Oo-ee, Oo-ah-ah

[stoutfellow]

The Padres have been struggling since the All-Star break, falling into second place and dogfighting Arizona even for that position. But what's happening now is... just weird.

Saturday. Clay Hensley is scheduled to start, but, hours before game time, he's not feeling well. Mike Thompson is called up from Portland; he pitches creditably, but the Padres lose.

Sunday. Chris Young, the Padres' most reliable starter this year, has back trouble and has to be pulled early. Jon Adkins steps up to fill the gap while the trainer tries to get Hensley into good enough shape to pitch. Hensley throws four good innings and the Padres win in overtime.

Monday. Chan Ho Park is supposed to start, but his mysterious problem with intestinal bleeding recurs. Tim Stauffer is hastily summoned from Portland to fill in; he pitches a solid game and the Padres beat the Dodgers.

That's three starters struck down in three days. What is this, voodoo?

Comments

[hornedhopper.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. God. You've been struck by My Disasters Fluffy. I'm so sorry, pal. I didn't know you just had to *read* the stuff to be affected... (g)

"and dogfighting Arizona even'

Okay, what's this "Arizona *even*? Cheefully admitting I know nada about our baseball team, I nonetheless shall leap into the fray to defend almost to the death our Arizona Dogs. Now, if you had said, "More ridiculous and embarrassing political figures than Arizona even," I wouldn't quibble (g).

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

We've got a bracketing problem here. The "even" ties to "for that position", not to "Arizona" - i.e., they're struggling even to hold on to second place. (If I'd meant it the other way, I'd have written "dogfighting Arizona, even, for that position".)

(Arizona Dogs? They're the Diamondbacks, or, colloquially, the Snakes.)

[hornedhopper.livejournal.com]

"Arizona Dogs?"

I know their name; "dogfighting Arizona" just struck me as funny and I had to carry the theme over. :)

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Ah. Sorry. I think we're even... ("We" being "you and I", not SD and AZ.)

[hornedhopper.livejournal.com]

Heh. And thanks for the *full* clarification (g)! :)

[hornedhopper.livejournal.com]

It occurs to me that I should mention that we do, actually, have *some* politicians whom I admire greatly and who have not added to the collective political mortification we occasionally must experience, being from Arizona.

Among the best: our current governor, Janet Napolitano; Sen. John McCain; and I was very fond of Bruce Babbitt, our former governor who became the Secretary of the Interior.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

But do those three - even collectively - make up for Evan Mecham? ;-)

[hornedhopper.livejournal.com]

Whaaat? You don't like the term of endearment "p*ck*nn*nies"? (g)

I could never understand how Ev Mecham even *got* elected to begin with. Then his every step was a mortal embarrassment for those of us who understood that he really was descended from the apes, just in more recent times than the rest of us!