Well, I’m not a jinx… At least last night I wasn’t. Heading into Friday night’s game, David Bell has appeared in 12 games with 47 plate appearances without a strikeout.
In fact, based on some very quick research, Bell is the last of all the everyday players not to strikeout.
Not that anyone is going to mention it to him. At least not again.
*** Throughout the week, the press box has been over run with Major League scouts. That was especially the case on Friday night where the box was so filthy with scouts before the game that they took over the entire third row of seats and forced some of the regulars to find somewhere else to go.
Meanwhile, the presense of such a large number of scouts leads one to wonder if there is something going on. There has to be a reason they’re all here, right?
*** Sal Fasano sent 10 boxes of Peace-A-Pizza pizzas to the “Sal’s Pals” high up in section 307. At $3.75 and $4 per slice, it’s good to know that the folks at Peace-A-Pizza pitched in.
*** A blister on his hand and an 0-for-12 skid kept Jimmy Rollins on bench for Friday’s game.