Curt Schilling’s not looking particularly sharp right now. It’s not so much giving up the Alex (insert middle initial) Gonzalez homer, it’s the parade of hits. The box score (9 hits, 5 Ks, 0 walks) and the video suggest to me that he’s hitting the strike zone, but not with particularly good pitches. Very worrying. Of course, these April games are rehab/spring training for him coming off surgery so he’ll definitely get better, but how long will it take? I know at the end of last season I said that Pedro would have a better season than Schilling, even if he stayed in the AL East. But I thought it would be close.
On the good side, I’m hoping this is the end of Ortiz’s mini-slump. Those were 2 monster homers. Tampa Bay announcers: “I don’t know if you can bring rain in a dome, but that was pretty close”. It’s not Remy and Orsillo, but it sure beats Michael Kay’s “See ya!”.
No more losing… Nomo tomorrow.