Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Randomness
One thing I love about baseball, even when it goes against who I'm rooting for, and even though I hate it in other sports, is the fact you never really know what's going to happen. Last night's first inning in Philly, the Pirates are facing Jonathan Pettibone, a rookie pitcher making his major league debut. A pitcher with no particular bona fides of note, probably at best someone looking at a mid-level pitching career. The Pirates are hot. AJ Burnett is coming off of a 1-hitter.
On the second pitch of the game, Marte smokes a double. Then Pettibone goes 3-0 on Snider. He comes back and Snider flies out to Ben Revere in shallow left (whose arm is so bad, Marte still moves to third). Then Pettibone goes 3-0 on McCutchen, works his way back, and then gets a terrible strike call to get McCutchen looking. Finally, Jones smokes a liner to right which John Mayberry Jr. makes a great play on. No runs when it looked like a big inning.
I should be frustrated, angry, but I'm not. Baseball is never cliche. The announcers say cliche things. Sometimes things fall into familiar patterns, expected outcomes often play out, but what happens in the game itself exactly is always a new story. I love it.
On the second pitch of the game, Marte smokes a double. Then Pettibone goes 3-0 on Snider. He comes back and Snider flies out to Ben Revere in shallow left (whose arm is so bad, Marte still moves to third). Then Pettibone goes 3-0 on McCutchen, works his way back, and then gets a terrible strike call to get McCutchen looking. Finally, Jones smokes a liner to right which John Mayberry Jr. makes a great play on. No runs when it looked like a big inning.
I should be frustrated, angry, but I'm not. Baseball is never cliche. The announcers say cliche things. Sometimes things fall into familiar patterns, expected outcomes often play out, but what happens in the game itself exactly is always a new story. I love it.
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