The math is very simple; Our Marines really need to win these last three games of the season. I wrote and deleted a few posts in my head as my mood changed this week. First there was the thrilling end to the game three of the Lotte-Rakuten series in Sendai – I thought that might […]
So I haven’t updated in ages. This is never a good thing – it COULD mean that I am just busy, or that I’m having so much fun celebrating Lotte victories – but alas, this is not the case. As I write this I am sitting in the stands at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi before the
As I have much lamented lately, the Lotte offense is just plain injured. Tonight’s starting lineup featured two batters well below .200 BA (Matoba at .172, Okada at .184 – the backup catcher and 6th outfielder, respectively) and had two more pinch hitters below .200 (Takehara at .145, Muniz at .136). But looky here –
So it’s just not possible to fix all of the world’s issues in a day. It’s not possible to right all of the wrongs in the Pacific League in a night either. But boy, Rakuten has sure been Kryptonite for our season and beating the stuffing out of them by the tune of 16-6 today
I present you two pitching matchups: 27 August: Yoshihisa Naruse (LOT) vs Hiroki Yamada (DAI) 28 August: Yuji Yoshimi (LOT) vs Toshiya Sugiuchi (DAI) And I tell you that Our Marines lost one of those games in disappointing fashion while giving the starter in the other game an epic thrashing – you’d surely say we
