The Athletics cruised to a 12-2 win over the Devil Rays last night, and I gotta tell ya, there's nothing quite as gratifying as highlighting a blowout game between two teams not in contention that no one cares about. But I bring it up because Mike Piazza was resurrected from the dead for one game, going 4-for-5 with 5 RBI and a two-run homer. Nothing about any of this is particularly relevant, but I understand that people enjoy calling him gay, so have at it. Maybe he'll hold another press conference.
Side note: Remember the Rangers' 30-3 win Wednesday? As the Dugout pointed out, Wes Littleton actually earned a save in that game. He entered in the seventh inning with Rangers leading 14-3, pitched three innings, and got the save. Now, I recognize that I don't care enough about baseball to understand the rules behind every little statistic, but did the Orioles have ten people on base when Littleton entered the game? Thinking about it makes my head hurt. Or maybe that's all the booze last night.
Other MLB scores: Mets rally from 6-1 and 8-7 deficits (the latter in the bottom of the 9th) but lose in ten innings to the Padres… Nobody scores any runs for 9 innings, then Indians extend AL Central lead with 3-1 win in 10.
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Mike may indeed be a flamer, but he is still one testicle more of a man than John Kruk.
/pre-noon cancer joke!
Nice editing job, SI: "David Wells's?" I'm suprised the blurb arout Piazza didn't read, "Los Angeles's loss is the Mets's Gain."
I'm also "surprised." I'm an idiot.
Hugh B. — Strunk & White have SI's back. With a couple exceptions, singular nouns that end in s still get 's in the possessive.
And yes, I know I'm a fucking dork.
What does the MLA say about the plural of "penis", Captain Grammar Lesson?
Wes Littleton actually earned a save in that game.
I went and looked at the box score and I noticed that even Mark Teixeira got an RBI in that game.
FYI you get a save if you pitch the last three innings of the game
@WWSM: I know what Mike Piazza says about the plural of "penis": "It's Party Time!"
Texas –
I just drooled a little coffee for that.
(Not because it was funny – just because I drool a lot.)
@Matt: As someone with an English degree, even I did not know that. Maybe I should have studied in college instead of spending 5 years pulling tubes and playing playstation.
Also, Mike Piazza's a gay.
I believe it's "peni". Like, "Greg Louganis inhaled numerous peni after winning the gold medal."
NERDS!
Also, I hear Piazza plays for the other team. Check your programs!
hardaway:
I like to think that English degrees are not about reciting grammar rules, but rather, appreciating literature, and even more vital, being able to throw a few obscure literary references at the mousy yet alluring chick in the glasses and plaid skirt in an attempt to show her your first edition Longfellow.
Quick FYI:
If a pitcher (a) relieves, (b) finishes the game, and (c) pitches 3 or more innings in a game his team wins by any score, he gets a save.
The more comventional is when a pitcher (a) relieves, (b) finishes the game, and (c) his team wins by 3 runs or less.
I am a nerd, thank you!
Brock- please tell me that avatar carries with it a link to that picture, I think I need to expose my office workers to some natural delights…
@wwsm – I'll show her my Longfellow! Thanks for the setup.
As a Journalism major (Technical Journalism, Broadcast News and Video Communication if you want to get snippy), I think it was a requirement to take bong rips and spend ungodly amounts of time at bars and parties.
Wait. I thought she was going to show you her Longfellow (book). Perhaps if I could read I could be funny.
If SHE has a longfellow, I think your best move is to get her number and hook her up with your good buddy A-Rod.
@wwsm: That, and learning how to write a 10-page paper about Dorian Grey without ever reading the book. That takes talent.
10 pages about how we're all gonna die someday, but not if you have a mirror stashed away somewhere. Sounds like a real rip-snorter.
the gayest thing he has ever done by far was hold that press confrence
I refer to Wednesday as the Oriolocaust. Yay!
Even if technically correct, crediting the pitcher here with a "save" sounds ironic. Kind of like when a pitcher gives up seven runs but his team scores eight, he is credited with the "win."
Is anybody still reading this thread? I got here late.
Around our house, we enjoy blaming Mike Piazza for any and all pulled groins in the major leagues.