Wasn't that a rousing game of exhibistionist baseball. The game that doesn't count, yet still counts took us here in the flyover states until about 12:45 pm. Of course, the last six innings or so were filled with tremendous drama, namely which pitcher's arm will fall off first (I had my money on Scott Kazmir).
Any how, something needs to be done about this whole "Who the HELL is going to pitch situation". Let's first take a look at the box score to see how we got into this mess.
First off... the NL was down a man to begin with. Giants ace, 12 year old (maybe 15, we're seeing conflicting reports) Tim Lincecum wasn't allowed to stay up that late (or he had the flu, again we're dealing with conflicting reports from the Lincecum household).
Other than that, I'm still doing the math in my head and can't quite figure out how we've continuously come to this problem. The NL had 11 pitchers, the AL 12. So, how did this happen... the AL went through SEVEN pitchers in 6 1/3 innings!!!! Terry Francona actually used one of his pitchers (K-Rod) for 1/3 of an inning.
The NL wasn't much better... with two NL pitchers being used to complete the 8th.
So, how do we fix this problem. Simple. You know those guys baseball teams use all the time for six or seven innings? Starting pitchers. Yeah... well, don't use them for one inning. Keep one on the bench for situations like these. Some one is going to suck it up and not play. It's a possibility but it needs to be done.
What's even more interesting is good 'ole commissioner Bud Selig says ending the game in a tie wasn't an option.
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