Lima Time

Tremendous, tremendous performance tonight by Jose Lima, a guy who’s been given up for dead many times in his career, and often for very good reasons. Of course, as is well known, Lima’s usefulness is in direct proportion to the size of the ballpark he’s pitching in. I was dubious about leaving him in to finish the game with Gagne ready to go, but he slammed the door quite efficiently. Reminded me a lot of Bobby Jones’ performance against the Giants in the 2000 NLDS, a guy who’s had a checkered career just putting together his best-pitched game at exactly the right moment. And you just have to love a guy like Lima, frankly; he’s one of the game’s true characters.