Twins at Toronto. Blue Jays 5, Twins 3.
Have I mentioned that I hate the new Blue Jay uniforms? And the dumb logo? Baseball's supposed to be a classic and classy game (I know we played in something called SkyDome tonight, but still). This is baseball, not hockey, though I know Canadians sometimes get confused. And these are the Blue Jays; why are the shirts now black? And the hats are sort of grayish and washed out, like Terry Mulholland.
Just kidding. I've decided I'm going to stop ragging on Terry Mulholland for being way old. Not that he isn't way old, you understand, but it doesn't mean he can't pitch. Randy Johnson pitched a perfect game today at age 40, which is only 15 years younger than Terry--who pitched okay in the eighth depite being unceremoniously voted out of the bullpen this weekend.
Anyway, we didn't exactly get a perfect game today, which is a shame against a team with such a dumb-ass logo. (At least they don't have those stupid pixie vests that the Royals are using these days; no wonder they're 36 games below .500.) Coming off his awesome last start, Johan pitched pretty well through five innings, though he was the victim of some poor D; including a "throw" to second from "catcher" Matthew LeCroy in an attempt to "catch someone stealing." But in the bottom of the sixth, after the Twins came back to tie the game, he loaded the bases and then beaned a .138 hitter. Oops. That beaning, combined with a rather unfortunate outing by Joe Roa, gave Johan his first loss in twenty games (meaning at earlier points in the season he's been very, very lucky.)
In other news, in a game that started with only one Team Batgirl boyfriend ended up with NO boyfriends—Dougie strained his lower back in the seventh inning and is now day-to-day. Meanwhile Corey's on the DL with a strained sternum, Stewie's sitting down with something that sounds like a planter's wart, but isn't, and Mauer of course has been gone since Game #2. In truth, Batgirl is growing weary without her boyfriend, who went down just a few hours after she had declared him her one and only. Team Batgirl normally frowns on switching boyfriends; we are fiercely loyal and quite monogamous, even when our boyfriends get hurt or start totally blowing. But Batgirl needs someone to root for while Joe-Joe recovers, so she's decided her official-new-temporary-boyfriend-until-Joe-Joe-is-better is.... FSM announcer Clay Matvick. Love you Clay!
Call me!
Anyway, we lost. It happens. Let's take the series tomorrow and get ready to sweep the Bitch Sox.
Posted by Batgirl at May 18, 2004 11:47 PM