Memories of the kind you don't forget...Mother's Day version

 Obviously this day makes me think of my mom.  Raised in the north, a strong, tough woman.  Happy Mother's Day, Mom.  

And happy Mother's Day to all the mothers and expectant moms out there.  

In thinkiing about this day and the memories I have of it, I was once again amazed when I saw, over this weekend, a historic memory that I hope I never forget.

Josh Naylor, three days in a row, hitting the go-ahead HR in the bottom of the 8th inning to give us a chance to win.  Although Clase blew one and he and Stephan were shaky in the other two, we still won the series.

So, throughout the rest of my life I will remember the weekend that Josh Naylor became the hero, over and over and over again.  

Miraculous, historic and epic.  Baseball drama at its best.

One point about his heroics.  I truly believe that he got pitches to hit because they didn't want to necessarily have to pitch to Josh Bell who is heating up.  So, our prime off-season acquisition also played a secondary role in these games.  

Guardians:

• Francona's lineup decisions are puzzling.  Giving Arias too many chances.  Continuing to play Zunino, not giving Freeman or Fry a chance.
• On that note, of our three catchers that played this weekend, Fry made the best throw to second base trying to get a runner trying to steal.  Imaging that!
• Bibee, facing another team for the first time in his career, looked great again.  Francona, in typical Francona fashion, left him in too long.
• Clase is really scaring me.  EVERYBODY is barreling his pitches.  

Minors:

• Ryan Webb looked a little shaky again today.  Waiting for him to get more consistent.  Five walks just aren't going to cut it.  Good news is that he appears healthy.  Threw 92 pitches today.  That's a great sign of his health.
• Joey Cantillo looked strong today until he walked two guys in the 5th and was lifted, his only two walks to go along with 3 hits and 6 Ks in 4.67 innings.
• Rocchio keeps hitting.  
• Good to see George Valera playing and in CF.
• Lampe and Palacios are slumping but Naylor is still in stride with his hitting.
• Maybe he never gets over the hump but Noel continues to look right on the cusp of going off.
• Move Furman and Messick up to Lake County.  Do it now.