It's a miracle, the Padres got a win yesterday and I'm awake in time for todays game. Awake, not functional. Be very prepared for a post that makes even less sense than normal as I attempt to write about the baseball battle between us and the Rockies. This whole day games thing is very rude and uncalled for. Baseball is made to be played at night... unless you're in Wrigley Field. I like it a lot better getting to turn the game on at night and end my day with it. Needless to say, I can't wait until there's some normalcy. Ha, normalcy, in baseball?! That's a good one.
The Padres did something it took about two and a half games to do last time, score first. I'd be excited but I'm a full on zombie right now. Also, kind of hard to be excited when you realize Marquis is the starter in this makeshift rotation. The Rockies tied the game in the bottom of the third, no thanks to Cabrera's bobbling action. Fuck, Tulo and his two run double to give the Rockies the 3-1 lead. Can we please catch a break here?!
Aside from the Rockies scoring, Miss wanna be E! News host decided to tell us that she was planning on blocking a ball with her laptop, her bright ass pink laptop. Between her having a pink laptop and her fabulous nose job and engagement reporting, I believe she's with the wrong network. She does realize that she's a sports reporter and not working for E! right?? I mean, don't get me wrong, I wish I had a pink laptop and have wanted one ever since I saw Legally Blonde but for that to be the laptop you bring to work, not ok. I'm not trying to intentional hate her like I have every other chick sports reporter but she is making it WAY too easy. As someone who has been called a cleat chaser because I appreciate the attractiveness of players, she is not doing anything to prove to me that she's not trying extra hard to be one. She looks like she's trying to play up the pretty girl card. Obviously with this rant, the Padres haven't done anything worth writing about right now. Sorry.
Crap, the Rockies just hit a HR and for a second I thought it was us and yelled "heyyyyyyy" before I realized that wasn't us. Told you, zombie mode. Fuck!! Rockies with another HR to make it 5-1. I do like that they play Vengaboys every time one is hit though. That at least makes me start singing the song instead of yelling at the shitty pitching. However, I'd rather not have the song stuck in my head the rest of the day.
Woot, the Padres score in the top of the 8th putting us down by only 3 now. And we have it, the first audible "oooooh" of the season. Deno makes a fantabulous catch in the bottom half of the 8th to rob a hit from CarGo. And we also have the first audible "oh Cam" of the season. He would have had an amazing diving catch had he been able to make it. So sad!! On to the 9th and hopefully we can pull some runs out of our asses and win this game. Yeah, we couldn't pull anything out of our asses except a base hit, waaaaaah.
Record: 1-3
Friday, April 5, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
That First Win Is Finally Out of the Way
There should be no surprise as why this post is ridiculously late. Yes, I was still sleeping. It was completely unintentional for one, I forgot there was a game on at the asscrack of dawn and for two, I felt like shit on a stick all night.
I don't know how I missed the cowbell the last two games but todays has been annoying as all hell. No, we don't need more cowbell. Also, how the hell did I miss the ginger on the Mets?! I really need to start paying more attention to these games.
Kotsay is constantly surprising me this year with his hustle. That hustle allowed for the Padres to take the first lead of the series, very exciting. I don't know about you, but I keep reading that sarcastically. Not how I meant it to be, I'm just tired still. Yes, I'm well aware that it's late in the day but remember, shit on a stick.
Can someone please explain to me why we needed to know that Venable got engaged on Easter?? What the fuck does that have to do with the game?! NOTHING. Stop it with this whole turning the game into an E! News-esque report. I guarantee that the guys watching could care less and a lot of the girls watching are probably thinking "dammit, time to mark him off my cleat chasing list". Then there's me who's slotted in with the guys.
After Kotsay being thrown out by a mile, I retract my previous statement. Whose bright idea was it to send him?! He had to have done that on his own. No way, Roberts sends him, he's a tad bit on the old side.
The Padres load the bases in the seventh, as you all know since you guys watch this before I was even awake. I'm shocked cheers all over SD didn't wake me up, I kid. Venable so narrowly missed a grand slam and I'd be excited about it had I not had a spoiler alert on twitter. The Padres got an insurance run in the eighth. Again, I'd be more excited about it but again, twitter spoiler alert. Huston comes in and does his best Heath Bell impression but it doesn't matter because the Padres win 2-1 and we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the first win is finally out of the way.
Record: 1-2
I don't know how I missed the cowbell the last two games but todays has been annoying as all hell. No, we don't need more cowbell. Also, how the hell did I miss the ginger on the Mets?! I really need to start paying more attention to these games.
