How Many Penas Does It Take To Screw Up A Ball Game?

April 12, 2009

Answer?

Four.

This Pena (Brayan) doubled off Phil Coke in the eighth inning, evening the score at 4-4 and wasting Joba’s fine performance.

This Pena (Tony Junior) was the one who scampered home with the tying run.

This Pena (Ramiro) should have been in the lineup instead of Ransom, who is now 0-for-900, or so it feels.

And this Pena (Tony Senior) should have compelled Girardi to use Edwar or Albaladejo in the eighth – anybody but Veras, who invariably walks batters in close games. This Pena should also have leaned on the skipper to pull Coke, once it was clear he had nothing. Isn’t that what bench coaches are for? As a result, the Yankees went down to the Royals 6-4.

Other grievances…

Yes, it was raining and the conditions weren’t optimal, but did Callaspo’s grounder really have to dribble through Swisher’s legs…before it dribbled through Cano’s legs too? The play was reminiscent of last year’s Cano-Betemit routine where a ball rolled between them for a hit. It also reminded me of this.

Other moments of hilarity? Whenever Kansas City’s official scorer ruled that an obvious error was, instead, a base hit.

A moment of non-hilarity? When I found out that Tex was out of the lineup again because of his left wrist tendinitis. I really can’t stand the words: “We’re shutting him down.” They give me visions of this.

Does anyone remember when I said I wanted to kidnap the Orioles’ Nick Markakis, because he was so tough against the Yankees? Well, now I’ve decided to kidnap Joakim Soria, the Royals’ closer, who struck out the side in the ninth and looked very, very nasty.

If anyone sees this man, please let me know and I’ll alert my people.

Written by mlblogsjaneheller Posted in Dailies Tagged with Abbott and Costello, Brayan Pena, Cody Ransom, Joba Chamberlain, Joe Girardi, Jose Veras, Nick Swisher, Phil Coke, Ramiro Pena, Robinson Cano, Royals, Tony Pena, Yankees