It was nice to see a 2-0 Pirates win tonight and silence the hordes of Phillies fans who were in attendance at PNC Park tonight. In all fairness, though, I have to say that those Phils' fans around us, and there were a bunch of them, were polite and good sports. Certainly not of the type that scream obscenities at Sidney Crosby at Flyers' games.
A word or two on Jamie Moyer. He is 47 years old, won the first of his 267 ML wins in 1986, and he continues to pitch well. He lost tonight as a result of two unearned runs by the Pirates (albeit on HIS error). Every time I looked at the pitch speed on the scoreboard, his pitches were clocking in the low to mid-70's, yet he made Pirates hitters look like pony leaguers. Shouldn't major league hitters be able to just bash the s**t out of such junk? Before you say "but these are the Pirates, not major league hitters", keep in mind that Moyer is doing this to most every team he faces.
He will probably never make it to the Hall of Fame, but he surely will be a first ballot entrant to the Hall of Pretty Damn Good.
Two final comments: The Pirates are 4-2 in games that I have attended, and I have been there for the sole victories of Charlie Morton and Ross Ohlendorf (although I suspect that Ohlendorf will not be a one hit wonder now that he has that first one under his belt).
Bob ... Interesting comments about Moyer. The Hall of Fame conversation has been heavy on Phlly talk-radio. Some callers think (???) that he needs only 3 more years to get 300 wins. (Hmmmm ... that doesn't seem likely, huh?)
ReplyDeleteMoyer has been amazing for most of his starts.
And - yes - I'm thrilled that the Bucs took the first 2 games; (I'll definitely settle for 3 of 4, so do your best. Regards from Denver, The Big Poppy.
Can't imagine Moyer pitching - winning 10+ games a year - until age 50, but I'm not willing to say it's impossible. The guy's amazing.
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