Kotsay is constantly surprising me this year with his hustle. That hustle allowed for the Padres to take the first lead of the series, very exciting. I don't know about you, but I keep reading that sarcastically. Not how I meant it to be, I'm just tired still. Yes, I'm well aware that it's late in the day but remember, shit on a stick.
Can someone please explain to me why we needed to know that Venable got engaged on Easter?? What the fuck does that have to do with the game?! NOTHING. Stop it with this whole turning the game into an E! News-esque report. I guarantee that the guys watching could care less and a lot of the girls watching are probably thinking "dammit, time to mark him off my cleat chasing list". Then there's me who's slotted in with the guys.
After Kotsay being thrown out by a mile, I retract my previous statement. Whose bright idea was it to send him?! He had to have done that on his own. No way, Roberts sends him, he's a tad bit on the old side.
The Padres load the bases in the seventh, as you all know since you guys watch this before I was even awake. I'm shocked cheers all over SD didn't wake me up, I kid. Venable so narrowly missed a grand slam and I'd be excited about it had I not had a spoiler alert on twitter. The Padres got an insurance run in the eighth. Again, I'd be more excited about it but again, twitter spoiler alert. Huston comes in and does his best Heath Bell impression but it doesn't matter because the Padres win 2-1 and we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the first win is finally out of the way.
Record: 1-2
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Thank God For Free Extra Innings...
I'm going to be perfectly honest here which shouldn't be anything new but I have paid absolutely no attention to the Padres game. I walked away from the game for a minute at one point only to come back and find that Clayton gave up a two run shot. The three games I wanted to watch today all started at the same time so I've been splitting time between the Reds, Indians and of course the Padres. However, with the way the Padres have been playing, I demoted them to the small screen on picture in picture. They will remain there until they stop playing like shit.... or the free preview of extra innings goes away. Even then, I'm sure I'll have plenty of episodes of the Big Bang Theory to watch while the Padres sit in the small screen.
Shortly after I switched game priorities, Alonso apparently hurt himself in the same way the caused my brother to break his arm back when he was in high school or on a travel team, I don't know, I was like 5 when it happened. I'd explain it but I wasn't paying close attention to it and you probably saw it anyway. FYI, Padres, I can play first but I won't bring a bat like we apparently so desperately needed instead of that pitching the you traded away which coincidently is having a pretty amazing game so far today. Good job, Padres, good fucking job.
Apparently it's cold in NY because the Padres are looking like ninjas right now and it's quite comical. Maybe if they actually did something besides suck, they'd be warm and not need to look like fucktards. Seriously though, I need a full body suit of whatever it is that's making them look like ninjas because ya know, I'm a pile of skin and bones and am cold if it's below 80. Somehow we scored a run so at least we won't be getting shutout. It's those small victories that matter. Oh hey, we scored again. I clearly missed that while remembering that I've only eaten a slice of apple pie today... oops. The Padres started scoring some more because the Mets are apparently letting the cold get to them and are suffering from hypothermia. I mean that's the only explanation. They're still losing 8-4 but hey, at least it's not 8-0 anymore.
Aside from the 9th inning comeback attempt, the most exciting part of the game today, the commercial for 42. I don't remember if I've blogged about this before but I pretty much hate baseball related movies. Weird, right?? Given how much I love all things baseball, baseball movies are not a top priority... except for Rookie of the Year, though that kid reminded me of my brother when I was little so there's that. But with all this said, I really want to see 42. Oh yeah, the other exciting part of the game, showing us the view from behind the catcher and me deciding that needs to be in 3D. Make it happen.
Record: 0-2
Shortly after I switched game priorities, Alonso apparently hurt himself in the same way the caused my brother to break his arm back when he was in high school or on a travel team, I don't know, I was like 5 when it happened. I'd explain it but I wasn't paying close attention to it and you probably saw it anyway. FYI, Padres, I can play first but I won't bring a bat like we apparently so desperately needed instead of that pitching the you traded away which coincidently is having a pretty amazing game so far today. Good job, Padres, good fucking job.
Apparently it's cold in NY because the Padres are looking like ninjas right now and it's quite comical. Maybe if they actually did something besides suck, they'd be warm and not need to look like fucktards. Seriously though, I need a full body suit of whatever it is that's making them look like ninjas because ya know, I'm a pile of skin and bones and am cold if it's below 80. Somehow we scored a run so at least we won't be getting shutout. It's those small victories that matter. Oh hey, we scored again. I clearly missed that while remembering that I've only eaten a slice of apple pie today... oops. The Padres started scoring some more because the Mets are apparently letting the cold get to them and are suffering from hypothermia. I mean that's the only explanation. They're still losing 8-4 but hey, at least it's not 8-0 anymore.
