Posts Tagged ‘Mark Redman’
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The Homestand: Everything Old is New AgainApril 25th, 2008
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Okay, for a few days there, I was officially in Joker-land.
When the Phillies and the Cubbies both came to Coors Field, I was sure the Rocks would take at least three of four (a sweep of the Phillies and a split with the Cubs). The offense was clicking, the starting pitching was holding up, and the bullpen was — as usual — awesome. Sure, there was that minor, little “hiccup” in Houston on Sunday when the bullpen gave up a lead late, but that was just a fluke, right? That couldn’t be the start of a trend, right?
“BZZZZZZ. Thanks for playing. Let’s see what your lovely parting gifts are . . .”
I was so, so wrong. At first, though, I was right. In the two home games against the Phillies, the Rockies were playing great. On Monday, the offense was putting runs up on the board (including hitting a couple of home runs into god-awful wind), and Mark Redman, if not exactly pitching like Cy Young, was still giving his club a chance to win the game and was eating up innings. With a guy like Redman — the 5th starter — you really can’t ask for too much more.
That’s not a knock, by the way. It’s just that a 5th starter in baseball is kind of like a blind date. You don’t expect too much, and you may suffer through a few really bad ones, but every once in a while you find yourself sitting across from a person you really, really like. You’re pleasantly surprised. You’re even glad you’re on the date. You even start thinking that maybe this will lead to something later on that night . . .
Dirty old man.