Kryptonite in the rosin bag?
It’s as good an explanation as any for what happened to Cliff Lee of the Rangers Wednesday night.
Not that Tim Lincecum had that great an evening. Whoever said “Nothing beats a pair of aces” forgot to tell Giants and Rangers hitters before World Series game one.
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Cliff Lee came into the 2010 World Series with a 7 and 0 postseason record and a postseason ERA somewhere around 1. And he gave up seven runs, six earned, in four and two-thirds innings.
This was the most disappointing performance out of Texas since …when did the Cowboys play again?
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(Speaking of which, if you go to the Dallasnews.com site, run by Dallas’s top paper, the Dallas Morning News, there are several categories to click on – one is sports, another is Cowboys.)
Or in another vein – Lee’s performance was the most disappointing by a Texan on the national stage since George W. Bush was president.
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Just how odd was tonight? The Giants scored 11 runs tonight. Exactly their total in the four game ALCS in Atlanta.
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And not to say that the aging Vladimir Guerrero looked like he didn’t belong in right field, (two errors), but the idea looked about as logical as using Bengie Molina as a pinch-runner.
And reactions to watching Lincecum might depend on what side you are on for Prop 19 – legalizing marijuana:
Those against it, figured maybe his spacey performance in the first couple innings were a reason to vote no.
Those for it – “hey, thanks to whoever gave Timmy a brownie after the second.”
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Meg Whitman says she is standing by her decision not to pull negative ads. Why stop now? As the polls show, those expensive ads have been working so well for her….
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President Obama said on the Daily Show that his adminstration has done “an awful lot.” Well, however you feel about that statement, they did sure come into a lot of awful.
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Bill Littlejohn, after a Maine Coon Cat named Stewie was measured at 4 feet long and recognized by Guinness as the world’s longest cat: “The previous record was how long it took Terry Bradshaw to spell cat.”
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(And for those who’ve always wondered, or never wondered, about the history Guinness World Book of Records, it DID start out as a way to settle arguments in pubs, in fact, as a giveaway by Guinness Brewery.)
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Cornerback Perrish Cox of the Denver Broncos suffered a blow to the head during the third quarter of the Broncos 59-41 loss to the Raiders, and it completely wiped out his memory of the entire game. Denver fans wish they could say the same thing.
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Left Coast Sports Babe 
October 28, 2010 at 8:28 am
Giants drive Rangers over the Cliff, who looked more like Cliff Clavine. Cheers anyone? I hope this puts aside any notion that Vlad would have been a good addition to the Giants. This close to Halloween, Vlad’s right field play definately impaled Ranger’s hopes. Look for more strategic placement hits to his side of the field by Freddy and the gang, that is if Pookie has the nerve to put him back out there just to get Vlad some swings.
Looks like Pookie was ready to take a hit from his crack pipe again when everything started to unravel.
At least Timmy blamed his spacey 3rd base play to a “brain fart.”
Question of the day. Does Huff Daddy wash his thong?
October 28, 2010 at 11:36 pm
The San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers 9-zip in game two of the World Series. That’s two wins in a row for the Giants. If this keeps up, George W. Bush will be flying in with his “Mission Accomplished” banner.