Did you see last night’s game???  I tried my best to watch most of it but I started dozing off around the 5th inning…  Stupid West Coast games!
Even though I did not see every out, I do have some observations.

• Ramon Ortiz will be a a decent pitcher this year for our Minnesota Twins.  Ortiz gives all of his success to Rick Anderson but even so, Ortiz has done a great job in his first three starts.  He has great control of all of his pitches and he is controlling the plate with his hard in, slider away mentality.
• Luis Rodriguez isn’t too bad in the field.  Last night during the middle innings, he put out seven batters in a row.  Most of these were routine grounders but he did make one spectacular play to send Ichiro to the bench after a screaming grounder.  From his knees he threw out Ichiro.  The crowd gave a collective “Oooooh and Ahhhhh” after the play.
• Torii Hunter is seeing the ball extremely well.  He hit his 7th career Grand Slam last night off of Jared Weaver.  This ball was gone from the moment it left his bat.  In the game Torii went 2-4 with the homerun and a double.
• Joe Mauer is also hitting the ball well… Need proof?  3 doubles last night.
• SafeCo Field which is supposed to be a “pitchers” ballpark was seeing many balls off the fence and in the stands.
• Why were so many balls going over the heads of the Mariners outfielders?  From my vantage point (my couch), I would not tell if they were playing extra shallow or if we were just hitting the ball in the perfect spot all night…  I counted 4 balls that went over the head of the Mariners outfielders.
• Back to Ortiz….  In three games he has given up 5 runs.  Last night was another ho-hum start for him…  8 innings pitched.  He gave up 8 hits and only two runs.  Great Work!