Game 100: Souldrummer's Vindication

Great recipe.

Way to step up big Miguel Batista

He was so proud of his boy.

MarkZuckerman on twitter – Miguel Batista, on being booed when he took mound: “Imagine, if you go there to see Miss Universe and you end up with Miss Iowa…”

and it’s unfortunate Strasburg had to be shut down. They made the right decision pulling him out, though. He’s still getting used to the everyday grind of baseball without the benefit of a lengthy stay in the minors. No need to take unnecessary risks.

Now, I have to get back to lab and watch the Cubs not give Ted Lilly any run support in what will most likely be his last start in a Cubs uniform…Poor Ted.

Was watching the game from the gym…Batista pitched well. Glad to see him get the win.

It’s also nice to see the offense get something going after the dreadful stretch earlier this month.

As the import of his historic accomplishment began to set in by around the 3rd inning I started referring to him as Miguel Strasburg and informing people that his line may very well have been better than what we would have gotten from Strasburg that night. In all serious, the man might have the largest percentage gain in WAR for a midseason performance in recent memory. It will be interesting to see how long my man’s five minutes of fame lasts. The game story was okay, the yahoo story today is priceless, and I hope some other national bloggers get into the spirit. But by the end of the game as Batista, Burnett, and even Storen and Capps’ relatively stressless innings began to inspire me to a fever pitch I found the energy to walk half way around the stadium and share this moment with Faithful Member The Herndon Kid and he had to be subjected to the “Let’s Go Capps!” cheer in full throat. Hope y’all enjoyed it. I’m trying to focus on Batista’s achievement today rather than get into the whole Strasburg medical stuff until I hear next start, DL, or season shelving. None of them scares me but so much because we are learning the lessons from the Mark Prior disaster and doing our best to prevent those disasters by keeping rubber armed guys around to pick up the pieces when things go astray for our young team.