In other news, the Tampa Bay Rays’ next star pitcher, Blake Snell, threw a no-no for five innings last night against the Blue Jays, six Ks, 47 pitches—and then was pulled by the manager Kevin Cash for the other next star pitcher, Jake Faria, who continued the shutout but gave up three hits before the Rays won 7-0, in part on Puerto Rican catcher Michael Perez’s first MLB home run ever, and in part on Korean Ji-Man Choi’s second home run in two days in his rookie year.
That is what sports people in central Florida, and maybe even nationwide, should be talking about this morning in their coffee shops and on ESPN radio: a team of rookies who are standing up in a division with the Bosox and the Yankees, and whether pulling a no-no pitcher just coming off injury is fair to the pitcher because everything wants to have a no-hitter, but Snellzilla has a whole career ahead of him and needs a good arm to fulfill it.
That’s what we should be talking about, not about useful idiots of the slash-and-burn left who would rather destroy their careers for the sake of protesting barely-existent wrongs in a nation already demonstrating that opportunity is there for anyone willing to grab a hold of it, regardless of race or sex or class.
Personally, I would have left Snell in the game with the stipulation that he would be pulled the minute a Blue Jay got a hit, but that’s just me, and I don’t have the cash to own the team, and I’m not the Cash that manages the team.
Yes! There have been some great MLB games lately, especially for my beloved Cardinals.
And if you haven’t seen the amazing throw that an Oakland outfielder made to complete a double play, you have to look it up!