Proctor-ologist Report

Scotty, Scotty, Scotty.

You've only made two appearances in the last week and your ERA has gone up to 9! Obviously you are no longer Torre's favourite. Still there is plenty of time for you to pick up the pieces and reclaim your title as chief bitch. Torre isn't too picky, after you were traded last season he relied on Farnsworth (a man who apparently throws behind people's heads by accident).

However, the man who has a face so beautiful it could stop a clock has not picked on my man Broxton either, what the fuck is going on?

I'll get to the bottom of this. I refuse to accept he is sharing the workload around in an appropriate manner. Stay tuned fans of serious career-threatening injuries! I will find an answer!

Scott-Watch Update

Hi there Proctor fans,

Scott has been quiet of late, since his awesome 4 run/1 IP outing on the 7th of April he has only appeared twice for 2/3 and 1/3 inning (and with gaps between these and everything).

This is really hurting him, he is only projected to appear in 69 games this year as well (tee hee)

At least he is still tied for third in complete games in the NL. We'll always have that baby.

Bah, I'm depressed, white Mayors, Scott Procotr used sensibly, what's the world coming to? Unless Joe Torre has a new bitch? Of course, that must be it! These trends take a little time to filter through, but I have a feeling that Mr J. Broxton is about to pre-book TJ surgery for sometime late August.

Let me break it down for you Maury, this my thinking

Throws right-handed,

Throws a ton of strikes,

Promising future that can be horrifically curtailed by poor management,

Pitching one inning or more over consecutive evenings.

All I need know is an amusing title for Broxton Watch, watch this space...

Proctor-ologist: Number 2

Joe Torre needs to pull his finger out if our Scotty is going to pitch a 100 game season, so far he has only pitched in four games leaving him a projected 93 for the year.

He did give up four earned runs with one inning of work last night though, I sense Torre may need to stop pitching him in consecutive nights.

The Opening

I am very excited as Summer is here, Cricket starts next week and Baseball is already upon us. Life does not get any better than this.

Yahoo gives me this nugget of information

Mar 31 OF Ken Griffey Jr. participated in his 20th Opening Day. New manager Dusty Baker congratulated him before the game and said, "Dude, that's a long, long time."

Dusty only had an 18 year career in the bigs, so I guess this is news. For future reference I expect some gravitas from my quotes, something that adds something to the non-news! Or, if they are Dusty quotes, something about being aggressive and swinging at pitches in the dirt, that sort of thing.

Also I am starting a "poor Scott Proctor can't get away from Joe Torre and rest his hurting right elbow, what the hell does he have to do to get a day off?" thread. I'm calling it

The Proctor-ologist: Scottwatch '08*

1st edition: 1 game, 1/3 IP.

Straight to work against the Giants on opening day, I would like to have kept him going through a couple of innings, just to tire him out. He walked a guy and didn't sound inspiring, however if I know Torre (and I like to think that I do) then this is the first of many short and not-so short outings! Hurrah!

I'll keep on writing and encouraging his use out of the bull-pen until he surpasses his seminal 2006 of 83 appearances and 102 1/3 innings pitched. Truely crazy shit.

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*NB: I have amended this from

Proctor's Proctor 2008, which wasn't funny. Therefore all careful consideration of new names is now closed.

Congratulations to Barnardo Millionaire, a signed Nick Knight photo from 1996 is in the post.