Jered Comes Through
Even though Jered has had a rough start to the season, nobody's been concerned about it. Every pitcher has some tough starts and we knew he would bounce back. Look what he did last night. He shut down the White Sox and they have a really good lineup. Jr. hit a homerun in the first and that got everyone's confidence up and really got us rolling. A lot of the time when you're starting, you kind of feel your way through the first couple of innings, trying to figure out what's working. By the second or third inning, you find your groove. That's when you could see it with Jered last night. He threw a lot of good changeups early and that's really key for him. He's got a lot of good pitches, but when he's got his change, it gets a lot of guys off balance. He did a great job and so did Shields. You could tell early in the 7th when Shields came in that he hadn't been out there in a while. He got a couple of his pitches up, but corrected it quickly and started getting his pitches down in the zone. It was typical Shields. No question it was a big win for us. These are the kind of teams we need to beat if we're going to get to where we want to go. Our expectations are high. We want to win a World Series and they have the same expectations which makes it was a good win for us. We'll try to get another one today. Escobar is pitching and I'm charting all of his pitches. It's my turn. Usually when you're charting it will help you for your next start, but since we're playing Kansas City tomorrow and not Chicago again, it won't help me all that much. Charting Escobar is a tough job. He's got a lot of pitches.
lightitup said April 29, 2007
BrianC6234 said April 29, 2007
And that call on Reggie Willits was terrible. That ump was bad. I hope he's talked to about it since the replay showed Reggie didn't leave early. The ump couldn't see that probably so how about getting all the umps together and at least talk it over?
tdaloisio said April 29, 2007