I went to softball and wasn’t able to start watching until after the break today. What did you think about Christie’s outing? Just the one walk in 4. I know they tattooed him after the break, but I’d rather a guy go out and make a team earn their way back when pitching with a lead. Rawls seemed to have the same approach Friday. Gave up 2 quick hits but kept finding the zone and worked out of it.
Just realized that Christie threw 94 pitches with the break in there between his first and last 2 innings. That’s a little unconventional, no? Seems like a lot of times teams will go to a different arm after a prolonged break. I’m guessing that had something to do with him getting hit like that. Those 2 innings aside this has been some of the most complete ball we’ve played against a quality opponent all year. Hopefully it’s a sign of things to come from here on out.
As to your point about the lack of posts, there’s definitely a portion of that attributable to there just not being anything to complain about in fairly dominant wins. Unfortunately, it seems some just kinda checked out for the year as well. Once it hits that tournament or bust mentality, it’s hard to keep people locked in during the regular season. Ask any of us 12 basketball fans still around.