Aside from the 9th inning comeback attempt, the most exciting part of the game today, the commercial for 42. I don't remember if I've blogged about this before but I pretty much hate baseball related movies. Weird, right?? Given how much I love all things baseball, baseball movies are not a top priority... except for Rookie of the Year, though that kid reminded me of my brother when I was little so there's that. But with all this said, I really want to see 42. Oh yeah, the other exciting part of the game, showing us the view from behind the catcher and me deciding that needs to be in 3D. Make it happen.
Record: 0-2
Monday, April 1, 2013
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
It's here, that glorious day is here!! Opening Day brings the best present anyone could ask for, baseball and lots of it. 4,860 glorious games spread across 6 months. Holy shit, I've never done the math before but that's A LOT of baseball AND it doesn't even include the playoffs. Merry fucking Christmas to all!!
The Padres kicked off the season in New York against the Mets. Now if this post is coming around 3pm or later, you can bet your ass that my internal baseball clock didn't go off and I slept through the entire game and was lucky I programmed the DVR... and that's exactly what happened. Oops.
In typical Volquez is pitching fashion, I didn't pay much attention to him, though this time it's probably more because I'm still half asleep than anything... as I yawn while typing that. The one time I did look up to watch Volquez, he threw above the batters head. Splendid, I did kind of love that Enberg basically called him a headcase shortly after. The Mets scored first in the second with two outs and obviously it is very disappointing yet expected with Volquez on the mound. I just really hate that guy.
Oy, Cabrera got drilled in the knee but stayed in the game... I think, I don't know, I'm still half asleep over here. Nonetheless, I bet that felt fabulous but is no comparison to the most amazing injury I've ever seen. Yes, I'm talking about the Louisville basketball player from yesterday. AMAZING. Anyway, the Padres cut the lead in half with a Quentin RBI single, woooh.
Yeah umm, Volquez did exactly what I thought he'd do, suck it up. He didn't even last four innings and had six runs charged to him. If he is worthy of the Opening Day starter position, what does the rest of our rotation look like?! I'm scared!!
God, this game is SUPER embarrassing. Then you throw in the fact that this new reporter chick is talking about a nose job. It is quite stupid. No shit, it's going to help him breathe better but what the fuck do we care, he's not on the Padres. Or is this your sad attempt to distract us from the shit we have put on the field??
So far the only highlight of the game has been Alonso's HR but they are still losing 7-2. In case you weren't already wondering how bored I am with this game, I just saw the commercial with the lady smoking a cigarette through her throat and thought "isn't she dead by now??" Seriously though, isn't she?? Hasn't that commercial been on for at least ten years??
Hold up, now this new reporter chick is pimping out Brach's girlfriend's career?! I thought I was watching baseball not E! News. Go away, unnecessary reporter, GO AWAY!! No one wants to hear about a new nose or a chick trying to become famous when they are watching baseball. Actually, I don't want to hear about anything when I'm watching baseball except for ya know, the actual baseball game.
By the 7th inning, the Mets hit a grand slam and made it an 11-2 game and that is sadly yet expectantly where this game ends. Thank you, Volquez and the Mets for ruining Christmas for us all, bastards. Now I must go to The Big Bang Theory to make me forget about this horrific game.
Record: 0-1
The Padres kicked off the season in New York against the Mets. Now if this post is coming around 3pm or later, you can bet your ass that my internal baseball clock didn't go off and I slept through the entire game and was lucky I programmed the DVR... and that's exactly what happened. Oops.
In typical Volquez is pitching fashion, I didn't pay much attention to him, though this time it's probably more because I'm still half asleep than anything... as I yawn while typing that. The one time I did look up to watch Volquez, he threw above the batters head. Splendid, I did kind of love that Enberg basically called him a headcase shortly after. The Mets scored first in the second with two outs and obviously it is very disappointing yet expected with Volquez on the mound. I just really hate that guy.
Oy, Cabrera got drilled in the knee but stayed in the game... I think, I don't know, I'm still half asleep over here. Nonetheless, I bet that felt fabulous but is no comparison to the most amazing injury I've ever seen. Yes, I'm talking about the Louisville basketball player from yesterday. AMAZING. Anyway, the Padres cut the lead in half with a Quentin RBI single, woooh.
