Honestly, that's a new one. The Mets lost last night 5-2. The big blow of the night was a 2 out grand slam by the opposing pitcher Felix Hernandez who was caught on camera swinging with his fucking eyes closed. It was the first home run by a Mariners pitcher in their history (dating all the way back to like 1969) and the first grand slam by an American League pitcher since 1971. Of course the AL has been using their retarded designated hitter rule since 1972, limiting their opportunities.
Showing that they're not going to take that kind of shit from an AL pitcher, the Mets knocked Hernandez out of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. Sure they could have strung together hit after hit and piled up runs in a stirring come from behind victory, but instead Carlos Beltran slid into Hernandez's ankle scoring from third on a wild pitch. The Mariners catcher tried to tag Beltran himself, which meant Hernandez was just kind of there in the way, but he's really fat so maybe he thought that would deter Beltran from sliding. Regardless, Hernandez had to leave, the Mets still couldn't score any runs, and Johan Santana took his third loss of the season in which he gave up only one earned run. Also, Hank Steinbrenner blew his top and demanded baseball institute a rule preventing runners from scoring from third on a passed ball or a wild pitch because of the dangerous position it can put the less athletic AL pitchers.
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Hank Steinbrenner is a dick. Also, he is wrong. I grew up an AL fan, going to several Yankees games every year. I thought that the DH thing was great, and having pitchers bat was stupid.
When I moved to Pgh, I started going to Buc's games and realized that having pitchers take at bats is just how it should be. It's much more interesting, strategically and otherwise.
In conclusion, Hank Steinbrenner is a dick.
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