Literally one day after I compliment Jonesy on his work so far this season, he goes out and blows his first one of the year. Yet another sterling performance from Jeremy Bonderman was wasted today, as the bullpen simply couldn't slam the door shut in the 9th and 10th innings. This is typical Todd Jones: just when you think he's gotten consistent, he goes out and blows a game that would have guaranteed a sweep of a crappy team. The Roller Coaster strikes again.
The real sinking feeling came in the 10th though, when Fernando Rodney was called into the game. My immidiate thought was "oh fuck". Leyland, I have to question you on this one, especially after we all saw the shit show Rodney put on Friday in the 10th in Toronto. He gave up a leadoff home run to John Buck. JOHN FUCKING BUCK. Who the hell is that?! Honestly, between Rodney, Mesa, and Grilli, there is a veritable trio of heart attacks just waiting to enter every game and give it away. Fernando has come into the 10th inning of four games now. Three of those games have been lost in the 10th. I'm so sick of this shit. And it's only April.
This was an old fashioned pitcher's duel tonight, with both Bondo and Gil Meche bringing their good stuff. All of the Tiger runs came during an interesting sixth, in which an error by third baseman Alex Gordon that should have been turned into a double play, resulted in all three runs for the home team. Bondo pitched well, even if KC did work him for a run in the seventh, and Zoom Zoom came in and pitched shut down as usual in the eighth.
Interesting little side note from after the game- Carlos Guillen received a letter from Bud Selig telling him that if he plays with his pockets inside-out one more time, he will be fined $1,000. Bud, do you really not have anything better to do? I guess if Carlos' pockets are the biggest of MLB's worries, then the league's in great shape, right?! In a related story, I wrote Guillen a letter that said if he ever strikes out looking in an extra innings game with the tying run on base, I'm going to fine him $1,000. And if it ends the game, like it did today, that's an extra 500 bucks, buddy.
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