Enigma This

I suppose I might be reading too much into the whole Mike Pelfrey back turned to Snoop thing when Snoop took him out of the gem he pitched.  Maybe Pelfrey was angry that Snoop called him an “enigma“.  But with such a good game after such a bad game, it would seem that all Pelfrey did on Saturday was …

wait for it …

prove Snoop right.

I know, it doesn’t happen very often so it’s a lot to take in, so if you need to take a moment to breathe, feel free to do so.  You look at Pelfrey’s stats for the season, (14-9, 3.89) you think “Okay, nice season.”  But the enigma part is those games he loses where he gives up a million singles contrasted against the games where he makes the hitters pound the ground repeatedly.  But calling Pelfrey an “enigma” means a little bit more because Pelf has had that looney tune tag put on him.  And when enigma is paired with “la-la land“, well that’s like the Bonnie and Clyde of mental health … it’s not a good tag.  Hell, I’d probably be sensitive too.

Maybe if Snoop asks Pelfrey why he had his back turned he can say something like “Oh, were you standing there?  I didn’t see you all the way from la-la land.”  Because sarcasm is always an effective and healthy way to work out your issues with other people.  I think I saw that on Dr. Phil.

Oh, and did you see the one where Frenchy had a game winning RBI against Mariano Rivera?

Yeah, I said home run and playoffs, but Saturday night was probably as close as we’re going to get.  And the fact that it was a hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded just furthers the legend of “taking one for the team” and “good clubhouse guy” … a HBP, more than a home run, just drips with “Frenchy Goodness”, doesn’t it?  Those Frenchy BBQ joints aren’t far away.

Hell, I’m still trying to figure out how not only Rivera blew a game with a bases loaded hit-by-pitch, but how Frenchy resisted the temptation to swing at the pitch that hit him.