Chico really confuses me. he was throwing a really good game and got two easy strikes on Reyes before serving up the gopher ball. why stray from the breaking ball? Reyes just looked silly watching one and then missing badly on the next one. keep putting it up there till he can prove he can hit it! but no, a letter high fastball with no movement? if you’re gonna waste a pitch (something i’ve NEVER understood), really waste it.

after that, he just lost it. that “change-up” to Beltran for the homer was nothing more than a batting practice fastball. i could have taken that one to the track. he needs to deal better when things start to go south. he’s got talent, but he collaspes with alarming reguality.

the middle of the order is atrocious. Zim has NO IDEA what he’s doing up there. the idea that he’s weakly popping up to the right side tells me someone (Lenny Harris?) is in his head about going that way. he needs to put his head down and start driving the ball. he’s not even making good contact.

Kearns needs to go down another spot in the order, if we had anyone else to put in there. he is what he is at this point: a decent OBP guy that will pop 15-20 homers and give good D. to expect anything more is foolish, and that makes him a sixth or seventh place hitter, not someone in the middle of the order.

all props to Guz tho—walking twice in one game?!? is this the same Guz?