Twins at Seattle. Mariners 4, Twins 3
Dear readers. Dear dear readers. Batgirl loves you. She loves you so. She has devoted herself to being your guide through this Twins season, and she will do it, no matter how late she has to stay up.
Forgive Batgirl. She gets emotional when she is sleepy. It’s one in the morning, and the 13th inning, and Batgirl will be staying valiantly awake until the bitter, bitter end.
We should have known it was going to be one of those days. Gardy got kicked out on the second batter of the game; home plate umpire Marty Foster blew a call and Gardy took issue with his eyesight and perhaps his parentage, and Foster ejected him. Some people just don’t like to argue. This was Gardy’s first ejection of the year, and Team Batgirl can’t help but be relieved; we were beginning to think something was wrong with him.
No! I love Batgirl more!
This was going to be a strange series for us; everyone wondered what would happen when we faced Eddie. The Twins ended the suspense early in the season series by being on the weenie end of the scoreboard in the ninth—3-2 Mariners, a save situation. Here we go.
Well, with two outs and two on, Torii Hunter hit a 3-2 pitch for a double, scoring Guzie to tie the game, and then Koskie barreled toward home and then, well, Marty Foster called him out. Except the catcher apparently had missed the tag. It took Al Newman, Jerry White, Scott Ullger and Steve Liddle to restrain Corey Koskie from getting Canadian on Foster’s ass. Some things were said that can’t be taken back, and Koskie was ejected for his efforts. Just because he was wrongly called out on the go-ahead run in the ninth with two outs. He’s so touchy.
(By the way, it’s nice to know that Eddie is giving the Mariners fans the same kind of gastrointestinal problems. It makes Batgirl feel strangely close to the good people of Seattle, like if she were to meet them on the street, she would recognize the haunted look in their eyes and nod gently. I know, man, I know.)
Anyway, we went into extra innings, with no bench and most of our bullpen already used, and Batgirl very sleepy but valiantly staying awake for the sake of her dear readers. That’s just how much she cares.
There were low moments. Like, say, for instance, in the 11th inning, Stewart walked, then Guzie bunted—and Stewie was out at second. With Guzie at first, Dougie singled—and Guzie lost his mind. After reaching second base, he went back to first because he thought Dougie had flied out to Ichiro. Guzie might have been sleepy. Batgirl understands. She was pretty sleepy, too.
Well, we lost it in the 16th inning, on another bad Marty Foster call at home, but JC and Joe Nathan pitched very well. Maybe Foster was trying to make up for the blown call in the ninth?
Tomorrow is another day. Actually, today is. Good night, sweet readers. I shall see you in my dreams.
Posted by Batgirl at May 5, 2004 01:56 AM
[i]We should have known it was going to be one of those days.[/i]
that is exactly what I thought when Gardy got ejected 2 batters into the game
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oh well. this means we'll smoke then tommorrow
I am missing the late showing of Iron Chef for this
Batgirl, you are a true fan to have stayed up to watch...oh, sorry, that's not possible, except on Lego vision...listen to this devistating loss.
We, your loyal and gentle readers, love you, too.
Perry
Posted by: Perry at May 5, 2004 05:42 AMWhen I close my eyes and read your words, I see Jim Souhan at the keyboard -- without the made-for-TV suit, of course! (If I remember correctly, I learned how to read with my eyes closed during the Canadian Literature course I took at ol' Mansfield U.)
Posted by: RonDavis at May 5, 2004 08:06 AMIt was a very fragile, human and emotional moment when Mr. Winn reached out and grabbed hold of Mr. Blanco's "glove of love" in the lower half of the 16th inning - very much in keeping with the night's fragile, human and emotional proceedings. However, as Mr. Winn had not yet made contact with the "home plate" and Mr. Blanco was holding the ball in said glove, the umpire Mr. Marty Foster had an obligation to call an "out," as per the rules of base ball. Instead, the umpire performed several vague stabbing gestures with his index finger (as if, perhaps, to mime, "See? Now that's what I'm talking about. I know a very fragile, human and emotional moment when I see one"). There was some chaos, and then the teams left the field of play. Pity, too, as Mr. Greisinger was denied the opportunity to lose the contest in a more conventional fashion.
Batgirl Batgirl Batgirl, can't you see? Sometimes your words just hypnotise me.
Posted by: kw at May 5, 2004 08:15 AMFrom the picture, it looks like if Ron Gardenhire and Marty Foster were any closer, they might try and pass a constitutional amendment to ban it. Did I just steal that joke from Wonkette? I think I did.
Posted by: Babe at May 5, 2004 08:20 AMI really thought there would be Lego vision on this one. Do you have enough tiles to show a huge plate, a huge glove and the huge gap between said hands and gloves when the plate was touched? Can we send you some?
Gardy looks like he's in an Opera - maybe the "The Reckoning of Foster the Blue" (someone translate that into Italian for me). This scene being the famous, "You Suck!" Aria.
Posted by: DS at May 5, 2004 12:25 PMThanks for taking one for the team, sleep depravity-wise.
I fell asleep in the tenth inning, woke up at 1:17 and then drifted off again. I enjoyed reading your entry.
This poses the question, "how many coaches does it take to restrain an angry Canadian?" Although we now know the answer is "four," I can't help but wonder where Rick Anderson and Rick Stelmaszek were while Corey was dragging the sorry asses of Al Newman, Jerry White, Scott Ullger and Steve Liddle all over the field.
Posted by: Goober at May 5, 2004 05:14 PM