Monday, December 14, 2009

now that I have seen that 2007 tiebreaker game...

Matt Holliday totally didn't touch home plate.

But, the Padres' catcher didn't tag him, either.

And Trevor Hoffman clearly did not have it that day. Seriously, the Rockies hitting against him went like this: double, double, triple, very hard-hit ball but right at someone that maybe-scored the winning run. Coors isn't an excuse because the Padres' other relievers had done an outstanding job. Sorry, Trevor. Sucks that it had to happen in such an important game, but even the best relievers have totally awful days. Even Jake Peavy, who had been something like 5-0 in his past six starts with an ERA well under three for the year, clearly didn't have it that day. He pitches like he had for his other September starts, and Hoffman wouldn't have even needed to be a factor. But whatever.