Dear Honey Nut Ichiros:

We were a great matchup in Round One of the 2008 WATBL playoffs. Matchup was 6-5 in my favor on Sunday morning. You had Adam Wainwright and Cole Hamels starting; I had Josh Johnson & Paul Byrd available to start, but decided to sit Paul Byrd against the slugging Rangers. (Another Vitamin D "overthink?" Like sitting Josh Beckett this week on his first start coming off the DL, only to have him win a game, give up no runs and get 7 freaking K's!)







[to be continued...I'm off to do yard work in the Seattle sun.]

Eight hours later ... here's where we ended up Sunday night.




Whew! That was waaaay close ... and even closer than it looks. We were tied (6-6) going into the last game on the last day. I had two hitters left (Rollins, Delgado) who were hitting against Santana and Hamels, respectively. And the white hot Cole Hamels, was your remaining player. Yikes.

Rollins tanked, of course (oh-fer against Johann), but Carlos surprisingly hammered Cole for 2 HRs (l-o-n-g, too) and the threat to WHIP was gone and HR's were now tied ... and we escaped with at 6-5 win.

So ... good match, Jen. See you next spring for the Baby X "coming out party."

--Vitamin D Ownership.

Ps: Yes, 20-20 hindsight shows The Sitting of Paul Byrd was a mistake as he went 6.2 innings with no earned runs and got the W against the suddenly anemic Rangers. (Combined with Beckett boo-boo mentioned above, it cost us the W's category.)