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Getting a bit tiring writing about games with short outings, and crappy pitching performances. I guess I could say that Esteban Yan didn’t give up 20 more runs after he came into the game, I guess that’s something.
My wife & I were watching from home, and she told me that she really did not want Raffy to get #500 on Friday night because I have tickets for Saturday & Sunday – she said if Raffy got it on a day I wasn’t there (I was there on Thu and saw #499), that I’d be moping around about it. She’s probably right. :)
I actually stopped watching the game once we got behind a lot, and just skipped forward on the TiVo to Raffy’s at bats. Hopefully he gets it today (Sat) or tomorrow. I’d like to be there for one of these things for a change. When Raffy got #400, I had tickets for Fri & Sun. He hit it Saturday. When Lynn & I were in Baltimore, we missed Cal Ripken’s 400th HR – he went foul by about 2 or 3 feet. :(

I have a short day today, so I need to get through this as quick as possible – no real commentary. Nice to see a win.
Raffy watch – He got #499 yesterday, and struck out in the bottom of 9th to end the game on possible #500. I was at the game, and took some pics, but I left them at home, I’ll have to update later.

The streak stops at 7 games. Why? We got to within one game of .500. That’s usually when we start losing again. :(
Actually John Thomson pitched well, it’s just at the end he had enough of a meltdown, and the bullpen (Todd Van Poppel) was total crap that we lost. I thought Thomson was great again.
Omar Daal looked surprisingly great – I followed him when he was in Philadelphia, and never thought he was that great of a pitcher.

That was one serious stink coming from the Ballpark. Don’t want to write about it, it was so bad. One thing though – Carlos Delgado’s second home run was some serious crap – it was hit into what looked like Section 251. That’s a SERIOUS distance – was something like 455 feet, if I remember Josh right. Here’s a pic of how far away home plate is looking in from that section.

I thought John Thomson pitched great this game, except for his minor meltdown which allowed 3 runs to score. But other than that, he was wonderful. Unfortunately, CC Sabathia was even better, not allowing an earned run.in his 8 innings (as opposed to the 3 that Thomson allowed in his complete game 8 inning loss). That pretty much was the entire game – CC Sabathia shut us down pretty good – not much else you can say about this one.
Raffy watch: He sat out the game, and only came in as a pinch hitter as the final batter of the game. He needs two, and I’m going to the game on Thursday, so I’m hopeful he can do it then. :)

I didn’t get to see this game, and I could only barely pay attention, as I was at the office upgrading the web server’s copy of Linux. Was nice to see a win, although quite frankly, we should have a winning streak of 6 now, the two losses against the Blue Jays & Indians the last couple of days are still annoying.
We had a lot of pitchers in this game (7 in all), with starter Todd Van Poppel (!) going 4 innings, giving up three earned runs. Jay Powell looked pretty good (I got to hear his part of the game), and it was nice that our bullpen didn’t give up anything in the 5 innings they pitched.
Don’t have a whole lot more to say, but it looks like Raffy will get #500 at home, as the Raffy watch stays at 498. My gut feeling is that if he gets 499 tomorrow, he’ll come out of the game.