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Sunday, May 18, 2008 --- 236 days ago http://www.azsnakepit.com/2008/5/17/519686/diamondbacks-4-tigers-3-by
Record: 27-15. Pace: 104-58. Change on last season: +5
I'm truly sorry Man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union, An' justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle, At me, thy poor, earth-born companion, An' fellow-mortal! -- Robert Burns
Okay, Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, was writing about a mouse rather than the formerly-slumping outfielder who (almost) shares his name, but it seems a somewhat appropriate way to start off the recap. It is, at least, slightly more intellectual and cerebral than the alternate title I briefly considered: "Byrnes, Motherf_____ - Byrnes!" For our much-maligned Face of the Franchise [I listened to Doug + Wolf on KTAR the past couple of mornings: brutal, simply brutal] finally had a good night. His first home-run since April 21; his first multi-hit game since April 26; the first time in sixteen consecutive games his batting average went up.
Will this turnaround Eric's season, which had plummeted in the throes of that 15-game streak where he went 6-for-62 with no walks? We can but hope. However, it was clear, from the first at-bat where he lined out, hard, to the outfield, that this was different. According to Grace on the broadcast, Byrnes was keeping his head still - whether that was the case, or if hitting coach Rick Schu had helped Eric correct something else, his next at-bat saw the ball rifled into the left-field bleachers. By the end of t ... |
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