That was a tough loss, but blaming it on one throw is completely short sighted.

Was it the straw that broke the camels back? For the most part, yes. However, it is merely the last straw and not even close to the weight of the entire haystack.

The bevy of pitchers could have actually done their jobs in the rest of the inning, but they couldn’t. But more than that if you can’t score more than one run against Vicente Padilla then you should always lose. Yes the Vicente Padilla, the one with the 2009 and career splits I spoke of before:

2009:
Vs RHB: .246/.301/.363, 2.35 K/BB
Vs LHB: .303/.384/.453, 1.54 K/BB

Career:
Vs RHB: .241/.300/.368, 3.03 K/BB
Vs LHB: .297/.380/.479, 1.30 K/BB

Howard hit his long ball, but past that they looked like a little league team out there. This is an offensive loss, and really its not even close.Oh and I’ll take the guy who has been the best defensive 2nd baseman in the NL EVERY year for 5 years, and tops in ALL OF MLB for 3!

Shit happens, deal with it.