Yeah umm, Volquez did exactly what I thought he'd do, suck it up. He didn't even last four innings and had six runs charged to him. If he is worthy of the Opening Day starter position, what does the rest of our rotation look like?! I'm scared!!
God, this game is SUPER embarrassing. Then you throw in the fact that this new reporter chick is talking about a nose job. It is quite stupid. No shit, it's going to help him breathe better but what the fuck do we care, he's not on the Padres. Or is this your sad attempt to distract us from the shit we have put on the field??
So far the only highlight of the game has been Alonso's HR but they are still losing 7-2. In case you weren't already wondering how bored I am with this game, I just saw the commercial with the lady smoking a cigarette through her throat and thought "isn't she dead by now??" Seriously though, isn't she?? Hasn't that commercial been on for at least ten years??
Hold up, now this new reporter chick is pimping out Brach's girlfriend's career?! I thought I was watching baseball not E! News. Go away, unnecessary reporter, GO AWAY!! No one wants to hear about a new nose or a chick trying to become famous when they are watching baseball. Actually, I don't want to hear about anything when I'm watching baseball except for ya know, the actual baseball game.
By the 7th inning, the Mets hit a grand slam and made it an 11-2 game and that is sadly yet expectantly where this game ends. Thank you, Volquez and the Mets for ruining Christmas for us all, bastards. Now I must go to The Big Bang Theory to make me forget about this horrific game.
Record: 0-1
Monday, March 18, 2013
Hooray For Padres Injuries...
News broke not to long ago that Chase Headley will be out for about a month with a broken thumb after attempting to break up a double play in yesterdays spring training game. At this point I'm thinking the Padres need to rename the team to something like "The San Diego Afflictions" with the motto "we only afflict pain on ourselves". Super stupid and cheesy, I know, but I can't think straight anymore and as they said in the horrific Alice in Wonderland remake, I've lost my muchness.
Along with losing my muchness I've also lost count of how many players are injured but I'm pretty confident the ratio has shifted and there are more broken ones than healthy ones. I'm also pretty confident that may have been my biggest exaggeration yet and I have taken it upon myself to recruit my brother as made apparent by this short Facebook message.
Along with losing my muchness I've also lost count of how many players are injured but I'm pretty confident the ratio has shifted and there are more broken ones than healthy ones. I'm also pretty confident that may have been my biggest exaggeration yet and I have taken it upon myself to recruit my brother as made apparent by this short Facebook message.
As you can see, I've also taken it upon myself to help out with the training staff. I sure as hell couldn't do much worse than they are. Either way the Padres continue to struggle with injuries and continue to crush our hopes of having a decent season.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Padres Pitching Hits Another Bump
As if the Padres weren't suffering enough with pitching, word has it, Casey Kelly may need Tommy John surgery. Oh and apparently Cory Luebke has hit a bump in his recovery. These not so fun facts combined with the not so fun facts of the whole not doing much in the off-season thing makes me one pissy little girl and yes, I'm about to bring up the Latos trade again and yes, I know I'm beginning to sound like a broken record. Deal with it... like I should be doing with that trade but won't anytime soon.
Given the fact that we are possibly down yet another pitcher while another's return might be pushed back and the fact that Grandal is suspended for 50 games really makes me question what the Padres were thinking when they made the trade. We NEED pitching, kinda can't win games without it.
I know that trading Latos had little to nothing to do with pitching and more about filling "holes" but the fact that we seem to be hemorrhaging pitchers, is like pouring salt into the wound. Trade: 0, Ashley: 1.
I've probably said it before how we didn't necessarily need a 1B or another catcher and we wouldn't have needed a starting pitcher had we not traded a starting pitcher and well our bullpen, yeah, I'm going to ignore that. Sure they didn't know that Hundley was going to get hurt last season/suck and we were going to need to rely on Grandal but they lucked out with that... at first. Trade: 1, Ashley: 1.
Then the numerous injuries screwing with out pitching during the season and the freak Cashner incident of the off-season happened. PLUS Grandal's fantastic off-season news came about. I have to believe they didn't know Grandal was using PED's... or maybe they did and overlooked it, who knows but it doesn't help make them look good for making the trade. Trade: 1, Ashley: 2.
I don't follow our minor leagues close enough to know who we have in the system that would be close enough to starting at first or any other positions we claimed the traded filled but we did have Blanks who could have played first, though he was probably hurt too. So I can see the Alonso part of the deal making sense but that's about it since we know I hate Volquez and forgot who the reliever was we got. Trade: 2, Ashley: 2.
