Off days in baseball are looked forward to by the players. The 162-game season is such a grind that those off days are precious commodities to try to recharge the batteries. Even if many off days are used for travel.
One guy probably not enjoying today's off day is Rockies second baseman Clint Barmes. Barmes, one of the best fielding second basemen in the game, misplayed a pop-up yesterday in the 9th inning that allowed the Brewers to score two runs to tie the game. Fortunately for Barmes, Troy Tulowitzki came through with an RBI single in the bottom of the 9th to give Colorado a 6-5 win. However, Barmes' muff prevented Ubaldo Jimenez from winning his franchise record 18th win. While I'm sure Jimenez will get that win and also go on to become a 20-game winner, Barmes is probably still upset with costing Ubaldo the win, thus making today's off day a less than pleasant one.
Baseball players like off days. Unless they are on a hot streak or if they screw up. The nice thing in baseball is if you mess up, you just go at it the next day. The next day for Barmes is tomorrow in Los Angeles.
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