race: Tarutaru
home: Windurst
world: Phoenix
jobs: BLM 75, WHM 40
other: RDM 37, MNK 29
WAR 27, THF 15
adv: SMN 16, PUP 16
NIN 16, BST 14
rank: 7
zm: 13
cop: 5-2
toau: 26, SP
shell: DynamisBums
craft: Clothcraft 82(+2)
Cooking 61
Alchemy 59
Goldsmith 31
Fishing 18
Bonecraft 8
Leathercraft 5
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Wednesday, June 02, 2004
 Streak Is Over
The Giants gave away the winning streak last night. After a very odd, but very welcome four-run rally in the top of the seventh inning, Scott Eyre wasted no time in giving up the lead. There are nights when pitchers just don't have good stuff, and then there are nights when pitchers serve up batting practice. Eyre had the latter sort of night. In mere moments the thoughts of an 11-game winning streak were pretty much gone.
The loss left a pretty sour taste in my mouth. You'd think that after ten straight wins, I'd have a bit more patience. Not at all. Losing is harder to take when it's rarer. When you lose 6 out of 10, individual losses don't sting as much. When you lose 0 out of 10, they sting a lot.
Get ready for the losing streak to reach two tonight. I'm not being pessimistic here--it's Randy Johnson vs. Brett Tomko. C'mon, that's pretty much a lock. It'll be fun, though. Any time The Big Unit faces off against Home Run Jesus, it's a great time.
Fun fact: Who has hit more home runs off Randy Johnson: Bonds or Neifi "El Malo Grande" Perez? It's a tie. Each has three homers off Johnson. Of course, Neifi hit all his at Coors Field...
Jefferson 12:42 PM
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