Rehban

Attention baseball fans:

This is not a dream, this is just another wonderful case of deja vu.

Yet again they seem to build us up, just before they push us over the edge laughing.

You know who I'm talking about, let me count the ways....

1. Winners of eight straight, only 3 at home.
2. Then immediately embarrassed at home by John Maine, only to set a familiar trend of humilation by not just being beaten, being almost shutout completely by the likes of such aces as Chris Sampson and spot-starter Brian Moehler.
3. Andruw Jones is in the news because of a spectacular gold-glove catch he made, a clutch hit in a pressure situation, and a game winning throw to gun down a runner at the plate. Wait, you're saying I'm wrong? Oh THAT'S right. He's in the news because he's crying like a baby. When asked why he seems to have a smirk only an OG could love, he responded "That's the way my face is". I'd like to put him alone in a room for 5 minutes with some choice fans and then see what his face looks like.

Have you guessed who I'm talking about yet? It seems like it takes so little time to turn around a ball club, and then in a blink of an eye it's deja vu all over again. The offense is anemic. The Starting Pitching had to blow up just to look for salvation to Hiroki Kuroda, only to have his win stolen away by the one factor that has been a constant - the bullpen. And did I mention we still can't hit?

I don't believe Rafael Furcal's absence is hurting the offense. I believe it's torturing it. I believe he flies around during BP and sprinkles pixie dust on all the players and on the field so that the gods can grant us runs. If that's not it, what is?