IdahoBert

Last night’s game should’ve been “the gimme” of any opportunity we had out there. I’m not particularly looking forward to the next two games. They were talking on the TV broadcast last night that the clubhouse facilities are so meager that there was no place for Skubal to stay limber during a long inning when the Tigers were batting. Sometimes reality sucks.

Almost 50 years ago when I spent a month in the UK I discovered that I had an uncanny ability for lawn bowling. It’s almost like I was a reincarnated lawn bowling savant. But I was not nearly that good at darts in a pub which mattered more to me.

At least at 6 AM tomorrow morning I can watch Stage 4 of La Vuelta a España the Spanish grand tour cycling race in the beautiful mountain areas of Spain. I have a team I like, but there’s lots of individual racers I also follow on multiple teams and I can find lots of opportunities for gratification and it’s not all or nothing like baseball. But I’ll be back here tomorrow because I’m an addict.

In certain respects, there might be a home-field advantage to playing in this **** hole a lot.

I hate baseball. Maybe I should’ve chose chosen cricket or lawn bowling as a sport to follow.

Heck.

Scoob serves up a HR

Oh well.

I think it’s time for a redemptive Torkelson 3-run bomb.

Our guys are sweating bad too, but the gray uniforms and the navy blue hats don’t show it.

That green color on the A’s hats and uniforms really emphasizes the sweat. These guys are drenched.

Wenceel double scores 2

They are all unfortunately cheering out of sync with the picture

A throw off line allows carp to get to Second on Riley’s single.

We got our run!

Torres answers

Fire Hinch!

Skubal w/9Ks after five and a low pitch count.

The sound is a fraction of a second after the action on the field.

The crappy ump hates Scoob

Strikes out the side in the Second and has 5K’s now.

After two quick strikeouts, I’m glad the possibility of a no hitter is gone and we can concentrate on the game itself.

Perez? Heck!

Scoob made Rooker - his nemesis if there is one - look silly on that strike out.