So, September begins as August ended: amazingly, we put our bullpen against the Angels’ and came out on top. Even more amazingly, we put Mike Myers and Terry Adams for 3 1/3 innings (!) and topped the Shields-Gregg combination. Bronson Arroyo ended the run of 41 games of a starter going 5, but to heck with it: Bronson too often this season pitched well in losses, time for the team to get a win in a poor start. I still think he’s the team’s #3 pitcher, but the playoff rotation (fingers crossed) should be very interesting. Hub of the universe, thou art my town of residence…
In other baseball news, it looks like Dave LaRoche taught Zack Greinke “LaLob” or some variation thereof:
[Greinke] got as high as 95 on his fastball and as low as 50 on a special curveball he learned from Dave LaRoche, the Royals’ Triple-A pitching coach.
“We worked on it a little bit but he said, ‘You have to promise me you won’t ever throw it in a game’,” said Greinke (7-9). “I said I’m sorry, I’m going to use it some day.” (Link)
Mmm, eephus pitches.