Yes, we need guys that are going to do more than just play small ball but what good is that going to do for us if we don't have solid pitching?? To me, the game revolves around pitching. We don't necessarily need the big bats or super fancy defensive skills to win games, though the super fancy Brandon Phillips like plays would be fantastical and the David Wright, WBC type AB's would be just as fantastical. We have seen it before that we can win games with pitching. Ya know, back in the day when we had one of the best, if not the best, pitching staff. A whole, what, three years ago??
Despite my want for pitchers that can carry the team on days where we can't hit to save our lives, I pretty much hate pitchers duels and would rather have high scoring games than 1-0 shutouts or 2-1 team wins with the starting pitching getting a no decision in both incidences. Though sometimes those no decisions mean a lot more than the pitcher recording the win. Sometimes, they mean the pitcher worked his ass off and did everything possible to give us the best chance of winning with the least amount of power hitting. Of course, at other times, they mean the pitcher completely blew it and our bats magically showed up. But in the case of the Padres, as we all know, we rely heavily on the first example. As you can tell, I can't make up my mind about pitching. I very strongly acknowledge the need for dominant pitching and desperately want that but my attention span seems to be more than okay with high scoring games which completely goes against the logical want.
In my nonscientific or probably even really logical opinion, the trade evens out with me, though I should dock points for the suspension and therefore my logic or lack there of wins. Let's just face it, I'm a mess of a blogger and counteract my own points at times but that's what happens when I'm too emotionally involved in the team and can't separate wants from needs.
Given the fact that we are possibly down yet another pitcher while another's return might be pushed back and the fact that Grandal is suspended for 50 games really makes me question what the Padres were thinking when they made the trade. We NEED pitching, kinda can't win games without it.
I know that trading Latos had little to nothing to do with pitching and more about filling "holes" but the fact that we seem to be hemorrhaging pitchers, is like pouring salt into the wound. Trade: 0, Ashley: 1.
I've probably said it before how we didn't necessarily need a 1B or another catcher and we wouldn't have needed a starting pitcher had we not traded a starting pitcher and well our bullpen, yeah, I'm going to ignore that. Sure they didn't know that Hundley was going to get hurt last season/suck and we were going to need to rely on Grandal but they lucked out with that... at first. Trade: 1, Ashley: 1.
Then the numerous injuries screwing with out pitching during the season and the freak Cashner incident of the off-season happened. PLUS Grandal's fantastic off-season news came about. I have to believe they didn't know Grandal was using PED's... or maybe they did and overlooked it, who knows but it doesn't help make them look good for making the trade. Trade: 1, Ashley: 2.
I don't follow our minor leagues close enough to know who we have in the system that would be close enough to starting at first or any other positions we claimed the traded filled but we did have Blanks who could have played first, though he was probably hurt too. So I can see the Alonso part of the deal making sense but that's about it since we know I hate Volquez and forgot who the reliever was we got. Trade: 2, Ashley: 2.
Yes, we need guys that are going to do more than just play small ball but what good is that going to do for us if we don't have solid pitching?? To me, the game revolves around pitching. We don't necessarily need the big bats or super fancy defensive skills to win games, though the super fancy Brandon Phillips like plays would be fantastical and the David Wright, WBC type AB's would be just as fantastical. We have seen it before that we can win games with pitching. Ya know, back in the day when we had one of the best, if not the best, pitching staff. A whole, what, three years ago??
Despite my want for pitchers that can carry the team on days where we can't hit to save our lives, I pretty much hate pitchers duels and would rather have high scoring games than 1-0 shutouts or 2-1 team wins with the starting pitching getting a no decision in both incidences. Though sometimes those no decisions mean a lot more than the pitcher recording the win. Sometimes, they mean the pitcher worked his ass off and did everything possible to give us the best chance of winning with the least amount of power hitting. Of course, at other times, they mean the pitcher completely blew it and our bats magically showed up. But in the case of the Padres, as we all know, we rely heavily on the first example. As you can tell, I can't make up my mind about pitching. I very strongly acknowledge the need for dominant pitching and desperately want that but my attention span seems to be more than okay with high scoring games which completely goes against the logical want.
