Another report over at ; she and her merry band of pirates travelled up to the Pirates game yesterday. Batgirl found this part particularly interesting:
The star of the whole show, in my vaguely humble opinon, was Jason Bartlett. He was composed at the plate, recording two hits and reminding us all that Guzman isn't the only shortstop around who can break the sound barrier on his way to first. But we all knew he could hit, we all knew he was fast. His fielding, footwork and positioning in particular, has been the wall between him and a major-league career. In this game he was nearly flawless. He showed range and good judgement, positioning himself well and reacting correctly to plays that happened too fast to allow for deliberation. And if he still struggles somewhat with a tendency to over-throw, his worst lob was still within reasonable stretching distance for the first baseman, and no outs were ever in jeopardy. In sum, he looked like a major-league shortstop, though he was far from it mere months ago. But he, like Cuddyer, will need to repeat performances like this many times over before we truly believe.
If Barlett actually has learned to use his glove, it would be pretty exciting. A shortstop who can hit? How terrible au courant. Meanwhile, check out Infield's photos here.
Also, Frightwig's got a blog! The much-beloved Batling has laid his stakes down here. Better living through baseball, indeed.
Meanwhile, insider is back and has shot some nice photos of Sir Rodney, who came down to Fort Myers to class up the joint.
See, Jacque, when the pitch is above your head, you don't actually have to swing at it.
Nick Punto gets an autograph.
Jane of Mike and Jane sends one more butt shot for the collection, and it is really one terrific butt.
And finally...the ticket lives!
