The beginnings of a man-crush + game pictures!

Well, despite the early feelings I had about the Erik Cordier/Tony Pena Jr. trade (indifferent-to-mildly-negative), Pena is really, really impressing me so far.

His three (awesomely cool) triples aside, his plate discipline and defense is really endearing to me. I’ve been to half of the games so far this year (I’m at 100% loss rate), and Pena has impressed me more than once in each game.

[I have an awesome picture of his great play from Saturday’s game, below.]

But my favorite part is the fact that he’s batting 9th, as a secondary lead-off hitter. He has the plate discipline and speed to get on base often in time for the top of the order to come around. David DeJesus seems to be a meld of ideal 1-spot and 2-spot hitters, and thanks to Pena, he can be.

I really like Pena’s improvement over Angel Berroa. My man-crush of him has begun.

Now, the pictures from Saturday’s game. Frankly, I cared less about getting certain pitcher’s and hitter’s pictures and just looked for cool shots. Hope you enjoy.

--Meche pitching to who I believe is Curtis Granderson Placido Polanco.
--Pena’s amazing play! [With terrible focus!]
--Sanders coming in from his home run.
--Because we all need hugs from Sluggerrr.
--DeJesus, I-Rod, and the ump patiently await.
--Airball.