In my nonscientific or probably even really logical opinion, the trade evens out with me, though I should dock points for the suspension and therefore my logic or lack there of wins. Let's just face it, I'm a mess of a blogger and counteract my own points at times but that's what happens when I'm too emotionally involved in the team and can't separate wants from needs.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Sweet Baby Jesus, There's Baseball On
So I'm watching the World Baseball Classic and not even an hour into me watching it, we have already had our first "DROP, DROP, DROP!! FUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!" of the season. Oh, baseball, how I've missed you so much!! I knew I missed baseball and was ready for it to be back but I didn't think I was going to be THAT excited for it already. Clearly, I'm more than excited for baseball to be back than I thought or even expected I would be.
First thing's first, this is I think the first time I've bothered to watch the World Baseball Classic. I got excited to see that Brazil was playing. Though, I'm not Brazilian, I am Portuguese so I feel a slight connection to all things Brazil. If Brazil is competing and Portugal is not, you can bet your ass I'm cheering for Brazil. With that said, I was extremely caught off guard when I looked up at the batter for Brazil to see that he was Asian. I promptly yelled at my TV "Why are you Asian?!". I was expecting more along the line of a typical Brazilian. I was also expecting a lot of those typical Brazilian asses. Needless to say, I am very disappointed right now.
My next question, where are all the Rodrigues' and Correia's and Teixeira's on Brazil?! Or are those strictly Portugal Portuguese names?? Seriously, where are they?! I'm so confused right now this is ridiculous. I understand not everyone is going to have a typical Portuguese or Brazilian name but shit, at least the dudes from Cuba have typical Latin names. Stop confusing me, WBC.
Now for the final moment of utter confusion, Barry Larkin. Why is he the coach for Brazil?! I tried to Google to see if maybe he was Brazilian or something but I got a tad bit sidetracked and frustrated with Google. I still have no clue why he is the coach or why there are so many atypical Brazilians on the team. They explained earlier why there were so many Asians but I stopped listening.
Brazil is losing and pissing me off and forcing me to call them the one bad word that I do remember in Portuguese. Ugh, can we not disappoint me before the actual season starts?? I seriously feel like I'm watching the College World Series or even the Little League World Series but, hey, it's baseball. Baseball that I'm about to turn off. Why am I about to turn it off?? Because Cuba has the bases loaded and no outs. NOT OKAY, BRAZIL. NOT OKAY!! Also, I'm sick of seeing the same Under Armour commercial with Bryce Harper, though his arms look amazing. Yeah, umm with Cuba winning 5-0 and have the bases loaded with 2 outs, I'm totally turning this off now. Tomorrow I will at least have my Padres to watch, even if it is only Spring Training.
First thing's first, this is I think the first time I've bothered to watch the World Baseball Classic. I got excited to see that Brazil was playing. Though, I'm not Brazilian, I am Portuguese so I feel a slight connection to all things Brazil. If Brazil is competing and Portugal is not, you can bet your ass I'm cheering for Brazil. With that said, I was extremely caught off guard when I looked up at the batter for Brazil to see that he was Asian. I promptly yelled at my TV "Why are you Asian?!". I was expecting more along the line of a typical Brazilian. I was also expecting a lot of those typical Brazilian asses. Needless to say, I am very disappointed right now.
My next question, where are all the Rodrigues' and Correia's and Teixeira's on Brazil?! Or are those strictly Portugal Portuguese names?? Seriously, where are they?! I'm so confused right now this is ridiculous. I understand not everyone is going to have a typical Portuguese or Brazilian name but shit, at least the dudes from Cuba have typical Latin names. Stop confusing me, WBC.
Now for the final moment of utter confusion, Barry Larkin. Why is he the coach for Brazil?! I tried to Google to see if maybe he was Brazilian or something but I got a tad bit sidetracked and frustrated with Google. I still have no clue why he is the coach or why there are so many atypical Brazilians on the team. They explained earlier why there were so many Asians but I stopped listening.
Brazil is losing and pissing me off and forcing me to call them the one bad word that I do remember in Portuguese. Ugh, can we not disappoint me before the actual season starts?? I seriously feel like I'm watching the College World Series or even the Little League World Series but, hey, it's baseball. Baseball that I'm about to turn off. Why am I about to turn it off?? Because Cuba has the bases loaded and no outs. NOT OKAY, BRAZIL. NOT OKAY!! Also, I'm sick of seeing the same Under Armour commercial with Bryce Harper, though his arms look amazing. Yeah, umm with Cuba winning 5-0 and have the bases loaded with 2 outs, I'm totally turning this off now. Tomorrow I will at least have my Padres to watch, even if it is only Spring Training.
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