(ring)
-Dude!
-I know! Can you believe it?
-A half game.
-A half game!
-How is this possible?
-I know it, man - four innings! From this bullpen! That's like 45 straight scoreless innings from a regular bullpen!
-Yeah, Breslow went 1-2-3. Bonser went...
-Right, Bonser gave up one hit. So 1-2-3...4.
-No kidding, this Mijares kid, where'd he come from? It's basically a playoff game and Gardy - can you believe Gardy actually went to him, instead of one of his precious "veterans"? - and Gardy puts this kid from nowhere in, with a one-run lead, against Jim Thome.
-Yeah, then Paul Konerko. And then Ken Griffey Jr! Disaster, right? No. Fly ball, ground ball, ground ball.
-That's three guys right there that weren't in the bullpen at the start of the year. Throw in Neshek, throw in Bass, Guerrier, Reyes, Crain - other than Nathan, the entire bullpen is pretty much useless. And we throw a waiver pickup, a failed starter, and a kid who's pitched like six innings in his life out there, and they get nine outs!
-Oh, Gomez!
-I know, how'd he get there? The guy had to run a block and a half to get to that ball!
-No, I don't think so.
-No, Torii wouldn't have got there.
-Yeah, he probably would have dived, missed by four feet, and kicked the ball into the left-field corner for an inside-the-park home run.
-Yeah. Unbelieveable.
-A half game.
-A half game!
-What's that?
-Oh, yeah, I'm at the hospital too. Doc says it was just a minor heart attack this time.
-Sorry, man, I know that's like your fifth heart issue this week.
-Are you kidding? Of course I'm ready to go tomorrow night! That degree on the doc's wall don't mean he can run my life.