Thursday, March 26, 2015

March 26-2015; September Song


San Diego Hops

Wilting in the Southland

San Diego, CA

Desultory, self-destructive, desperate, delinquent
San Diego Hops
One win
lost amidst
Thirteen losses
The .500 flirt of two weeks past
Baseball gods dashed askance
Innumerable ways to avoid wins
Hitting, and its lack
Errors, base running blunders, fielding fault, arms gone south
Three outfielders disabled
Closer shut down
Middle relief featuring excess wildness, woe, willingness to hit bats
Squarely

With some exception, though, not this month
Mal Tosewell, now 15-6, far and away best of staff
184 innings after an injury ravaged 2021, 3.27 ERA
bellwether, though the rest of the flock has strayed
Only McGowan joins with an ERA below four and a quarter

Quiet go bats
Avila creeping to 100 rbis
Needs one more, but will need a man on base
Or
Stroke the increasingly rare four-bagger
Stagger
Sepkiechler, shoppers target, staying put
.964 OPS
Ricardo Romo, rookie making time in bigs
count

Fans, mumbling over pints
Wait until ‘23
Everyone back
Is that the answer?
Will there be a Tosewell turnaround from
Banged up
Makaev
Downs
Davis
Reader
Queries abound answers mystify
What ails
Chatter
Soft
Over ale