Alex Wood‘s poor performance Wednesday night may have been a hangover from this food poisoning:

Bad sushi, bad defense, bad pitching â?¦ they all conspired against the Dodgers in an unsightly 16-6 loss to the Oakland Athletics before an announced crowd of 49,394 in Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night.

Left-hander Alex Wood, whose start was pushed back one day because of food poisoning, gave up seven runs and seven hits in a wobbly 32/3-inning effort that probably made him feel as queasy as he did in San Francisco over the weekend.

The Athletics scored over a quarter of their season runs in the game.

Also, I didn’t know Sushi Girl had a baseball connection.

I like the way this baseball season has started. A number of teams I thought would be powerhouses are off to mediocre starts, and we have a few surprise teams doing well.