Cole Hamels has had some flashy starts in the past, the ones where he strikes out ten batters or so in seven or eight innings of work, maybe gives up a home run in a moment of weakness, spoiling a potential no-no.
Last night's start however, while not as flashy, may have been one of his best. He went the distance, a full nine innings, did not allow a run, and got outs with great efficiency (five times he got an out on just one pitch), striking out "only" six batters.
It's really fun to see him mature as a pitcher.
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A few days ago, the excellent pop culture website A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago wrote about missing the old LOST, so to speak. The gist isn't the usual LOST backlash -- "the show sucks now, the plot moves very little every episode" -- but more of a reminiscing about the old days while fully acknowledging that today's version of the show is pretty good too.
I would agree with that sentimentality. It was much different when we were wondering, bordering on paranoia, what or who was out there just after the crash, rather than why what or or who was out there in the jungle as we do now.
Watching last night's episode, it occurred to me that we are almost watching an entirely different show. Still quite good, still quite intriguing, but different.
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By the end of the night, my DVR was sucking wind like a two-pack-a-day smoker forced to take the stairs. Also receiving my attention was the season finale of The Office. So many good jokes, from the new HR Person, Holly, thinking Kevin was "challenged" to the token Jim-on-Dwight prank to lead off the show that ended in Dwight demolishing his own cell phone. But perhaps the best was Ed Helms' Andy Bernard knocking over Darryl's keyboard in the spastic fashion that only Andy can.
It was almost as good as when he tried to play golf in last week's episode.
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