Time Flies
Oh, to be one of the 23,417 fans
in attendance at Petco Park Wednesday when the hometown San Diego Padres shut
out the Mariners, 1-0. Twenty-three year
old rookie right-hander Chris Paddack picked up his first MLB win pitching
seven innings with nine strikeouts, a hit and a walk, all this on 83 pitches. Did I mention the game took 2:05 to play?
Imagine that, on your way home in
just over two hours. I love it, though
the Padres probably wanted the game to go long enough so they could’ve made a bigger
dent in that day’s concession supplies.
In which case, I give you Wednesday’s 7-1 win by the Astros over the
Twins. The game took 2:28, which is
phenomenal considering that it featured four homeruns out of fourteen total
hits. Jogging around the bases, with or
without a bat flip, pads the game time.
Still, this was a game where
everybody went home happy, except maybe the Twins. Fans got plenty of offense; ownership sold
more concessions than in San Diego; and the game still ended well under three
hours, per the wants of Commissioner Rob Manfred. Personally, I’d settle for that every game,
even though I rarely eat and drink at the ballpark. I do cheer home-team dingers, though.
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