Friday, May 30, 2008
I Hate Pujols
I don't really need to write any more after the title, because I think you get the point, seeing as how the only two or three people that will read this are Astros fans. But good Lord, what the hell did we ever do to deserve this?
He is probably the best hitter in the game, I know that. Despite that, he is still Astro Killa Extraordinaire, what with 22 career home runs in Minute Maid Park (I can probably name 5 Astros multi-year starters off the top of my head that don't have that many, and they got to play about 70 more games a year in the park than Albert).
Hitting a home run that scored the game winning run last night didn't hurt either.
I probably should be more pissed off at the fact that that home run was the 16th this year given up by Roy Oswalt. That's 2 more than he gave up all last year. Roy is getting close to qualifying for a singing role in a cheesy commerical for a Mexican chain with those Lima-esque numbers.
But everyone looks for a scapegoat. He is mine. Stop pitching to him. Now, I'm not advocating intentionally walking him with noone and 2 outs in the first. But on second thought, that doesn't sound like a bad idea. Especially with the Cardinals lineup who, outside of Pujols, has only slightly more pop than the fearsome Astros duo of Adam Everett and Brad Ausmus.
I just hope it doesn't take too many more of these situations for us to learn. If it is late in a close game, don't ever, EVER throw Pujols a strike. Please. Pretty Please.
He is probably the best hitter in the game, I know that. Despite that, he is still Astro Killa Extraordinaire, what with 22 career home runs in Minute Maid Park (I can probably name 5 Astros multi-year starters off the top of my head that don't have that many, and they got to play about 70 more games a year in the park than Albert).
Hitting a home run that scored the game winning run last night didn't hurt either.
I probably should be more pissed off at the fact that that home run was the 16th this year given up by Roy Oswalt. That's 2 more than he gave up all last year. Roy is getting close to qualifying for a singing role in a cheesy commerical for a Mexican chain with those Lima-esque numbers.
But everyone looks for a scapegoat. He is mine. Stop pitching to him. Now, I'm not advocating intentionally walking him with noone and 2 outs in the first. But on second thought, that doesn't sound like a bad idea. Especially with the Cardinals lineup who, outside of Pujols, has only slightly more pop than the fearsome Astros duo of Adam Everett and Brad Ausmus.
I just hope it doesn't take too many more of these situations for us to learn. If it is late in a close game, don't ever, EVER throw Pujols a strike. Please. Pretty Please.
# posted by Bevo @ 8:59 AM 
