Putting the Best Face…
By At most ballparks the staff find creative ways to make crappy players look good; “Dan Wilson is hitting .307 in 16 of his last 24 games,” and so forth. Apparently, the Reds crew thought that they would try to do Wandy Rodriguez a favor, but it didn’t really work out:
Marty Brennaman: Wandy Rodriguez; the overall season numbers don’t look very good, Chris, but he has pitched much better over his last four starts.
Chris Welsh: Well he has, until the last couple starts in which he’s given up eight runs in his last three innings.
For the record, it appears that Rodriguez did have a decent string of four “quality starts”, before giving up five runs in six innings in his last appearance.