I hope for the sake of whoever actually told Hughes he was cut that he wasn't holding a real light saber at the time. On the other hand he's getting paid a bajillion dollars to play golf and go fishing this summer, so things could be worse, I guess.
For sure, but luckily the giveaway is that Phil Hughes is holding a light saber instead of a cigarette lighter. http://media.mlive.com/tigers_impact/photo/hotfootjpg-e8d0344eb7129aa4.jpg
He's due! And I know what you're saying, but still... not only was Zaza out by almost a Prius, he only beat "What the hell were they thinking?" by half a step.
Definitely a candidate for the Bill James Theorem of Pitcher Recycling: Roughly one out of every ten pitchers in the majors was left for dead at some point or another in their career.
A little the same here, but on the other hand, I'm starting to buy into Rodney's apparent belief that every one of his saves is an occasion as momentous as the invention of fire.
The capacity to feel shame is surgically removed before they umpire their first game, along with any sense of humility. MLB umpiring is a thankless job, and it seems like they do several things in each game to make it that way.
It's like the Twins during their losing streaks this year. You have to watch multiple times if you want to see all the moving parts that make it so disturbing.