Talk About Going For A Ride
Following tonight's 9-8 six-run comeback, I can hear the voice of some Outlaw players over the drone of the team bus set to depart for Yuma, but not a whole lot of vibrancy on the whole.
Let's see here, it's only been five hours of John Jefferson taking a no-hitter and 2-0 lead into the eighth inning, GBL saves leader Todd Gelatka blowing it, reliever Tyler Pearson increasing the deficit with a similarly rough appearance and then the six-hit, two-walk rally to finally haul the victory in.
Maybe everybody is feeling like Mr. Jefferson, who isn't involved in the decision after a 7 1/3-inning appearance with just two hits and three walks in it.
“Baseball can be such an emotional game and I’m feeling the effects right now,” he said while sitting hunched over at his clubhouse locker about an hour ago. “This was a game of emotions and I’m completely drained because of it.”