Catcher’s Blog

I didn’t get to see the entire game last night because I was dog sitting and the people didn’t have the channel out at their house. My friend and my mom were telling me what was happening, though, but I still didn’t get the full effect of it. I didn’t see the botched play by KJ, and I know everyone wants to blame the loss on him, but he’s not the only one that should take the blame.

From what I’ve read and heard, there are many different reasons we lost the game, KJ’s error just made it seem like he was to blame for dropping the ball. But even through that tough loss, most fans on AJC are ready to take KJ’s head and call it a season. I, for one, will not call it a season until we’re out of it in September. I don’t care if we are 4.5 games back, we can still come back from that. We have to keep trying and shouldn’t give up because of one tough loss. Today is a new day and anything is possible. Maybe it’s just me, but true fans shouldn’t be naming players’ heads to be had, we should be looking at the next game trying to win that one, and so on. We could sit here all day long naming reasons why we lost and who’s to blame for the loss, but it will not get us anywhere. Hanging our heads and wishing players to their deaths, per se, won’t solve anything.

Tonight “Never know with Jo-Jo” takes the mound against Kyle Kendrick. Let’s forget about last night and try to win the next two. On paper, this looks like a pretty even match up, even though Kendrick has three more wins than Jo-Jo and one never really knows which Jo-Jo will show up. Think of the run support Kendrick has behind him, though, and that’s probably why he’s won five games.  Let’s make it happen, guys.