This Isn't Our Year

Tonight opened it up for me to a point.

Watching Joe Borowski get bad-ball hit to death in the 9th made me realize that something is working against the Indians this year.

As I type this, Joe just intentionally walked James Loney to load the bases. So, the game is not over.

But watching this inning unfold just sickened me.

I think I'll surrender maybe the double by Martin as the only guy that Joe Borowski made a mistake to.

Angel Berrora hit a pitch down and out of the zone. Juan Pierre's wacky infield single was also down and out of the zone, a pitch he had no business swinging at. And then Jeff Kent's RBI ground out was just that. A GROUND OUT.

I can't blame Joe Borowski for this game being tied up. I just can't, not watching the sequence unfold, not in that way.

There is a greater force working against the Indians this year. Sure, they didn't do everything right tonight, and they should have had more than four runs on the board.

But, you just have to take what is given to you at this point in time, and what was given to us was really crappy draw. I can't get on Joe Borowski for the job he did tonight. But Rafael Betancourt and Rafael Perez, shame on you for allowing two runs to even put us in that position. I've just about had enough watching you two make games more complicated than they should be. Get your stuff together for the love of all that is good.

Andy LaRoche just flied out to end the inning, extras here we come. I wanted to see this for Cliff Lee, because he pitched a hell of a game, and he shouldn't have really been charged with the one run. You have a 0-2 count on a hitter, and you end up giving them a hit on the next pitch? Betancourt needs to fix himself, because that is downright horrendous.

I'll stop here... I'm staying up to watch the game, but I won't do a recap till tomorrow morning.