opinion jorge julio and jason grimsley

Opinion: Jorge Julio and Jason Grimsley combine suckiness to create

super-suckiness.

OK, in case you missed it, the Orioles were up 6-3 with two outs in

the bottom of the ninth against Texas this afternoon. Jorge Julio,

presumably in the game because B.J. Ryan had pitched in four straight

games, got the first two outs but walked a batter. Then he gave up a

Hank Blalock double to make it 6-4, then a David Dellucci homer to

make it 6-6. He gets replaced by Tim Byrdak, who gives up a single,

then Grimsley comes in and gets an out to end the ninth.

Then, the Orioles send up Newhan, Surhoff and Eric Byrnes in the 10th,

so you know it's going to be a short inning. Newhan magically singles,

then Surhoff sac bunts him over, then Byrnes pops out and Luis Matos

grounds out. Inning over. We get to see Jason Grimsley face Mark

Teixeira, Alfonso Soriano and Kevin Mench.

And that's all he saw because he didn't get any of them out. A short

inning for a different reason. Teixeria doubled, they intentionally

walked Soriano, then Mench singled to knock in Teixeira. Game freaking

over.

How hard is this? One out before three runs = win. One is less than

three. This should be easy.

This is how I'm sure it went:

Sam Perlozzo: "Hey Jorge, you've got two outs. Don't give up three

runs to choke on the lead."

Jorge: "Que?"

Sammy P: "Crap."

Really I can't blame Grimsley SO much, because he was facing the heart

of a tough order, but I would have liked him to make it take more than

three batters, thank you very much. Not a chance. Grimsley is a model

of efficiency. As are most sinker-ballers -- just in a different way.

So the question that begs to be asked here is, can you believe teams

actually WANTED Jorge Julio at the trade deadline? I can't. But I sure

can believe he's stuck in an Orioles uniform.

posted by C. Stone @ 9/14/2005 0 comments links to this post

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