Tuesday Notes
2005-03-22 20:52
- Rich Harden gave up five runs to Texas in the first inning today, and then was told by Hiram Bocachica that he was tipping his pitches.
I suppose that could be the reason, but I’m always skeptical when I hear that explanation. It always sounds like grasping for straws. More likely reason: the pitcher sucked.
I’m glad to hear that Harden and Curt Young were more ready to blame bad mechanics than pitch-tipping.
- As expected, Tyler Johnson got shipped back to St. Louis.
- 2004 top draft pick Landon Powell is out for the year with a torn ACL. I asked Will Carroll if having surgery on the ACL will hurt his long-term prospects as a catcher.
Will said that he couldn’t find any catchers to compare him to, but he thought it was likely that there must be somebody who’s done it.