So my least-favorite manager in the league was fired last night. Clint Hurdle might have been the worst manager in the last decade. I saw an article on Yahoo! where the writer quoted someone who said that he was always in a hurry to get his second best team on the field. How else can you explain why Barmes gets played over Stewart and Fowler would sit behind Spilborghs every other night? You couldn't move Spilborghs to left and sit Seth Smith? Why was Manny Corpas closing at all this year? I don't care what he did two years ago!
This team has the potential to compete in the NL West (take my word, the Dodgers aren't that good, especially without Manny).
Speaking of the Dodgers, I saw Jeff Weaver pitch a little today. He had some really nice movement on his fastball, but then he would leave it over the plate. And then he'd leave 5 feet off the plate. Oh Jeff, I wonder what it's like to be Jered and knowing you're ten times better than your brother.
Then I caught a little of the Giants/Cardinals game later. Barry Zito threw possibly the best curve I've seen live to strike on Albert Pujols. And we all know Pujols doesn't strike out that much. If he can keep his fastball up aroudn 88 consistently, we could be seeing a 4ish ERA out of Zito this year.
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