Hello Aaron!

So the real Aaron Sele shows up tonight as the M's get pasted 6 to 1. Not a good sign when Erstad takes you deep.

Random thought for the game: In the bottom of the 3rd, Valdez bunts up the first base line. That is one of the best bunts I've ever seen. Absolutely perfect. Context wise nothing beats Cora's two bunts past Mattingly in the 95 Division Series, but this was a better placed bunt then either of those. It rolls up the dirt about halfway up the line. then hops into the grass where it continues right up the line. Byrd tries to throw him out, but no chance.

And then he's wiped off on a hit and run lineout from Ichiro. Hoo-boy! Putting the game in motion!