David Price did everything right for most of the game yesterday for the Tigers. But then he was left in too long and gave up 3 earned runs, causing the game to get tied up. The Tigers won in the bottom of the ninth.
Still, despite the 9th inning issues for Price, I’m giving him the MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as ever, under the jump:
Some random thoughts this Sunday, some of them on baseball, some of them not:
1. I wish that that “double no-hitter” last night had continued past the seventh inning. That truly would have been a sight to see. Only once has there been a no-hitter both ways after nine innings, by the way.
2. I still can’t believe how bad Ruben Amaro Jr. is at his job as Phillies GM, at least as far as the last few years go. It makes the glory days of the late-aughts seem a million years ago, and the lack of prospects in the wings means it could be a long road back, especially if he continues to refuse to flip what few trade pieces he has left.
3. It’s good to see Manny Machado has once again become Manny Machado instead of that slumping guy from the first half who got hurt and threw his bat in anger. One of these days he will literally throw out a man at first while standing on the wall that separates the field from the seats.
4. It’s going to take awhile to get used to David Price being in a Tigers uniform.
5. A video you should see of a one-armed pitcher in a youth all-star game.
6. It’s over a week old now, but I still recommend “An Idiot in Exile” by Pat Jordan, on Johnny Damon’s post-playing days.
7. It is truly sad to see Jim Kelly as he is now, but also truly inspiring to see him continue on despite his cancer.
8. Guardians of the Galaxy is a fun (and funny) movie and I think you all should go see it.
The MVPs of the past two days were David Price and Masahiro Tanaka… sorry about the lack of explanation, but I’ve been very busy the last few days. I’ll be making up for this, however. Oh yeah….
Standings after the jump:
This is set to go up as October begins, and so this will be the final MVP of Yesterday. But what a way to go out, as David Price proved me right by throwing a complete game victory over the Rangers in Game 163.
So, with that, the MVP of Yesterday is at an end for 2013. The final standings are below the jump, and Miguel Cabrera won it all…
but come back throughout October as we look for MR. OCTOBER 2013!
With apologies to other players like Eric Hosmer and the tragic figure that is Tim Hudson (more on him later today), the MVP of Yesterday is David Price, who had a complete-game victory with just one ER allowed.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
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