Aww hell

I'm finally done here since I'll be joining Supertramp and on his blog sabbatical tomorrow at the ball park. If you get bored, take a moment to stop by All Things Steve and say hi.

Well, Carnac the Magnificent I am not, saying all my predictions for today's game went tits up. Bush pulled a 2005 Dempster walking a career-high 5 batters, one which resulted in a run. I didn't actually 'see' the game but I caught a lot on mlb.com's gameday and Bush was definitely pitching from behind in the count the entire day. When you are a control pitcher like Bush and can't consistently hit the strike zone, well you can see what happens.

Yost said Bush did a 'fine job' pitching today and the conditions could have been a bit to blame, but Dempster had no need for an excuse as he didn't seem to have much trouble with the order after the 4th. Bush escaped a 3 walk, 1 HBP inning in the 4th with only one earned run and kept the game close, but the offense never made up for it.

On a positive note, there was a Turnbow sighting this afternoon and he came out of the inning unscathed after putting the first batter on...something very rarely seen last year. Also a feat of note, Weeks tied a franchise record today by scoring in 16 straight games, dating back to last season. The record matches Paul Molitor's run set back in 1987. I think the fact that he de-cleated Soto en route to scoring that run makes the record that much sweeter.

I'd say expect posts to be light tomorrow but I'd be lying since there probably won't be any. The party starts at 9am as I will be joining Supertramp and a few other Yost Infected faithful, grilling brats and drinking High Life in the Giants lot at Miller Park. I could write a recap right now that will probably be more accurate than what actually happens considering the state we'll be in...but I'll spare you all. Go Crew.