I'm Not Feeling Good About This One

What? WHAT?

I haven't been following this game very closely — was bathing and getting The Boy ready for bed, and after that spending time with The Wife, with the ballgame playing in the background.

I just heard that the Orioles, after waiting three innings to complain that their player crossed the plate before Miguel Tejada was doubled at first for the third out of the third inning, were finally awarded the run.

And now Fultz just gave up the lead, on Patterson's two-out, two-run double in the 8th. Two runs charged to Cabrera by the way — his first of the season.

I've traced the disaster that was the 2006 season back to an early game against the O's in Camden Yards, when the Indians blew a 7-3 lead in the bottom of the fifth, during which time Rafael Betancourt and Matt Miller both left the game with injuries and Jason Johnson had a diabetic attack in the dugout. All this happened after The Wife took down my framed Cleveland Indians 100th anniversary poster from the wall of our studay — and before I could get the poster tacked back up. The Indians were hot at the time, and they never really got their swagger back after that 18-9 loss.

I assure you, nothing occurred in our apartment to precipitate tonight's bizarre events.

I hear Wedge is playing this game under protest. If MLB upholds the protest, that will be one more home game to reschedule.

While I've been typing, the boys made a quick three outs in the bottom of the eighth.

What a bunch of crap. It sounds like the umpires were clearly in the wrong — twice. First, the run should have counted. Second, according to the rules, as Hammy and Hegan (admittedly, our guys) just represented them, Sam Perlozzo waived his right to complain when the first pitch of the following inning was thrown. I bet they're hoping Cleveland does something in the ninth to bail them out.