Gregor Blanco is a bitch, I think. Maybe not, though.
LOS ANGELES–Hiroki Kuroda was dealing last night. I mean, dealing. As you surely know by now, he ended up spinning a one-hit complete game shutout of the Braves. The one hit was by Mark Teixeira, leading off the 8th inning, and it was a double. That was it for the Braves on this night.
Ah, but there was a little drama earlier. Gregor Blanco dropped down a nifty bunt in the top of the 7th inning to try and break up the perfect game. Save a great play by Blake Dewitt (I mean a truly big time defensive play, the sort of play that keeps a guy like Andy Laroche on the bench for another few weeks), you’d be hearing a lot more about Gregor Blanco today.
When I first saw it, I was outraged, but I attribute this mostly to my undying (and, quizzically, still blossoming) love for Hiroki Kuroda. Given a day, I’m not so sure it’s a bitch move. I do know that you won’t see veterans pulling stuff like that. It’s always the young guys who are trying to make something like that happen.
I guess at the end of the day, I sort of feel like if you are going to get a no-hitter or a perfect game dropped on you, then you just have to sort of wear it. It happens to everyone. But, in my opinion, it’s worse to have a perfect game dropped on you than to have a one-hitter where you ruined some guys lifelong dream by dropping a bunt down the line when you were down by three runs.
Tags: Andy Laroche, Atlanta Braves, Blake Dewitt, Gregor Blanco, Hiroki Kuroda, Los Angeles Dodgers, no-hitter, perfect game, shutout