Yes, I may have slacked on my duties and missed the fact that Justin Upton took the collar last week against the Marlins (and nearly wore the hat Tuesday night going 0-for-4 with 3K’s), but I was all over the affairs in Anaheim.
You might think that I was rooting for Ervin Santana in the top of the 9th inning with the game tied 2-2 because I wanted my Angels to win, but you would be partially wrong. Oh no, I had ulterior motives. I was knuckling up on my chair waiting to see if Matt Joyce could do what he hadn’t done before: put a ball in play against Ervin Santana. And much to my delight, Mr. Joyce obliged my greatest wishes by failing to connect for the fourth time in the night. His final line for the evening: 0-for-4, 4K’s, three swinging, one looking, all against Ervin Santana. And the Angels won 3-2 on a game-winning hit by Gary Matthews Jr. in the bottom of the 9th. Lovely.
So to Matt Joyce, I wish you nothing but success in the future, so long as you’re not playing the Angels, and so long as you aren’t chasing the Golden Sombrero. Also, we must establish some LBS Golden Sombrero Club policy here. I’m thinking no on awarding retroactive Sombreros in case we don’t see it within 24 hours. Justin Upton, you are lucky my friend. And proudly, there are now three members and counting in the LBS Golden Sombrero Club.
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[...] The Bulls have no excuse for this one. They just have to forget it and try again at Indianapolis tomorrow. Despite the consecutive evenings of extraneity, the Bulls, who now trail Norfolk by a game and a half in the IL South, will actually have three rested relievers behind starter Carlos Hernandez. Two of them have the best ERAs in the bullpen, so you’d like to like your chances. You’d also like to think that Jaso will have the night off after catching 29 innings in two days and getting creamed at the plate in the 29th. If nothing else, he needs time to play some mariachi music while he’s wearing last night’s golden sombrero. (Matt Joyce will be so jealous!) [...]