May 03, 2006
Game of the Day
Sometimes, when I'm scanning the schedule for the day, one game pops out as being head and shoulders above every other game out there. Today is one of those days. Kansas City visits Minnesota as Joe Mays faces Brad Radke. First of all, it's Mays' first time back in the Hubie Dome against his old team. Secondly there's an irresistible force/immovable object feeling about this game. These two starters are terrible. Radke's allowed 43 hits in 26 1/3 innings. Mays has walked 14 and struck out 8 in 20 1/3 innings. This game looks to be a slugfest.
But the offenses are terrible. The Twins and Royals are 13-14 in the AL in runs scored respectively. They rank 12 and 13 in OBA, 13 and 14 in slugging percentage. So I must ask the question, if good pitching stops good hitting, does bad pitching stop bad hitting?
Enjoy!
Posted by David Pinto at
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Watch, this game will turn into a pitchers' duel.
By the way, in "Deal of the Day" mlb.com just posted that the Lerners are the winners of the Nationals for about 450M. The story says the Lerners operate a company called Puck Holdings. You can't make up stuff like that.
Should that be "a resistable force meets a moveable object"?
I say KC wins it...only because they're winless on the road and they've got to win one sometime...and against Minnesota should be their best shot for it. Minnesota, won't see them as a threat, so they'll take it easy and end up losing the game.
Game turned out to be a rather nondescript 6-1 affair. Minnesota broke it open early and coasted home.
