At the sarcastic request of a reader
Gas cans in Brief
Friday April 14th: Scott Linebrink of the Padres earned the can for surrendering a home run to Jeff Francoeur to break an 8th inning tie. The Padres lost 5-4
Saturday April 15th: I've heard many Yankee fans refer to Mariano Rivera as being one of three things you can count on, the others being death and taxes. So it is on what would be tax day that the world's greatest one-pitch pitcher joins the legion of gas cans as he gave up 2 runs in the 9th in a 6-5 loss to the Twins.
Sunday April 16th: Huston Street: I know it was your bobblehead day, and I know Mark Teixiera can hit and has a lot of power. However, 4 runs in 2/3 of an inning as a closer will earn you the can most nights.
Monday April 17th: Matt Wise of the Brewers: He came in in the 7th with a 6-3 lead and promptly gave up 5 runs including a 3-run homer to Jason Lane (which gives you bonus gas can points because of the subsequent Pavement song rounding the bases in my head the rest of the night).
Tuesday April 18th: Ruddy Lugo of the Devil Ray wins only because the Astros hung on otherwise the entire bullpen would have won gas can by committee. Games where Roy Oswalt has an 11-2 lead should not end 13-12.
As for our winner, 2 runs given up while recording no outs is usually "good" enough for our criteria.
Friday April 14th: Scott Linebrink of the Padres earned the can for surrendering a home run to Jeff Francoeur to break an 8th inning tie. The Padres lost 5-4
Saturday April 15th: I've heard many Yankee fans refer to Mariano Rivera as being one of three things you can count on, the others being death and taxes. So it is on what would be tax day that the world's greatest one-pitch pitcher joins the legion of gas cans as he gave up 2 runs in the 9th in a 6-5 loss to the Twins.
Sunday April 16th: Huston Street: I know it was your bobblehead day, and I know Mark Teixiera can hit and has a lot of power. However, 4 runs in 2/3 of an inning as a closer will earn you the can most nights.
Monday April 17th: Matt Wise of the Brewers: He came in in the 7th with a 6-3 lead and promptly gave up 5 runs including a 3-run homer to Jason Lane (which gives you bonus gas can points because of the subsequent Pavement song rounding the bases in my head the rest of the night).
Tuesday April 18th: Ruddy Lugo of the Devil Ray wins only because the Astros hung on otherwise the entire bullpen would have won gas can by committee. Games where Roy Oswalt has an 11-2 lead should not end 13-12.
As for our winner, 2 runs given up while recording no outs is usually "good" enough for our criteria.
posted by Aaron at 4:55 PM
3 Comments:
Thank you. Though I'm hardly someone who should be pestering others about updating their blogs.
Giving up a 3-run walkoff HR (a la Francisco Cordero) should qualify one for consideration. Though a co-nomination for Springer Spaniel and Mike "Take Me to the" Gallo("ws") is probably also in order.
I don't know who got the cans for the rest of the week, but Thursday's has to go to Scott Linebrink, who gave up the go-ahead home run... to a 47-year-old. Would that make him the first two-time winner this year?
Indeed, Jeff reminds me of an interesting fact. Being (for obvious reasons) a Julio Franco supporter, I was dismayed that none of the news coverage I saw of last night's home run actually mentioned the fact that it also put the Mets ahead for good, and that includes CNN and ESPN. Apparently, they lost sight of what actually matters: wins, rather than essentially meaningless (though still cool) records.
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