Daniel Bard

[Edgy MD]

Cartoon quality surrealism in his first (and so far, only) only game for St. Lucie. Brought in to pitch the eighth inning with his team down 2-1.

• Pitching Change: Daniel Bard replaces Daison Acosta.
  
  • Alian Silva hit by pitch.
    
  • With Ricardo Mendez batting, wild pitch by Daniel Bard, Alian Silva to 2nd.
    
  • With Ricardo Mendez batting, wild pitch by Daniel Bard, Alian Silva to 3rd.
    
  • Ricardo Mendez walks.
    
  • Luis Garcia grounds into a double play, pitcher Daniel Bard to shortstop Kenny Hernandez to first baseman Domingo Martinez. Alian Silva =#FF0000]scores. Ricardo Mendez out at 2nd.
    
  • Yasel Antuna walks.
    
  • With Edwin Ventura batting, Yasel Antuna steals (1) 2nd base. Yasel Antuna advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by catcher Robby Kidwell.
    
  • With Edwin Ventura batting, wild pitch by Daniel Bard, Yasel Antuna =#FF0000]scores.
    
  • Edwin Ventura hit by pitch.
    
  • Jackson Cramer walks. Edwin Ventura to 2nd.
    
  • Juan Pascal walks. Edwin Ventura to 3rd. Jackson Cramer to 2nd.
    
  • With Jose Sanchez batting, throwing error by Robby Kidwell on the pickoff attempt, Edwin Ventura =#FF0000]scores. Jackson Cramer to 3rd. Juan Pascal to 2nd.
    
  • Jose Sanchez walks.

  
  [*]Pitching Change: Eric Villanueva replaces Daniel Bard.
  

  • With Israel Pineda batting, wild pitch by Eric Villanueva, Jackson Cramer =#FF0000]scores. Juan Pascal to 3rd. Jose Sanchez to 2nd.
    
  • Israel Pineda walks.
    
  • Alian Silva grounds into a force out, shortstop Kenny Hernandez to second baseman Gregory Guerrero. Israel Pineda out at 2nd.

Lost track? That's OK, What we've got is a guy pitching to eight batters, recording five walks, two hit batsmen, and three wild pitches. A triple crown of insane wildness. The only two outs he got came on one pitch when the batter made the mistake of putting the ball in play.

He even left behind some bad juju on the ball, as his catcher allowed a stolen base and made two throwing errors, and the pitcher who succeeded him came in and immediately delivered a wild pitch and a walk. It's the sort of inning that gets a catcher winded.

I've got to hand it to the Mets. When they take on a project, they take on a project. Daniel Bard, you can be certain that I'm rooting for you. Mercy.

[Frayed Knot]

The throw he made to 2nd to start the DP was apparently accurate ... so there's that.

[Edgy MD]

That's the spirit. Build on the positives.

It's hard to imagine a worse inning of baseball.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That's like, legendarily bad. Almost the kind of thing you write epic poems or ballads about.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: That's like, legendarily bad. Almost the kind of thing you write epic poems or ballads about.

Or a Crane Pool Song Parody. "Wild Thing" or Bad is Bad" immediately come to mind as possibilities.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Or, y'know, the kind of things a poet or balladeer might write. Or, like, a troubadour. Or raconteur. Or minstrel.

[Edgy MD]

I actually erred in that report. Bard wasn't pitching for the St. Lucie Mets.

He was pitching for the GCL Mets.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: I actually erred in that report. Bard wasn't pitching for the St. Lucie Mets. He was pitching for the GCL Mets.

No wonder I could't find it in a St. Lucie box score.
And I looked. I even went back a few games because the original post didn't include the date of the game.
Thanks.
Later

[Edgy MD]

Sorry, man.

Six tiers down from the bigs. About as low as the elevator can go.

[Farmer Ted]

Brilliant with the BoSox for a season about a decade ago. No amount of Tebow magic can resurrect that.