s merchandise at the prices being asked. This may change if they cease sucking, however. Or even reduce things to a moderate slurp.