Mariners and White Sox

Mariners Note

M's beat Freddy in Chicago.

I saw the series on TV with the Sox broadcastors, Hawk and DJ.
Because M's team wasn't available.

Hawk(Ken Harrelson) shouts "He Gone!," every time the opposing hitter strikes out
and refers to the Sox as Good Guys, even though the line-up has Carl Everett in it...
DJ is a former Padre, and many others, Darrin Jackson.

As for the game,
our Cajun starter was a little shaky, had one inning where he could have lost the control,
but kept the team in the game until 7th.
Good job, Gil!

*I've often had funny thoughts about his name.
I believe the protagonist of the Great American Novel, by Philip Roth,
was named Gil Gamesh,
the best left-hander the God had ever created.
He was probebly named after the Sumerian King...

So, the first time I heard his name, I thought, fianlly there's an epic character in baseball.
Probably his name has nothing to do with both books.

Mèche, by the way, means: a lock of hair; wick of lamp; fuse.


Yesterday's game was more impressive, despite the loss, though
It was not only a pitching gem from both starters,
but also the shortest game M's had been involved in.
I heard it from friend and the Sox announcers.

Of the 1h 36 minutes, the TV Commercial occupied about 35 minutes.
It wasn't a getaway day but the game was a lot shorter than average.
I read somewhere that, in an average game of 3 hours, the ball actually travels for about 20 minutes.
Yesterday, it was like 10.

Mark Buehrle three-hit M's. What's new about that?

More significantly, Franklin once again amassed groundball outs.
He lowered his ERA, and raised the expectation among the coaching staff, I'm sure.