http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8083928/Pitcher-Owings-lifts-D-backs-with-stick
PHOENIX (AP) - Micah Owings isn't a good hitter for a pitcher. He's a good hitter, period.
Owings proved it again Wednesday with an opposite-field, pinch-hit home run that tied the game in the sixth and helped the Arizona Diamondbacks rally from four runs down to beat the Houston Astros 8-7.
Why is this such a big deal? Jim Rome made a scene about this that would make a Japanese woman having an orgasm feel bad. It was known going into the game that this guy can mash it up. Teams meet about how to face him when he is at the plate. He puts his offensive teammates to shame at batting practice, and they even know it. It's widely known in their clubhouse that Owings is in their top echelon of power hitters.
The media is not doing its job here. Front page / Index of webpage news is reserved for: Roger Clemens and preteen girls, Miguel Tejada's age, Mike Piazza's sexual orientation, and Jason Whitlock's blatant (and somehow acceptable) racism.
I will give this guy credit for going 8 for 19 on the season with a HR, a double, and 3 RBIs all the while going 4-0 pitching. Great job front-page-news-for-hitting-a-homerun guy!
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Don't tell me you only lasted 5 posts? I inflicted over a year's worth (and several hundred pages) of self-indulgent rambling on the world.
You can't quit blogging until you've suffered through a couple months of blogligation.
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